Development & Consulting in Mexico
St. James Gate Development & Consulting company; was founded with the mission to provide premier world class business and real estate consulting services, market analysis, and real estate developing services for North America clients doing business in Mexico, Mexican Entities or Individuals, are either part, or are related in any way in a business venture.
ST. JAMES GATE CONSULTING: Doing business in the international arena is always challenging,being an expert and the best in your current business sector gives you tremendous opportunities to expand into a different country, taking advantage of the different situations a new country can offer you. Being an expert in your market is not enough when operating in a new country; cultural differences, language barriers, and unique business practices are the most common reason of business failures, turning a great business opportunity into a challenge and sometimes a failed venture. St. James Gate is a unique consulting company formed by American, Canadian and Mexican nationals living and working in Mexico under one roof, interacting every day on behalf our clients, with the sole mission of providing our expertise about how do business in Mexico in a pleasant profitable way.
CONSULTING AREAS
- BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
- MERGERS & RE-ENGINEERING & ACQUISITIONS
- DISTRIBUTION IN MEXICO
- FRANCHISING TO MEXICAN NATIONALS
- PARTNERSHIPS, JOINT VENTURES OR CO INVESTMENT WITH MEXICAN CORPORATIONS
- MANUFACTURING, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- MARKET PENETRATION AND NEW NICHES OF MARKET
- EXPANSION OF FOREIGN BUSINESS OPERATING IN MEXICO
- HOSPITALITY, FRACTIONAL, OR FULL OWNERSHIP REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS.
- INTERNATIONAL FINANCING, PRIVATE PLACEMENTS AND SELF DIRECTED IRA´S FUNDING.
- INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEES
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- CONSTRUCTION
ST. JAMES GATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPING Because developing and construction in Mexico is very different than in Canada or the US, we coach our clients / partners to improve development ideas, approving project plans, launching projects and providing creative financial, legal, tax efficient corporate structures, construction, marketing & sales tools, and efficient international business orientated legal services and support, working as a team with the investor or development partner.
Cultural shock does not have to be a problem as by company policy we translate the cultural facts to our partners facilitating the learning process in both ways avoiding expensive mistakes.
Our development services take an investor by hand from an initial project idea, land selection through to the end of the project when the titles are delivered to project buyers and even further, until the delivery of Home Owner's Operations to its Association Members (HOA).
St. James Gate will be glad to serve you in the best way for your needs, either participating in all the project process, or just in a specific service to fill in any requirements a developer needs in this market like project set up, project management, construction, licensing, legal structures, marketing and sales administration.
ST. JAMES GATE CONSTRUCTION
We are a sophisticated boutique construction company, flexible as our clients needs are, we can take care of building your dream beach home, project managing that construction to assure quality and zero legal liabilities when construction is finished, making your building experience fun and pleasant. We also have the experience, resources, and team to build a master planned development with golf course, hotels, model homes and condo towers with state of the art project management and quality control. Unlike almost all other professional consultancies operating in construction, we predominately focus on
finding solutions to issues rather than protecting a singular professional position. This skill can really only be developed by staff with a professional training, construction experience in any or many branches of the industry, considerable time spent understanding and resolving constructional problems, plus, frequently, a degree of legal education and training.
Our Mexican staff is experienced construction professionals most of whom are dual qualified in a construction discipline and a professional qualification.
We help obtaining financing credit for our clients in order to ease the unfolding of their development projects.
ST. JAMES GATE MARKET ANALYSIS
We can´t just imagine a professional consulting company not providing market tools to clients to make important business decisions based in real facts, that is why we have our own market analysis department to do the research and guide you to make wise and supported decisions when doing business in Mexico. Our market analysis are provided for any kind of industry or commercial activity anywhere in Mexico, we do not sell data bases, every business decision is unique, because of that any market analysis to support a unique business decision must be unique.
