Market & location
Assess the intended audience, competitive context, demand patterns, and relationship between the site and the proposed guest experience.
Advisory & Strategy
Clarity before commitment.
A compelling hospitality idea deserves a clear-eyed assessment of the business behind it. Kilvert & Co. helps owners, developers, and investors evaluate opportunities and make informed decisions before committing capital, choosing an operator, or changing direction.
When We Can Help
A clear starting point.
You may be considering a restaurant within a hotel or development, assessing an existing business, or deciding whether a site can support the concept you have in mind. The starting question is the same: what would need to be true for this to work?
Scope of Work
Feasibility & financial models
Translate capacity, service periods, average spend, staffing, and costs into an operating model. Test assumptions and downside scenarios rather than relying on a single forecast.
Operator & partnership assessment
Help define the operating brief, evaluate potential operators, and assess how commercial structures align with ownership objectives. Coordinate legal and other specialist review where required.
Performance diagnosis
Examine sales, costs, service, leadership, and reporting to distinguish symptoms from underlying operating issues.
What You Receive
Work you can
put to use.
- A written assessment of the opportunity and key assumptions
- An operating model or review of the existing forecast, where included in scope
- Priority risks, information gaps, and decisions to resolve
- A practical recommendation and next-step plan
Deliverables are tailored to the agreed assignment. Corwin leads the work directly, coordinating specialist input where required.
What if the information is incomplete?
We identify the missing evidence, separate assumptions from established facts, and show how uncertainty affects the decision. The scope can begin with an initial assessment before more detailed feasibility work.
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Based in New York.
Engagements shaped around the work.