Introductory Conversation
A brief first call to understand what you are working on and whether the firm is the right fit.
- Best for
- First contact and early ideas
- Length
- You leave with
- A clear recommendation on the next step
- Fee
Sheet A-00 · The PracticeStrategy & Execution
Advisory for property, development, partnerships & organizations
Bring us the complicated one.
Bryant & Co. Consulting takes on the opportunities, properties, projects and problems that need a clear strategy and someone who will carry it through. The firm was founded by J. Bryant, a broker, developer and operator whose work spans private real estate, public infrastructure, capital, and the organizations that hold it all together.
Active across these markets. Engagements elsewhere when the work calls for it.
15Years in real estate, on both coasts
6Markets: NYC, Malibu, LA, SF, Austin and Jersey City
9Disciplines under one roof
12Ways to start a conversation
Not sure where to start?
Find your starting point.
Answer two quick questions and we'll point you to the right conversation.
1. You are
2. You need
Start with the problem
What are you trying to solve?
Each engagement starts in a different place. Choose the description closest to yours and you'll go straight to the right conversation, with an intake built for that kind of work.
Deal & Opportunity ReviewI'm weighing a property, partnership or deal and need a second set of trained eyes.Request a review →
Real Estate & DevelopmentI have a site or project that needs a strategy, a team, or momentum.Describe the project →
Private Strategy SessionI have one hard decision in front of me and want to think it through with someone who has done it.Request a session →
Project StrategyI'm launching something larger and need a roadmap I can execute.Scope a roadmap →
Partnerships & Joint VenturesI want to propose a joint venture, collaboration or co-development.Propose a partnership →
Organizational & Impact StrategyMy organization or nonprofit needs structure, partners or a funding strategy.Tell us about it →
Standing AdvisoryI want a strategic advisor involved over months, beyond a single meeting.Inquire about advisory →
Custom EngagementMy situation is unusual and doesn't fit any of these categories.Explain the situation →
The intersection
Nine disciplines, one table.
Most problems worth solving sit between disciplines. A development deal is also a capital question, a partnership question and a community question. The firm works across all of them at once, so nothing falls between the cracks of separate advisors.
- REReal Estate
- DVDevelopment
- BSBusiness Strategy
- PSProject Strategy
- PDPartnership Development
- COCapital & Opportunity Strategy
- OSOrganizational Strategy
- CICommunity & Impact Initiatives
- XPComplex Problem Solving
How an engagement moves
From first note to finished work.
Every engagement follows the same sequence, whatever its size. Tap a stage to see what happens there.
The record
Fifteen years on both coasts.
The range is the point. Few advisors have sold homes in Manhattan and Malibu, spent six months on the ground in Austin during a housing boom, cleared right of way for a bridge, worked public housing redevelopment, raised capital for their own project and built a relief operation on the ground. The development foundation comes from NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.
- Brokerage
- Residential sales across New York City, Malibu and Los Angeles; founder of Concrete Real Estate NYC
- Development
- An active Jersey City development led from site sourcing through construction, plus a development team on the ground in the Austin area
- Public infrastructure
- Real estate cost and relocation analysis for transit alignments; right of way acquisition in Texas
- Public housing
- Multi-year support on the Jordan Downs redevelopment in Los Angeles, including emergency tenant relief
- Investment advisory
- Commercial real estate and investment advisory in Los Angeles and San Francisco
- Organizations & impact
- Founder of nonprofit organizations; grassroots disaster relief across multiple California wildfires
We review a limited number of new engagements and opportunities at a time, so each one gets full attention.
Start an inquiry →Sheet A-01 · AdvisoryEngagement architecture
Ways to work with the firm
Engagements sized to the problem.
Some questions need one sharp working session. Others need a partner in the room for a year. Each engagement below states who it is for, what it covers and how it is priced, so you can pick the right one before we speak.
Sheet A-02 · ConsultationsFour kinds of conversation
Before you schedule
Choose the right conversation.
Each conversation has a different purpose, length and outcome. Pick the one that matches where you are. A short intake comes first so the time is spent on your situation rather than background.
Private Strategy Session
A focused working session on a single decision, opportunity, negotiation or problem.
- Best for
- One defined question with real stakes
- Length
- You leave with
- A considered position and a concrete plan
- Fee
Project Consultation
A deeper review of a specific property, development or initiative, with materials reviewed in advance.
- Best for
- Projects with a site, a team or a deadline
- Length
- You leave with
- Priorities, risks and a proposed scope
- Fee
Ongoing Advisory Inquiry
A conversation about a continuing advisory relationship for owners, founders and organizations.
