North Coast Design Build, LLC

What North Coast Design Build, LLC does

North Coast Design Build, LLC is a privately held design-build and construction company headquartered in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, founded in 2016 with 13 employees. The company delivers integrated design and construction services under single-source responsibility, with an in-house design department licensed in Ohio and surrounding states. Its core differentiators are guaranteed design-build pricing that gives customers early cost certainty for leasing and lender discussions, and a single-point-of-accountability contract structure designed to eliminate change orders. North Coast serves four primary verticals: disability services organizations (delivering day programming, ICF, and behavioral health spaces), senior living providers (spanning independent living through skilled nursing and HUD 232/241 financed projects), multi-family developers (apartments, townhomes, and villas), and commercial property owners (warehousing, office, tenant improvements, and site development).

The company's revenue model is project-based, combining design and construction fees into a single contract per engagement. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with projects sourced through direct engagement with healthcare systems, senior living operators, disability services organizations, multi-family developers, and government entities. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is determined per project by scope, complexity, and financing structure. Notable customers include Sprenger Health Care, Randall Residence, ECS of Springboro, ECS of Eastgate, H&G Nursing Homes, Avon Towne Center, Horizon Education Centers, Austinwoods, Commstar Credit Union, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The company has developed a recurring design partnership model with multiple architecture firms (RDL Architects, MPG Architects, Withers Design Group, Direct Supply) and has extended its geographic footprint into Michigan.

North Coast is founder- and owner-operated, with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional capital. The company has recently expanded its service offering to include in-house Development Services, covering land acquisition, entitlements, and project development, moving it more deeply into the developer value chain. Operating geography remains regional, focused on Ohio and Michigan, and the company is privately held without public market exposure.

Name

North Coast Design Build, LLC

Legal name

North Coast Design Build, LLC

Website

https://northcoastdesignbuild.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

North Coast Design Build is a Sheffield Lake, Ohio-based design-build construction firm serving senior living, disability services, multi-family, and commercial clients across Ohio and Michigan with integrated design, construction, and development services under single-source responsibility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Design-Build Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAFAAAD

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/General Contracting & Construction Management

SECONDARYIMAFACAJ

Senior Living & Assisted Living Facility Construction

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Commercial & Institutional Building Construction

Keywords

• Design-build construction
• Senior living construction
• Commercial construction services
• Multi-family development
• HUD-financed construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Design-Build Services: Integrated design and construction services for healthcare, senior living, multi-family, and commercial projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees combining design and construction delivery.
2. Development Services: In-house development capabilities including land acquisition, entitlements, and project development for residential and commercial properties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

North Coast Design Build, LLC is a design-build construction company that delivers integrated design, construction, and development solutions for healthcare, senior living, multi-family, and commercial projects. The firm operates with an in-house design department licensed in Ohio and surrounding states, offering guaranteed design-build pricing and single-source responsibility to eliminate change orders. Its capabilities span day programming and ICF facilities for disability services, continuum-of-care senior living communities (including HUD 232/241 financed projects), multi-family developments, and commercial site, warehousing, and tenant improvement work.

Product overview

North Coast Design Build, LLC operates as a design-build and construction company offering two primary integrated service lines: Design-Build & Construction Services and Development Services. These core offerings are delivered across four specialized sectors—Disability Services, Senior Living, Multi-Family, and Commercial—providing customer-centered design, construction and development solutions for healthcare facilities, residential communities, and commercial properties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design-Build & Construction Services Integrated design and construction services delivered under a single-source responsibility model for enterprise clients, eliminating change orders and providing guaranteed pricing certainty for projects across healthcare, senior living, multi-family, and commercial sectors.
• Development Services In-house real estate development services including land acquisition, entitlements, and project development for residential and commercial properties, bundled with design-build delivery capability and licensed in-house design across Ohio and surrounding states.
• Disability Services Construction Specialty design-build delivery for day programming, ICF, and behavioral health spaces tailored to individuals with disabilities, including 24-hour staffed group homes and adult day services facilities for nonprofit disability service organizations.
• Senior Living Construction Design-build construction services across the senior living continuum of care including independent living apartments, villas, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and neuro care, with expertise in conventionally financed, tax credit, and HUD 232/241 financed projects.
• Multi-Family Construction Design-build delivery of multi-family housing projects including apartments, townhomes, and villa developments, structured to meet time and budget requirements for residential developers.
• Commercial Construction Design-build construction services for warehousing, office, tenant improvement, and commercial site development projects, with upfront schematic design and costing provided to support leasing and lender decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Project completion timelines met through fast-track construction

