We’re In The Relationship Business
At Bustamante, we build on our reputation of excellence with an emphasis on winning trust through performance. Since our founding in 2015 we've led with boldness doing the improbable keeping our clients from liquidated damages and reputation loss. We are known for seeing opportunity others don’t. Scaling labor and mobilizing work, with expertise to discover a better way to build and manage diverse projects. We put people first and always will value our team above all else. In fact, we have a singular focus on caring for our employees, clients, and key partners.
To start with, we take everything personally – who we do business with, how we do business and how we treat each other matter tremendously. Our high energy, client-focused approach to construction creates value for our partners while maintaining our high quality standards and margins. In the end, the success of any project is directly related to the strength of our combined teams and our leadership’s relentless commitment to excellence.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS - MP3 FILES, Click on the links to listen / hear the endorsements
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Dennis Terrell, Retired San Antonio ISD Schools 361 737 3339
Multiple Projects With San Antonio Area School Districts
Bill Wyman, Webber Construction 512 393 9714
Multiple Projects With Webber Construction A Market Maker In The Woodlands, TX (Houston)
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Roy Parker, Stout Construction Guggenheim Partners 251 370 5266
The Noah Center Project, San Antonio
Xavier Villareal, Various Hotel Projects 210 789 2187
Twenty (20+) Projects, San Antonio Region
WORKING WITH BUSTAMANTE IS EASY BECAUSE WE ARE
Built On Values!
We are committed to putting people first, acting with integrity and striving for excellence – every person, every project, every day.
People
We are people-centered, client-focused and our internal team of tradesmen is not comprised of subcontract labor. We value relationships and work hard to develop a strong team. We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach; we apply a personalized touch to everything we do. We treat each other with respect and dignity.
Integrity
We do what’s right and keep our word. We believe in setting an example and leading by example. We are committed to getting the job done right. We practice open and honest communication. We don’t bid a job if we don’t have the expertise and are dedicated to saving our clients time and resources.
Excellence
We strive for excellence in all we do. We believe in professional development and growth. We are committed to continuous improvement through learning. We deliver value to each other and to our clients. We offer solutions and provide results and when a job requires substantial labor, we can source and furnish 1099 tradesmen who work under our project managers.
A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL IS ABOUT
High Margin + High Quality
“We maintain strong margins on every project because it’s how we sustain our support to General Contractors as a Specialty or MEP Contractor. ”
What rival General Or Specialty Contractor can offer you this Level of value & expertise?
A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL IS ABOUT
High Margin Work = Predictable Cost & Schedule
As a General or Specialty Contractor, we don’t take on low bid contracts simply because it diminishes our foundation, weakens our ability to consistently drive predictable cost and completion schedule.
EXPLORE THE UNPRECEDENTED VALUE BUSTAMANTE BRINGS TO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WITH…
A Race To The Bottom!
What the market place often devolves into is a race to the bottom, which leads to breakdowns and conflicts. Bustamante is not in that business and has no plan to change our approach. Business is a marriage between two parties with appropriate concessions.
EXPLORE THE UNPRECEDENTED VALUE BUSTAMANTE BRINGS TO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WITH…
The Power Of !
PIOC = Positive Impact On Capital.
When you engage our architects and engineers in your project design, you’ll discover the power of positive impact on capital. It’s derived from our imposing a proven standard that has been in the market for 10+ years and used by notable brands. It delivers great economic value for you with agility in design function. Let’s explore with our team and yours the power of PIOC.
Click “here” to see a roster of brands that have embraced the design.
WORKING WITH BUSTAMANTE WILL SUBSTANTIALLY
Maximize The Agility & Attraction Of Your Property.
Let’s Build For You An Agile & Attractive Commerical Portfolio Designed and Built To Enable You To Pivot.
It is imperative with market volatility that commercial property owners be positioned to pivot when market conditions change and contractions occur. Our design and engineering will position you to reconfigure your spacing for tenants in a unique way. Repurposing space to accommodate market changes such as what occurred with COVID-19 is crucial. Bustamante will deliver the agility that building owners and partnerships need whether your future finds you in an expanding or contracting market.
How Do We Create Higher Future Value For Your Property?
Plus the value add of our design element from the patented, sustainable interior design makes your property way more attractive to a prospective future buyer. Because of the positive impact on taxation and positive impact on capital for the new buyer and their capital partners.
LET’S DISCUSS HOW WE ELEVATE YOUR ATTRACTION TO THE CAPITAL MARKETS WITH
Special vs. Standard Allocation Of Depreciation
We Deliver Unprecedented Leverage For The Developers.
As you get acquainted with Bustamante and our alliance with Unrivaled Advisors, you begin to understand that the tax expertise in Unrivaled Advisors’ creates two schedules of depreciation for each project Bustamante participates in as the General or Specialty Contractor. When you engage our architects and engineers in your project design with the tax department of Unrivaled Advisors, you and your tax planners will be introduced to two depreciation schedules in your due diligence process:
(1) Special Allocation and (2) Standard Allocation.
