Pomeroy Development

04/12/2026

I'm headed to Tulsa for the national Main Street Now Conference and looking forward to presenting with my friend Robert with Kansas Main Street.

The presentation in short:

- Nobody is coming to save your town (especially downtown)
- Development projects are just a math equation. Learn the math and follow the money.
- The development skillset can be learned and resources exist to help you and others in your community learn the necessary skills to make projects happen
- Grow your own skills and then nurture the development eco-system in your community

- Justin Pregont

02/10/2026

Yesterday I testified in front of the Kansas House Committee on Commerce in support of a proposed bill that would incrementally expand the current exemption on fire sprinklers from just single and duplex projects to include 3-plexes and 4-plexes. Similar moves have recently been made in North Carolina, Oregon and various cities across the state/country and yes, smoke alarms would still be required.

Fire code, including sprinkler requirements, in commercial and multi-family buildings has saved countless lives since going mainstream many decades ago. Even so, many local governments and state regulators are too disconnected from the extraordinary cost sprinklers impose on very small projects (4 units and less). In real estate, form follows finance, meaning projects don't get built if the sources of funding don't match the required project expenses.

At a time when every community I visit across Kansas claims a housing supply and affordability crisis, this is a small and reasonable step to help hometown housing developers and investors make more small projects work.

- Justin Pregont

02/03/2026

12/17/2025

I was recently asked by Kevin Klinkenberg to come on the Messy City Podcast (recorded in Kansas City) to discuss my perspective and experience with real estate development in rural Kansas.

"I kept hearing no, over and over and over again...I started doing development in Atchison because I was desperate to see (deliver) the types of projects that I saw other people do in bigger places."

If you're interested in rural real estate development at all, I think you'll enjoy listening to our conversation (link below).

Justin Pregont of Pomeroy Development talks about taking on the hard projects in rural towns in Kansas

11/21/2025

We're proud to be early supporters of Arbors & Avenues, a group dedicated to the natural beautification of Atchison.

So far we've partnered with them to plant a total of eight new trees at our buildings in Downtown Atchison (1913 Apartments, Central School Apartments, and Bridgeview Apartments).

11/07/2025

Earlier this week I presented to the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Kansas during their annual conference, which was held in Atchison this year. The presentation was titled, "Why Don't Developers Build Something in My Town?" discussing the challenges of making real estate development investable in rural communities across Kansas.

A few of my points from the presentation:

1 - Product development is upstream of marketing. Marketing certainly matters, but only once the product is reasonably good.

2 - Form always follows finance in real estate development. Local leaders (cities, counties, chambers, etc...) could benefit from drastically increasing their knowledge surrounding real estate development finance (math) and investment performance (risk adjusted return). For nearly every commercial and multi-family project in rural Kansas, and certainly for every project I've been involved with to date, the total development costs exceed the fair market value of a project upon completion. The reality of this situation is a strong indicator that various tax abatements and/or incentives (IRB, NRP/RHID, historic tax credits, etc.) are appropriate, especially in communities that are struggling with population decline, blighted neighborhoods, and places that see more demolition than new construction. Put most simply, real estate development has to be profitable or it won't happen enough to matter.

3 - Unless your community is satisfied with only seeing new dollar stores, drive thru fast food, and LIHTC (low income housing tax credits) housing projects, the outside development world is probably not coming to save your town. If the rural communities of Kansas want to see more downtown commercial revitalization, historic preservation, infill housing, etc. then we need to get better at growing, training, and incentivizing local people to become the homegrown real estate developers of tomorrow.

A handful of small, homegrown developers incrementally doing their thing in a community can add huge long term value. Let's work together to create more small, homegrown developers in Kansas.

11/07/2025

09/23/2025

Case study: Pomeroy Development & Pomeroy Properties

With two distinct but connected brands under one mission, Pomeroy Development & Pomeroy Properties needed a unified visual identity, website, and photography library that could carry the weight of both legacy and innovation.

This is how we solved those problems: https://www.storyweaverbrands.com/projects/pomeroy-development

08/15/2025

Wheelchair accessible unit opening soon at 1913 Apartments in Downtown Atchison

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07/19/2025

07/02/2025

2-Bedroom Opening at Bridgeview Apartments in Downtown Atchison

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