Riley

From brand identity to full lease-up, three months ahead of schedule.

Location Minneapolis, MN
Type Multifamily
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The Challenge

Riley brought a Class A multifamily property to a prime first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, a market with very little new construction at that tier. Strong bones and a great location were a head start, but they needed a brand that could command attention, signal lifestyle, and convert a millennial and Gen Z audience shopping almost entirely online.

The stakes were real: without a differentiated brand and a disciplined digital strategy, a market with no existing frame of reference for Class A living could lease slowly. We were brought in from the start to make sure it didn’t.

By The Numbers

0 Preleasing Leads
0 Leased at Opening
0 Leased in 5 Months
0 Months Ahead of Stabilization
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Our Approach

We built Riley’s brand from the ground up, sophisticated and contemporary, and carried it across every touchpoint: on-site signage, leasing collateral, and a pre-leasing splash page with marketing automations, plus QR codes and SMS that kept digital-native prospects connected before the doors opened. As pre-leasing approached, we launched a full property website with dynamic floor plan selectors and live availability, with a robust paid media campaign running alongside to turn brand awareness into signed leases.

The combination drove a lease-up that beat the stabilization schedule by three full months, and that pace gave the developer the leverage to raise rents multiple times, turning timeline performance straight into revenue. It’s the case for owning the whole property marketing program: when brand, digital infrastructure, and media strategy are built together from day one, lease-up isn’t a waiting game. It’s a managed outcome.

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Your team

Senior-led. In-house. Dedicated to your project.

You'll know your team by name — from hands-on founders to creative and marketing leaders. No offshore teams, no junior hand-offs.

Kendra Oliver
Kendra Oliver Brand Designer
Chris Arnold
Chris Arnold Co-Founder
Taela Sigman
Taela Sigman Sr. Project Manager
Florencia Elias
Florencia Elias Marketing Coordinator
Paola Lopez
Paola Lopez Marketing Services Director
Abigail Lindo
Abigail Lindo Marketing Specialist
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