Hello and welcome to another episode of the Placemaking Podcast! Thank you for joining the show! I’m excited to share this discussion with all of you.

I got the opportunity to meet Demont virtually through another Architect friend of mine and was told that he would be a great guest to have on the show. He did not disappoint! It’s not very often that you get to talk to a real estate developer during their first deal and that is exactly what we were able to do on this show. Demont is working through his first deal, a ground-up, single-family home in south Dallas. I’m honored to get to share his story with all of you.

Demont is the CEO and President of Urban Nest Development in Dallas, Texas. He currently works as an architect full-time while doing architecture and real-estate development part time as well. His foray into architecture started at age 16 when he got his first internship with a local architecture firm in Dallas. Since then, he has hustled his way to a full-time position in an architectural firm and his first development project which has become the genesis of Urban Nest Development.

Urban Nest Development started in 2019 when Founder Demont Campbell began to see an alarming lack of affordable housing options in Dallas. He then began to research how he could get involved with other local developers and community leaders. Together with his Grandfather, Dennis Ellis, they began to acquire vacant lots in Dallas, TX. With Demont’s background in architecture they were able to design open concept floors plans, that are affordable and adaptive

In this episode, we are going to discuss how Demont got started in real estate development, certain hurdles he has faced when developing his first property, and advice that he would give others that are looking to get into real estate development.

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