Hunden Partners is the world's leading destination development advisor. MAKR has a $14.4B smart city pipeline and the technology to deploy it. Together, they create the only full-cycle ecosystem in the market: Feasibility → Capital → Technology → Operations.
Prepared for Rob Hunden — President & CEO, Hunden Partners
By Melanie Salvador — General Partner, MAKR Venture Fund
Today, destination projects move through disconnected vendors at every stage. This partnership creates a seamless pipeline where each phase feeds the next.
The leading global advisor in destination real estate development, with nearly three decades of transforming communities through strategic feasibility analysis.
Hunden Partners is not just a consulting firm — they are the entry point for nearly every major destination development project in North America. Cities, states, universities, and private developers trust Hunden to answer the fundamental question: "Should we build this, and how?"
Their feasibility studies don't just validate projects — they shape which projects get funded, how they're structured, and who builds them. This makes Hunden the earliest, most influential touchpoint in the destination development pipeline.
Hunden currently conducts 115+ studies per year, each representing a project that needs technology, capital, and operational intelligence. MAKR's ecosystem can serve every one of these projects downstream.
These are live projects Hunden is advising right now — each one a potential entry point for MAKR technology and capital.
MAKR X has $14.4 billion in destination projects that align directly with Hunden's core specialties. Every project needs feasibility validation before capital deployment.
| MAKR X Project | Project Scope | Hunden Fit |
|---|---|---|
| Central Europe Motor Sport Circuit | EUR 150M tech budget. Motor sport circuit and entertainment resort complex. | Direct match — Hunden's core specialty is sports facilities and entertainment districts. Feasibility + economic impact study needed. |
| US Midwest Luxury Resort | $800M total development. $120M MAKR X technology opportunity. | Perfect fit — Hunden has deep hotel/resort feasibility expertise and 20+ years of Midwest market data. Tourism planning essential. |
| Jamaica Smart City | $4B total. $600M MAKR X opportunity. Transformative destination project. | Strong fit — Hunden conducts international tourism & destination strategy. Caribbean resort/entertainment district feasibility. |
| Central America Coastal Development | $2.47B tech budget. Sustainable coastal community and tourism infrastructure. | Strong fit — Tourism planning + hospitality feasibility for coastal destination. Sustainable development overlay. |
| US Midwest/East Smart Communities | $700M tech budget. Waste to energy + smart community infrastructure. | Good fit — Hunden's placemaking and community development expertise. 8 community-wide placemaking plans delivered in 2024 alone. |
| Pan-Africa Smart Countries | $66B total across 33 countries. $9.9B MAKR X opportunity. | Strategic fit — Destination development at country-scale. Hunden's Tourism Greece work demonstrates international government advisory capability. |
This is not a vendor relationship. It's an ecosystem where each partner's output becomes the next partner's input.
A concrete example of how a single project flows through the MAKR-Hunden ecosystem.
MAKR and Hunden together create something no one else in the market can offer: a complete pipeline from feasibility study to intelligent, technology-powered reality.
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