G.T. McDonald Enterprises, Inc.

G.T. McDonald Enterprises has been building in South Florida for over 40 years, working from Plantation on projects that run from Jacksonville down to Miami Beach. The firm holds Florida certified general contractor license CGC018502, issued in 1981, and offers general contracting, preconstruction cost analysis, design-build, construction management, historic restoration, and permitting and planning support. Its high-rise residential work is the core of the business. G.T. McDonald is the general contractor on LOFTY Brickell, the 44-story, 362-unit tower at One Brickell Riverfront on the Miami River, which reached full architectural height in June 2026. Other projects include the 54-story, 632-unit Miami River Tower 1, Monad Terrace in Miami Beach, and 1111 Lincoln Road.

Delivery methods and coverage

G.T. McDonald offers four core services that describe not just what it builds but how it delivers. General contracting and construction management are two distinct routes — one where the firm builds to a completed design, another where it manages the process more broadly and earlier. Preconstruction cost analysis brings pricing discipline in before ground is broken, and design-build folds design and construction into a single contract, which can compress the schedule on complex jobs. Offering all four lets an owner choose the arrangement that fits a given project instead of forcing the project into one method.

The firm’s portfolio leans toward South Florida hospitality and condominium work. Beyond the high-rise residential towers it is known for, that includes hospitality projects such as the Moxy Hotel by Marriott — a reminder that the same preconstruction and management capabilities apply to hotels as readily as to condos. It is a mid-sized organization, in the 51-to-200-employee range, which supports several substantial projects running at once without spreading the team too thin.

Its coverage traces the South Florida coast: Plantation, where the firm is based, along with Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and the broader South Florida region in between. That concentration in one of the country’s densest high-rise markets is where the firm’s experience with local permitting, inspections, and construction logistics compounds — a project-by-project familiarity that is hard for an out-of-market builder to match.

For an owner planning a South Florida tower or hotel, the mix of delivery methods is the useful part: preconstruction cost analysis and design-build can be engaged early to shape budget and schedule, while general contracting and construction management cover the build itself. Four decades of working the Plantation-to-Miami corridor mean the firm brings local knowledge of the market’s permitting and logistics to whichever arrangement an owner chooses.