OUR TEAM
The Housing Growth Partners team shares a vision for innovative, responsible and sustainable housing development, combining decades of experience and a range of skillsets that have helped build the Midwest.
Founder and CEO Adam Hootnick graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law before helping launch Texas-based modular manufacturer OMC and helping to bring significant modular residential development to Omaha in 2025.
Architectural adviser Michael Alley was named AIA Nebraska’s Architect of the Year in 2024, and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, AIA Nebraska’s Firm of The Year, brings 85+ staff who have developed over 8,400 regional residences since 1987.
Omaha-based Field Day Development is a woman-owned firm that has managed construction on $150M of projects across the Midwest. In his 23+ year career in modular home-building. Curt Wilkerson has served in roles including GM at BonnaVilla and Head of Sales at Wardcraft.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Our commitment is to provide homes that are more thoughtful and more beautiful than those which are typically available at an “attainable” price, without sacrificing quality or speed to occupancy along the way. Founded with the goal of transforming lives and the built environment, HGP’s development approach is guided by a “Scorecard” that evaluates projects based on their affordability, beauty, long-term value, and community impact. That philosophy underpins not only the effort to build homes, but also build equity—for both residents and the communities in which we invest. Ultimately, we believe a home’s value cannot appreciate if its neighborhood deteriorates.
OUR SCORECARD
Factors that increase neighborhood and house value and desirability
- What’s the area like?
- Is it residential with low-speed streets?
- What are nearby houses like?
- Are they well maintained?
- Do they have large trees and quality landscaping?
- Is it close to places I frequent? Is it possible to use various modes of transportation to move around?
- Drivable
- Is it convenient to roads I can use for commuting by car?
- Public transit
- Walkable/Bikeable
- Are there sidewalks? How continuous are they to nearby places I might walk to?
- Are there trails nearby?
- Are there on-street bike lanes nearby?
- Drivable
- Is it affordable (around 30% of monthly income)?
- How likely is the home to appreciate in value?
- What are nearby homes selling at?
- Are the values increasing year by year, staying the same, or decreasing?
- Is any nearby development planned that could impact the house value?
- What are nearby homes selling at?
- Are there low levels of air pollution/noise pollution/light pollution?
- Are lead or other hazardous materials a low concern on the site or in the house?
- Is the neighborhood safe?
- What’s the crime rate?
- Are there nearby health facilities?
- Where’s the nearest hospital?
- Is the neighborhood designed to encourage community interaction?
- Shared outdoor space
- Wide sidewalks
- Parking on-street or out of sight
- Are there notable organizations contributing to community development (house building and/or financial assistance programs, community hub building, etc.)?
- Are there schools and/or childcare nearby?
- How are they rated?
- Can my kids get there safely on their own by school bus?
- Where the nearest jobs?
- Is there a diversity of employment options?
- Can I support myself and my family on their hourly wages/salary?
- Where are the nearest stores?
- Grocery
- Hardware
- Retail
- Where are the nearest community hubs?
- Library
- Public pool
- Neighborhood Park
- Sports Field
- Community Center
- Is the neighborhood served by broadband access?
- How is the house oriented?
- Does it get plenty of natural light?
- Does it have public and private spaces indoors and outdoors?
- Are quality building materials used?
- Are green building practices used?
