THE MOMO WAY
We are an equity real estate development firm formed to empower communities through building exceptional residences and commercial spaces that are workforce affordable, environmentally sensitive and highly valued by our residents, our city of neighborhoods, and by the market.
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Vision
Neighborhoods are vibrant, safe, culturally rich, and economically viable. We have achieved development without displacement. Our communities are self-advocating, self-determining, self-generating and fully engaged.
BECAUSE WE SAID SO.
We bring the lens of community empowerment, agency and self determination to all of our real estate development projects. We have the rigor, the boots on the ground experience, the network, credibility, track record, and the SAUCE to create transformational impact.
As a team indigenous to Baltimore, with a commitment to bold actions, we declare that our communities will flourish! And together, we shall thrive... because we said so.
OUR SERVICES
You Can Partner With Us In 3 Ways
PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT
We are focused on residential and commercial design/build for mixed-use, multi-family dwellings (10-100 units). Recovering abandoned housing stock and refurbishing single family homes--by the block--will move the needle on revitalizing blighted neighborhoods.
REAL ESTATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
We provide oversight and project management -- "boots on the ground" -- from pre-development to lease-up to ensure project success. Consider us your extended team.
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CONSULTING
Leverage over 70 years of combined experience in capital raising, real estate finance, stakeholder engagement, operations & business/entrepreneurship development in your community, economic, and real estate development projects.
SECRET SAUCE (C.R.E.A.M.)
Community Revitalization, Empowerment & Agency Model
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Real estate development is the means we choose to create transformed, vibrant, and culturally-rich communities. And unlike many developers, we have a unique process that places communities at the center of our real estate projects. This is not your typical "community engagement" or "community voice" box that we check off on a list of to-do's. This process is central to our values, our work, and our legacy.
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C.R.E.A.M. embodies the principles of socially regenerative development -- a world view that requires all segments of our society (cultural, political, social, economic, etc.) to participate and deliberate together to co-create quality living experiences for communities historically disregarded and underserved.
CENTERING COMMUNITY
We go beyond the typical focus on material resources and monetary outcomes to center solidarity and agency.
Each real estate project is different and teams have varying levels of capacity; therefore, we have designed 3 levels to our CREAM approach, similar to LEED certification for green buildings, that allows developers to employ this model with any project.
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We can provide training on this model to your development team or a trained community engagement specialist to lead your organization through the CREAM process and impact assessment for your project.
THE DREAM TEAM
At MOMO | WUCHA, we are the perfect mix of wisdom, experience, and fresh vitality.
We​ embody more than 70 years of experience in transformational community, economic and
real estate development from a variety of sectors and angles.
Our team of real estate development and finance professionals has over 100 combined years of experience including mainstream bids, developments and financial structuring as well as hands-on experience successfully creating alternative, impact-oriented solutions.
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MARILYN WU
Co-Founder, Partner
Marilyn has spent the last 35 yrs leading community and housing advocacy. She has been a political advisor and consultant dedicated to empowering communities and building coalitions across racial, economic, and class lines. She's served on the boards of CDCs that built mixed-use developments, ran a cooperative apartment building, innovating unprecedented affordability guidelines. She also understands impact from the financial side, having served as an officer in family foundations for two billionaires.
