Company Overview

Jonathan Rose Companies is one of the country’s leading owners, developers and operators of green affordable and mixed-income communities.  Founded in 1989, Rose has created projects with more than $4.2 billion of value with a current portfolio of 19,000 apartment homes in 15 states and Washington DC.   

Our mission is to create a more environmentally thriving, socially just world through the development, preservation, renovation and management of green, affordable and mixed income housing. 

The firm is a fully integrated investment management, development and asset management company with construction management, solar energy, mortgage finance and title company affiliates.  

We strive to achieve positive environmental impact by investing in energy efficiency, decarbonization, and water conservation to reduce our use of natural resources and toxins. Our social impact is achieved by preserving and expanding housing affordability, and connecting our residents to health, education, financial, cultural and social services. And we aim to achieve these impacts in a co-creative process with governments, our residents and staff.   

We are signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI), benchmark performance annually through GRESB, and align our reporting with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines, SASB.

Rose Community Builders is a subsidiary entity which expands upon Jonathan Rose Companies’ mission and work by providing Construction Management and General Contracting services to the projects we serve.  We work exclusively with Jonathan Rose Companies on select rehabilitation projects where we can leverage our extensive experience in project planning, preconstruction, bidding, and the construction phase to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with the highest level of quality while ensuring prioritization of the residents’ wellbeing throughout the design and construction process.