Blue River Development Team
The BRD team has over 35 years of experience and has been involved in the origination, acquisition, development, and disposition of nearly $3 billion in projects.
Meet Our Executive Team
Brad Cooper
Managing Principal
Brad is co-founder and managing principal of Blue River Development, LLC, leading the company's diverse array of development projects. Brad's passion for vibrant communities, disciplined approach to deal sourcing and analysis, and focus on building and maintaining quality relationships continue to drive the company's success. Brad's exceptional track record of accomplishments, coupled with his expertise in driving growth, strategic planning, and financial management, has solidified his reputation as a trusted leader in the real estate industry.
Michael Cooper
Managing Principal
Michael is co-founder and managing principal of Blue River Development. Michael specializes in Blue River Development’s land and lot origination business for the homebuilding industry. Under Michael's direct oversight, Blue River transacts on thousands of homesites each year, leading to dozens of communities in and around the Atlanta market as well across the broader southeast region. Michael’s expertise in systems-based operations has resulted in a land pipeline with predictable flow and deals with attractive margins.
Land Acquisition and Development
Blue River Development (BRD) is a vertically-integrated, opportunity-driven land developer and builder focused on a path of growth markets currently in 7 States across 24 Markets in the Southern US. The Blue River family of companies is fully integrated with verticals spanning land acquisition, development, homebuilding, engineering, brokerage and financial services.
Through a unique systems-driven approach, BRD has established an impressive track record of securing below market residential land opportunities in both the for-sale and for-rent space while focused on markets characterized by population and employment growth. BRD boasts a team of industry experts in their respective field, with a leadership team amassing over 200 years of combined real estate experience. BRD’s acquisition team has established a 90%+ success rate since 2020.
BR Capital is the internal funding arm of Blue River focused on the opportunistic deployment of capital across the Blue River Family of Brands, focusing on residential entitlement, development, vertical construction and build for rent. In addition, BR capital provides off balance sheet land banking services to its network of builders throughout the Southern US.
Blue River Civil Design performs our in-house due diligence, forward planning, site design, engineering, feasibility and budgeting capabilities. They enable BRD to evaluate site feasibility while precisely tailoring its projects to comply with the respective development code.
Blue River Analytics (BRA) is a one-stop shop for underwriting providing clients a customized report based on their specific preferences including supporting backup data on the subject site conclusion. In addition, BRA will collaborate with BTR subscribers to identify top sites.
Blue River Communities (BRC) is a homebuilder focused on single-family detached homes and townhomes priced between $300,000 and $600,000. BRC serves both the for-sale market to individual homebuyers and the for-rent market to institutional Build-for-Rent investors.
