Fee Development

Expert Execution. Owner Alignment.

Helm Ventures delivers turnkey real estate development on behalf of ownership groups, investors, and institutions.

As Fee Developer, we manage every stage of the process — from entitlement and design to construction and delivery — ensuring projects are executed with precision, transparency, and alignment to ownership’s objectives.

What Fee Development Means

You keep ownership — we manage execution.

Fee development allows clients to retain full ownership of their real estate while leveraging Helm’s expertise, relationships, and management platform.

We operate as the development arm of your organization, providing complete oversight of budget, schedule, and quality.

Our role includes:

  • Entitlement & Permitting Management

  • Design Coordination & Value Engineering

  • Contractor Procurement & Construction Oversight

  • Budget, Schedule, and Risk Control

  • Tenant Coordination & Turnover

Our approach combines the discipline of an institutional developer with the agility and creativity of an owner-operator.

Performance-Based Alignment

Your success is our metric.

Helm’s fee structures are designed to align interests and reward results.

We offer flexible compensation models — from percentage-based fees to milestone or incentive-based structures — ensuring our focus remains squarely on project success.

Typical structures:

  • Full-Scope Fee (% of Total Development Cost)

  • Milestone-Based or Fixed Fees for Specific Phases

  • Performance Incentives for Schedule, Budget, or Profit Targets

  • Retainer Engagements for Early Feasibility or Pre-Entitlement Work

This transparent framework provides predictability for ownership while encouraging efficiency and performance at every stage.

Integrated Oversight

From concept through completion.

Every Helm development engagement benefits from our integrated project management system — providing real-time budget tracking, document control, and progress reporting.

Our in-house and affiliated teams bring expertise across brokerage, design, and operations, allowing us to coordinate consultants, contractors, and stakeholders under a unified strategy.

Key capabilities:

  • Program & Budget Development

  • Design & Construction Management

  • Procurement & Vendor Negotiation

  • Schedule Coordination

  • Quality Assurance & Project Close-Out

Clients We Serve

Flexible partnerships for a range of ownership types.

Helm’s fee development platform supports:

• Family Offices & Landowners activating legacy assets

• Institutional Investors seeking local execution partners

• Operators & Tenants executing multi-site rollouts

• Municipalities pursuing catalytic or P3 projects

Whether delivering a single asset or managing a multi-market expansion, Helm provides scalable solutions backed by institutional discipline.