Building housing supply at the speed of offsite construction.
Villa
Tackling the housing shortage with the power of offsite construction technology.
Unless was the lead investor for Villa's latest equity round and is the capital partner for Villa's first property development company.
Tackling the housing shortage with the power of offsite construction technology.
Villa
Building housing supply at the speed of offsite construction.
IMPACT STORY
Villa is on a mission to become the fastest, easiest, and most cost efficient way to build homes people love.
The U.S. is on track to have a shortage of at least 3 million homes by 2030 — and the far-reaching effects of this shortage touch nearly every family and community in the country. Villa is committed to forging a new model for home building that unleashes the scaled building power necessary to address this issue.
Villa has streamlined the process of designing, permitting, and building the high-quality, entry-level homes that are needed most, including ADUs, primary homes, and housing developments. Villa’s homes are built offsite through an extensive factory supply chain that ensures unbeatable pricing and quality control.
Once built, homes are delivered and installed onsite in a fraction of the time traditional construction would take — making it more efficient and less disruptive for communities. The finished product is something clients can take pride in, with quality that matches or exceeds that of a typical stick-built home.
Since its launch in 2020, Villa has established itself as a leader in California’s offsite construction industry and has 300+ home building projects completed (since inception).
Team
Villa’s team brings together a breath of experience real estate, technology, finance and legal to build a platform the economically develops infill opportunities for entry level housing. Orchard Technologies, TPG Capital, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Hines, Prime Residential, Canvas Construction, Carbon, Agilent Technologies, Storable, Compass, Real Brokerage, Newmark, and Zillow.
Investors
Unless, Atomic, Tectonic.
Takeaways
Due to over a decade of underbuilding in the wake of the financial crisis, our country has a significant housing deficit. Moreover, the shortage is most acute in smaller homes, conveniently located near good jobs, that first-time buyers can actually afford. Villa’s platform effectively leverages offsite production to deliver attractive, quality housing faster and less expensively than traditional onsite construction.
Villa’s cost advantage allows them to deliver homes at scale where people want to live and that they can actually afford.
Villa has delivered over 300 homes already in California and is expanding into new markets, such as Colorado.
150+ Existing Modular Construction Factories already exist in the US and are under utilized.
Villa’s projects only require 1/3 of the construction time onsite compared to stick-built homes.