Strategic, Financial & Economic Advisory
AREcon helps investors, developers, businesses, and public agencies evaluate opportunities, structure investments, and move complex projects forward. We combine economic insight, financial expertise, and practical development experience to turn analysis into informed decisions and actionable strategies.
AREcon helps investors, developers, businesses, and public agencies evaluate opportunities, structure investments, and move complex projects forward. We combine economic insight, financial expertise, and practical development experience to turn analysis into informed decisions and actionable strategies.
Evaluate acquisitions and development opportunities, test alternative approaches, and establish a practical path from concept through implementation.
Align project economics, financing, and ownership objectives through financial modeling, debt and equity analysis, joint venture structures, and distribution waterfalls.
Assess market demand, development costs, operating performance, and investment returns. Identify the assumptions and risks that matter most to the decision.
Coordinate financial, market, entitlement, and infrastructure considerations. Help owners manage consultants, evaluate tradeoffs, and advance projects toward approvals, financing, and delivery.
Evaluate economic and fiscal impacts, resource values, and the benefits and costs of projects and policies involving water, land, energy, recreation, and public infrastructure.
Provide independent economic damages, valuation, and financial analysis supported by clear reporting and experienced expert testimony.
Investment and development decisions require a clear understanding of opportunity, risk, capital, and execution. AREcon connects these elements, helping clients determine what is feasible, how to structure it, and what it will take to succeed.
Our work ranges from focused economic and financial studies to ongoing strategic advisory and development support, helping clients make complex investment, development, policy, and litigation decisions with confidence.
Test market conditions, financial assumptions, and project constraints to identify the factors that drive value and risk.
Independent advice grounded in evidence, defensible methods, and a clear understanding of each client’s objectives.
Connect economics, capital structure, development requirements, and operating performance to evaluate the whole investment.
Translate complex issues into clear choices, practical recommendations, and next steps for investors, owners, agencies, and legal teams.
Our experience spans investment decisions, capital structuring, development execution, and complex economic questions. The following illustrate the types of assignments we support.
We apply a consistent economic and financial framework across industries, informed by the market conditions, operating requirements, and development challenges of each assignment.
Founder & President, AREcon
Jason Bass is an economist and financial advisor with more than 35 years of experience spanning investment analysis, real estate development, corporate finance, natural resource economics, and expert witness work.
His background combines consulting with senior finance and operating responsibilities. He serves as Principal at Redpoint Capital Advisors and Chief Financial Officer at NextStage. Earlier roles include Principal at Dornbusch Associates, Chief Financial Officer at Helen Holdings in Monaco, and real estate finance and development work with EKN Development and Urban Catalyst.
He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in resource economics, is a California Certified Public Accountant, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Useful advice must be rigorous, understandable, and connected to the decision at hand. We examine assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and explain the implications clearly so clients can act with a sound understanding of the opportunities and risks.
Our approach combines independent judgment with direct experience in investment, finance, development, and operations. Jason brings this combination of analytical training and practical experience to helping clients evaluate complex decisions, structure transactions, and advance projects.
Whether you are evaluating an investment, structuring a transaction, advancing a development, or addressing a complex economic issue, AREcon can help you assess the alternatives and chart a practical path forward.