Real Estate Development Advisory for family offices and private investors
One advisor. At every phase.
A principal has a specialist for every asset class: investments, art, private equity. Lleal Group brings that dedicated seat to direct real estate development.
Lleal Group is a real estate development advisory practice serving family offices and private investors with real estate holdings. We bring independent development expertise to the principal’s advisory table, providing guidance across the full development lifecycle, from feasibility and market positioning through design strategy and project delivery.
Family offices and private investors accumulate real estate holdings over time, through opportunity, inheritance, or strategy. As those assets evolve, questions arise around their development potential, positioning, and path forward. Lleal Group brings an independent development perspective to those decisions.
Feasibility & Market Positioning: Advising on the development potential of a site or existing asset, including opportunities to develop, redevelop, or reposition, and how the asset can be positioned within its market. Competitive landscape analysis, product definition, unit mix, and market positioning.
Design & Development Strategy: Advising the owner on design direction, consultant selection, and program definition, ensuring that every design decision serves the owner's objectives and the project's market positioning.
Delivery Advisory: Advising the principal through the development and construction phase, providing independent oversight of design, budget, schedule, and quality to maintain alignment with the principal’s objectives throughout delivery.
Brand & Operator Advisory: Advising on operator selection, brand positioning, and the structure of the relationship, with a focus on alignment with the principal’s objectives.
Each engagement is scoped to the project's requirements, one phase or end to end.
Real estate assets evolve, and with them come moments that require informed development judgment. An existing asset may hold untapped potential. A change in the market may create an opportunity to reposition. A project underway may reach a consequential decision point. Or a budget, design, schedule, or consultant recommendation may call for an independent perspective.
Lleal Group brings independent development expertise to these moments, helping the principal navigate them with clarity and perspective.
Advisory
About
Laura Lleal founded Lleal Group to bring the rigour and perspective of two decades of institutional-level development experience to the private capital world. Her career spans leadership roles across multiple organizations, delivering complex projects for private owners, global brands, and cultural institutions.
Over two decades, she has led the development and delivery of luxury residential, branded residences, mixed-use, retail, and cultural projects across the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe, working with and alongside brands including Rolex, Cartier, Faena, and Casa Tua, and collaborating with firms such as Foster + Partners, Wilmotte & Associés, TEN Arquitectos, and Meyer Davis.
Notable projects include the expansion of a heritage-listed Rolex building in Mayfair, London, adding a floor to a protected structure and increasing the asset’s value; the Cartier Beverly Hills flagship with Foster + Partners; Faena Residences Miami; Ora by Casa Tua; The Pierhead mixed-use development in Barbados; and private residences in St. Barth.
Engaged globally.
Selected Work
Faena Residences, Miami
Ora by Casa Tua, Miami
The Pierhead, Barbados
Rolex, 32 St. James Square, London
46 St. James Place, London
Cartier Beverly Hills Flagship
Cartier Soho, New York
Bleu Ciel, Dallas
Samurai Collection Museum, Dallas
Private Residences, St. Barth
Platinum Bay, Barbados
District 1444, Dallas
Exhibition, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris
Projects listed reflect work completed by Laura Lleal across her career, including engagements led through prior organizations and as principal of Lleal Group
"Lleal has an in-depth understanding of the client's requirements, a knowledge of the construction process equal to that of the contractor and above all else the knowledge and understanding of the design. Her ability to manage inherent problems faced during construction and deal with them quickly helped minimizing risk and protect the clients position. I found her "no nonsense" approach to be extremely refreshing and I am looking forward to working with Lleal in the future."
Andy Stewart | Director, ASMS | Rolex - 32 St. James Square, London