As our Developer client, our expertise and structure arms you significant leverage and bargaining power with the capital markets and investors. The content in the section above introduces you to PIOT and PIOC as two acronyms, this section explains with a sample case study, the unprecedented value we bring Developers.
A San Antonio developer with a current $32M mixed-use development project will close their financing because they have a $4.3M bargaining chip in their final negotiations. This chip is derived from the Developers’ deployment of a Patented Sustainable Architectural Design. The chip is the return of 80% of the $5.5M of capital provided by an Equity Partner that has agreed to undertake this critical role in order for the Developer to complete $32M of project financing.
The return of 80% of the Equity Partners $5.5M investment is achieved through a Special Allocation of $11.7M of depreciation on the $32M mixed-use development. This outcome is powerful and derived from a proven process of design. The Special Allocation is a powerful incentive offered to the Equity Partner(s) who make the project financing GO forward. Without the liquidity requirement being met, the Lender is not able to move the project financing forward.
The balance of depreciation benefit for this $32M project is allocated via a Standard Depreciation schedule which benefits all stakeholders in the development as per their pro-rata share of ownership.
Blockchain Is The Core Of Our Smart Growth.
Whether you are a for-profit real estate owner, or a non-profit entity our blockchains-enabled portfolio can drive smart buildings, roadways and campus ambitions. Bustamante’s Pre-Construction Services support will position to leverage a portfolio of proprietary technology stack to achieve your goals. This portfolio comes to Bustamante from Patrick Earles, and the portfolio of ventures in his nine-year old firm, The Venture Foundry.
The technology stack includes - telecommunications, collaboration, geofencing, biometrics, AIML, quantum-resistant cybersecurity, robotics process automation (RPA) wifi and bluetooth sensor technology. For municipalities, universities, large corporate clients and healthcare organizations, Bustamante Partners is the ideal general construction partner for your smart development goals and ambitions.
When it comes to this important initiative we have married ourselves into the Unrivaled Global Coalition which is an alliance of disruptive technology partners. The Coalition perfectly positions you with rare intelligence portfolio to drive your mission.
Our Dallas, TX wifi and bluetooth sensor technology referenced above is a leading innovator with patents in 36 countries and a Unrivaled Global Coalition member. The current national roll out of 5G Wireless is in violation of this Dallas, TX company’s patents. But, you won’t have to wonder if you are in violation of technology patents if we manage your construction project. You’ll benefit from an intelligent platform for smart growth using the innovative technology with proper licensing of our Dallas, TX coalition member’s wifi and bluetooth sensor technology.
How Do We Enhance Construction Financing?
Lending Trends Today Typically require a Developer to provide 30% of the construction costs to obtain project financing.
We’ll answer the question above using today’s current 30% / 70% ratio of contributions to illustrate the value we bring you as a developer of commercial real estate. In the first scenario, we’ll consider faced with the need to invite a Capital Sponsor to your $100M construction project. The economic analysts our management team will empower you with a very clear strategy that explains how:
(1) an Equity Partner or Capital Sponsor can participate in your project as a minor equity partner with adequate incentives to spur a $30M financial commitment.
(2) an Equity Partner or Capital Sponsor can enjoy a special allocation of $30M of depreciation benefit that accrue in lump sum to the Sponsor in the tax filing period immediately following the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy on your new building; it is critical that you make note of the reference to Chevron Corp, and NRG Energy are two notable beneficiaries of the depreciation benefit that we reference in point number two here. This depreciation benefit is most often between 25% to 35% of the new construction budget. On a remodel or building repurposing project, the benefit is often 50% to 60% of the construction budget.
(3) an Equity Partner or Capital Sponsor can be a minor stakeholder in your development project that Bustamante designs and builds for you that will perform better than other properties that the Capital Sponsor may sponsor. If you choose Bustamante as your general or specialty contractor, your Capital Sponsor will suggest you are a genius. Why? Because if all things are equal, you’ll outperform other like, kind and quality projects. Our development model is a proven standard in real estate development with economic performance that is forecasted to be 25% to 30% higher than the current trends in commercial real estate.
You Got Staying Power?
PIOT and PIOC are acronyms we’ve created to focus attention on the unprecedented value we deliver for a Developer. PIOT and PIOC make your project way more attractive to the capital markets prior to construction and to a prospective buyer after project stabilization is achieved. The brands shown in the graphic below have benefitted from the economic framework derived from a sustainable architectural design we advocate.
We Bring your building into compliance with tax law.
On A $100M Construction Project, Bustamante’s Design Expertise Will Deliver A Five-Year Depreciation Benefit of $37M That Is Twice That Of The Common Standard of $18M. If Your Current Taxation Will Allow You To Apply A Lum Sum Depreciation Benefit Of $30M At The Point That Your Certificate Of Occupancy Is Issued You Can Do That; the well known and lesser known brands above in the graphic have leveraged this standard to their economic benefit.
What rival General or Specialty Contractor can offer you the value of depreciation that is twice that of the common standard. Can your Contractor design a patented sustainable interior wall design that maximizes your agility with regard to your tenant spacing and reconfiguration needs?
