Turning Real Estate Development Challenges into Home Sweet Home
Northpointe Development Inc. is the answer for municipalities and local organizations looking for a developer who understands the unique character and scale of the neighborhood and develops with care.
Our Services
Northpoint develops, owns and provides market-rate affordable and senior housing in Wisconsin and beyond. Working closely with municipalities, we thoughtfully examine real estate development needs and turn them into opportunities for:
New Construction
Historic Preservation
Rural Housing
Senior Housing
We have more than a decade of experience handling the toughest development challenges, including:
Acting as Master Developer to developer both private and public improvements and infrastructure on multiple contiguous sites.
Creative and unique architecture with sustainable products and materials.
Environmental remediation and abatement on brownfield and blighted sites.
Partnering with multiple government entities, including the Department of Natural Resources, state housing finance agencies, Housing and Urban Development, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Utilizing TIF (tax increment financing) to bridge a community’s redevelopment goals though public- private partnerships.
Obtaining soft funds to fill gaps.
Preserving and repurposing historic buildings.
Securing competitive tax credits – a long track record of success in all market types.
Our Process
Create place to live, learn, work, and play
Identify
We explore development needs of communities, especially those that have a need for affordable senior and workforce housing.
Partner
We work in tandem with community and neighborhoods to see if our land development ideas and expertise can solve a community’s needs.
Plan
We partner with local industry experts including contractors, architects and engineers to devise a feasible and executable plan.
Educate
Host community meetings to discuss the benefits of the real estate development project with concerned citizens and evaluate feedback.
Source
Locate any financial participation needed from outside sources. Identify and apply government tax credits that fit the project. We have a high success rate with competitive credit programs, earning roughly two awards per year over the last 10 years.
Execute
Effectively manage the closing and construction project through completion and then work with a third-party professional property management company to lease up and operate the project.
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
Northpointe is a long-term partner in all of our projects and communities. We use sustainable building materials and make capital improvements when needed to maintain our assets to the highest quality.
Meet the Team
Callan L. Schultz
Callan Schultz graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a Bachelor of Business Administration, with majors in finance and management information systems and a Masters of Business Administration. He was a 1999 class member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Birthing of Giants program.
Callan formed Keystone Development, LLC in 1999. The company has developed over 2,000 apartment units throughout Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Iowa. In 2011, Callan and Andy Dumke formed Northpointe Development, Inc. for the purpose of developing and owning affordable housing in Wisconsin.
Andy J. Dumke
Since 1993 when he first began developing and managing real estate, Andy Dumke has grown his portfolio to include multi-family apartments, commercial office buildings, warehouse buildings, and retail centers.
His other company, Alliance Development, has developed over $200,000,000 in real estate. Alliance works with of nationally accredited tenants such as Starbucks®, Panera®, Fed EX/Kinkos®, TJ Maxx®, JoAnn Fabrics®, US Cellular®, Verizon®, Buffalo Wild Wings®, Chipotle®, Qdoba®, Baker Tilly®, Old National Bank®, and Olive Garden®. Alliance’s current portfolio contains over 1,000,000 square feet of commercial office, warehouse and retail space.
Andy founded Northpointe Development Corporation with Cal Schultz in 2011.
Sean O’Brien
Prior to joining Northpointe Development in 2020, Sean O’Brien was director of commercial lending for almost six years at the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA). In his tenure, Sean led the development of Wisconsin’s Affordable Housing Policy and allocation of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
In 2018, Sean’s Commercial Lending team implemented the State Housing Tax Credit Program, which allowed WHEDA to allocate a new credit that has since created or preserved approximately 1,000 affordable homes annually. Sean also served on the Community Investment Advisory Council for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago for three years.
Sean holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Jake Victor
Jake Victor is Vice President of Development for Northpointe Development. In this role, Jake is responsible for the growth and execution of Northpointe’s pipeline in new markets.
Jake previous served as a Commercial Lending Officer for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. While at WHEDA he was tasked with allocating the state’s Housing Tax Credit programs, originating multifamily loans, and overseeing Wisconsin's National Housing Trust Fund Program. Jake successfully originated over $140mm in lending activity for affordable housing projects throughout the state. Jake has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in Finance and Real Estate.
Real Estate Development Awards
Oconomowoc School Apartments
The Daily Reporter Top Project, 2013
Runner up J. Timothy Anderson for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation, 2014
National Historic Preservation Award, 2015
Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation Award, 2017
ShoE Factory Lofts
Remarkable Milwaukee Award, 2019
Mercantile Lofts
Remarkable Milwaukee Award, 2019
Century Building
Remarkable Milwaukee Award, 2019
Woolen Mills Lofts
Carolyn Kellogg Historic Preservation Award