Ashley Xie
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Lennar BTR Opportunity Portal

Lennar's direct-to-institutional channel for build-to-rent community dispositions — designed from zero to working prototype in record time, demoed to Lennar leadership, and shipped as a live product.

Lennar BTR Opportunity Portal
Timeline 2026 (ongoing)
Role UX/UI Design · Prototyping · Product Strategy
Team Designer (me) · CTO · Development team
Deliverables Working prototype · Live product
Lennar BTR Opportunity Portal browse view — map and community listings

Overview

From a Rough Idea to a Live Institutional Product

Lennar's BTR (Build-to-Rent) Opportunity Portal is a direct-to-institutional channel that gives BTR operators and institutional buyers access to Lennar's whole-community portfolios under structured terms — before they ever reach the open market. The portal gives buyers detailed community data, floor plans, financial comps, and demographic insights to evaluate and submit interest on entire BTR communities at scale.

The project started with a single conversation. After hearing the initial concept, I moved fast: gathering context, clarifying the business model, mapping an assumptive user journey, and building a working AI-assisted prototype — all before formal requirements were written. That prototype was demoed to Lennar leadership, ignited buy-in and further exploration, and became the foundation for the live product that followed.

Buyer-facing Portal

Institutional buyers and BTR operators browse available communities, review financial data, explore floor plans and comps, and submit interest — all in one place.

Lennar Admin Dashboard

Internal Lennar team manages community listings, approves buyers, monitors engagement, and maintains portfolio-wide FAQs from a dedicated admin interface.

Fast Prototype to Production

A working prototype was built with AI in record time, demoed to leadership to secure alignment, then iterated weekly until reaching proof of concept and shipping.

Structured Deal Flow

Each community listing includes pricing, delivery dates, comps, demographics, floor plans, and docs — everything a buyer needs to evaluate a whole-community acquisition.

Lennar BTR community detail page — About tab with key numbers and community highlights
Lennar BTR community detail page — Comps tab with nearby BTR communities and rental data
Lennar BTR admin dashboard showing listings, buyers, and top community activity
Lennar BTR admin FAQ management interface