I help leaders and visionaries turn complex ideas into viable projects — bringing clarity, capital strategy, and steady progress to real estate, business, and sustainability initiatives.
I help you turn complex opportunities into successful, financially sound projects. My experience includes real estate development, finance, climate sustainability, and public-private strategy—always focusing on impactful, practical results.
Unique things I bring to helping you include associative thinking – connecting the dots across disciplines and purposeful listening with curiosity. These levers move projects forward. I help you translate vision into executable steps. The outcome: better decisions, stronger value based and financial outcomes, and projects that results that stand up to market and community scrutiny.
Clarify objectives, determine alternatives, model and analyze, decide, implement
I work with developers, investors, and owners from concept to completion. Whether you’re considering a residential infill project, repositioning a commercial asset, or structuring capital for mixed-use development, I help you with strategy, alternatives, and analysis helping you make informed decisions.
My expertise lies in structuring financing, aligning stakeholders, and uncovering ways to make projects work. I help you with clarity and financial strategy for moving confidently — whether you’re navigating zoning, securing investment, or working with public partners.
I can do this because I’ve done projects from concept through completion, operations, and exits. I’ve been the developer, an investor, the founding and managing member, the lead on raising money, securing debt, and executing.
I’ve worked with hundreds of founders and business owners as a trusted advisor, an experienced sounding board, clarify issues, opportunities, and paths forward.
Starting with the purpose and financials, we’ll be using proven tools for you to make informed choices.
I’m most valuable where the problems don’t fit neatly in one category. Grasping the big picture, cutting through complexity, and moving ideas to action, you’ll get traction.
Today’s most promising opportunities are tied to sustainability and innovation. I advise clients exploring renewable energy, circular economy models, and climate-tech ventures—helping shape projects that attract both capital and community support.
From community solar to biochar, cross-laminated timber, or early-stage climate companies, I bring financial rigor and real-world experience. I help you assess viability, connect with partners, and structure opportunities so they’re not just visionary, but bankable and ready to scale.
Led the rehabilitation of historic Kellogg-Sicker and Pochert buildings in Tacoma, WA. Took it from site control, through planning, and execution. Navigated code issues while preserving character and financial viability. Structured financing and partnerships that revitalized underutilized properties and brought new life to the surrounding district.
Mari credits Grossman with helping her think through how to get where she wanted to be. She also credits him with asking questions — lots and lots of questions.
When she asked Grossman why he kept asking so many questions, he replied:
“Because you need to have thought through these things to make the best decisions.”
Together, they kept digging until they found the answers.
Mari says the process was valuable because she didn’t feel pressured to pretend she had everything figured out. Instead, she and Grossman built a partnership grounded in trust, clarity, and thoughtful problem-solving.
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connect the dots and move forward with clarity.