ST. JAMES GATE FINANCIAL SERVICES
We have extensive experience in designing efficient and creative solutions for the banking and financing needs of corporations and individuals wishing to do business in Mexico, with Mexican, US, Canadian or EU funders in a Mexico's project. We offer services in the following areas: international financing of real estate development, collateral issues and opportunities; including all aspects of leveraging assets in one country to support development / investment goals in another, loan agreements covering all aspects of secure funds transfer and performance guarantees, guarantee Trusts; structuring United States-based banking mechanisms, debt restructuring; contemplating all aspects preserving the assets and opportunities related to existing distressed properties and developments, co-investment structures; providing all aspects of properly valuing differing types of contributions and contributions from different countries, private and public placements; including access to unadvertised private capital resource.
We help provide Buyer Financial Services through strategic alliance with major banks in Mexico, USA and Canada, with Stewart Title, Banco Monex and other world brands in its fields, services such : international money transfer, construction financing, private and public placements, investments, and exchange rate insurance are very common in our day a day operation.
ST. JAMES GATE REAL ESTATE
Helping our clients make an informed selection of properties to purchase and develop. We perform thorough title research and verification to assure our clients of rock-solid ownership to title delivery in hand and US title insurance. We help you to find and buy the property you are looking for hassle free anywhere in Mexico it doesn't matter if you are looking for a condo or a developer parcel.
When buying for a developer we create phased development plans that facilitate smooth transitions from the "drawing board" to the "real world", as well as helping enable the phased acquisition of development capital and resources. We structure for your deal United States-based escrow agreements and banking mechanisms that assure our clients of the security of their funds working for such effects with title insurance companies operating worldwide. We obtain United States-based title insurance guarantees.
We work with the investor to complete due diligence for the projects and generating the reports that are required to safe guard the project and to present these reports to various investors and banks to obtain credits or to finance the development of the projects.
We look for options to provide the developer resources captured by selling a development project in its different stages; in order to ensure the cash-flow necessary for completing the project. We help the client restructure debts of projects that are in progress, promoting the recent financial mechanisms for development projects.
St. James Gate does not list properties but will provide support in marketing and promoting development projects and / or special Mexican properties (see and example in www.houseofthewinds.com ). When we have a client that wants to list a condo or piece of land we will refer the listing to Century 21 Sun and Sand the premiere Real Estate Brokerage in Mexico for US and Canadians with the most sophisticated marketing channels (www.century21penasco.com) with whom we have a strategic alliance with. We also provide real estate investment services that start with identifying potential investors, identifying the right investment vehicle for the investor, establishing the most effective legal framework for the investor and becoming the buyer representative during the purchase process, managing the return on investment and changes to the investment portfolio. We are true real estate buyer representatives, taking complete care of the buyers needs from property searches through to completion of ownership title work.
ST. JAMES GATE LEGAL We specialize in provide unique and tailored legal services for business operations, corporate solutions, international financial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, real estate development or transactions, estate planning, trusts, real estate transactions, corporate real estate structures, international banking and financing issues, guarantee trusts and bonds, hospitality industry issues, as well as commercial and distribution agreements.
HOW TO REACH ST. JAMES GATE
You can contact us at: Boulevard Freemont, Suite 16, Plaza de Sol, Puerto Peñasco; Sonora Mexico CP 83551 Our office numbers are: Mexico numbers; + 52 (638) 383-7127, (638) 383-1739 US numbers; + 1 (480) 308-0682, (480) 308-0821 Fax; +52 (638) 388 5125 info@stjamesgate.ws
how is the real estate market in Mexico? we hear all kinds of stories here about the gobernment's activities and extreme danger even crossing the border! Are investors really buying over there? I don't mean it to be in wrong way but is it really guarantees or incentives for investors to put money down there? just curious...
Thanks for your question. It is amazing how information gets twisted.
Yes the government is in an all out battle with the drug cartels to keep this country moving forward as a developed nation as Mexico now has the 12 largest economy in the world. Now, the danger from the drug cartels fighting each other and the government forces has been for the most part away from the general public and primarily in the major border cities. Smaller cities like Puerto Penasco that are away from the border are not experiencing drug cartel activity.
The government is not providing investors incentives but like in the US, the sellers are providing great prices which is acting as incentives for buyers. Investors are buying the great deals the market is offering right now.
Yes it is safe and yes the investors are buying.