Brookwood Group

What Brookwood Group does

Brookwood Group is a professional services firm founded in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, providing integrated real estate development, program management, and construction advisory services for building owners and developers. The firm operates three core service lines: strategic planning and management consulting, owner-focused program management (acting as Owner's Representative from early planning through close-out), and development management. It also licenses SWIMware, a proprietary web-based software suite for distributed facilities management. The firm's differentiators are its proprietary methodologies — notably the Bridging project delivery method (1983) and Strategic Facilities Planning (1981), both developed by co-founder George T. Heery — which have been adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, State Department, and numerous project managers.

Brookwood generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, delivering advisory and program management engagements to enterprises, educational institutions, government agencies, and developers. Marquee clients include The Coca-Cola Company, Salesforce, CarMax, Aflac, and Cal Poly, alongside public-sector engagements such as the California Prison Health Care Receivership Corporation's 7,000,000 SF healthcare facilities program. The firm has delivered over $10 billion in project value across 35 years and operates from nine U.S. offices (Atlanta HQ plus Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle) with international work across four continents.

In March 2026, Brookwood Group was acquired by Zero RFI — an AI-native construction platform company backed by General Catalyst's $13.8M seed round — as one of three founding acquisitions forming an integrated platform targeting the $10 trillion annual capital projects market. Leadership is anchored by Co-Founder/CEO Shepherd Heery; co-founder George T. Heery passed away in January 2021 at age 93. Subsidiaries include Brookwood Advisors and K|D|A Brookwood.

Name

Brookwood Group

Legal name

Brookwood Group

Website

https://brookwoodgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brookwood Group is an Atlanta-based professional services firm founded in 1989 providing owner's representation, program management, and construction advisory for complex real estate and capital projects, serving enterprises, educational institutions, and government agencies with over $10B in project value delivered.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Program Management & Owner's Representation

NAICS

Nonresidential Property Managers (531312)

SIC

Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Construction program management
• Owner's representation services
• Real estate advisory
• Capital project consulting
• Facilities planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Advisory: Strategic planning and management consulting services for complex construction projects, providing expert guidance to building owners and developers at early project stages.
2. Program Management Services: Owner-focused program management from early planning through close-out, acting as the Owner's Representative to align scope, budget, and schedule while managing design and construction.
3. Development Management: Integrated real estate development services for owners worldwide, including site selection, due diligence, acquisition, and development planning.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Brookwood Group provides owner's representation, program management, and strategic advisory services for complex real estate and construction projects. Acting as the Owner's Representative, the firm aligns scope, budget, and schedule while managing design and construction to protect owner interests across projects such as corporate headquarters, educational facilities, healthcare facilities, and government infrastructure.

Product overview

Brookwood Group is a professional services firm providing integrated real estate development, program management, and construction advisory services for building owners and developers. The company operates three core service offerings: Strategic Planning & Management Consulting (advisory services relying on industry veteran insights), Program Management (owner-focused program management from early planning through close-out), and Development Management. The firm also developed proprietary software called SWIMware for distributed facilities management. Founded in 1989, Brookwood serves clients across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America with over $10 billion in project value delivered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Planning & Management Consulting
• Program Management
• Development Management

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $10B in project value delivered across 35+ years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Zero RFIflagship - acquired company forming core of new ai construction platformStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Brookwood Group was acquired by Zero RFI as one of three initial acquisitions (alongside BuildingWorks and KP Reddy Co.) to form an AI-native platform company targeting the $10 trillion annual capital projects market. Zero RFI, backed by General Catalyst's $13.8M seed funding, aims to modernize the construction industry through practical, enterprise-ready AI technologies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hill International: Global construction management and owner's-rep consulting firm; closely comparable in program management service mix and target client base of large public and private owners.
• PMA Consultants: Program and construction management consulting firm providing owner's representative services on complex capital projects — comparable to Brookwood in advisory positioning and public-sector project work.
• Heery International: Architecture, engineering, and program/construction management firm founded by George T. Heery himself; operates in the same owner's-representation and program management niche with overlapping federal-agency relationships.
• LiRo Group: Construction program management and owner's-rep firm serving public agencies and institutions, with comparable expertise in healthcare, education, and government capital programs.
• Anser Advisory: Owner's representation and capital program management firm serving education, healthcare, government, and corporate clients — directly comparable in service offering, target verticals, and project-based fee model to Brookwood.
• Kitchell: Employee-owned construction manager and program manager serving healthcare, education, and government clients in the Western U.S. — comparable to Brookwood in owner's-rep services and target verticals.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting and construction services firm with a sizable program management practice serving public and institutional owners — overlaps Brookwood's program management niche within a much broader portfolio.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) – Project & Development Services: Global real estate services firm offering owner's representation, project management, and development advisory for corporate and institutional clients — comparable to Brookwood's corporate real estate development advisory work.
• CBRE – Project Management: Global real estate services firm providing project management and owner's-rep services for corporate occupiers — overlaps Brookwood's corporate headquarters development and program management offerings.
• Jacobs Solutions: Large-scale engineering, program management, and construction services incumbent with significant owner's-rep and capital program work — broader portfolio than Brookwood but directly overlapping in core offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brookwoodgroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/brookwoodgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brookwood-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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