Services · Development
Ground-up development.
DGC's development service covers ground-up real estate projects across Florida growth markets -- multifamily, mixed-use, and infill product types.
Site selection & feasibility
Site evaluation, zoning analysis, highest-and-best-use modeling, and pre-acquisition due diligence.
Entitlement
Rezone, comp-plan amendment, conditional-use, and other entitlement coordination through approval.
Design & permitting
Design-team management through schematic, design development, construction documents, and permit issuance.
Construction
GC management, schedule discipline, budget control, and field oversight through Certificate of Occupancy.
Leasing & stabilization
Pre-leasing strategy, stabilization plan, and operational handoff to property management.
Disposition / hold
Disposition strategy or long-term hold decisions based on market timing and capital structure.
Ground: what serious readers should know
Service work begins with definition before execution. DGC evaluates the assignment, the decision-maker, the timeline, the capital context, the entitlement path, and the construction or operating constraints before recommending a path forward. The practical output should be clear enough for the client or partner to understand what is known, what is assumed, what must be verified, and what could change the recommendation. That includes written scope, project-level responsibility, budget and schedule sensitivity, market assumptions, consultant coordination, and risk controls. The service is strongest when it turns complexity into an actionable development decision rather than a generic presentation.
Risk first
Each discussion should identify entitlement, market, capital, construction, timing, operating, and exit assumptions before a recommendation is treated as reliable.
Clear record
Scope, responsibility, milestones, assumptions, and open diligence items should be written clearly enough for owners, partners, consultants, and lenders to review.
Next decision
The practical goal is to define the next decision gate: continue diligence, revise the plan, change the structure, or stop before avoidable risk compounds.