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relationship with a professional services firm starts with a solid foundation. At Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. (CB&H), our Real Estate & Construction Group operates under this simple credo. With extensive practical knowledge and experience in the real estate and construction sectors, we can offer highly engineered and proprietary solutions to our clients.

CB&H’s highly specialized professionals provide accounting and business advisory services, combined with established industry relationships, to lead clients through every step of the construction process or real estate life cycle. From project management to monitoring state and local regulations to cash flow and profitability analysis, we can provide valuable insight and market intelligence to help you focus on growing your business.

B&H’s Real Estate & Construction Group provides counsel to more than 1,500 commercial and residential developers, management companies, rental firms and investors. Our team has built a reputation for its knowledge of market dynamics and financial strategies, as well as established relationships with public officials, lawyers and financial institutions related to the real estate market.

We also serve more than 600 general contractors, special trade contractors, homebuilders and heavy commercial contractors. Our experienced professionals provide clients with the intelligence on market conditions and trends to help them win profitable contracts. In addition to CB&H’s industry-leading financial and advisory services, the Firm provides specialized services unique to our construction clients.

Additionally, the Firm offers the following niche services to our real estate and construction clients:

Joint venture structuring

TIC transactions

Cost segregation studies

Predevelopment tax strategies

Operating agreement structuring

1031 and reverse exchange analysis

Federal, state and local tax consulting and compliance

Cash flow and profitability analysis of properties

SOX-like risk assessment and internal control services

Job cost control and estimation

Licensing and insurance requirements

Bonding and surety relationships

Estimating and bid risk analysis

Bid and proposal preparation

Job profitability and breakeven analysis

Percentage-of-completion accounting

B&H’s real estate and construction experts are active members, sponsors and supporters of various trade associations and professional organizations that serve real estate and construction professionals throughout the Southeast. This level of involvement ensures that we are forging strong industry relationships and staying ahead of trends.

Some of these organizations include national, regional and local chapters of:

American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)
Associated General Contractors (AGC)
Associated Owners & Developers (AOD)
Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)
Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA)
Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Kurt Taves, CPA