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Real estate and construction industry solutions

Overcome increasing complexities in the real estate and construction industry


Real estate and construction firms face continually evolving challenges.

Supply chain and labor shortages are just one of the most recent challenges faced by companies in the real estate and construction industries. Crowe specialists help clients plan for and manage these challenges, risks, and complexities.

Crowe specialists have a reputation for credibility among real estate and construction industry players, including lenders and sureties. Our clients include all forms of ownership groups across the United States with complex accounting, consulting, and technology needs.

Real estate and construction audit solutions

Our experienced professionals provide deep industry and functional expertise to deliver an array of high-quality audit services.

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Crowe Construction Contract Optimizer

Speed the percentage-of-completion process

Reduce time spent working on difficult-to-use software. Point, click, and go with Crowe Construction Contract Optimizer, our industry-leading propriety technology that combines accounting and tax compliance knowledge with our deep industry expertise.

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Real estate & construction tax

Understand evolving tax implications as you address complex business challenges

Managing personnel, planning for ownership transitions, and structuring real estate transactions all require your organization to stay on top of changes in tax law. Crowe combines knowledge of taxation issues and the industry to provide tax compliance, planning, and consulting services tailored to your needs.

  • Captive insurance
  • Cost segregation
  • Employee stock ownership plans (ESOP)
  • Research and development credits
  • Estate planning, ownership transition, and more
  • Real estate transaction structuring and planning
  • Percentage-of-completion tax accounting methods

Financial performance

Discover practical ways to improve financial performance and control costs

You want to better manage and measure your construction company's financial performance to help keep your projects within budget, better track cash flow, and help achieve your strategic objectives. Crowe combines construction, financial services, and technology expertise to help you identify what's going on in your business. The Crowe construction consulting services team can help you set up key parameters and reports that can help you:

  • Measure business unit performance against objectives
  • Analyze overhead to help spot opportunities to control costs
  • Provide operations and margin trend analyses
  • Analyze project cash flow
  • Measure performance against similar companies
  • Develop customized metrics
  • Anticipate upcoming financial results with guidance from forecasts and projections

Project performance

Control construction costs and maintain quality as you improve your project performance

It is a constant struggle for construction and real estate companies to balance quality and cost on projects. Identify risks and manage operations more effectively to help achieve performance improvements without sacrificing workmanship or cutting corners. Crowe can help.

  • Project selection
  • Estimating & bidding
  • Purchasing & buyout
  • Project management
  • Equipment management
  • Project risk & control
  • Contract risks
  • Billing & payment

Human capital

Help your people fulfill their greatest potential on the job

Your workforce is your construction company's most valuable asset. Dissatisfied and unproductive team members put projects and other employees at risk. Crowe brings vast industry experience and objectivity to your business. We can ask the tough questions, helping you place the right people in the right jobs so you get everyone's best work – and a return on your investment.

Real estate and construction insights

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Q3 2024 quarterly close: Keep up on accounting trends and topics
Q3 2024 Quarterly Close: Keep Up on Accounting Trends and Topics
Covering the most recent updates and decisions from the FASB and SEC, and AI consulting team, who addressed the use of AI in financial reporting.
Accounting and disclosure considerations for real estate
Accounting and disclosure considerations for real estate
Real estate organizations facing uncertainty in the current economy should consider how conditions affect their financial reporting.
Managing CRE concentration risk through change
Managing CRE concentration risk through change
A CRE concentration risk management strategy is critical for navigating an uncertain future. Crowe specialists offer insight on mitigating risk.
Q3 2024 quarterly close: Keep up on accounting trends and topics
Q3 2024 Quarterly Close: Keep Up on Accounting Trends and Topics
Covering the most recent updates and decisions from the FASB and SEC, and AI consulting team, who addressed the use of AI in financial reporting.
Accounting and disclosure considerations for real estate
Accounting and disclosure considerations for real estate
Real estate organizations facing uncertainty in the current economy should consider how conditions affect their financial reporting.
Managing CRE concentration risk through change
Managing CRE concentration risk through change
A CRE concentration risk management strategy is critical for navigating an uncertain future. Crowe specialists offer insight on mitigating risk.

Who we serve


Our teams serve a variety of subsets within the real estate and construction industry. Whether you are a traditional privately owned or a complex multi-entity company, we can help you cut through complications.

Architects and engineers

Engage our industry specialists so you can focus more time on creation.

Contractors

We serve both general contractors and specialty subcontractors.

ESOP-owned companies

Our professionals provide timely services to ESOP-owned companies and companies wishing to transfer to an ESOP.

Heavy, highway, and civil construction

Our teams have deep, industry-based experience working within the margins of HCC.

Engage our industry specialists so you can focus more time on creation.

We serve both general contractors and specialty subcontractors.

Our professionals provide timely services to ESOP-owned companies and companies wishing to transfer to an ESOP.

Our teams have deep, industry-based experience working within the margins of HCC.

Hospitality

Our professionals understand your unique needs in hospitality management, including service agreements, lease accounting, and replacement reserves.

Private equity funds

Our advisers can help you manage your properties and realize mergers and acquisitions using clear data and efficient processes.

Privately owned real estate

Our teams provide objective services based on a deep understanding of privately owned properties and their financial priorities.

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) 

Our teams help REITs manage the complexities of financial management, taxes, and compliance. We also independently specialize in auditing services.

Our professionals understand your unique needs in hospitality management, including service agreements, lease accounting, and replacement reserves.

Our advisers can help you manage your properties and realize mergers and acquisitions using clear data and efficient processes.

Our teams provide objective services based on a deep understanding of privately owned properties and their financial priorities.

Our teams help REITs manage the complexities of financial management, taxes, and compliance. We also independently specialize in auditing services.

Work with us


With more than 800 clients of all sizes in real estate and construction, Crowe is ready to assist your business team.

Jonathan K. Zeiler
Jonathan K. Zeiler
Managing Partner, Real Estate & Construction