Name

Watershed Partners

Legal name

Watershed Partners

Website

https://watershedpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Project Management Services: Professional services revenue from acting as the client's real estate design and construction department, managing projects from acquisition through design, construction, and occupancy. Services include site acquisition, design development, construction administration, occupancy planning, and project closeout. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Watershed Partners acts as the outsourced real estate design and construction department for individuals and companies, managing projects from real estate acquisition through design and construction to occupancy. The firm delivers four core service categories—Pre-Construction Services, Construction Management, Occupancy Planning, and Project Closeout—supported by specialized modules such as Design Development, Site Acquisition, Lease Negotiation & Administration, Construction Administration, Construction Loan Compliance, and Strategic Program Management.

Product overview

Watershed Partners provides a unified suite of project management services for design and construction projects. The core offering consists of four main service categories: Pre-Construction Services, Construction Management, Occupancy Planning, and Project Closeout. These are supported by specialized service modules including Design Development, Site Acquisition, Lease Negotiation & Administration, Construction Administration, Construction Loan Compliance, and Strategic Program Management. The company operates across multiple project types including Retail, Residential, Corporate Interiors, Hospitality, Institution, Fitness + Health, Restaurants + Bars, and Car Dealerships, serving clients throughout North America from offices in Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Construction Services Project support service that helps clients define and achieve project goals, including consultant team creation and site acquisition, applied to clients across retail, residential, corporate, hospitality, and other verticals.
• Construction Management Manages all aspects of a project, coordinating all of the moving parts that make up the final product, for clients across retail, residential, corporate, hospitality, institutional, fitness, restaurant, and dealership verticals.
• Occupancy Planning Communicates the completion and turnover schedule to all parties, ensuring a seamless transition into new spaces for clients across all served verticals.
• Project Closeout Manages landlord requirements, punchlist items, and distributes all closeout documents to project stakeholders.

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Project WrenminorOthersWatershed Partners purchases carbon credits from Project Wren to offset the carbon footprint of their employees. This is a sustainability initiative demonstrating the company's commitment to environmental responsibility.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• MGAC: Project management and cost consultancy serving commercial, hospitality, residential, and retail clients with owner's representation and construction management — closest comparable mid-sized peer in business model and vertical mix to Watershed Partners.
• Hill International: Specialized construction management and project management consulting firm focused on owner's representation, program management, and construction claims support — most directly comparable peer in terms of pure-play PM/CM consulting model.
• Cumming Group: Specialized construction and project management consulting firm providing cost management, owner's representation, and PM services across commercial, hospitality, retail, and institutional builds — directly comparable mid-sized peer to Watershed Partners.

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction Company: One of the largest commercial construction management firms in the U.S., serving corporate interiors, retail, hospitality, and institutional clients with pre-construction and construction management services — directly comparable service categories to Watershed Partners.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global real estate services firm with a Project & Development Services practice serving corporate, retail, and institutional clients with owner's project management — comparable end-to-end construction management offering to Watershed Partners across multiple verticals.
• CBRE Group: Largest global commercial real estate services firm, offering project management and owner's representation across corporate interiors, retail, hospitality, and institutional builds — comparable buyer base and service scope to Watershed Partners but with global reach and thousands of professionals.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global real estate services firm with a large Project and Development Services (PDS) practice that provides owner's representation, construction management, and project leadership for commercial, retail, and corporate real estate clients — directly overlapping Watershed Partners' core service model at much larger scale.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure and design firm with a significant construction management practice serving commercial, institutional, and hospitality clients — competes for the same owner's-representation and program management engagements that Watershed Partners pursues.
• Skanska: Global construction and development firm with significant U.S. commercial building operations including construction management for corporate, institutional, and hospitality clients — overlaps Watershed Partners' pre-construction, construction administration, and project closeout services.
• Balfour Beatty: International infrastructure and construction services group with a U.S. construction management business serving commercial, institutional, and hospitality clients — overlaps Watershed Partners' pre-construction, construction administration, and closeout service modules.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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