Advisory
Strategic counsel for owners, investors, lenders, and institutions navigating site evaluation, entitlements, structuring, risk, and execution planning.
What is predevelopment advisory?
Predevelopment advisory is expert counsel delivered before a project is committed: evaluating the site, testing the program against market and cost reality, shaping the entitlement and execution strategy, and identifying the risks that will decide whether the deal works. It is the least expensive moment to be right, and the most expensive moment to be wrong.
Who we advise
- Landowners and families deciding what a site can truly support, and what it will take to deliver it.
- Investors and lenders who need an independent, construction-literate read on a sponsor's budget, schedule, or plan.
- Institutions planning campus, civic, or facility projects without in-house development staff.
- Resort and branded residence developers positioning a Caribbean destination for brands and capital.
What an engagement can include
- Site evaluation and highest-and-best-use program strategy
- Feasibility, budget, and cost reality checks grounded in builder-level knowledge
- Entitlement and permitting strategy
- Risk assessment and execution planning
- Hospitality brand outreach and operator positioning
- Investor positioning and support through capital conversations
- Independent cost and constructability review for lenders and investors
Advisory in the Caribbean
Advisory is where most of our Caribbean work begins. On Ocama Retreat in the Dominican Republic, predevelopment advisory is expanding into full development management. On Mayaguana North Beach in The Bahamas, we lead program strategy, hospitality brand outreach, and investor positioning for an ultra-luxury resort and branded residential destination. And for a top-five global cruise company, the principal has led predevelopment and independent cost advisory across multiple Caribbean island destinations.
Advice grounded in what things actually cost to build.
Our counsel is not theoretical. It comes from a Florida-licensed General Contractor who has priced, negotiated, and delivered the kinds of projects our clients are contemplating, in the exact markets where they are contemplating them.
Advisory, answered plainly.
How is advisory different from development management?
Advisory is counsel: focused engagements that answer specific questions, test feasibility, or shape strategy. Development management is execution: leading the project day to day across its full lifecycle. Advisory engagements often grow into development management once a project moves forward.
Can you review our budget or a sponsor's plan independently?
Yes. Independent cost, constructability, and execution reviews for owners, investors, and lenders are a core advisory service, informed by direct construction experience in South Florida and the Caribbean.
Do you help select a hotel brand or operator?
Yes. We lead hospitality brand outreach and operator positioning for resort and branded residential projects, drawing on longstanding relationships with global brands and regional governments across the Caribbean.
How are advisory engagements scoped?
Individually. Some are short, focused assignments, a site evaluation or an independent budget review. Others run through an entire predevelopment phase. We define deliverables and duration up front so the engagement matches the decision you need to make.
See it in practice.
Predevelopment advisory expanding to development management on the Samaná Peninsula.
Hospitality and branded residential work across seven island nations and territories.
If your project demands precision and experience, we would welcome the conversation.
Tell us about the project and we will respond personally.