Highland Development Company, the Denver-based developer behind some of the city's most active urban infill projects of the past decade, has rebranded as Dominion Residential. The shift is more than a name change. It marks the firm's evolution from a boutique developer of attainable housing into a vertically integrated platform that combines in-house development with a full-service residential construction business serving third-party clients across Colorado and Texas.
The company continues to operate from its longtime headquarters at 2100 N Downing St in Five Points, with managing partners Mike Martines, Bin Lu, and Tony Lajimodiere leading the firm. Under the new structure, Dominion runs two integrated divisions. Dominion Construction is positioned as a full-service residential builder offering preconstruction, general contracting, and self-performed scopes through an internal team called Dominion Services. Dominion Residential handles ground-up development, focused on what the firm calls market-rate multifamily communities that deliver long-term value. The company has also expanded into Texas, with a dedicated Vice President for that market.
The portfolio behind the rebrand includes a long list of Denver projects that have meaningfully shaped specific corridors.
The Marlow at 4905 E Colfax, the 205-unit, six-story mixed-use building that opened earlier this year for Sable Partners and replaced a former Dollar Tree, was built under Dominion Construction as a third-party contractor.
The Kensing, a 35-unit condominium project in Boulder, rounds out the active build list, alongside Sojourn at Idlewild in Winter Park.
Iota Fox Station at 500 W 41st Avenue brought 148 modern units to Globeville one block from the 41st and Fox commuter rail station, and is one of the clearer examples of the firm's transit-oriented thesis.
The Signalmen added 59 units, Nightingale brought 39 condominium units to Uptown,
Traverse delivered 281 multifamily units, and Berkeley Shores added 89 attached and detached single-family homes north of the Berkeley neighborhood.
Other notable Dominion Residential projects include The Signalmen, a 59 unit development, Sojourn at Idlewild in Winter Park and West Line Village, which delivered 184 attached single family homes near Denver’s western city limits and the W Line light rail. The firm is also behind Aer Lamar, a 375 unit market rate community that is currently its largest active build.
The branding shift also signals a tonal change. As Highland Development Company, the firm leaned into a scrappy, design-forward identity built around the phrase "Uncommon Communities" and a stated mission to disrupt residential development and deliver attainable housing along the Front Range. Dominion's positioning is more institutional. The new website emphasizes alignment, transparency, principal-level involvement, and execution risk management, language clearly tuned for capital partners and third-party clients rather than first-time homebuyers.
For Denver, the practical impact is that one of the city's most prolific small-scale developers now has a sharper service offering for outside capital. With the Colfax BRT, the Fox Park redevelopment in Globeville, and continued infill activity around the W Line and 41st and Fox stations, the demand for builders fluent in Denver's complex urban entitlement environment is only growing. Dominion is positioning itself squarely in that lane.
