For commercial general contractors
Give us an address. We’ll tell you who to call.
Groundwork researches every new project in your markets down to the person who picks the GC. You get their name, their number, the sources, and a note ready to send.
How it works
We find the project. Then the people behind it.
What takes your team an afternoon takes Groundwork minutes. So you call while the GC is still an open question.
- 01
We watch your markets
Filings, agendas and land sales in every county you cover. Your lead service alerts too, if you have them. Or just send us an address.
- 02
We do the digging
Who's behind the LLC, whether they're a real developer, and who picks the GC.
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You get a pursuit brief
One page. Every fact sourced. An opener ready to send.
The pursuit brief
Everything you need to make the call.
Who's behind it, who decides, how to reach them, and how we know. Then the note, written for you to edit.
still open owner of record (seller) · whether a JV partner is attached · GC not yet named
Subject 3018 N Clybourn: Planned Development application, GC not yet named
Dana, Castellano Builders in Elmhurst saw Northline's Planned Development application for 3018 N. Clybourn on the September Plan Commission agenda: five stories, 24 units, replacing the one-story commercial building. We build multifamily, mixed-use and climate-controlled storage across Chicagoland in the $5–40M range. If you're still selecting a GC for Clybourn, we'd welcome fifteen minutes this month to walk a comparable job. Ray Castellano · Castellano Builders, Inc. 210 N York St, Elmhurst · 630.555.0188
example · names are fictional
Your criteria
Only the jobs you'd actually chase.
Set your markets, project types, size and stage. Groundwork watches for those and skips the rest. Pass on a project and say why, and it learns.
- Markets
- CookDuPageKaneLakeWill
- Work
- MultifamilySelf-storageLight industrialMedical office
- Job size
- $5M to $40M
- Stage
- Zoning through 12 months out
- GC
- Not yet named
- Skip
- Public bidsSingle-family
How we know
We never make up a name.
Your firm's name is on the note. The bar is high.
Exact match
Every name appears, spelled that way, on a public page you can click.
Two sources
A person isn't confirmed until two independent sites agree.
Honest gaps
If we can't find them, we say so and show you the next best way in.
Questions
The short answers.
- Do we need a lead service?
- No. But if you have one, we'll use it. Its projects get researched alongside everything we find.
- Can we limit it to the work we do?
- Yes. Markets, project types, job size, stage, and whether a GC is already named.
- Where does the information come from?
- Public records and company websites. Every fact links to its source.
- What if you can't find the person?
- We tell you, and point you to the next best way in, like the architect or the zoning attorney.
- Does anything get sent without us?
- No. Every note waits for your review.
Bring a project you’re chasing.
We’ll show you who’s behind it and who to call. Thirty minutes with the founder.
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