Attainable Homeownership
Digital Skylines develops small-lot cottage communities that preserve single-family neighborhoods while increasing density and affordability.
By clustering modern, detached residences around shared green spaces, we offer an attainable path to homeownership for first-time buyers, downsizers, and anyone seeking financial stability—strengthening communities and celebrating the pride of owning a home.
Attainability
Our homes are built to be priced below market average, making homeownership attainable for many.
Quality
We build modern, detached homes with premium finishes and private yards, ensuring comfort and style.
Community
Our developments foster a sense of pride and belonging, with vibrant shared spaces and amenities.
Ownership
We want to help people build for their long term financial future by turning renters into owners.
Design Principles
Digital Skylines focuses on building cottage-style housing clusters that offer affordable, high-quality homes in desirable locations.
Smaller Lots
Our developments feature smaller lots with high-density layouts, creating vibrant, walkable communities.
Full-Amenity Homes
Each home is designed with 2-3 bedrooms, modern kitchens, and private yards, providing comfort and functionality.
Detached Structures
We build detached, one to two-story homes to IBC/IRC standards, ensuring durability and safety.
Why Cottage Housing?
Stop spending on rent & start building equity
Rental properties are convenient and accessible, but they aren't setting people up for long term financial success. Home ownership is a mechanism to start people on a path of long term financial security.
More privacy & control than a townhome
Building standalone single family structures gives the privacy and control that homeowners experience—without any shared walls or exorbitant HOA fees.
More attainable than traditional homes
By subdividing into smaller lots and focusing on smaller foot print houses (800-1200sqft) we can bring the price down to make mortgage payments attainable for first time homebuyers and downsizers.
Meet Our Team
Kevin Howell
CEO
Kevin is a seasoned real estate development professional with 35+ years of experience in the Western US. He’s negotiated over 2000 real estate acquisitions, directed development teams of attorneys, surveyors, architects, planners, engineers and general contractors, and managed staff comprised of real estate, engineering, and construction professionals, developing 50-100 sites per year with annual budgets exceeding $15 million.
Kevin holds a Master of Real Estate Development from USC and a BA in Economics from Stanford University.
Cynthia Howell
COO
Cindy is a expert real estate project manager, broker and property manager with over 30 years of experience. A licensed real estate broker in Arizona since 1992, Cindy has been a Commercial Property Manager of portfolios up to 2,000,000 square feet. Through her experiences, she has developed a thorough understanding of the complexities of the real estate business and how to mitigate their impacts on clients’ projects.
Cindy holds a Master's of Real Estate Development from USC and a BA in Communications from Stanford University.
Steven Howell
Business Development
Steven has a unique blend of technology expertise and real estate experience . As the first Product hire at Kasa, he collaborated with building owners and development teams to create luxury rental experiences. Most recently, he applied his skills at BovControl, combining real estate, finance, and livestock data for climate products. He aims to use technology and data to make a more creative and efficient real estate development process.
Steven holds a BS in Product Design Engineering from Stanford University.
Experience
2020's-Today—Cottage Style Housing Development
We're leveraging our multigenerational expertise to tackle the "wicked" problem of attainable housing. Our homes are designed to provide the best of homeownership at a price point accessible to a wide range of people, from young professionals to retirees.
1980's-2020's—Wireless Infrastructure across the Western United States
Kevin & Cindy developed over 2,000 wireless projects developed across 12 states, collaborating with engineers, planners, and zoning boards—bringing internet access to rural & suburban communities that otherwise may not have gotten telecommunications capabilities for years.
1950's-1980's—Farm Management & Water Rights
Tom Howell was one of the first major farming operations to come to Southwestern Arizona, helping to build the farming community as stewards of the land and serving on the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District Board for over 50 years.
Get in Touch
We're actively seeking new parcels and development partners as well as growing our buyer list of prospective future cottage owners. If you'd like to stay in touch, please reach out.
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