Exclusive Washington D.C., Northern Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina focus.

Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia for decades, MONARCH Building and Development is a boutique building and development company specializing in custom-built homes across the region. We are committed to delivering exceptional quality, craftsmanship, and attention to detail.

Broad mix of developments.

MONARCH Building and Development has built and developed multi-family residential, retail, custom homes and estates and more. Affiliation with both MONARCH Urban and MONARCH Interior Design Group has led to extensive work on a wide variety if projects. Although a broad mix, our dedication and focus is always to design and build with creativity with pride.

Long-term local relationships.

Experienced management and unique local relationships have been key to MONARCH’s success. Over the last four decades, the firm has cultivated deep relationships — both within the Washington D.C. real estate landscape, as well as Virginia at large — with property owners, tradesman, real estate brokers, capital sources, and financial institutions.

Honest. Artistic. Inspired. Distinctive.

These are words not only used to describe Jim Kennerknecht – they are also used to describe his work.As principal of Monarch Homes, Jim believes in building solutions that are not only beautiful and striking, they make peoples’ lives better. Be it a custom home, a high-end kitchen remodel, or a lush, outdoor oasis, he listens to the clients’ ideas, explores every aspect of they you are, and assesses every facet of the land to create stunning, harmonious solutions that “live” on every level.

More than 30 years ago, Jim discovered his passion for building and design, and has been transforming environments into lasting, poetic places ever since. More than a contractor or a builder, he is a partner, who is involved and engaged in his work at every level. His steadfast commitment to “only a select number projects at a time” is a sure-fired guarantee that every step of the homebuilding process receives not only the attention and focus of his team, but also the promise and dedication of himself.