Advisor and developer in hospitality, retail, and residential real estate.

Foundry Brook Consulting is an advisor and developer in hospitality, retail, and residential assets, bringing an owner's discipline and a builder's perspective to every project from conception through stabilization.

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What We Do

Advisor. Developer.

Advisor

Senior Development Leadership

Foundry Brook Consulting serves as the senior development partner for ownership groups who need institutional-grade expertise without a full-time hire, advising across the full project lifecycle from feasibility and brand selection to capital structure and ongoing asset oversight.

Developer

Ground-Up & Adaptive Reuse

Foundry Brook Consulting originates and leads development projects across hospitality, retail, and residential assets, from site selection and entitlements through construction oversight and brand positioning. We build assets with long-term ownership in mind.

Advisory

Senior development leadership, engaged.

For real estate owners, investors, and developers, and for multi-site retail organizations who need institutional-grade development expertise without a full-time hire, Foundry Brook Consulting serves as a senior partner, engaged at the level the project requires, from a single advisory assignment to a long-term retainer.

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Development & Advisory

End-to-end development leadership for owners and investors who need institutional-grade expertise at the project level. Foundry Brook Consulting runs or reviews feasibility and underwriting, leads consultant selection and design management, navigates entitlements and permitting, and serves as the owner's representative from site selection through construction completion. For clients without an in-house development function, we also establish the process infrastructure: reporting cadences, budget tracking, contractor documentation, and team accountability systems to run a project the way an institutional developer would. Where the project requires it, we also advise on capital structure and equity sourcing to ensure the program is appropriately financed.

Feasibility & Underwriting Entitlements & Approvals Process & Systems Setup Architect & Consultant Selection Development Oversight
II

Operator Search & Negotiations

Identifying and selecting the right operator is one of the most important decisions an owner makes. Foundry Brook Consulting runs structured processes to source qualified operators, evaluate brand and management fit, and negotiate management, lease, and franchise agreements on behalf of the owner.

Brand & Operator Strategy HMA & Franchise Review and Negotiation Lease Structuring & Negotiation
III

Multi-Site Real Estate Strategy

Foundry Brook Consulting advises hospitality and retail brands on portfolio-level real estate strategy, including market selection, site underwriting, lease negotiation, and portfolio rationalization at scale. Drawing on direct experience leading real estate growth for a multi-market hospitality brand, we bring an operator's perspective to expansion decisions and an owner's discipline to lease and acquisition terms.

Portfolio Strategy Site Selection & Underwriting Lease Advisory Market Entry Portfolio Restructuring
IV

Asset Management & Oversight

Ongoing financial and operational oversight for stabilized hospitality and retail assets. Foundry Brook Consulting monitors performance, manages brand and tenant relationships, oversees capital planning, and ensures each asset is tracking against its investment thesis.

Performance Monitoring Brand & Tenant Accountability CapEx Planning Reporting & Governance
Co-Development

Build with partners.

Foundry Brook Consulting selectively partners with landowners, capital providers, and aligned developers on hospitality, retail and custom homes projects where our development expertise and owner's perspective add measurable value.

Foundry Brook Consulting takes an active role in every project we enter, from programming and entitlements through construction and brand execution. We bring the same rigor to a partnership as we do to projects we originate ourselves.

We are most effective when engaged early, at the concept or pre-entitlement stage, where our development experience and operator relationships can meaningfully shape the project's outcome.

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What we look for in a partnership
01
Site & Market ConvictionA location with genuine demand fundamentals and a site that supports a compelling, differentiated program.
02
Aligned OwnershipPartners who share a long-term ownership orientation and a commitment to sustained asset performance.
03
Design IntegrityA shared commitment to quality of experience, materiality, and design that sustains value over time.
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Defined Role for Foundry Brook ConsultingA well-defined scope where our development, operational, and advisory expertise creates measurable value for the project.
About

Our story.

Ana C. Britten ACB
Ana C. Britten
Founder & Principal

Ana brings almost two decades of experience across real estate development, acquisitions, and capital markets. Most recently, she served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Real Estate for the Americas and EMEA at Sonder, where she co-led the company's real estate growth, asset management, and design and development strategy across two continents. Prior to Sonder, she was Director of Development and Acquisitions at MCR, one of the largest hotel owner-operators in the United States. Before that, she was a Director at Hines in Washington, D.C., where she contributed to the development of CityCenterDC, a landmark mixed-use urban project that includes a 360-key luxury hotel. She began her career at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Georgetown University, BS Foreign Service Harvard Business School, MBA
Experience

Selected work.

Conrad Washington DC
Hospitality  ·  Washington, D.C.  ·  360 Keys
Conrad Washington DC
Featured Project
Conrad Washington DC
CityCenterDC  ·  Washington, D.C.

A 360-key luxury hotel at CityCenterDC, one of the largest urban mixed-use developments in Washington, D.C. history. As Director at Hines, Ana contributed to the development of this landmark project, overseeing design and development in coordination with a complex institutional partnership structure across one of the most regulated development environments on the East Coast.

Role
Director, Hines
Type
Luxury Hotel Development
Keys
360
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Development & Acquisitions
Development of a 112-key Residence InnFlorida
Acquisition of a 301-key Hilton hotel portfolioIllinois
Acquisition of a 169-key Courtyard by MarriottWisconsin
Leases & RevShares
40+ lease and revenue share transactionsNew York, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, San Diego, Detroit, Long Island City, Brooklyn, Paris
Advisory
Brand selection and capital strategy advisory for a luxury hotel and branded residences developmentHudson Valley, NY
Growth strategy and fee structure advisory for a confidential residential platformConfidential
Acquisition advisory for a confidential hospitality group, 43-key hotelMontauk, NY
Contact

Let's connect.

We welcome conversations with landowners, capital partners, operators, and developers whose projects and goals align with our approach. We respond to every inquiry personally.

Location
Hudson Valley, New York

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