Kairos Development, LLC, is a Maryland real estate
development and consulting firm based in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Established in 2018, Kairos Development is a certified 100% minority and woman owned
business enterprise, led by Vonnette Harris. Kairos Development’s mission
is to foster economic investment in underserved communities throughout the
greater Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area through the creation or
preservation of:
§ Affordable Workforce Housing,
§ Mixed Income Housing;
§ Mixed Use Residential Housing; and
§ Community Resource Centers
As a certified minority and woman owned business, Kairos Development
looks to partner with for-profit developers, community-based non-profits,
faith-based organizations and local municipalities to bring redevelopment
initiatives from concept to completion. Building community consensus for
any redevelopment project requires a leader with vision, strong interpersonal
skills, an effective listener, and avid communicator to envision the
possibilities of an underserved community. Additionally, Kairos
Development understands the importance of assembling the right team of
professionals to achieve the desired product.
Kairos Development is certified by the Maryland Department
of Transportation, the City of Baltimore, Howard County and Prince George's County as 100% minority and women owned business enterprise.
Vonnette Harris
is the Founder and President of Karios Development, LLC, a certified 100% minority and woman
owned Maryland based real estate development and consulting firm, focused on
expanding opportunities of community economic development and investment in
underserved areas throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Mrs. Harris has a long-standing commitment to
providing sustainable and high-quality housing solutions for low to moderate
income families, as evidenced by her participation in the affordable housing
industry for more than a decade.
Mrs. Harris is
a credentialed real estate professional with over eighteen years of experience
in the construction, development and finance of multi-family, mixed income
housing. She is well versed in the
development process to include site selection and acquisition, project
feasibility and market demand, community engagement and entitlements, project
financing, project management, construction management, lease up, continued occupancy
and compliance. Throughout her career, Mrs.
Harris has completed over $230 million dollars of mixed financed transactions throughout
the Mid-Atlantic. She has worked in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia and North
Carolina. Product types have included
the substantial renovation and new construction of a large scattered site
development, the new construction of multiple mid-rise developments for seniors
and families and the adaptive reuse of several historic structures into
multifamily housing. Mrs. Harris has
significant experience in executing complex real estate transactions;
maintaining a working knowledge of the various funding tools and resources
available for the creation or preservation of affordable workforce and mixed income
housing. Mrs. Harris has the right combination
of passion, experience, drive, vision, and integrity to ensure any development
initiative she undertakes is a success.
Mrs. Harris
started Kairos Development because of her desired to assisted historically
disadvantaged and underinvested communities of color. Addressing housing inequities is one of Mrs.
Harris’ passion. Quality housing should
be a fundamental right in this country not a privilege. A person’s zip code should not dictate a person’s
potential or future. As such, Mrs. Harris has taken all that she
has learned in her professional career to become a resource for overlooked
communities needing the technical support and help to charge the trajectory of
their neighborhoods - creating communities of choice.
Motivated by a passion to serve, Kairos Development, LLC, produces quality housing and provides exceptional technical support to community based and faith-based nonprofits striving to improve the present conditions of their communities. Lead by an unwavering belief that quality housing is a fundamental right and not a privileged, Vonnette Harris founded Kairos Development to address the growing disparities between neighborhood conditions in disinvested and underserved communities in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. “A person’s zip code should not predetermine or dictate a person’s potential, opportunity or future.”
