Daniel Kaufman is the Founder and CEO of Kaufman Development, DanReDev LLC, Kaufman Real Estate & Consulting, Oldivai, Kaufman Ventures, and The First Chair Company, a multi-platform real-estate, technology, and infrastructure ecosystem with more than $2 billion in active and pipeline developments across the United States. A builder, strategist, and operator, Daniel has spent more than two decades at the intersection of real estate, construction, investment, data-center infrastructure, and startup technology, leading projects that span multifamily, build-to-rent communities, modular workforce housing, mixed-use development, hospitality, ski-resort assets, and AI-powered micro-data-center deployments.
Daniel is known for his forward-looking view of where the market is heading, not where it has been. His companies are developing large-scale communities and AI-infrastructure projects across Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Maine, Vermont, and Florida, with a strategic focus on workforce housing, modular construction, AI and edge-compute, and destination-driven hospitality in high-growth and high-yield markets. Through partnerships with technology leaders such as Xcelocloud, Storsuite, and emerging AI infrastructure firms, he is building an integrated platform that fuses real-estate fundamentals with next-generation digital capabilities.
Across his brands, Daniel is driving a long-term vision rooted in livability, resilience, sustainability, and economic opportunity. His work has been featured in national real-estate and tech publications under “Daniel Kaufman Real Estate” and “Daniel Kaufman Real Estate News.” He regularly publishes market analysis, development insights, and macroeconomic commentary across his platforms, including dkaufmandevelopment.com, danredevllc.com, danielkaufmanre.com, danielkaufmanrealestate.com, and Substack.
Daniel brings a builder’s discipline, an investor’s precision, and an operator’s accountability to every project he undertakes. His mission is simple, consistent, and deeply personal, to create durable value for communities, partners, and investors by skating to where the market is going, not where it is today.