TRUELINEDEVELOPMENT

Development & Construction Management · Dallas-Fort Worth

True to Plan. True to Our Word. We Hold the Line.

Owner-side development and construction management for commercial real estate, from raw land to certificate of occupancy. Based in DFW, building nationally.

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We Build for a Lifetime

Development and construction management, rooted in Dallas-Fort Worth with a national reach.

Trueline Development represents owners and investors through every phase of a commercial project. We keep scope, quality, cost and schedule on the line you set at the start, and we tell you plainly where they stand at every step.

Every engagement is shaped to the project. Some owners need a full development partner from site search to grand opening. Others need an experienced owner's representative to protect their interests once the general contractor is on site. Either way, you get one accountable point of contact who has done this work across multiple states and product types.

  • Ground-up development
  • Owner's representation
  • Multi-state experience
Al Morales, Principal of Trueline Development
AL MORALES · PRINCIPAL

Scope of Services

One partner from first site visit to final close-out.

Engage us for the full development cycle or for the phase where you need an experienced hand.

Site Selection & Due Diligence

Market and site analysis, surveys, environmental and geotechnical reports, title review and feasibility, so you buy the right dirt at the right price.

Entitlements & Zoning

Zoning cases, specific use permits, platting, variances and floodplain matters, with clear representation before staff, boards and councils.

Ground-Up Development

Build-to-suit and speculative development of self-storage, flex industrial, retail, medical and professional office properties.

Development Management

A turnkey manager for your project: budgets, pro forma tracking, consultant and design team coordination, permitting and lender reporting.

Construction Management

Owner's representation through bidding, buyout and construction: schedule control, change order review, pay applications, inspections and quality.

Expansions & Conversions

Adding phases to operating properties and converting existing buildings, planned around tenants, customers and revenue that cannot stop.

Why an Owner's Representative

The general contractor builds the project. We make sure it is the project you paid for.

General ContractorWorks under the construction contract

  • Usually joins once design is complete and plans are priced
  • Manages subcontractors and day-to-day site operations
  • Earns more when costs come in under a fixed price

TruelineWorks for the owner, start to finish

  • Involved from site selection, before the first dollar is committed
  • Reviews every change order, pay application and schedule update
  • Paid a set fee, so our only interest is your scope, cost and schedule

How a Project Runs

Five stations from raw land to a working asset.

  1. STA 0+00

    Pursuit

    Site search, feasibility, budget and pro forma before you commit capital.

  2. STA 1+00

    Diligence & Entitlement

    Surveys, reports, zoning and approvals cleared on a defined timeline.

  3. STA 2+00

    Preconstruction

    Design coordination, permits, contractor bidding and a firm schedule.

  4. STA 3+00

    Construction

    Weekly oversight of cost, quality, safety and progress, reported in writing.

  5. STA 4+00

    Close-Out

    Punch list, certificate of occupancy, warranties and turnover to operations.

Specialties

Product types we know from the ground up.

Deep experience in self-storage development, from ground-up facilities to expansions and conversions, along with the commercial product types that share its sites and its buyers.

Self-Storage Flex & Small-Bay Industrial Retail Medical Office Professional Office

Project Experience

TEXAS · ARIZONA · GEORGIA · FLORIDA · MICHIGAN · INDIANA

Projects across six states have given us working knowledge of very different jurisdictions, from Texas cities that move quickly to counties where a floodplain map or a zoning hearing decides the schedule. We bring that experience to every new market.

Contact

Tell us about your project.

Call, email or send the form. You will hear back from Al directly, usually within one business day.