Courtyard Urbanist reported that Culdesac's planned Atlanta Beltline project did not move forward, and the company has since emphasized a car-light Mesa model that may include limited parking.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Culdesac is a real estate developer and neighborhood manager building walkable, mixed-use, car-free communities. Its flagship project is Culdesac Tempe, a car-free neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona that combines housing, retail, and mobility benefits for residents.
Primary product
Culdesac Tempe car-free, mixed-use residential community and property-management platform
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Real Estate
Sub-industry
Real estate development / proptech / neighborhood management
Offices
1 job at Culdesac
Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$40.1M
Latest round
Series A · Jan 2022
Latest amount
$30M
Jan 2022 · Khosla Ventures
Nov 2019 · Khosla Ventures
Jan 2018 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Chief Investment Officer
Head of Operations
Head of Business Operations and Finance
HR People Operations Lead
Chief of Staff
Founders
Co-Founder & COO
Mission-driven and highly interdisciplinary, with a strong emphasis on ownership, teamwork, iteration, human-centered design, and building cities for people, not cars.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show a mix of hourly and salaried roles, including hourly leasing roles around $9-$21/hour and a full-time role posted at roughly $105K-$140K; some roles also offer performance-based commission plus commuter/mobility stipends.
Benefits
Pricing
monthly apartment rent for residences, plus retail leasing and real-estate development / management economics
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M (LinkedIn company page reports ~$4M annual revenue)
Estimated monthly visits
16K
Courtyard Urbanist reported that Culdesac's planned Atlanta Beltline project did not move forward, and the company has since emphasized a car-light Mesa model that may include limited parking.
SourceABC News · Apr 2026
ABC highlighted Culdesac Tempe as a car-free community with shops and restaurants on site, free transit passes, and a cooler microclimate created by extensive landscape coverage.
Courtyard Urbanist · Mar 2026
The piece reported that the Atlanta Beltline project did not move forward, while Culdesac continues to iterate on new car-light and walkable neighborhood plans such as Mesa.
Yale Climate Connections · Jan 2026
Yale described the project as about 50% complete, with more than 300 residents and a design built for car-free living with plazas, sidewalks, and car rentals for longer trips.
BBC Travel · Aug 2025
BBC profiled Culdesac as a Mediterranean-inspired, car-free neighborhood in Tempe with roughly 760 units planned, abundant retail, and strong interest as a model for walkable development.