Florida-based multifamily developer Hillpointe broke ground Tuesday on 682 rental homes split between South Reno and Carson City, the company's first projects in Nevada (via KOLO 8). The plan calls for 358 units in Reno and 324 in Carson City, built over roughly the next 15 months, with the first residents expected in early 2028.
The Reno project is Pointe Grand Cape at Southport, on 32.5 acres at 18610 Wedge Parkway, near Galena High School. Hillpointe's own announcement from October lists 268 two-bedroom, two-bath apartments in 12 buildings, plus 90 three-bedroom built-to-rent townhomes with attached two-car garages. Plans include a clubhouse, pool and hot tub, fitness center, dog park and pickleball court.
The company's schedule for the Reno site has grading starting this quarter, full site work in December, vertical construction around March 2027, first homes in January 2028 and completion in April 2028.
In Carson City, the project is called Pointe Grand Sageview and will have 324 two-bedroom, two-bath apartments, according to Carson Now. KRNV News 4 placed it west of where Butti Way turns into Airport Road, about a mile from Carson High School and within two miles of downtown and the Capitol.
That site hasn't been an easy one. Carson Now reported that it sits in a floodplain near protected wetlands, and that when the project was first announced, many residents believed the land was protected open space. Hillpointe didn't have a specific floodplain mitigation answer at the time and said it would send technical information later.
At Tuesday's event, City Manager Glen Martel said Hillpointe is helping improve the city's drainage, and that stormwater from the west side of the site will be rerouted to the south side of the city's wastewater treatment facility. "Something of this size, this complexity never goes easily," he said, according to Carson Now.
"We are very sensitive to the environment in any community that we [build] in," said Pamela Thompson, Hillpointe's director of external affairs.
Hillpointe calls the units attainable or workforce housing, but they aren't income-restricted. The company told KOLO it targets households earning 80% to 100% of the area median income and can charge a couple hundred dollars below the market median, though it hasn't released rents or eligibility details. Amanda Sistrand of Hillpointe told KRNV the company rents "at market rate," and Carson Now said Hillpointe's literature pitches the Carson project to households that earn too much to qualify for income-restricted housing.
Reno City Council member Brandi Anderson said the homes will suit entry-level renters such as teachers, firefighters and nurses. "With all of that growth and expansion and jobs that are available, housing has not kept up," she told KRNV.
The part of Hillpointe's model that matters most to the trades is that it does the building itself. The Winter Park, Fla., company describes itself as a vertically integrated developer, builder and manager, with an in-house construction team, and says it handles everything from buying land to long-term management with its own staff. "We're 100% vertically integrated, which means that we manage the whole process," Thompson told KOLO. Hillpointe says it has more than 9,000 units under construction across nine states.
Why it matters for Contractors
Two projects this size, starting at the same time in neighboring markets, add up to a lot of trade work in Northern Nevada over the next year and a half: site and utility work now, then framing, roofing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, drywall, flooring, paint and landscaping as buildings go vertical next spring.
The catch is how you get in the door. Hillpointe builds its own projects instead of hiring an outside general contractor, so there's no separate GC's bid list. None of the coverage said how it's buying trades for these jobs or whether it plans to use local subs. Its website doesn't list a trade partner or vendor page. Small shops that want a shot should reach out to the company directly and ask who's buying for the Reno and Carson City sites, and do it before vertical work starts. In Carson City, earthwork and drainage crews should also expect a site with floodplain and stormwater conditions, which tends to mean extra scrutiny from the city.