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2026 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Innovators of the Year
- Chris Moltke-Hansen Spearheads Tech Upgrades at Apartment Management Consultants
- Blima Ehrentreu Leads The Designers Group’s Growth Through Technology
- BRIDGE Housing and Avanath Communities Offer A New Model for Affordable Housing Management
- Cap Pointe Advisors and Greystone Break New Ground in Section 8 Financing
- Cherry Development Supports Homeowners with New Program
- Coral Charge Takes EV Charging Off the Utility Grid
- Deloitte Suggests an SaaS Approach to Multifamily
- Drake Property Management Scales Operations With Centralized Tech
- Hotelization is Redefining the Resident Experience
- Ivy Energy’s Logan Carter Encourages Solar As A Revenue-Producing Asset
- Josh Draughn With Hillpointe Turns AI into a Leasing Advantage
- LA Más Uses Community Ownership to Preserve Affordable Housing
- Michael Broder with RCKRBX Relies on Renters For Forecasts
- Model/Z Brings a Manufacturing Mindset to Multifamily Construction
- Morguard Partners with CENGN, Nokia to Create Smart-Building Living Labs
- PearlX’s Simon Herrmann Helps Turn Multifamily Properties Into Energy Assets
- Reframe Brings Robotics, Modular Designs to Residential Construction
- Sarah Segal and Katherine Radziszewski of simplydbs Make Renter Feedback Continuous
- The Oakland Fund’s Rooted Program Supports Educators in Finding Affordable Housing
- Yardi Systems Shifts Multifamily AI From Answers to Action
Blima Ehrentreu Leads The Designers Group’s Growth Through Technology
Blima Ehrentreu has worked in design and the built environment for more than 15 years. Her fascination with construction began at age eight, when her parents demolished and rebuilt the family home across the street and she watched the process daily. She pursued a master’s degree in interior design in Toronto and, in 2009, founded The Designers Group (TDG) on the principle of designing with purpose, so that every space measurably improves the lives of the people who use it.
From a Toronto studio, Ehrentreu built TDG into a multi-market firm, opening a New York office in 2016 and later expanding to Miami. Most recently she extended TDG to the West Coast through the acquisition of Interior Images, a firm specializing in healthcare and senior-living design, thereby deepening TDG’s footprint in the residential and senior-housing segments of the multifamily space.
Today, Ehrentreu leads a team of 40+ across offices in New York, Miami, Toronto and Los Angeles. Under her direction, TDG has completed 500+ projects spanning residential, senior living, healthcare, hospitality, workplace, institutional, and retail. Her multifamily-relevant work concentrates on senior living, multifamily residential interiors, mixed-use developments, and adaptive-reuse office-to-residential conversions.
Ehrentreu has made technology the engine of TDG’s growth. She was an early adopter of generative AI, VR/immersive visualization and construction ERP systems inside an interior-design practice, using them to compress project timelines, improve client decision-making and de-risk complex multifamily and adaptive-reuse projects.
These are some of the reasons why Blima Ehrentreu was selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s AB 100 Innovators of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.