Architecture
gmp · 2009–2021
12 years at one of Europe's leading practices, from Architect to Chief Architect on PPP projects with Hochtief AG.
01 — Profile
Elisa Rodríguez Contreras
Senior Project & Development Manager — Real Estate & Construction
Architect (ETSAM, Madrid) · M.Sc. Real Estate Management (TU Berlin)
17 years managing building projects in Germany. Based in Madrid since 2025.
German construction standards for the Spanish & DACH markets
17+
years in real estate & construction
3
perspectives: architect, developer, general contractor
158
all-electric homes delivered
€90–100M
largest investment coordinated
4×
Platinum certification (LEED · DGNB · WELL · WiredScore)
02 — About me
I trained as an architect in Madrid and in 2009 began my career in Germany at gmp, one of Europe's leading architecture practices. Twelve years later I moved to the developer side with HB Reavis, and then to the general-contractor side with Hohental, where I led 158 homes through to handover. Along the way I completed an M.Sc. in Real Estate Management at TU Berlin to add the financial view to the technical one.
Having experienced projects from all three positions — the one who designs, the one who develops and the one who builds — shapes how I work: understanding what each party needs and taking the project through to handover. Since 2025 I have been back in Madrid.
Three perspectives on the same project
Developer
HB Reavis · 2021–2023
Design coordination of a Platinum-certified premium office building on the developer side.
General contractor
Hohental · 2023–2026
Project management of 158 homes through to handover, as main contact for client and board.
03 — Career & projects
Selected projects
Figures rounded or shown as ranges.
04 — Expertise & education
Project management
- Full lifecycle
- Programme & critical path (MS Project)
- Change & risk
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Client & board communication
Cost & procurement
- Cost control
- Budget improvement
- Tendering & contracts
- Scopes of work
Sustainability & technical
- LEED
- DGNB
- WELL
- All-electric housing
- BIM
Real estate
- Feasibility & profitability
- Ratios & cash flow
- Multicultural settings
- Spanish (native)
- German (full professional)
- English (full professional)
Education & registration
- 2026 · Registered architect, Madrid Chamber of Architects (COAM)
- 2026 · Master's in Artificial Intelligence for Professionals — thePower Business School
- 2023 · Project Management Basic Certification (GPM, IPMA-based)
- 2022–2023 · Sustainable Construction & Refurbishment — GeWeB (Gesellschaft für Weiterbildung im Bauwesen)
- 2017–2021 · M.Sc. Real Estate Management — Technische Universität Berlin
- 2017 & 2019 · Real Estate Investment & Finance Workshop — Fordham University (Berlin and New York)
- 2017–2026 · Member, Berlin Chamber of Architects (AKB)
- 2000–2009 · Architect (M.Arch equivalent) — ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Erasmus at FH Frankfurt, 2005–2006)
05 — LinkedIn
Full career history, recommendations and updates on LinkedIn.