Owner-side development management for hotels, resorts and branded residences across the US and the Caribbean.
A disciplined, owner-side approach to complex development.
Built to the brand's standard. Delivered on the owner's terms.
Three Caribbean resort and branded residential projects are active with Aventra today, in the Dominican Republic, Belize, and The Bahamas; Six Senses Belize is under construction. Before founding the firm, Aventra's leadership directed landmark hospitality programs across the Caribbean as an executive of a century-old international construction management firm with a major Caribbean practice.
With Aventra today
Our leadership's record †
- The Setai St. Maarten
- Barbuda Ocean Club
- Grand Reserve
Hotels & resorts Branded residences The Caribbean
† Led by Aventra's founder as an executive of an international construction management firm, prior to founding Aventra. "Our leadership's record" includes projects led by Aventra's leadership before the firm was founded.
For a select group of private clients, Aventra provides owner's representation for high-end custom residential projects, delivered with the same rigor and discretion we bring to institutional work.
Independent draw review, site observation, and cost-to-complete reporting for construction lenders, equity partners, and special servicers, from loan closing to final release. Aventra does not monitor a project on which it serves the sponsor or the borrower.
Aventra today
Where Aventra is working now.
Predevelopment Advisory → Development Management
Ocama Retreat
Development Management
Banyan House
Development Advisory
Six Senses Belize
Development Management
Addison Landing
Predevelopment Advisory
Mayaguana North Beach
Owner's Representation
Lanaar Elementary School
"Aventra today" counts the firm's own current engagements. "Our leadership's record" includes projects led by Aventra's leadership before the firm was founded. All projects and prior experience.
Three ways to engage us.
Development Management
For owners who want one firm to run the project end to end.
Feasibility and financial structuring through design, entitlements, permitting, procurement, construction, and delivery, led on the owner's behalf.
Development Management servicesOwner's Representation
For owners who have a team in place and want it held accountable to them.
An extension of your organization, managing the architect, contractor, budget, schedule, and every decision exclusively on the owner's behalf.
Owner's Representation servicesAdvisory
For owners, investors, and lenders who need an independent answer to a specific question.
Site evaluation, feasibility, structuring, due diligence, construction loan monitoring for lenders, and execution planning, delivered as a defined engagement.
Advisory servicesExpertise Hospitality & Resorts Branded Residences Multifamily & Mixed-Use Institutional Owners United States The Caribbean
Not ready for a full engagement? Start with a fixed-scope review: a fixed fee quoted in advance, a written report, and no obligation beyond it.
Four things every engagement is built on.
Design and construction is where a budget is won or lost, usually in decisions made months before the problem shows. We bring a builder's judgment to the owner's side early, and we work for no one else on the project.
Builder's judgment
Led by a Florida Certified General Contractor with three decades in construction and development. Drawings, bids, change orders, and pay applications are reviewed by people who have carried them.
Independent by design
No construction arm, no design arm, no affiliated contractors, and no fee from anyone else on the project. Fees are fixed or a monthly retainer, quoted in writing before the work starts.
Senior-led throughout
The leadership that scopes an engagement runs it. The owner has a senior counterpart on every decision from the first meeting through closeout.
Reported plainly
One monthly Owner's Report: budget and cost to complete, pay applications and draws, schedule, risks, and the decisions you need to make. See a redacted sample.
Answered plainly.
Is Aventra a construction company?
No. Aventra is an independent, owner-side development management and owner's representation firm. It has no construction arm, no design arm, and no affiliated contractors, provides no general contractor services, and holds no construction contracts. Aventra leads the design team and the contractor on the owner's behalf. Our leadership includes a Florida Certified General Contractor, which is why we read drawings, bids, and pay applications the way a builder does.
How is Aventra paid?
Aventra is paid a fixed fee or a monthly retainer for a defined scope and duration, quoted in writing before the work starts. We never take a percentage of construction cost, we mark up no vendor, and we take no fee from any contractor, vendor, or consultant on the project, so our compensation never rises when the project's cost does. Private owners will find more on how an engagement works on our Private Clients page.
Who does Aventra work for?
Aventra works for owners and the capital behind them, never for the contractor. Our clients are owners and developers of hotels, resorts, and branded residences; private owners of luxury homes and high-end condominium residences in South Florida; and construction lenders, equity partners, and special servicers who need independent construction loan monitoring. We also represent multifamily, mixed-use, and institutional owners.
Where does Aventra work?
Across the United States and the Caribbean, from our office in Coral Gables, Florida. Aventra's current engagements are in the United States, the Dominican Republic, Belize, and The Bahamas, and the firm and its leadership have named projects across The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Belize, Sint Maarten, and Antigua and Barbuda. For private clients, we work in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties, including the Florida Keys.
- Florida Certified General Contractor
- General and professional liability insured
- 30+ years in development and construction
A builder's command, applied on the owner's side.
Aventra is led by Bill Brown, a Florida Certified General Contractor and former Chief Executive Officer of a century-old international construction management firm with a major Caribbean practice. He is joined by Felipe Aguiar, Chief Operating Officer, and senior advisors in construction and risk.
Meet the team
If your project demands precision and experience, we would welcome the conversation.
We work with a select group of owners, investors, and institutions. Tell us about the project. We respond within one business day. Atendemos en español e inglés.
2199 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Suite 201
Coral Gables, Florida 33134 USA