Acquisitions, development and capital strategy
Property selection, direct owner negotiations, due diligence, feasibility, land assembly, loan preparation, lender negotiations, closing coordination and disposition-to-reinvestment strategy.
The person behind InteGrit
Experience with depth.
Accountability with purpose.
Jennifer M. Dueñas brings more than 23 years of experience connecting real estate strategy with the work required to deliver it. Her career spans acquisitions, development, financing, construction, recovery and the ongoing responsibilities of ownership.
Jennifer M. Dueñas · Founder
Jennifer M. Dueñas / Founder
The owner’s priorities.
The entire project.
Jennifer has worked directly with private owners, ultra-high-net-worth principals, developers and investment teams, carrying responsibility across decisions that are often handled in isolation: whether to acquire a property, what to develop, how to finance it, which team to assemble and how to keep the work accountable through construction and operations.
Her development experience includes identifying and negotiating acquisitions, managing due diligence and escrow, evaluating highest and best use, preparing pro formas and lender packages, and coordinating entitlement strategy. She brings architects, engineers, consultants and agencies together around an owner’s program, then connects design decisions to budgets, permits, procurement and the realities of construction.
That perspective is grounded in field experience. Her assignments include owner-builder delivery with in-house crews, general-contractor and subcontractor coordination, luxury residential renovation, concurrent ground-up multifamily projects and occupied-property recovery. She has managed trade scopes, material procurement, RFIs, changes, payment reviews, inspections and the documentation needed to make informed decisions when a project encounters difficulty.
A wider field of responsibility
Beyond the job site.
Beyond the spreadsheet.
Her COO responsibilities extended beyond development: property operations, corporate-tenant leasing, financial controls, lender relationships, refinancing, asset strategy and coordination with legal and accounting teams. Her career includes responsibility across a nationwide residential portfolio of approximately 18,000 units and an eight-project development portfolio with four simultaneous ground-up construction projects.
Jennifer also brings substantial owner-side dispute and litigation experience. She has coordinated counsel and expert teams, organized project and financial evidence, supported deposition preparation, reviewed valuation assumptions and served in expert-witness and corporate-representative roles. This includes eminent-domain, construction, insurance, payment and landlord-tenant matters.
23+Years of founder experienceDevelopment, construction and property operations
Approx. 18,000Residential unitsNationwide portfolio management responsibility
8Development portfolio projectsFour concurrent construction projects and four in pre-development
80+Depositions supportedPreparation and attendance across multiple matters
What that experience brings to your project
Connect the decisions.
Carry them through.
Design, engineering and approvals
Design-team selection and coordination, architectural and engineering interface reviews, agency discussions, constructability, value engineering and permitting coordination.
Construction and owner-builder delivery
Owner-side leadership from scope and procurement to field execution, including direct trade coordination, in-house crews, inspections, changes and financial controls.
Recovery and corrective work
Field assessment, specialist coordination, repair scopes, inspection reconciliation, cost-to-complete budgets, procurement and insurance/lender reporting.
Asset and principal operations
Leasing, renewals, property operations, financial reporting, mortgage and refinance oversight, cash-flow planning and coordination with attorneys, CPAs and ownership teams.
Litigation, valuation and eminent domain
Owner-side coordination of counsel, experts, case records and deposition preparation, with factual construction/property review, appraisal analysis and corporate-representative experience.
What InteGrit stands for
Integrity in the advice.
Grit in the follow-through.
Owners need someone who will examine the facts, address the difficult issues and take responsibility for the next step. That is the standard behind the name.
Tell the owner what matters.
Make the risks, choices and financial implications understandable. Speak directly when a proposal does not add up, and bring the information needed to make a better decision.
Stay close to the work.
Connect field conditions with drawings, contracts and budgets. Challenge gaps, follow unresolved issues and keep the people making decisions connected to what is actually happening.
Make responsibility visible.
Clarify who owns each action, document decisions and follow through. Reliable records and consistent communication help owners hold the work accountable.
Working with InteGrit
Direct access.
Experienced judgment.
You work directly with Jennifer. A defined review can uncover what is missing before you commit. Ongoing owner representation can connect the consultants, contractors, finances and decisions over the life of an engagement. Additional project capacity can help your existing team regain control of an overloaded or difficult assignment.
InteGrit brings that experience into focused assignments and ongoing engagements for owners and project teams. Based in Lake Mary, Florida, the firm works across Florida and nationwide through on-site, remote and hybrid collaboration. The standard is consistent: direct advice, clear responsibility, disciplined records and follow-through.
Explore how InteGrit can helpA conversation is a good place to begin
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Tell us what you are trying to achieve, where the project stands and where you need experienced support.