Bent Grass offers fee-based owner's representation services for the real estate development and construction industry. We can assist in initiating projects without the delays typically associated with onboarding roles such as CDO, VP, Director, or Project Manager. Our services range from overseeing the design, entitlement, and construction of a single project to the assembly of a development team to manage the national rollout of hundreds of projects.
Identify customer requirements, match requirements to market via demographic study and historical data, select broker, identify trade zones, identify specific site, manage financial analysis models to prove up site, review title, negotiate the purchase contract, close on the property
Managing visibility, access, and traffic flow to best address client needs. Manage consultants and clients to arrive at effective conceptual site plans.
We have a strong history of working with design consultants to realize the client's vision from a realistic perspective. In other words: the design process should reflect real-world conditions that prevent the client from venturing down deep and time-consuming design rabbit holes .
Land survey interpretation, plat process, city planning approval, permit application, permit issuance, TCO, CO. We have experience in navigating complex development environments in major cities such as NYC, Chicago, Philly, and Austin. We are ready to bring this valuable experience to your project.
Generate initial budget, validate budget, manage buy-out process, and qualify GC proposal one line item at a time. Also, validate the scope of work, generate sub-contracts and the general contract, manage construction managers, design consultants, the city building department, and produce GC and bank draws.
.Manage the selection of the investment sales broker, identify the cap rate, and market the product appropriately by matching the pool of investors best suited to the product.
"treat people the way you want to be treated" and "do not wait!"
We understand that putting together a team or a project can be risky. Allow Bent Grass to help mitigate that risk by providing the expertise without the hassle of adding more overhead to your organization. Our service is billed monthly, and customers can cancel service at any time with 30 days' notice.
BENT GRASS Managing Member, Steven Griessen has 35 + years of real estate development and construction experience ranging from mid-rise office tower construction to the national roll-out of hundreds of retail and restaurant facilities. Steven has worked as Chief Development Officer (CDO) for a publicly traded retail company and has also enjoyed developing urban infill retail shopping center for his own account. As Owner's Representative, Mr. Griessen is currently engaged in the design and development of multifamily, retail, and restaurant commissary product.
