Bill Brown
Founder & CEO. A builder's command, applied on the owner's side.
Bill Brown is a senior real estate executive whose career spans the full arc of development, from hands-on construction oversight to C-suite strategy across multiple markets and asset classes. He founded Aventra Development to bring that experience to the owner's side of the table: independent development management, owner's representation, and advisory across South Florida and the Caribbean.
Prior to founding Aventra, Bill served as Chief Executive Officer of DCK Worldwide, a U.S.-based international construction management firm with a century-long operating history, directing large-scale hospitality, residential, and mixed-use programs across the Caribbean and Latin America, including Grand Reserve in Puerto Rico, the 238-key Setai St. Maarten, Barbuda Ocean Club, and destination projects for a top-five global cruise company.
Earlier, he was President of a privately held construction firm and held senior leadership roles with major South Florida builders, overseeing multifamily, high-rise, institutional, and destination developments. Over three decades he has led, delivered, or advised more than $2 billion in project value.
Throughout his career, Bill has built enduring relationships with investors, operators, designers, lenders, and advisors, collaborating to deliver projects that demand both strategic rigor and executional excellence.
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Areas of expertise
- Development Management
- Owner's representation
- Caribbean hospitality and branded residences
- Multifamily and mixed-use
- Institutional and educational facilities
- Contractor selection and contract negotiation
Education and credentials
- Florida Certified General Contractor (CGC1521245), licensed 2013
- Florida Certified Building Contractor (CBC058623), licensed 1998
- Cornell University, Certificate, Real Estate Development
- Urban Land Institute (ULI), Southeast Florida/Caribbean, Member
Recognition & speaking
- Featured in Caribbean Journal, February 2026
Career
Bill has spent more than 30 years on the building side of real estate before bringing that experience to the owner's side. The through-line is the same at every stop: complex, high-value projects in demanding markets, delivered by leading the people who design, price, and build them.
- Aventra Development, Coral Gables. Founder and CEO. Development management, owner's representation, and advisory across South Florida and the Caribbean.
- DCK Worldwide. Executive Vice President, then President, then Chief Executive Officer of an international construction management firm with a century-long operating history. Directed hospitality, residential, and mixed-use programs across the Caribbean and Latin America, including Grand Reserve in Puerto Rico, The Setai St. Maarten, Barbuda Ocean Club, and destination projects for a top-five global cruise company.
- Brown & Brown Construction. President and sole shareholder of a privately held South Florida construction firm across two tenures.
- R.P.A. Construction Corporation, MCM, Pavarini Construction, Civic Construction. Senior leadership roles with major South Florida builders, overseeing multifamily, high-rise, institutional, and educational projects for owners including Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the Archdiocese of Miami, and the State of Florida.
Career timeline
- 2025 to presentFounder & CEO, Aventra Development, Coral Gables
- 2021 to 2025Executive Vice President, then President, then Chief Executive Officer, DCK Worldwide
- 2018 to 2021Project Executive, Civic Construction Company, Miami: multifamily and hospitality projects of $45 million to $165 million, including One Broadway, The Boulevard, Motion at Dadeland, AC Hotel Fort Lauderdale Beach, and EVEN Hotel Miami
- 2008 to 2018President, CEO, and sole shareholder, Brown & Brown Construction: educational, religious, municipal, and commercial facilities for the Archdiocese of Miami, the State of Florida, and South Florida municipalities
- 2006 to 2008Project Manager, Pavarini Construction: South Dade Senior High School replacement, $79.6 million, the largest school project in Miami-Dade County Public Schools history
- 2003 to 2006Project Manager, MCM Corp.: design-build delivery of Country Club Middle School and the North Twin Lakes Elementary addition; preconstruction for the Norman S. Edelcup / Sunny Isles Beach K-8
- 1994 to 2003Project Coordinator, then Project Manager and Qualifier, then Vice President and shareholder: R.P.A. Construction, RPA Construction Group, and Brown & Brown Construction, Coral Gables
Capability statements and CV
- Caribbean Capability Statement: hotels, resorts, and branded residences across the region.
- Institutional Capability Statement: churches, schools, and civic facilities in South Florida.
- Curriculum vitae: the full career and project record.
Where to find Bill
- Featured in Caribbean Journal on what it takes to actually deliver in the Caribbean.
- Author of Insights and the LinkedIn newsletter The Owner's Side.
- Member, Urban Land Institute, Southeast Florida/Caribbean district council.
His General Contractor license is not ceremonial.
Bill reads drawings, challenges bids, and scrutinizes change orders from a position of technical authority that most advisory principals cannot match. He sets the standard for every Aventra engagement, and stays on each one from day one through delivery.
If your project demands precision and experience, we would welcome the conversation.
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