Kristi Kandel is reshaping who gets to lead real estate development, because thriving communities are built by locals, not outsiders. With nearly 20 years and over $450M in projects, she’s led everything from national retail builds to adaptive reuse and hydrogen clean energy infrastructure.

Her secret weapon is Dev-OS—a step-by-step operating system that streamlines the development process and is now being shared with locals.

When she’s not working her own deals, Kristi’s breaking down barriers on the Local Real Estate Developer podcast, sharing real, boots-on-the-ground stories of locals taking ownership of their communities.