“We focus on properties that have unique characteristics, which help us create an asset with competitive advantages.”
ARTHUR COLLINS, PRINCIPAL
Collins is a full-service real estate company specializing in the redevelopment and repositioning of multifamily and mixed-use properties in emerging urban locations. Based in Old Greenwich, Conn., Collins owns and operates a portfolio of multifamily and commercial office buildings in Virginia and Metro New York. Principals Arthur and Dwight Collins started the company in 1991 and established a successful platform specializing in development and acquisition of multi-family assets in strategic locations adjacent to public transit, urban waterfronts and lifestyle retail centers. Collins’ portfolio also includes suburban office buildings, but the company has made its biggest mark in mixed-use and multi-family assets. Often, Collins has spearheaded public/private partnerships creat- ing projects on brownfield and vacant sites to bring properties back into the stream of commerce.
Collins pursues opportunities in markets that are linked to employment centers. “We build projects in towns and cities that have progressive administrations and offer
incentives to encourage new private investment,” Arthur Collins says. Dwight Collins agrees. “It starts with a site that has strategic assets,” he says. “We are conscious of our target market and build to the local context instead of building a repetitive product.”