Riverside Wharf, Miami River

Investing in Florida
for the long run.

A South Florida based investment company engaged in opportunistic investing and real estate development.

Riverside Wharf · Miami River
The Firm

Patient and disciplined investing, an impatient bias towards action, and a partnership orientation

Founded in 2008 by Alexis Mantecon and Guillermo Vadell to capitalize on dislocated residential real estate in South Florida, the firm acquired a large portfolio of single family homes at bargain prices. That portfolio's appreciation became the foundation for a scaled investment and real estate development company engaged in the acquisition, development and management of commercial and residential real estate.

The company has since expanded into complementary operating companies and hospitality assets, in partnership with Breakwater Hospitality Group, pursuing complex situations where active ownership, creative structuring, and a long-term perspective unlock trapped value. The firm is owned entirely by its founders.

Strategies

Three investment verticals,
One disciplined, value oriented approach to opportunistic investing

Our Approach

Every asset is underwritten from inception to disposition.

We map the full arc of an investment before we own it: Price Paid, Business Plan, and Disposition Plan. Each stage is scripted to minimize risk and increase the probabilities of success.

01

Acquisition

Margin of Safety

We seek steep discounts to underlying intrinsic value and replacement cost. We believe that purchase price is not only a return driver but the real minimizer of risk. A low purchase price creates business plan optionality and a layer of downside protection against cycles.

We search for bargains created by dislocated situations, where a seller's circumstances, a broken capital structure, or a temporary loss of confidence in an asset class have widened the gap between price and value.

02

Execution

Value-Add

We are opportunistic and "Value Add" investors in the literal sense of the term. MV is a vertically integrated business with property management, construction, and mechanical services capabilities allowing us to act on our own assets directly rather than through third parties. Post-acquisition, we roll up our sleeves: repositioning, re-tenanting, and employing capital improvements at high incremental returns.

03

Disposition

Planned at Entry

While we look for assets we would like to own forever, and in several cases we intend to, we go into every acquisition with a range of disposition strategies in mind. The path from inception to disposition is mapped and scripted, to the best of our abilities, before we commit our own and our partners' capital.

Foundational Operating Principles

Long-Term Orientation

In culture, decision making, ownership, relationships, and how every deal is capitalized and structured.

Margin of Safety

Hyperfocused on the assessment and management of risk.

Price Disciplined

Value oriented and sensitive to basis, drawn to complex, off-market situations that benefit from a patient home.

Local Focus

Primarily focused on Florida based investments where we have decades of relationships across bankers, brokers, lenders, and operators.

In the Details

Detail orientation minimizes risk and helps us identify levers for value creation.

Reputation First

Always do the right thing.

Representative Investments

Portfolio Highlights

Leadership

Institutional pedigree, local conviction.

Managing Members
AMAlex Mantecon

Alex Mantecon

Co-Founder & Managing Member
  • RoleOversees strategic direction across real estate and operating businesses.
  • Experience
    • Co-Founder of MVREH; co-founder and co-CEO of Breakwater Hospitality
    • Chairman of the City of Coral Gables Pension Board
    • Former Vice President at a multinational hedge fund based in Boca Raton
    • CFA Charterholder
  • EducationB.A. Finance & International Business, FIU.
GVGuillermo D. Vadell

Guillermo D. Vadell

Co-Founder & Managing Member
  • RoleOversees strategic direction across real estate and operating businesses.
  • Experience
    • Co-Founder of MVREH
    • Founder of First Home View Realty (300+ properties)
    • Former senior roles deploying mission-critical telecom infrastructure across Florida for Level 3 Communications and Coulter Electronics
  • EducationB.S. Electrical Engineering, FIU.
GVGuillermo Vadell Jr.

Guillermo Vadell Jr.

Managing Member
  • RoleResponsible for sourcing new opportunities across development and acquisitions for all three of MV's strategies, and for allocating the firm's capital across its investment activities.
  • Experience
    • Former Vice President at $40B hedge fund Davidson Kempner, investing across value-oriented public securities and private market special situations
    • Former investor at Morgan Stanley Merchant Banking & Real Estate Investing
  • EducationB.A. Finance, Babson College.
Executive Leadership
JCJavier Carreno

Javier Carreno

Chief Financial Officer
  • RoleLeads corporate financial strategy, capital-structure oversight, and regulatory compliance, with two decades of experience in complex multinational organizations.
  • Experience
    • 12 years at Mastercard Worldwide
    • Starboard Cruise Services (LVMH)
    • CPA
  • EducationMaster's in Accounting, University of Florida.
GAGuillermo Alvarez

Guillermo Alvarez

General Counsel & Head of Land Development
  • RoleOversees land use, development coordination, and regulatory compliance for MV and Breakwater, with deep experience guiding complex waterfront and entitlement processes across South Florida.
  • Experience
    • Florida-licensed attorney focused on land use and zoning
  • EducationLL.M. in Real Estate Development, Florida State University.
AMAlex Moya

Alex Moya

Head of Development & Construction
  • RoleA Certified General Contractor (CGC 1510541) with 25+ years managing complex residential, commercial, hospitality, and mixed-use developments across South Florida.
  • Experience
    • Founder of Ocean Contractors, LLC
    • Contributed to South Florida developments including One Paraiso, Le Parc at Brickell, and the W Hotel Fort Lauderdale
  • EducationB.S. Building Construction, University of Florida.

Contact Us

Whether you're a capital partner, lender, or broker with an opportunity, or a business owner seeking a strategic partner: we welcome the conversation.

Miami, Florida
gvadelljr@mvreh.com
alex@mvreh.com

This site is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Any such offer is made solely to qualified investors through formal offering documents.