Is Growth In Your Margins With Hyperinflation Crucial?
We are interjecting positive news into a real estate market facing uncertainty and downward pressure due to the current inflationary cycle. We want refocus complex conversations back to the subject that matters most. Developers and Investors in every market are asking, “How do we succeed in this environment?”
ON A $32.3M MIXED-USE PROJECT, OUR DESIGN FRAMEWORK IS PROVIDING A DEVELOPER WITH
A $4.3M Bargaining Chip With Their Equity Partners.
This transaction is a San Antonio, TX developer that has requested from Unrivaled Advisors an economic summary of the value of our proprietary development model and framework as it pertains to their $32.3M construction project.
The Developer has a conditional $5.5M commitment from an equity partner in exchange for a 30% ownership stake in the project which once finalized, moves their bank financing forward. In the case with this specific application, there is $11.7M of depreciation that will be allocated to the $5.5M equity partner as the certificate of occupancy is issued in 20-24 months after ground breaking. The depreciation benefit will be taken in a lump sum approach by the equity partner which offets 80% of the equity partners $5.5M capital contribution.
Wrap your brain around that reality and understand this benefit is derived from a patented, sustainable architectural design adopted by the brands you see in the section above. Now, let’s huddle to talk about your specific project portfolio and how Bustamante Partner can elevate your attraction to private investors, equity partners and the capital underwriters.
IF YOU WERE THE DEVELOPER OF THE $32.3M PROPERTY AS REFERENCED ABOVE AND PROVIDED THE $5,500,000 OF LIQUIDITY REQUIRED,
You Would Retain The $4.3M Capital Offset Noted Above.
If Bustamante Partners builds your $32.3M project, and you provide the liquidity our proprietary development model and framework provides your company with an offset of 78% of your capital contribution.
In the case with this specific application, there is $11.7M of depreciation that is retained by your company as the certificate of occupancy is issued in 20-24 months after ground breaking. The $11.7M depreciation benefit can be taken in a lump sum approach by your partnership which offsets $4.3M of your $5.5M capital contribution. You have the liberty to apply the depreciation benefit at your ownership’s discretion be it over a one, two, three, four or five year schedule. The outcome of our framework affords you twice the standard depreciation benefit if you don’t have taxation consequences that warrant applying the depreciation in a lump sum, or shorter term schedule than a five year schedule from the issuance of certificate of occupancy.
Let’s huddle to talk about your specific project and how Bustamante Partner can elevate your attraction to the capital underwriters and lenders.
Is Secondary Passive Income A Big Deal For You?
If so, we can design and build into your property a critical building services portfolio as an offering to each of your tenants. This is how we deliver recurring secondary passive income monthly from the critical building infrastructure services. Depending on the economic feasibility, this may include energy storage, utilities, broadband, advanced telecommunications, collaboration, meetings and cloud-based cybersecurity technology as well as the most advanced building security systems powered by intelligent sensors to maximize convenience and security for tenants.
Early discussions with Pace financing firms has stirred significant interest in our infrastructure-as-a-service (IAAS) and energy-as-s-service (EAAS) model for a myriad of reasons. But especially due to the fact that we deliver intelligent and energy efficient buildings, with a proven standard. This includes deploying hydro-powered cooling towers when the building design justifies this critical component of infrastructure.
Design-Build Services
As an alternative to supplying owners with a construction estimate based on architectural drawings and specifications, Bustamante offers design-build services. By working with your selected design team from the design phase of a project to its construction, we help assure that the costs of the project stay within your budget—and that the integrity of the design is still maintained through a close working relationship with a third-party architect or designer.
Additional advantages of a design-build approach may include:
Single point of contact
With one source of accountability, owners won’t have to act as an intermediary between the contractor and architect/designer.
Better communication
With “design” and “build” professionals on the same team, potential problems can be uncovered sooner and communication among all parties is enhanced.
Shorter schedules
Because you start without a lengthy formal bid process and combine your contractor and design team, time efficiencies can be realized. We do not outsource our delivery responsibilities to a myriad of subcontractors which provides us with better control over schedules and costs.
Quality control
A unified team removes ambiguities about materials and specs, leaving the architect/designer and contractor focused on delivering the client’s exact vision.
To talk more about our design-build experience, contact us.
At Bustamante, we believe that any job worth doing must be done safely—without exception. All project participants must embrace the concept of team performance and personal accountability before being allowed to participate in the construction process.
OUR PROCESS OF DELIVERING ON COMMITMENTS PROVIDES US WITH INCREASED CONTROL OVER SCHEDULING AND COSTS.
Our Team Members Are On Payroll Year Round.
Should We Discuss Your Existing Portfolio?
If you’re planning a new project, and you have retained assets in your portfolio, it would serve your interests well to talk about those existing assets. Why? Because our economic team may be able to deliver a positive impact on taxation that is 12% to 15% of your cost basis from your existing commercial real estate.
“Would you select Bustamante as your contractor if our economic team could deliver a positive impact on taxation that is 12% to 15% of your cost basis from your existing commercial real estate?”