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About

A Dallas firm building where others won’t.

We identify overlooked opportunities and transform them into places built for long-term value.

Founded in Dallas in 2021, Onu Ventures sources, underwrites, capitalizes, develops, and constructs residential and mixed-use projects in growing Texas markets. The firm works where private capital has historically been absent, building the housing and neighborhood retail those communities have gone without.

Our thesis is straightforward: rigorous market work, disciplined execution, and a long hold view produce assets that hold their value and communities that keep their character.

Our approach →

$375M+

Stabilized portfolio value

12

Active RE projects

100+

Acres under development

800,000+

Sq. ft. retail & residential portfolio

Mikial Onu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Mikial Onu

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

A Houston native, Mikial Onu earned a BBA at Southern Methodist University and an MS at the University of Colorado, playing football for both schools before a broken tibia ended a professional career. He began his working life in insurance brokerage, moved into real estate, and founded Onu Ventures in Dallas in 2021.

He was named Emerging Leader in D CEO’s Commercial Real Estate Awards, and has been recognized on D CEO’s Dallas 500 list of the region’s most influential leaders in consecutive years.

D CEO

Dallas 500 — consecutive years

D CEO Commercial Real Estate Awards

Emerging Leader

What we hold to

01

Research before conviction

Employment, income, and household data at the ZIP-code level, tested against a hard pro forma before anything is committed.

02

Build with the neighborhood

Concept and final planning developed alongside the residents and stakeholders who will live with the result.

03

Hold for the long term

Assets are underwritten to be owned, not flipped. Exit only where it serves the asset and its community.

See what we’ve built and what’s coming next.