About

Previous Experience:
Our Principals have over 30 years of combined professional experience in acquiring, developing, entitling and building real estate projects across a wide array of multifamily types and classes. In addition to these properties, they have negotiated commercial leases, entitled mixed-use master plans (over 3,000 acres), and constructed commercial buildings.
Current Focus:
We seek to deliver communities of the highest quality to address the renter-by-choice lifestyle. Within this category we intensely focus our efforts on integrated, mixed-use communities in locations where long-term viability is most likely.  Mixed-use projects require a greater level of detail and analysis, but we feel generate the longest benefit from a risk-adjusted return basis. 
dbURBAN Communities challenges the historical mindset of the local rental market, and instead delivers exceptional places that meet the current lifestyle renter.  Through extensive design coordination using proven URBAN principles, we create built environments which engage the residents, enhance the community and ensure the best risk-adjusted returns for our partners, investors and stakeholders. ​
Our vision and mission is to develop using a virtuous cycle allowing us to “Build Well, Do Good”.  The Company develops projects that have TIES to urban design.  This urban design then TIES enhances the fabric of a stronger community.  Stronger community TIES create greater profitability for the Company thus allowing us to do more projects. ​

The Founders

DUSTIN E. HOLT 
Mr. Holt is the Co-founder of dbURBAN Communities, and has 15 years of experience in the real estate brokerage and development industry. His resume includes the acquisition, entitlement and/or development of more than 6,000 residential units and more than 2 million square feet of commercial (office, retail and hospitality) uses.  Mr. Holt is involved in all projects and is primarily responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, entitlements, design and governmental affairs. Prior to founding dbURBAN Communities, Mr. Holt was the development director for Boulder Ventures where he entitled, developed and leased TOD projects including Vista Station, Bangerter Crossing, 2100 Sugarhouse and Sugarmont Center. Several of the TOD projects included Community Development Areas (CDA) or Special Service Areas (SSA) components and Mr. Holt was an integrate part in creating more than $200MM in property tax incentives for these projects.  Prior to Boulder Ventures, Mr. Holt was a partner at Salt Lake Realty Advisers, where he worked for many prominent developer clients in procuring and entitling property for single family, multi-family and commercial uses.   Mr. Holt attended Utah Valley State College and the University of Utah in Architectural Drafting and Design.  He is a licensed real estate broker (UT) as well as a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI).  Dustin enjoys outings with his wife, son and twin daughters, boating, wakeboarding, Lake Powell and the Caribbean.

D. BRYCE BAKER
Mr. Baker is the Co-founder of dbURBAN Communities, and has 13 years of experience in the real estate and development industry. His resume includes the acquisition, entitlement and/or development of over 3,000 apartments and 2.5 million square feet of commercial (office, industrial and retail) use, including two TOD projects in Utah. Mr. Baker utilizes his strong background in finance and institutional on all projects and is primarily responsible for the corporate operations, legal, financing, construction and management of the assets. Mr. Baker spent the first 12 years of his career learning and growing within institutional level development companies, including positions as Vice President of Real Estate for Security National Life (NASDAQ "SNFC-A"), development manager for Hamilton Partners and Alliance Residential Company. Notable SLC projects include 53rd Center, Sandy East Village as both a partner with UTA and at Security National, 222 Main, Boston Building renovation, and the 111 Main/Eccles Theater RDA team.  Mr. Baker is the programs chair for ULI Utah, and has been a member of NMHC and NAIOP. He holds an MBA from the University of Utah and a BS in Real Estate Financing from Brigham Young University. He volunteers his time with non-profit organizations focusing on attainable housing, childhood development, and educational and professional development for young adults. He also spends his free time with his wife and their four children hiking, backpacking and enjoying the outdoors. ​

Contact Us

166 East 14000 South Ste. 110 | Draper, Utah 84040
contact@dburbancommunities.com​