On the Owner’s side, from first sketch to opening day.
Independent oversight of design, construction and procurement for hospitality, residences and commercial projects.
Services
What we do
One team on the Owner’s side of the table, from the first budget to the last piece of furniture.
Owner’s representation
We protect the Owner’s interests on schedule, budget and quality, and hold every party to the plan.
Design management and pre-construction
Programming, design review and budgeting before construction starts, so the drawings describe what you set out to build.
Construction management
Contractor selection, schedule and cost control, and oversight on site through to completion.
Procurement
Furniture, fixtures and equipment, and operating supplies and equipment: specification review, purchasing, tracking, freight and installation.
Spaces we deliver
Hospitality
New hotels, conversions and renovations, from boutique hotels to 1,600 rooms, including work in hotels that stay open throughout.
Dining
Restaurants and bars, on their own or inside hotels and mixed-use projects, built to firm opening dates.
Retail
Stores, markets and marinas within mixed-use developments.
Office
Class A offices and corporate headquarters, on their own or alongside hotels.
Residential
Homes, villas and residences in resort and mixed-use developments, from planning and approvals onward.
Approach
How we work
Clear reporting, controlled documents and a vendor network built on live projects.
Independent advice
Our advice serves the Owner: an independent view of designs, bids and change orders.
Reporting in Procore
Budgets, commitments and change orders kept current in Procore. Capital Management shows which funding sources are tied to which projects, with forecasts for the whole portfolio or line by line.
Controlled purchasing
Every purchase order tracked by revision, from specification through to installation.
A tested vendor network
A working registry of more than a hundred vendors and manufacturers, built on live projects.
Projects
Featured Work
Hotels, restaurants, retail, offices and homes, from the mountains to the sea.
Hospitality
Hotel Talisa
Case study
A classic ski-in resort, reborn as a Starwood Luxury Collection hotel.
A 300-room renovation, completed in 2018. The public areas were gutted to make way for a new lobby and registration, a fine dining restaurant, a lobby gathering place and a full-service spa.
Hospitality
Four Seasons Hotel
Case study
Luxury at Fashion Island, from the ballroom to the garden pool.
A 250-room hotel completed in 1986, with a fine dining restaurant, a formal ballroom, a health club, a parking garage, and a large outdoor pool and spa set in gardens.
Dining
Japengo
Case study
Sushi and full-service dining at the heart of the Aventine.
A restaurant and sushi bar completed in 1989 in La Jolla, alongside the Aventine’s hotel and offices.
Retail
The Waterfront
Case study
Headquarters for international insurers, on Hamilton’s waterfront.
A mixed-use complex completed in 1999: 250,000 square feet of Class A offices, 21 residences, a gourmet food store and a 75-slip marina. The food store and the marina were family businesses with 100 years of history.
Office
Aventine
Case study
A Michael Graves design, built to his highest standards.
A mixed-use development completed in 1991: a 400-room Hyatt Regency hotel, 200,000 square feet of Class A offices, a health club and restaurants on site.
Residential
The Cliffs Resort
Case study
Shaping a resort for Bermuda’s south shore.
Project planning and government approvals for 50 homes and a 125-room hotel with 35 villas, with full beach access. The project ended in 2005.
Hospitality
Hyatt Regency Long Beach
Case study
A 530-room hotel tied into the heart of Long Beach.
Completed in 1982, connected to the convention center, with a skyway to downtown and the waterfront retail.
Hospitality
Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
Case study
A fresh welcome on Harbor Island.
A renovation of the hotel’s public areas, its outdoor pool and the grounds, completed in 1994.
Hospitality
Sawgrass Marriott
Case study
New life for a soaring atrium lobby.
A renovation of the lobby areas within the hotel’s atrium, completed in 2008, together with new restaurant facilities.
Team
Who we are
A small team, so the people you meet are the people who do the work.
David Johanson
More than 40 years in real estate development as both Owner’s representative and construction manager, across hospitality, retail, food and beverage, and residential work. A civil engineer by training, David has delivered projects in North America, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.
Andrew Freeborn
Andrew leads procurement and project controls: specifications, purchase orders, vendors, freight and installation, and the systems that keep them on track. On a recent 79-room boutique hotel opening he managed more than 230 purchase orders. Before joining Mountain to Sea, he spent more than ten years at Sonos managing hardware engineering, supply chain and business systems projects.
Contact
Start a project
Tell us about your project and we’ll be in touch.
Phone(805) 699-8041
Emaildavid@m2sds.com