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Issue 001Spring / Summer 2026
HeadquarteredOklahoma City, OK
Active GeographyOK · MI · TX
Coordinates35.4676° N · 97.5164° W

Building on native legacy.

A place-based development firm reshaping the American interior — one parcel, one city block, one historic structure at a time. Working where others overlook.

№ 01 Manifesto
N S E W
Adaptive ReuseMixed-UseHistoric Preservation Tribal Joint VenturesLand AcquisitionMaster Planning Adaptive ReuseMixed-UseHistoric Preservation Tribal Joint VenturesLand AcquisitionMaster Planning
How it started

A firm built on place, not portfolio.

Native Land Development was founded on a simple conviction: the most valuable real estate in America is not on the coasts. It is the overlooked parcels, the nineteenth-century brick, the working downtowns that built this country and are ready to build it again.

Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Native Land Development operates across the American interior. The firm acquires, designs, finances, and operates — working alongside tribal nations, municipal partners, and local landowners to bring projects forward that would not happen any other way.

Every project starts with the ground itself — its history, its constraints, the community already living around it. The architecture follows from there.

(Gracie — replace these three paragraphs with the origin story in your own voice. Aim for 150–200 words. Cover: why the firm was founded, what makes the approach distinct, who the firm serves. Keep tone confident and grounded. The above paragraphs are an example of the structure — opening conviction, geography and partners, closing principle.)
Heritage isn't preservation. It's the foundation you build on.
— Native Land Development
Capabilities

From parcel to placemaking.

Native Land Development is a vertically integrated firm — handling every phase of a project from initial land acquisition through long-term operation.

(Gracie — confirm or revise this lede. One to two sentences describing the firm's end-to-end posture.)
№ 01

Land Acquisition

Identifying, underwriting, and acquiring strategic parcels — from infill urban sites to large-scale heartland assemblages.

№ 02

Master Planning & Design

Working with architects, planners, and municipalities to translate a parcel's potential into a project that fits its place.

№ 03

Capital & Joint Ventures

Structuring capital stacks, joint ventures, and partnerships with municipalities, tribal nations, and private capital.

№ 04

Development & Operations

Managing entitlement, construction, and ongoing operations — owning the project from groundbreaking through stabilization.

(Gracie — review these four pillars. Adjust names or descriptions to match how the work is described internally. Common alternatives: "Entitlement & Approvals," "Asset Management," "Adaptive Reuse," "Public-Private Partnerships." Note any pillar that should be added, cut, or renamed.)
Asset Classes
Commercial Industrial Mixed-Use Hospitality Adaptive Reuse
(Gracie — confirm the asset class list. Currently: Commercial, Industrial, Mixed-Use, Hospitality, Adaptive Reuse. Add residential if in scope, or remove any class that is rare or one-off.)
Selected work

A portfolio of second acts.

№ 01 — Active
Waterworks Distillery
Adaptive Reuse · Active
Manistee, MI
№ 02 — Pre-development
Heritage District
Master Plan · Pre-Development
Oklahoma City, OK
№ 03 — Acquisition
Little River Holdings
Land Portfolio
Eastern OK
№ 04 — Flagship
The Oklahoma Stockyards
Mixed-Use · Master Plan
Oklahoma City, OK
№ 05 — Concept
First Street
Mixed-Use · Concept
Manistee, MI
(Gracie — review portfolio. Currently shown: Waterworks Distillery, Heritage District, Little River Holdings, The Oklahoma Stockyards, First Street. Confirm all should be public, and note any projects to add or remove. Each project will eventually have a dedicated page like the Stockyards. Real renderings or photography will replace placeholder graphics.)
Flagship project

The Oklahoma Stockyards.

A generational redevelopment of one of America's most storied working districts — reimagining the country's largest stocker and feeder cattle market into a modern, mixed-use anchor for the Oklahoma City of the next century. Heritage preserved. Future built.

(Gracie — replace placeholder stats below with real numbers, and confirm or revise the description above.)
120+
Acres
1910
Established
$340M
Projected Investment
Explore the project
Where the work is

A geography of conviction.

Holdings span the Oklahoma plains, the northern Michigan coastline, and the working cities of the heartland.

Native Land Development — Portfolio Map OK · MI · TX
(Gracie — this is a static placeholder map showing approximate project locations. The plan is to integrate a live, curated portfolio map driven by the same GIS infrastructure used internally — public version, no editing tools, only NLD-tagged projects shown. Confirm which projects should be pinned and any additional locations to display.)
Leadership

The people behind the work.

Meet the full team →
GC
Gracie Chipman
Chief Executive Officer
PP
Preston Porter
Founder
AM
Alex Mainini
Director of Development
BI
Brent Irish
Chief Operating Officer
(Gracie — confirm titles above, and provide a portrait photograph for each team member. Bios are on the dedicated Team page.)
Land owners

Have land worth a second look?

Native Land Development is actively acquiring overlooked parcels — historic structures, infill urban sites, and large-scale heartland assemblages. Submit a property and the development team will respond within a week.

(Gracie — confirm or revise this copy. Submission form fields can include: property address, acreage, zoning, asking price, owner name, contact, notes. Indicate which fields should be required vs. optional, and where submissions should be routed — email, CRM, Asana intake.)
Submit a property
Field notes

News & dispatches.

View all dispatches →
April 2026

Native Land Development announces Stockyards master plan

A 120-acre vision for one of Oklahoma's most historically significant districts, developed in partnership with municipal stakeholders.

Read more
February 2026

Manistee Waterworks enters design development phase

The 1882 brick pumping station moves from concept to construction documents, with breaking ground targeted for fall.

Read more
January 2026

Land acquisitions expand across eastern Oklahoma

Little River Holdings completes a strategic assemblage of agricultural and development-ready parcels.

Read more
(Gracie — these news posts are placeholders. Provide three real updates worth publishing now, with date, headline, and a 2–3 sentence excerpt each. Aim for a rhythm of one post per quarter going forward.)
Get in touch

Let's build something that lasts.

Studio
Oklahoma City
Bricktown District
General inquiries
hello@nativelanddevelopment.com
Land submissions
land@nativelanddevelopment.com
Follow
(Gracie — provide LinkedIn and Instagram handles to link to.)