Reside Durham Collection

New homes on Durham's oldest residential streets — shaded sidewalks, front porches, and a pace of life worth settling into.

A city that does things its own way.

Durham was built on tobacco, remade by hands that refused to let the old warehouses sit empty, and it's kept that same stubborn, independent streak ever since. It's a place where a James Beard–nominated kitchen sits two doors down from a dive bar, where Duke's Gothic quads meet Bull City grit, and where nobody's trying to be Raleigh.

Reside builds rental homes inside the neighborhoods that give Durham its character — real front porches, real history, real distance you can cover on foot — so living here doesn't mean choosing between a home you love and a lease that fits your life.

Why Durham?

Unapologetically Itself

Durham doesn't smooth its edges for anybody. Warehouse murals next to century-old churches, a AAA ballpark downtown, a food scene that punches well above the city's size — it's a place with its own accent, and it likes it that way.

Built From Something Real

The brick underneath your feet used to hold tobacco, not luxury condos. Durham's neighborhoods carry that working history in their bones, from restored warehouse districts to the bungalow-lined streets that have outlasted every trend.

A Five Minute City

Duke's East Campus, downtown's restaurant row, and your own front door tend to be closer together here than anywhere else in the Triangle. Most days, the car stays parked.

Explore Durham Neighborhoods

  • Ten minutes on foot puts you at Duke's East Campus gates one way, and the restored tobacco warehouses of Brightleaf Square the other. In between: a hundred years of bungalows, oak-shaded sidewalks, and the kind of neighborhood people don't leave once they've found it.

  • We’re working on a few new projects around town. Stay in touch!

Everyday Durham

  • Morning Coffee

    Roasted a couple blocks from wherever you’re standing.

  • Walkable Streets

    Porches out front, sidewalks that actually go somewhere.

  • Rooftop Evenings

    Old warehouse roofs, repurposed for slow nights.

  • Local Restaurants

    A food scene that’s earned its national attention.

Live like a local.

  • Coffee

    Cocoa Cinnamon • Loaf • Monuts Donuts

  • Dinner

    Vin Rouge • Rose's Noodles, Dumplings and Sweets • The Federal

  • Weekend Morning

    Trinity Park playground • Durham Farmers' Market • Sarah P. Duke Gardens

  • Outdoor

    Duke East Campus Trail • Eno River Park • Ellerbe Creek Trail

  • Drinks

    Alley Twenty Six • Clouds Brewing • Ponysaurus Brewing Co.

  • Grocery

    Whole Foods Market • Harris Teeter • Durham Co-op Market

  • Fitness

    CrossFit Durham • Ashtanga Yoga Club Durham • O2 Fitness Ninth Street

  • Culture

    Nasher Museum of Art • Duke Chapel • Durham Performing Arts Center

  • Shopping

    Brightleaf Square • The Regulator Bookshop • MODE Consignment Boutique

Homes designed to belong.

We believe great homes begin with great neighborhoods.

Every Reside home is designed with its surroundings in mind—respecting the character of the neighborhood while offering the comfort, flexibility, and thoughtful details that make everyday living easier.

Generous kitchens. Rooftop decks. Built-ins. Flexible spaces. Attached garages on select homes. It's the kind of thoughtful design typically associated with homeownership, thoughtfully brought to rental living.

FAQs

What kinds of homes does Reside build in Durham?

1

Townhomes and studios, placed in the neighborhoods that made us want to build in Durham in the first place — for their history, their walkability, and the life already happening on the block.

When can I move in?

2

Trinity Park opens for leasing in Fall 2026 and will be ready for move-in early 2027. Future Durham communities will open on their own timeline as they're announced.

Can I bring my dog?

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Yes — and you'll have plenty of sidewalk to use with them. Durham's neighborhoods are built for walking, four legs or two.

What’s the best way to reach you?

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Send a note through our contact page or by email, and expect to hear back within a business day.

There's more to a home than four walls. It's the coffee shop where they know your order, the park where your dog insists on one more lap, and the neighbors you wave to on the walk home. That's what we look for when we choose where to build.