What Hall Sweeney Properties Llc does

Hall Sweeney Properties LLC is a privately held, Minneapolis-based real estate development firm that develops, co-develops, and retains long-term ownership of multi-family residential and mixed-use projects. The company is led by two principals — Jeff Hall (25 years of real estate development experience, prior marketing role at General Mills, Peace Corps alumnus) and Sean Sweeney (co-founder, general partner on seven ground-up multi-family projects in Minneapolis since 2017) — and operates with a team of 1–10 employees. Its portfolio includes AKIN (204 units, completed October 2023), WAKPADA (126 units, opened June 2022), The Huxley (112 units), 29Bryant (91 units, with Yellow Tree Development), MN46 (54 units plus 1,800 sq ft of commercial space, with The Ackerberg Group, Left Lane Ventures, and Twin Cities Home Rental), Kolo (41 units, Finance & Commerce Top 50 Project in 2020), Verso (29 units), and Garfield Apartments (12 units, with Left Lane Ventures). Aggregate developments under management or in the pipeline exceed $400 million.

The firm's business model is real estate development coupled with long-term ownership: it generates rental income from its residential portfolio, frequently co-develops projects with strategic partners rather than building solely with internal capital, and markets each property through a dedicated, branded leasing website (e.g., wakpadampls.com, 29bryantapartments.com, koloapartments.com, mn46apartments.com). It is a B2C operator in the residential rental segment, with no disclosed enterprise or commercial tenant base beyond the small ground-floor commercial component in MN46. The product positioning emphasizes design-driven architecture, community engagement, and amenity-rich specifications (co-working spaces, fitness centers, rooftop decks, community rooms) — including a transit-oriented mixed-use development (WAKPADA) within the Minneapolis market.

Hall Sweeney markets primarily through property-specific leasing websites and its main corporate site (hallsweeney.com), with no public pricing or rental rate disclosure. It has no public listing, no disclosed institutional investors or PE backing, no parent company, and no known subsidiaries. The firm is incorporated as an LLC in Minnesota, with principals who have prior development history in both Minneapolis and Milwaukee, though current operations are concentrated entirely in the Minneapolis metro. Awards include the Finance & Commerce Top 50 Projects recognition for Kolo in 2020.

Name

Hall Sweeney Properties Llc

Legal name

Hall Sweeney Properties LLC

Website

https://hallsweeney.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hall Sweeney Properties LLC is a privately held, Minneapolis-based real estate development firm that develops, co-develops, and retains long-term ownership of design-driven multi-family and mixed-use residential projects in the Minneapolis metro, with a $400M+ development pipeline.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multi-Family Real Estate Development

NAICS

Residential Building Construction (2361), Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (53111), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531), Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE), New Construction & Builder Sales (BPAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Multi-family housing
• Mixed-use development
• Urban real estate
• Residential development
• Property development

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Development and Property Ownership: Hall Sweeney Properties generates revenue through developing multi-family residential properties and maintaining long-term ownership/investment in these properties. The firm acts as a developer and active property owner, collecting rental income from residential units across their portfolio.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hall Sweeney Properties LLC is a Minneapolis-based real estate development firm that develops, owns, and operates multi-family and mixed-use residential properties. The company's portfolio includes urban infill projects such as AKIN, WAKPADA, Kolo, 29Bryant, The Huxley, Verso, MN46, and Garfield Apartments across Minneapolis neighborhoods.

Product overview

Hall Sweeney Properties LLC is a real estate development firm offering a portfolio of multi-family residential developments in the Minneapolis market. The company develops and invests in apartment communities, including mixed-use transit-oriented projects. Their product portfolio comprises individual residential property developments including: AKIN (204 units, completed 2023), WAKPADA (126 units, transit-oriented mixed-use, opened 2022), Kolo (41 units, named Top 50 Project 2020), 29Bryant (91 units, co-developed with Yellow Tree), The Huxley (112 units, co-developed with TE Miller), Verso (29 units), MN46 (54 units with commercial space, co-developed with multiple partners), and Garfield Apartments (12 units, co-developed with Left Lane Ventures). The firm has over $400 million in developments under management or in the development pipeline.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AKIN
• WAKPADA
• Kolo
• 29Bryant
• The Huxley
• Verso
• MN46
• Garfield Apartments

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Yellow Tree DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the 29Bryant project (2934 Bryant Ave S, 91 units) in Southwest Minneapolis.
• Left Lane VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the Garfield Apartments (12 units) and MN46 (54 units) projects.
• The Ackerberg GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the MN46 project (4551 Minnehaha Ave, 54 units with 1800 sq ft commercial space) in Southeast Minneapolis.
• Twin Cities Home RentalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the MN46 project (4551 Minnehaha Ave, 54 units) in Southeast Minneapolis.
• TE Miller DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed The Huxley project (657 22nd Ave NE, 112 units) in Northeast Minneapolis.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Ackerberg Group: Minneapolis-based development firm that co-developed MN46 with Hall Sweeney. Operates in multifamily and mixed-use real estate in the Twin Cities with similar partnership-driven deal structures.
• Oppidan Investment Company: Minnesota-based real estate developer focused on multifamily, mixed-use, and commercial projects. Similar size and product mix (urban multifamily in the Upper Midwest) makes it a closely comparable peer.
• The Excelsior Group: Minneapolis-based developer and owner of multifamily, senior housing, and mixed-use properties. Operates with a similar long-term ownership model in the Twin Cities, making it directly comparable on asset class and geography.
• Roers Companies: Minnesota-headquartered multifamily developer with a national footprint building ground-up apartment communities. Comparable in asset class and development model, though Roers operates at significantly greater scale.
• Left Lane Ventures: Real estate development and investment firm that co-developed Garfield Apartments and MN46 with Hall Sweeney. Focused on urban multifamily in Minneapolis, comparable in product and partnership model.
• TE Miller Development: Twin Cities real estate developer that co-developed The Huxley with Hall Sweeney. Focuses on urban multifamily and mixed-use projects in Minneapolis, making its product, geography, and partnership model directly comparable.
• Timberland Partners: Minnesota multifamily development and investment firm where co-founder Sean Sweeney previously led acquisitions. Develops and operates a large multifamily portfolio across the Upper Midwest, directly comparable in scale and asset class.
• Yellow Tree Development: Minneapolis-based real estate developer that co-developed 29Bryant with Hall Sweeney. Focused on urban infill mixed-use and multifamily projects in the Twin Cities, making it a directly comparable local peer.

Broad incumbents

• Sherman Associates: Minneapolis-based real estate firm developing mixed-use, multifamily, and affordable housing across the Twin Cities. Larger and more diversified but competes for similar urban infill multifamily sites in Minneapolis.
• Doran Companies: Established Twin Cities-based real estate developer with a broader portfolio across multifamily, commercial, and mixed-use. Larger scale and broader scope than Hall Sweeney but overlapping multifamily development activity in the same Minneapolis submarkets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hallsweeneyproperties

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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