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Evolve Companies

is a vertically integrated multifamily developer, contractor, and manager of conventional and student housing. Our senior staff has developed and constructed over 10,000 multi-family apartment homes across the southeast.

Timeline

1998
1998

Mega Builders, LLC

Mega Builders, LLC
Mega Builders, LLC — the forerunner of Evolve Construction — is established paving the way for the evolution.
1999
1999

First community built

First community built
Within it’s first year in business, Mega Builders built its first community in Greensboro, NC.
2001
2001

Parker Umstead Joins the Team 2001

Parker Umstead Joins the Team 2001
Parker Umstead joins the team as a site superintendent. Later, Umstead will become Senior Project Manager overseeing all construction projects.
2002
2002

First project outside of NC

Development and construction crosses NC boarders taking on the company’s first out-of-state project in Myrtle Beach, SC.
2007
2007

Frank Forde Joined

Frank Forde Joined
Frank Forde who began his career as a commercial real estate paralegal in NYC joins the team as Director of Development.
2010
2010

Tammy Buckland Joined

Tammy Buckland Joined
Tammy Buckland is hired as Chief Financial Officer with over a decade in construction financial management under her belt upon joining the team.
2012
2012

Expanded + added a second office in ILM

Expanded + added a second office in ILM
Mega Builders expands and adds a second office in Wilmington, NC.
2013
2013

Rebranded to Evolve Cos

Rebranded to Evolve Cos
In October 2013, Mega Builders, LLC rebrands as Evolve Companies to include Evolve Management Group and Evolve Construction, LLC.
2017
2017

Matt Rogers

Matt Rogers
Director of Development, Matt Rogers, joins Evolve Companies taking on the responsibilities of market/site analysis, design, entitlements, financing, construction and marketing.
2020
2020

Evolve in Wilmington

Evolve in Wilmington
Evolve moves its second headquarters in Wilmington, NC to expand.
2022
2022

National Multifamily Housing Council

National Multifamily Housing Council
Evolve Companies is recognized by the National Multifamily Housing Council as a Top 25 Largest Builder in the US.