TThe landowner and joint venture partner is Louis W. Breland, owner of Breland Companies and Smart Living, LLC. Since 1975, Louis has developed more than 30,000 single/multi-family homes and lots as well as office buildings, high-rise condominiums, retail centers, and self-storage facilities throughout Alabama and the Southeast. Louis is a serial entrepreneur and has sold four of his companies to New York Stock Exchange companies. Breland Homes was ranked the 38th largest homebuilder in the United States by Builder Magazine in 2012.