A finish-trades and project-execution partner for the work that's too complex for a standard build. Ten years. Nationwide.
Mustard velvet chesterfields, a gold-leaf ceiling, an antler chandelier above a mirror-faceted fireplace hood. Every finish, every fixture, every coat of paint.
A 36-key boutique hotel and event property — gutted and rebuilt across a full year. Every guest room a different palette. Ground-up coffee shop, the Flatlander bar with its custom upside-down canoe chandelier, flex pavilion, pickleball, parking lot. Every fixture installed by us.
From mountain-lodge tired to design-led independent hotel — 55 rooms, full bar build-out, every common space reimagined. Open during peak winter, sequenced room-by-room.
A 55-room repositioning of a tired mountain lodge into a design-driven independent hotel. Color-led interiors, custom millwork, a full bar build-out, a yellow-fireplace lounge under a gold-leaf ceiling. Every unit reconfigured.
Most of our best projects come from a phone call that starts with "I have this idea and three other contractors said no."
An adaptive reuse of an early-20th-century mill complex on the river — apartments, a Great Hall event space, a riverside restaurant, environmental remediation, package store. We're operating under A&E Construction as GC of record.
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After (rendered)
Mill complex
Riverside patio
Area Man Construction is a subsidiary of Cedarwood Asset Management — the hospitality investment firm behind Sessions Retreat & Hotel and The Burgundy. We started doing construction the way we wished construction had been done for us.
Ten-plus years. Thirty-plus properties across the country. Boutique hotels, residential, mixed-use adaptive reuse, and the historic buildings that get harder the deeper you cut.
We work as the finish-trades and project-management partner under a licensed general contractor of record. We don't compete with GCs — we're who they bring in for the parts that matter.
If you're a general contractor, owner, or developer with a project that's complex, historic, or creatively demanding — we'd like to hear about it. We read every inquiry and respond within two business days.