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OPPORTUNITY.

Real Estate Investment & Development

Specializing in Multi-Family & Student Housing

Jackson Dearborn Partners is a real estate investment and development company with a particular focus on multi-family and student housing. One of the early movers in the Opportunity Zone space, JDP has four OZ projects currently underway to add to its existing portfolio of assets, some of which are featured below.

Avian

Avian is a new ground-up multifamily community located at the southeast corner of Weber and Cucharras in downtown Colorado Springs. This 169-unit project completed construction in 2025 and is now progressing through lease-up. As a Qualified Opportunity Zone development, Avian is well-positioned to benefit from the thriving downtown Springs market, now home to the new Switchbacks soccer stadium and the $91 million U.S. Olympic Museum. Read More

Investment Development
Asset Class Multi-Family
Status Leasing
Market Colorado Springs, CO
Construction 2024
Units 169
Square Feet 133,288
Property Website AVIAN

Solace at Casa Grande Crossings

Solace at Casa Grande Crossings is a 284-unit, ground-up multifamily community in the high-growth Phoenix suburb of Casa Grande. The property sits just off the city’s primary intersection—Interstate 10 and Florence Boulevard—an area with more than 1.3 million square feet of retail, including In-N-Out Burger, Chick-fil-A, Dutch Bros, Walgreens, Chase Bank, Harkins Theatres, Kohl’s, and many others. Casa Grande, the seventh fastest-growing city in America, has become one of the strongest job-growth stories in the greater Phoenix region, led by… Read More

Investment Development
Asset Class Multi-Family
Status Leasing
Market Casa Grande, AZ
Construction 2024
Units 284
Square Feet 262,080
Property Website Solace at Casa Grande

Solace at The Ranch

Solace at the Ranch is a 374-unit ground up multi-family project on the east side of Colorado Springs at the doorstep of the Banning Lewis Ranch and its long term plans for 60,000+ additional residents. Solace is located as part of a larger mixed-use development at Woodmen and Marksheffel in what is becoming a premier east side intersection. Brand new retail currently underway at the corner includes McDonald's, Starbucks, Dutch Bros Coffee, Taco Bell, Burger King, 7-11, Pizza Hut, and… Read More

Investment Development
Asset Class Multi-Family
Status Leasing
Market Colorado Springs, CO
Construction 2024
Units 374
Square Feet 389,490
Property Website Solace at The Ranch

Solace at Cimarron Hills

Solace at Cimarron Hills is a new ground up multi-family project in Colorado Springs. The 28.8 acre site is ideally located on the east side of the rapidly growing MSA of Colorado Springs along Powers Boulevard, a high-volume arterial that connects the project to an abundance of retail to the north, and two of El Paso County’s economic drivers - Peterson Air Force Base and Colorado Springs Municipal Airport - to the south. Qualified Opportunity Zone project that is fully… Read More

Investment Development
Asset Class Multi-Family
Status Stabilized
Market Colorado Springs, CO
Construction 2024
Units 346
Square Feet 366,440
Property Website Solace at Cimarron Hills

Packard Row

The Packard Row project redeveloped a former 1950s grocery store into a vibrant neighborhood mixed-use community. The new building features 72 apartment units and 3,720 square feet of commercial space, along with rooftop solar panels, EV charging stations, a 24/7 fitness center, and dedicated bike parking. Packard Row completed construction in 2025 and is now open. Read More

Investment Development
Asset Class Multi-Family
Status Leasing
Market Ann Arbor, MI
Construction 2024
Units 72
Square Feet 59,325
Property Website Packard Row

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Solace at Cimarron Hills

Project TypeMulti-Family Development
LocationColorado Springs, CO
Units234
Project Cost$61,027,050
Total Equity$18,300,000
Preferred Return8.00%
Hold Period10 Years
Projected IRR19.13%
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Ryan Tobias, Managing Partner

Ryan is a Managing Partner of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 16 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more

Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.

Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.

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