- Best for
- Leaders who need a standing strategic partner
- Length
- You leave with
- A proposed structure and cadence
- Fee
Sheet A-03 · SubmissionsProjects & opportunities
Bring us something
Submit a project or opportunity.
A property, a development site, a business concept, a partnership, a community initiative, an investment or a special project. If it is complicated and worth doing, we want to see it.
We review a limited number of new engagements and opportunities at a time. Every submission is read personally, and you will hear back when there is a fit.
Sheet A-04 · ExperienceSelected work
Selected experience
The work behind the advice.
A record drawn from J. Bryant's career across brokerage, development, public infrastructure, investment advisory and community work. Where work was done in a prior role, the role is named.
Sheet A-05 · FounderJ. Bryant
Founder & Principal
J. Bryant
An operator who has worked every side of the table: buyer, seller, developer, public agency, investor and organizer.
J. Bryant has spent roughly fifteen years in real estate across New York and California, and a career that refuses to stay in one lane. She has represented buyers and sellers in New York City, Malibu and Los Angeles, built her own brokerage in Concrete Real Estate NYC, and become known in New York for finding the property everyone else said did not exist.
As Director of Real Estate at Del Richardson & Associates in Los Angeles, she worked on the public side of development: estimating real estate and relocation costs for proposed transit alignments, assessing community and cultural impacts, assisting on the multi-year Jordan Downs public housing redevelopment through completion, and acquiring homes to clear the right of way for the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge in Texas, a project that relocated hundreds of residents. At Jordan Downs, when construction crews struck a gas line and the entire community lost heat, hot water and gas for more than a week, she coordinated hot meals and sourced and distributed gift cards for every tenant household.
Through Bryant & Co. Luxury Developments she now leads an active development in Jersey City, where she sourced the property, raised the capital, brought in the partners, secured permits and hired the general contractor and subcontractors. She works on the ground across several development sites in Jersey City alongside one of the most accomplished developers in the market, including helping plan and prepare the city’s bank properties for redevelopment, down to the sale and removal of a one-of-a-kind vault. She also advises on commercial real estate and investment opportunities in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In Texas, she spent six months on the ground in the Austin area in 2022 during the region’s housing boom, and works with an accomplished development team there. Investors and aspiring developers looking at the Austin market can be connected directly with that team on the ground.
Outside the deal room, she founded nonprofit organizations and has led grassroots disaster relief on the ground, including ten months during the 2025 Palisades fires coordinating multiple nonprofits. That work taught the same lesson as every closing: complicated situations resolve when someone takes ownership of the whole picture.
Bryant & Co. Consulting exists for clients who need exactly that.
Career
The record.
- 2023 to presentBryant & Co. Luxury DevelopmentsFounder and developer, Jersey City
- 2022 to presentAustin-area developmentSix months on the ground in 2022; ongoing work with a Texas development team
- 2021 to presentConcrete Real Estate NYCFounder, real estate broker and developer
- 2018 to 2021Del Richardson & AssociatesDirector of Real Estate, Los Angeles
- 2017 to 2025Oceans EquityCommercial real estate and investment advisor, Los Angeles and San Francisco
- 2012 to 2021Douglas EllimanLicensed real estate salesperson, New York City, Malibu and Los Angeles
- EducationNew York University, Schack Institute of Real EstateReal estate development coursework
- LicensingCalifornia, New York, Texas, New JerseyReal estate licensing experience across four states
- 2026 to 2027ULI San Francisco, Pathways to InclusionSelected cohort participant. Participation does not imply endorsement of Bryant & Co. Consulting by the Urban Land Institute.
Sheet A-06 · SpeakingTalks & workshops
For conferences, universities & organizations
Talks drawn from the field.
Keynotes, panels, workshops and private sessions for industry groups, universities, conferences and organizations. Topics are tailored to the audience; these are starting points.
The human side of infrastructure
What right of way acquisition and relocation teach about building public projects people can live with.
Finding the property that isn't listed
Buyer-side strategy in competitive markets, from New York to Malibu.
From broker to developer
Sourcing a site, raising capital, assembling partners and getting to permits on your first project.
Coordinating relief when systems fail
Lessons from months on the ground bringing nonprofits together after California wildfires.
Development with the community at the table
Public housing redevelopment, mixed-income communities and measuring cultural impact.
Sheet A-07 · IntakeStart an inquiry
Start an inquiry
Tell us what you're working on.
Choose the pathway that fits. Each one asks only what we need to understand your situation and decide whether we are the right firm for it.