Worthing Southeast Builders (WSE Builders LLC)

What Worthing Southeast Builders (WSE Builders LLC) does

Worthing Southeast Builders (WSE Builders LLC) is a privately held real estate development and construction firm headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, that develops and builds Class A multifamily residential communities throughout the southeastern United States. Founded in 1986 by John Echols and operating under a founder/partnership ownership model, the company reports over 20,000 cumulative units developed across Georgia, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Its current active pipeline comprises four projects totaling 1,131 units: Heights at Sawnee Village (262 units, Cumming), Heights at Holly Springs (275 units, Cherokee County), Heights Lawrenceville (305 units, Gwinnett), and Heights at Windy Hill (289 units, Smyrna). Recently completed projects include Northwinds Heights (140 units, Alpharetta, Feb 2022), Exchange at Gwinnett (384 units, Buford, Sep 2022), Shadowood Heights (287 units, Atlanta, Apr 2023), Heights at Millcroft (238 units, Buford, Aug 2023), and Chamblee City Heights (247 units, Chamblee, Jan 2025).

The company's core "technology" is conventional multifamily ground-up development and construction — site selection, entitlements, vertical construction, and disposition. There are no disclosed proprietary software products, APIs, or AI/ML systems; the Wix-hosted corporate website and Facebook/LinkedIn profiles serve as the primary marketing surface. Project selection is concentrated around demand drivers such as hospitals, colleges, and major highway interchanges (e.g., Northside Hospital Forsyth, Georgia Gwinnett College, I-75/I-285), and all recent activity is in the metro Atlanta / North Georgia submarket.

WSE's revenue model is project-based and B2B: completed multifamily communities are sold via direct sales to institutional investors, REITs, and property management companies operating in the Southeast region. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per project. The company has no institutional capital, private equity, or venture capital backing per the available information. Operations are led by Managing Member Darin Collier and Managing Director of Development Micheal McGwier, with founder John Echols and partner Steve Ingram serving as Board Advisors; the broader team includes Senior VPs across Construction, Design, and Operations, and multiple Managing Directors in Development and Construction.

Name

Worthing Southeast Builders (WSE Builders LLC)

Legal name

WSE Builders LLC

Website

https://worthingsebuilders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Worthing Southeast Builders (WSE Builders LLC) is a privately held Sandy Springs, Georgia-based real estate developer founded in 1986 that builds Class A multifamily communities across the southeastern United States, serving institutional investors, REITs, and property management companies via direct B2B project sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multifamily Real Estate Development

NAICS

New Housing For-Sale Builders (236117), Residential Building Construction (23611), Land Subdivision (2372)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Family Residential Construction (Apartments, Condos, Townhomes) (IMAFABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spec Home / Production Homebuilding (Tract & Volume Builders) (IMAFABAD), Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

Keywords

• Multifamily real estate development
• Residential construction services
• Apartment community development
• Class A multifamily builders
• Southeast real estate development

Headquarters

HQ city

Sandy Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Worthing Southeast Builders develops and builds Class A multifamily residential communities throughout the southeastern United States. Since 1986 the company has delivered more than 20,000 units across six states (Georgia, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Tennessee), with a current active pipeline of four projects totaling 1,131 units. Completed communities are sold on a B2B basis to institutional investors, REITs, and property management companies.

Product overview

Worthing Southeast Builders (WSE Builders LLC) is a privately owned real estate development and construction company specializing in developing and building exceptional multifamily communities throughout the Southeast United States. The company operates a portfolio of residential communities across Georgia, with current active developments including Heights at Sawnee Village (262 units), Heights at Holly Springs (275 units), Heights Lawrenceville (305 units), and Heights at Windy Hill (289 units). Past completed projects include Northwinds Heights (Alpharetta, 140 units), Exchange at Gwinnett (Buford, 384 units), Shadowood Heights (Atlanta, 287 units), Heights at Millcroft (Buford, 238 units), Chamblee City Heights (Chamblee, 247 units), and Heights at Ridgewalk (Woodstock, 290 units). Since 1986, the company has successfully developed over 20,000 units throughout the southeast.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Heights at Sawnee Village

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 20,000 units developed since 1986

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Crescent Communities: Crescent Communities is a Charlotte-based developer of multifamily and mixed-use communities across the Southeast, with overlapping markets, product type (Class A apartments), and institutional buyer relationships.
• Greystar Real Estate Partners: Greystar is the largest multifamily developer, operator, and investment manager globally, with significant development activity across the Southeast comparable to Worthing's multifamily community focus and institutional disposition model.
• Toll Brothers Apartment Living: Toll Brothers Apartment Living is the multifamily development arm of Toll Brothers, building Class A rental communities in Sun Belt markets comparable to Worthing's geographic and product focus.
• Wood Partners: Wood Partners is one of the largest multifamily developers in the United States with deep Southeast exposure, building Class A garden-style and mid-rise apartments in markets directly overlapping with Worthing's Georgia and Sun Belt footprint.
• Trammell Crow Residential: Trammell Crow Residential is a major national multifamily developer that develops Class A multifamily communities in the same Sun Belt markets as Worthing, serving the same institutional investor buyer base.
• RangeWater Real Estate: RangeWater is an Atlanta-based multifamily developer focused on the Southeast, competing head-to-head with Worthing in the Georgia, Florida, and Carolinas submarkets and serving institutional buyers.
• TriBridge Residential: TriBridge Residential is a Southeast-focused multifamily developer that develops, acquires, and manages apartment communities in markets comparable to Worthing's Georgia-centric operations.

Others

• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) - Capital Markets, Americas: JLL is a global commercial real estate services firm whose multifamily capital markets group represents institutional buyers and sellers in the same asset class Worthing builds and disposes of, making it an adjacent peer in the deal ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Lennar Multifamily (Lennar Corporation): Lennar's multifamily division is part of a much larger publicly traded homebuilder; it operates a national multifamily development platform in similar Sun Belt markets and competes directly for institutional dispositions.

Regional players

• Pillar Properties: Pillar Properties is a regional multifamily developer operating across the Southeast and Texas, developing Class A communities in markets that overlap with Worthing's historical and active footprint.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wsebuilders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/worthing-southeast-builders

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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