Palmares — LT73 Palmares Ocean Living & Golf, Lagos

Project

A private client came to us with a plot at Palmares Ocean Living & Golf and an architect's design that had already gone through full tender — and come back significantly over budget. The project needed rescuing before it had broken ground.

Over the following six months, Orla Algarve led a complete value engineering exercise: redesigning the property from scratch to deliver the same architectural ambition at a buildable cost, navigating the resort's internal planning board consultation process, and drawing on our relationships with both Palmares and the local Câmara Municipal to keep the project advancing at every stage.

The client arrived with no established network in Portugal. He now has one. The design is resolved, planning consultation is complete, and he has two clear routes to delivery: modular construction via our InHaus partnership, offering a fixed price and compressed programme, or a traditional build managed by Orla with our established construction partners.

Target exit value: €7 million+.