Design + Entitlements
Architectural design leadership, zoning, code, Landmarks, approvals and consultant strategy.
JOSHUA JOHN
Private Client Owner's Representation
Design + Construction Leadership
Principal side leadership from entitlements and design through execution, completion and sign off.
Perspective
35Years / Design + Build
100+Completed Projects
20+Years / Private Principals
50+In House Field Team / Peak
Principal side leadership grounded in direct experience designing, entitling and building complex projects.
Across more than 100 completed projects, every assignment carried direct GC or construction management responsibility within a design build model. Ability to speak the language of the design professional, the field worker and the specialist vendor allows decisions to be tested across disciplines before they migrate downstream.
Principal Side Delivery
Decision making in alignment with long term goals
Value is the ability to move seamlessly between entitlements, design intent, engineering, fabrication, timing, cost and field execution without treating them as unrelated decisions.
Construction + Fabrication
Direct GC and CM experience, specialty vendors, shop drawings, procurement and field execution.
Cost + Procurement
Budget control, sourcing, contracts, change orders, accelerated procurement and schedule logic.
Completion + Sign Off
Inspections, closeout, commissioning, CO, turnover and final project resolution.
Background
More than two decades of direct work for private principals, backed by 35 years leading integrated design build and construction operations throughout metropolitan New York.
Download CVPrivate Financial Services Founder + Investor
More than 20 years across six major projects in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bedford. Responsibility has ranged from acquisition diligence and entitlements through design, engineering, approvals, procurement, construction and completion.
Private Entrepreneur + Investor
Twenty one year principal side engagement centered on the repositioning of a 25,000 SF Soho loft building, including opportunity evaluation, NNN lease negotiation, Landmarks, design, construction, leasing and ongoing building operations.
Spire, LLC1996 / Present
Design Build / Construction Management / Owner Side Delivery
Design Build / Construction Management / Owner Side Delivery
Royalton Capital, LLC2012 / 2026
Construction Management / Development
Construction Management / Development
8X8 Construction, Inc.1997 / 2012
Design Build / General Contracting
Design Build / General Contracting