The Caribbean
Hospitality and branded residential development and advisory, with named projects across six island nations and territories, and longstanding relationships with regional governments, global brands, and international capital.
Aventra provides development management, owner's representation, and predevelopment advisory for hotels, resorts, and branded residences across the Caribbean. Three Caribbean resort and branded residential projects are in development with Aventra today, in the Dominican Republic, Belize, and The Bahamas.
Delivering in the islands is a different discipline
Caribbean resort development rewards experience and punishes assumptions. Nearly everything arrives by sea. Long-lead procurement, customs, and island logistics can make or break a schedule. Labor must often be mobilized and housed. Construction must meet hurricane-driven resilience standards. And every project depends on relationships: with governments and their incentive frameworks, with hospitality brands and their standards, and with the capital that expects all of it to be managed.
Aventra's leadership has spent much of three decades delivering exactly this kind of work, including at the helm of DCK Worldwide, directing large-scale hospitality, residential, and mixed-use programs across the Caribbean and Latin America. Today Aventra brings that experience to owners and investors as development manager, owner's representative, and advisor.
Why owners engage us in the islands
- Proven where it is hardest. Overwater construction, private islands, out-island logistics, and global brand standards, delivered for institutional owners.
- Relationships that move projects. Regional governments and their incentive frameworks, global hospitality brands, award-winning design firms, and international capital.
Every engagement begins with one conversation and, where it helps, a fixed-scope review before any larger commitment. How an engagement begins.
Where we have worked
Named projects across The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Belize, Sint Maarten, and Antigua and Barbuda:
-
Ocama RetreatPredevelopment advisory, expanding to development management, for a boutique villa retreat above Rincón Bay on the Samaná Peninsula.
-
Six Senses BelizeA private ten-acre island off Ambergris Caye: 40 overwater villas and 16 island residences under the Six Senses flag, with two restaurants, a spa, and the full complement of a five-star resort.
-
Mayaguana North BeachProgram strategy, hospitality brand outreach, and investor positioning for an ultra-luxury resort and branded residential destination.
-
Grand ReserveBeachfront condominiums and a beach club within a 1,500-acre master plan, delivered to institutional standards.
-
The Setai St. MaartenA 238-key beachfront hotel and branded residences, with independent cost, constructability, and brand-standards oversight.
-
Barbuda Ocean ClubUltra-luxury residences and amenities for a private beachfront club community in the Eastern Caribbean.
-
Confidential Cruise Line Destination ProjectsPredevelopment advisory, independent cost consulting, and construction advisory at scale for a top-five global cruise company.
† Led by Aventra's founder as an executive of DCK Worldwide, prior to founding the firm.
Our Caribbean capabilities, in one document.
The Aventra Caribbean Capability Statement covers our services, track record, and approach to hospitality and branded residential development across the region.
In the conversation
Urban Land Institute, Southeast Florida/Caribbean
Delivering in the islands? Start with a conversation.
Tell us about the project. We respond within one business day.