About Us
Our approach is anchored in generating competitive returns by activating every layer of a community’s economy. We master-plan mixed-use developments that blend housing, commerce, public infrastructure, and cultural venues into seamless ecosystems. We invest directly in BIPOC-owned small businesses—upgrading retail storefronts, improving operating systems, and amplifying local brands. Our team of world-class chefs and operators crafts hospitality experiences that celebrate heritage and spark discovery. Through strategic alignment of private, public, and philanthropic capital with trusted community leadership, we build places where economic opportunity, cultural pride, and social resilience flourish.
The result: Doing well by doing good.
Our Founders
Prophet Walker
Chairman & Managing Partner
Prophet is one of the foremost leaders in real estate and resilient community development in the United States. After serving six years in prison at age 16, he earned an engineering degree from LMU. He co-founded Treehouse to foster community-focused living environments and has developed or managed the construction of over 800 housing units and $350M in multifamily, retail, industrial, and mixed-use assets. Prophet sits on the board of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and the Black Unity & Innovation Land Trust as Co-Chair, and has received notable recognition for his work, including being honored by President Obama at the 2015 State of the Union, and featured in the LA Times inaugural LA Influential List.
Cheron Hall
Managing Partner, Strategy & Finance
A lifelong Angeleno, Cheron co-founded Community Labs to spark resilient, equitable growth through bold, multi-asset investments. Drawing on his tenure at Treehouse Communities—where he helped pioneer innovative, community-centric housing solutions —he blends sustainable design, creative financing structures, and human-centered systems into holistic, transformative investment strategies. Cheron believes structures must have soul and systems must be designed uplift the people they are intended to serve; his vision is to reimagine how neighborhoods prosper economically, while sustaining cultural integrity and collective well-being. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University and serves on the board of Zero2One.