About Us

Our award-winning real estate development experience acts as a value-added service to enhance your project’s success. Our range of projects includes Condominiums, Multi-Family, Office, Retail and Hotels.

We are uniquely qualified with our combined experience to navigate all of the intertwining issues that impact projects. From joint venture full development to construction management to hourly consulting on any project and size, Cranewoods has been intimately involved with every issue from pre-design to the final sale so give us a call to see how we can help you.

In addition to turn-key real estate development, Cranewoods offers full-service real estate consulting to lenders and investors. Services include development consulting, bank loan workout solutions, court-appointed receiver, turn-key development management, construction management, and general project problem-solving.

Consultant Andrew Howe, Manager of Cranewoods Development, is an award-winning developer, general contractor, and real estate consultant with over 30 years of experience.  Below is a representation of the projects that he has been involved within various consulting roles:

  • Dozens of Hotel Renovations, Product Improvement Plans, and Brand Conversions from Anchorage, Alaska to Baltimore, Maryland to Key West, Florida.
  • The McFarland Lofts – Cincinnati, Ohio – downtown historic loft project
  • The Schoolhouse Lofts – Cincinnati Ohio – urban school loft project close-out of remaining units
  • Via Mare Condominiums – Atlantic Beach, Florida – bank development consultant
  • Serena Point Condominiums – Jacksonville Beach, Florida – bank development consultant
  • Pier Bed and Breakfast – Amelia Island, Florida – court-appointed receiver
  • Radisson Conference Center – Columbus, Ohio – new conference center hotel
  • Radisson Conference Center – Charlotte, North Carolina – renovations to public areas of the downtown hotel
  • Radisson Conference Center – Akron, Ohio – brand conversion renovations to downtown hotel
  • Radisson Conference Center – Lansing, Michigan – new conference center downtown hotel
  • Marriott Resort and Conference Center – Sand Key, Florida – new waterfront resort and conference center
  • Marriott Courtyard – Brandon, Florida – new hotel
  • Marriott Fairfield Inn – Brandon, Florida – new hotel
  • Marriott SpringHill Suites – Louisville, Kentucky – new hotel
  • Marriott Residence Inn – Louisville, Kentucky – new hotel
  • Holiday Inn Conference Center – Corpus Christi, Texas – new conference center hotel
  • Holiday Inn Conference Center-South – Fort Worth, Texas – new conference center hotel
  • Holiday Inn Conference Center North – Fort Worth, Texas – new conference center hotel
  • Holiday Inn Conference Center-Worthington, Ohio-new conference center hotel
  • Holiday Inn Conference Center – Columbia, South Carolina – renovations to conference center hotel
  • Hampton Inn – Sharonville, Ohio – new hotel
  • Red Roof Inn – Cleveland, Ohio – renovations to the hotel
  • Embassy Suites – Wilmington, Virginia – brand conversion and renovation of the hotel
  • Summa Center Office – Akron, Ohio – new 95,000 square foot downtown medical office
  • Bankers Club Renovation – Cincinnati, Ohio – renovation of upscale private downtown club and restaurant
  • Downtown Racquet Club – Cincinnati, Ohio – new downtown health facility over the municipal parking garage
  • Central Trust Bank Renovation – Cincinnati, Ohio-renovation of a historic downtown bank
  • Speri Mansion Renovation – Cincinnati, Ohio – renovation of a historic residence
  • Hilltop Village Apartments – Jacksonville, Florida – renovations to the subsidized housing complex
  • Senior Citizen Village – Jacksonville, Florida – new senior complex and community center
  • Villas of Prestwick – Green, Ohio – new golf course townhome community
  • Canal View Center – Massillon, Ohio – new multi-use downtown facility with a Hampton Inn, municipal parking garage and regional transit terminal
  • Shoppes at Sand Key – Sand Key, Florida – new high-end waterfront retail development
  • Columbia Restaurant – Sand Key, Florida – new high-end waterfront restaurant
  • Perkins Restaurant – Cleveland, Ohio – new Perkins restaurant incorporated into the hotel
  • Eastwinds Condominiums-Jacksonville Beach, Florida – new oceanfront condominiums
  • Beach Terraces Condominiums – Jacksonville Beach, Florida – new ocean view condominiums
  • The NorthShore Condominiums – Jacksonville Beach, Florida – new ocean View condominiums
  • Vistas of Belleair Condominiums – Belleair Bluffs, Florida – new Ocean view condominiums

 

Awards

  • ABC Merit Award, Excellence In Construction
  • Marriott Opening of the Year, Residence Inn
  • Marriott Opening of the Year, Courtyard
  • Marriott Opening of the Year, Residence Inn
  • Radisson Renovation of the Year
  • Ramada Plaza Renovation of the Year
  • Red Roof Inn Renovation of the Year
  • Most Historically Compatible Construction Project, Chelsea Lofts
  • Most Historically Compatible Development, Chelsea Lofts
  • Commendation, The National Humane Society, for work to save endangered tortoise species through relocation prior to land development

 

Professional Credentials

  • Bachelor of Science with Honors – Building Construction Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 1980
  • General Contractor’s License, State of Florida (Inactive)
  • Former Trustee, Baptist Health Foundation, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Former Board Member, Town of Ponce Inlet Historical and Archaeological Board
  • Former Redistricting Committee – Riverside Avondale Preservation
  • Court-appointed real estate receiver
  • Bank development project consultant
  • Marriott exterior systems committee
  • Marriott sound abatement study participant
  • Bank appointed HOA representative