A project manager who works for the owner

The story

Why Osher started the company

Osher studied construction management and began his career in New York. He was lead project manager for a developer on 805 Washington, a nine-story residential building in Brooklyn, and then for Platinum Construction, a general contractor, on a new commercial medical center.

On those jobs he saw the same thing again and again: general contractors taking advantage of owners. Owners undertaking major renovations and new builds were negotiating against professionals, with no professional of their own. They signed contracts they didn’t fully understand, paid for work that wasn’t finished and approved change orders nobody had checked.

In 2020 he moved to Los Angeles and managed projects for private clients, a developer and a landlord family through his own firm. He also managed a $10M heritage residence in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. In all, he has managed more than 20 major renovations and more than 300 residential units.

Construction has its share of difficult characters. Osher deals with them calmly. When a contractor or consultant doesn’t perform, he gives notice, terminates if he has to, and brings in a replacement so the job keeps moving.

Why “Monster”

Osher founded Monster Project Group in Fort Lauderdale. Big projects are monsters: dozens of trades, hundreds of decisions and millions of dollars moving at once. Our job is to handle that for you.

How we work

We manage the business side of the build: the design team, the approvals, the contracts, the budget, the schedule and the quality. We don’t do the construction work. That’s the contractor’s job. We make sure the contractor does what you agreed to, at the price you agreed to. In Osher’s words, we’re “the oil in the engine.”