In Puerto Rico, capital is abundant and execution is scarce. We are the execution — a multidisciplinary consulting firm and deal operations and execution management platform, accountable inside the deal through delivery.
More capital is pointed at Puerto Rico than at any time in its modern history — incentive-decree residents, mainland funds, diaspora buyers, and federal reconstruction money.
And yet projects stall. Entitled sites sit unbuilt. Committed capital goes unspent. Permits lapse while everyone waits for someone to move them.
The binding constraint was never money. It is a named operator on the ground, accountable for moving a permit, reconciling a contractor's number, and closing.
If execution is the constraint, the thing worth buying is not another allocator. It is an operator who will sit inside the deal until it is finished.
Cadastral records, heir structures, municipal posture, incentive decrees, and permitting sequence cannot be executed from a screen in New York. Capital, analysis, execution: the first two travel. The third does not.
Vantage exercises no discretion over client capital, selects no investments on a client's behalf, takes no custody of funds, and earns nothing contingent on capital raised or placed. What it sells is operator capacity and accountability: a named executive inside the deal or the business, running it to a defined outcome.
One live mandate on the table. Vantage listens for whether an operator is actually needed — and if the mandate is not worth doing, says so.
A written scope, timeline, and fee within five business days. Fixed or time-based; nothing contingent on capital raised or placed.
A named executive takes the operating seat inside the deal or the business. No handoff to juniors.
Weekly management rhythm — reporting pack, KPI dashboard, vendor and subcontractor coordination, a maintained data room.
Concluded upon delivery: a closed transaction, an issued permit, a delivered asset, a governed business. Assignment by assignment — the next mandate is a new decision, for both sides.
The manager decides. Vantage executes.
The full engagement pathA named executive embedded at operating and board level — cadence, governance architecture, KPI infrastructure, and management accountability.
Underwriting, feasibility, market analysis, financial modeling, diligence, and institutional confidential information memoranda.
Land aggregation, heir-structure and title analysis, entitlement through OGPe, development underwriting, and vertical delivery.
Facility sizing, credit analysis, capital-structure design, and lender-package production for real estate and operating-company credit.
Comparable company and precedent transaction analysis, LBO and merger modeling, diligence, and market entry — executed for the principal.
Proprietary permanent-capital acquisition of durable, cash-generative small and medium-sized businesses, held for the long term.
Compensation is fixed and time-based; no portion is contingent on capital raised or placed, and none is a share of portfolio returns. That structure is what protects credibility: the firm can tell a client a deal is not worth doing at no cost to itself.
Aggregation, cadastral and CRIM tax-lien research, title work, sucesión and heir-interest analysis.
OGPe and Planning Board sequencing, Permiso General Consolidado, DRNA and coastal jurisdiction.
Development underwriting, institutional CIMs, sources and uses, construction budget validation.
Act 60 Chapter 5 tourism decrees, the 40% Tourism Investment Tax Credit, Federal Historic Tax Credits.
Preconstruction, contractor procurement and bid levelling, budget and schedule control through handover.
Land aggregation and cadastral research, sucesión and heir-interest analysis, and entitlement sequencing through OGPe.
Feasibility, sources and uses, and capital structure under review, with Act 60 tourism decree treatment assessed in the underwriting.
Sustainability-driven boutique development in Puerto Rico Opportunity Zones — feasibility, underwriting, and incentive sequencing.
Mandates are concentrated by design: a small number of clients keeps a named executive accountable on every deliverable. Counterparty names, mandate detail, and transaction experience are disclosed where consent has been given; the balance is available under NDA.
Integrity first — without it, energy and intelligence only compound the damage. Every mandate is carried by a named executive who is accountable through delivery.
Vantage serves a narrow band of principals who can pay for execution because the cost of not having an operator is high.
Act 60 decree holders and accredited investors in Puerto Rico and the mainland — diligence, underwriting, and deal-level execution on direct positions.
UHNW principals in Puerto Rico and the mainland United States — deal execution, administration, financial analysis, and research on direct holdings.
Mainland and international managers underwriting Puerto Rico exposure — local diligence, entitlement, market research, and an operator on the ground.
Fund- and deal-level consulting and administration, capital formation strategy, portfolio analysis, research, and governance architecture.
Land aggregation, entitlement through OGPe, development underwriting, cost reconciliation, incentive structuring, and capital structure.
Executive operations and governance, M&A execution, market growth and expansion strategy, and capital-structure work.
Solar and renewable energy contractors — management, expansion strategy, governance, reporting, and structured project finance support.
Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) buyers of small and medium-sized businesses — underwriting, structuring, and diligence at fund scale.
How the firm engages. Vantage holds no discretion over client capital, takes no custody of funds, and earns nothing contingent on capital raised or placed. Scope, timeline, and fee are written before work begins, and client references are furnished upon request.
Engagements are contract-based, assignment by assignment, and concluded upon delivery. If you own capital pointed at Puerto Rico, or an asset on the island that needs to be moved to a defined outcome, tell us what you are trying to get done. We will tell you candidly whether it is worth doing.
Enquiries are reviewed by the principal. Not every enquiry results in an engagement.
Capitol Plaza, Torre Sur, Suite 401
239 Ave. Arterial Hostos
San Juan, PR 00918
inquiries@vantagegpr.com
Reviewed by the principal
Puerto Rico · Latin America
U.S. Hispanic Markets · Mainland U.S.