"Same family. Same hands. Different chapter."
"La misma familia. Las mismas manos. Otro capítulo."
The Cortes name was poured in concrete in Connecticut in 2014. Twelve years later it returns to its first language, set down on a Medellín plot owned by the family. Construcciones Cortes y CIA S.A.S. is the international wing — a separate operating entity under the same Cortes Building Group, LLC vehicle that holds Cortes Construction in Connecticut.
The building rising in Medellín is not a project for clients. It is a private residence for the family, designed and built to the same standard the Casas of Connecticut are held to. The house is the first chapter of the international portfolio. There will be more.
The structure.
The plot sits in a quiet pocket of Medellín, away from the highway and the noise. Three stories, one private residence, designed for two generations under one roof. The architecture leans into Medellín's particular climate — cross-ventilation, deep eaves, generous outdoor rooms that read as part of the house, not behind it.
The construction follows the same playbook that built every Cortes home in Fairfield since 2014 — the foundation poured slowly, the framing inspected at every stage, the finishes withheld until the structure underneath has settled into itself. Sin prisa, con orden, con criterio.
The quantity.
Phase i is one home — the family residence, currently mid-construction, completion targeted for 2027. Phase ii (subject to land acquisition through 2026) plans for two additional residences on adjoining parcels — three units total, each its own one-of-one, none of them cookie-cutter. Phase iii is reserved language; the family will speak about it when it is real.