Lime Companies
Building the neighborhoods
Ohio calls home.
A modular-first real estate developer scaling affordable, semi-custom, care, and rental communities across Northeast Ohio.
AFFORDABLE
SEMI-CUSTOM
CARE
BUILD-TO-RENT
Northeast Ohio needs tens of thousands of new homes.
A structural housing shortage, aging stock, and stalled starter-home construction have created a decade-long undersupply — while land, labor, and financing continue to squeeze traditional builders.
Lime Companies is built to meet that gap — with a modular construction platform designed for speed, cost, and scale.
The people behind Lime.
Entrepreneur and investor with more than 20 years identifying opportunities, building high-performing companies, and generating positive outcomes for investors — across real estate, healthcare, technology, financial technology, banking, aviation, marketing, and construction.
His edge is assembling and leading exceptional teams: experienced operators with deep industry knowledge, empowered to execute clear, disciplined growth strategies that strengthen operations, scale businesses, and position investments for successful exits.
Most recently, Brandon served as Chairman of the Board of LimeBank, leading its acquisition and transition into a fintech-focused financial institution. Deposits and deposit accounts grew dramatically while the bank held its place among the safest one percent of U.S. banks — delivering a successful exit for its investors.
He invests with a long-term perspective, responsible stewardship, and a clear focus on creating value — pursuing opportunities where experienced leadership, operational discipline, and strategic capital turn promising businesses into scalable, valuable enterprises.
Real estate operator focused on acquisitions, property management, renovations, and operational growth across Northeast Ohio. After more than a decade leading in education, Derek moved into real estate full time, bringing a discipline for leadership, accountability, and systems that produce measurable results.
In an acquisitions role with a regional residential investment firm, he helps oversee the evaluation and acquisition of homes across the Akron–Canton market — more than 130 homes in the first seven months of 2026, on pace for 200+ for the year.
Leading property management operations, he rebuilt screening standards, standardized procedures, and tightened leasing accountability — reducing an eviction rate that had exceeded 40% to below 5% with repeatable systems that protect residents and owners.
As Co-Founder of Lime Real Estate Companies LLC, Derek leads acquisition strategy, site selection, municipal relationships, development planning, and operational execution as Lime scales high-quality, attainable housing throughout Northeast Ohio.
We buy modular.
We own the land.
Lime does not build factories. We purchase completed homes from multiple established modular manufacturers and set them on lots we control. Site work runs in parallel with factory production, so homes land in days — not months — with weather risk removed. Asset-light on manufacturing, land-heavy where value accrues: better homes, faster, at materially lower cost.
Faster, cleaner, weatherproof.
Our manufacturing partners assemble homes on jigs with dedicated trade stations and continuous QC. Waste and rework — the silent killer of site-build margins — become the exception, and Lime buys a finished, inspected product.
We prepare foundations and site utilities while our partners produce the modules. Set day to move-in can happen in 8–12 weeks vs. 6–9 months for comparable site-built product.
Ohio winters halt traditional framing for months. Partner factories run on schedule in January the same as July, so Lime keeps delivering homes year-round without a seasonal labor force.
Lower cost.
Higher profit.
Buying volume across multiple manufacturers lets us compete supply, lock pricing, and repeat proven plans — structurally lower cost-per-square-foot with no factory overhead on our balance sheet.
Shorter carry periods let capital recycle 2–3x per year. The same equity dollar builds more homes, generates rent sooner, and produces a higher IRR than any traditional site-build peer.
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Ranges illustrative of Lime's modular platform vs. NE Ohio site-build comps.
InvestWithLime.comNortheast Ohio, by design.
A ~3.5M-person metro corridor with entrenched housing demand, supportive municipal partners, and land basis a fraction of coastal metros.
Decades of under-building have left every income band starved of new stock — from workforce housing to move-up product.
Land, permitting, and labor basis are 40–60% below comparable modular markets in the Sun Belt or Northeast.
Local and state programs actively subsidize affordable, care, and infill development.
No dominant modular platform exists in the region — Lime has a genuine first-mover position.
Four revenue streams. One playbook.
Affordable and semi-custom homes sold to owner-occupants and buyers.
Build-to-rent neighborhoods held long-term for stabilized cash flow.
Continuation-of-care properties leased to operators under long-term contracts.
Lime-controlled lots acquired ahead of demand, then improved and monetized as homes are set.
Already in the ground.
Operators who have done this before.
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A full-stack development bench.
Lime controls the land, the entitlements, the site work, and the long-term operation of every home. Manufacturing is deliberately outsourced to specialist factories — we buy their best product and own everything that determines value.
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Fixed 12% annual interest.
Investors participate through secured promissory notes issued by Lime Real Estate Companies LLC — a contractual, fixed-rate return backed by real assets and modular production, not equity speculation.
Principal returned at maturity. Renewal options available. Terms are illustrative and governed by the note and offering documents.
- Purchased modular cost basis of 15–25% below stick-built creates margin that comfortably services fixed interest.
- Build cycles 50–70% faster recycle capital ~2.5× per year, so each dollar earns multiple times.
- Multiple manufacturer relationships keep supply competitive and production running year-round — no seasonal cash-flow gaps, no single-factory dependency.
- Note capital replaces per-property asset-based construction loans — no new origination fees, appraisals, draw inspections or lender delays on every lot. Those savings and that speed fund investor interest instead of a bank's.
- Notes sit ahead of sponsor equity — Lime's own capital absorbs first-loss risk.
Earn 12% fixed, paid monthly — secured by the way Northeast Ohio gets built.
Notes are being funded now, and allocation closes when the round is filled. Scan the code, complete your subscription in minutes, and start earning interest on the next payment date.
Lot acquisition, site development, and purchase of modular homes from our manufacturing partners.
Promissory notes from Lime Real Estate Companies LLC — 12% fixed annual interest, paid monthly, principal at maturity.
Contractual fixed income ahead of sponsor equity, backed by a land-owning, modular-first operator with multi-vertical cash flow.
