NWI Development Group
Est. 2012
Transformative development, rooted on the shoreline.
For fourteen years we’ve turned overlooked ground along Lake Michigan into distinctive real estate, an hour and fifteen minutes from downtown Chicago.
15 developments across the region
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Years developing the Northwest Indiana region
Development valuation led by our principals
Years of combined development experience
Developments across NW Indiana & SW Michigan
A design-driven, management-intensive developer bringing global expertise to Lake Michigan's shoreline.
Our advantage starts with knowing the region. Years of developing, operating, and investing across Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan give us a firsthand understanding of where opportunities exist and how to move them forward.
The NWI Development vision
Envision
We approach every project as a blank canvas that evolves throughout its entire life. Our focus is on creating value and making an impact that brings the uniqueness of every project to life.
Plan
Great work is the result of great planning. Every NWI development centers on a well-conceived, all-encompassing, sensitivity-driven master plan that we manage from a dream to a physical manifestation.
Execute
The idea is simple: deliver high-quality, successful experiences in placemaking. Our developments are more than brick and mortar, they are places where community will thrive.
Developments
The Banc, Hammond
A mixed-use adaptive reuse of the historic nine-story Bank Calumet headquarters into roughly 100 apartments, with The Reserve event venue and ground-floor commercial space in downtown Hammond.
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Avanterra
A private residential community across more than 100 acres in LaPorte County with just 23 estate-scale homesites, 60+ acres of preserved open space, trails, and planned amenities.
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100 Anchor Road
A 62,000 SF warehouse and office property in Michigan City with flexible, divisible commercial space, and the operational hub for NWI's development and hospitality businesses.
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Barrelhouse The Venue
An adaptive reuse of a historic building in Michigan City's Elston Grove neighborhood into a distinctive event venue and three market-rate apartments.
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Lakeside Townhomes
An eight-unit, maintenance-free townhome community in Michigan City's Canada Park, less than a half mile from Lake Michigan. Completely sold out before completion in 2022.
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Our developments trace the southern rim of Lake Michigan, from Hammond at the Illinois line to New Buffalo across the Michigan border.
15 developments, one shoreline
The Momentum Fund
- Fund I · Closed
Momentum Fund I
Fully deployed
Capital deployed across a diversified set of South Shore developments, establishing NWI’s investment platform across residential, mixed-use, adaptive reuse, hospitality, and land.
- Fund II · Open
Momentum Fund II
You don’t invest in a single project. You invest in NWI’s growing pipeline across the region.
On the record
NWI Times
Aug 2025
The Banc: first transit-oriented development to cross the finish line, paving the way for more projects
NWI Times
Sep 2025
Downtown Hammond revitalization piques interest from potential investors
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