Two Trout’s Approach
Two Trout works with both public and private stakeholders, bringing projects to life from the ground up, or back to life, course correcting flailing ventures, and resurrecting properties with beautifully imagined renovations. Each client, team, and project is unique, but they all benefit from these five pillars of Two Trout’s approach.
Mission Clarity
Two Trout works with owners to define the mission, the goals, and the definition of success. While this may seem obvious, these intentional deep dives frequently reveal where a project is off track before it’s begun, often because the chosen model doesn’t serve the stated goals. Taking the time to get mission-aligned on the front-end streamlines every subsequent step in the process.
Team Building
Two Trout hand-selects and recommends each member of the design team based on their specific experience, creative POV, and synergy with the larger team. We make it a priority to onboard each member of the team to the mission, vision, values, and definition of success, curtailing design bias before it appears.
Holistic Planning
Having five bars and restaurants on the property sounds magnificent, until you realize you’re in a city with a dire shortage of hospitality professionals to staff them. Two Trout looks beyond the build to make sound recommendations based on a multitude of factors affecting the city, the state, and the hyper-local conditions and culture of the site.
forensic budgeting
Two Trout creates granular budgets that investors love. We eliminate surprises by capturing every predictable expense and leveraging decades of experience and relationships to make the most efficient use of the budget without compromising the vision or guest experience. Whether we’re creating new budgets for ground-up projects or consulting on a pivot, this line-item-warrior attitude saves clients millions.
Option Curation
With tens of thousands of decisions to be made on each project, Two Trout simplifies the process and eliminates the noise by carefully curating options that are mission, vision, and budget aligned. Owners benefit from an edited set of excellent choices that makes it easy to be decisive and keep the project on track.