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RDL ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecurring design-build partnership on senior living and assisted living projects. Collaborated on Lakeshore Woods Assisted Living in Port Huron, MI, Randall Residence at Stillwater Crossings, and Silver Maple Rehabilitation Center. RDL Architects provides architectural design while North Coast handles construction delivery.
• Horizon Education CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for development of new childhood education center in Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. North Coast located and developed the site, overcoming challenging zoning obstacles to deliver the facility.
• Withers Design GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on HUD 241 addition and renovation project for Adams County Manor. Withers Design Group served as design partner while North Coast served as structural engineer, civil engineer, landscape designer, and general contractor.
• MPG ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partnership on The Villas at Sandy Creek project in Sandusky, OH. MPG Architects provided design while North Coast delivered construction for this 126-unit townhome apartment community.
• Direct SupplyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design partner on Lakeshore Woods Assisted Living project in Port Huron, MI. Direct Supply provided interior design services as part of the design-build team.
• Sprenger HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership with healthcare operator on multiple senior living and rehabilitation projects including Silver Maple Rehabilitation Center and Amherst Central School conversion to assisted living facility.
• Ohio Department of Natural ResourcesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOwner of Lonz Mansion at Middle Bass Island State Park. North Coast completed complete restoration of the historic mansion preserving Ohio's winemaking history and Lake Erie Islands' heritage.
• Commstar Credit UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFast-track renovation and expansion project for credit union's original branch in Elyria, Ohio. Project completed in less than 4 months allowing customers back into branch quickly.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Walsh Group: Large national design-build firm serving healthcare and senior living sectors across the Midwest. Represents institutional-scale competition for the firm's potential client base.
• Gilbane Building Company: Large national design-build firm with deep healthcare and senior living practices. Competes for larger HUD-financed institutional projects and represents the larger-scale competitor North Coast faces as projects scale up.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Large national general contractor with established healthcare and senior living practices. Represents competitive pressure as regional developers choose between local specialists and national scale providers.
• McCarthy Building Companies: National design-build general contractor with significant healthcare and senior living portfolio. Competes for larger institutional projects and represents scale competition for regional HUD-financed work.

Direct peers

• Welty Building Company: Ohio-headquartered design-build firm with comparable size and similar multi-sector approach across healthcare, senior living, and commercial projects in the Midwest. Operates a comparable integrated delivery model targeting regional institutional clients.
• Pepper Construction: Midwest-headquartered design-build contractor with healthcare, senior living, and commercial capabilities serving overlapping regional markets in Ohio and adjacent states.
• Smoot Construction: Columbus, Ohio-based design-build contractor with healthcare and commercial expertise, serving similar institutional clients in overlapping Ohio geography.
• Messer Construction: Ohio-based (Cincinnati) design-build contractor serving healthcare, higher education, and senior living markets with similar integrated delivery capabilities and regional Midwestern footprint.
• Ruscilli Construction: Ohio-based design-build firm serving commercial, healthcare, and senior living clients across the Midwest, comparable in scale and regional market overlap with North Coast.

Emerging players

• Robling Medical Construction: Healthcare-specialized design-build contractor competing for medical and senior living facility projects in the Midwest, overlapping with North Coast's healthcare vertical focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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