More Life
— Capital · El Capital

Capital aligned with legacy.

For partners considering the trilogy, the holding, or the next chapter — we are ready to be met where decisions are made.

Begin
— How we think

At More Life, we are capital allocators.

We design and administrate the businesses, then allocate the capital — to design, build, and sell the homes themselves: modern luxury between $2M and $15M.

Live Portfolio
— Find your place

Where would you like to begin?

Three doors into how we think. Choose one — the page will take you there.

— A note from Jay · Capital alignment

"We're here, we're growing — and this is how we align, administrate, and allocate capital. Every dollar deployed into More Life lands in a portfolio that's already moving — homes built, sold, and lived in. Future capital doesn't arrive at a pitch; it arrives at a working machine."

— Jay Cortes, Founder

Our management packets — the operating documents we run internally — are available on request. They show the deal-flow cadence, the underwriting frame, and the OS we use to move capital from intake to deployment to return. Capital partners see what we see, on the same page we read it.

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— The Architecture

Two brands.
Four entities.
One family at the top.

Cortes Building Group is the founders' vehicle — owned only by Jay, Sandra, and Edwin Cortes. Each operating entity has its own partners. None of them leak across.

HOLDING · FOUNDERS' VEHICLE Cortes Building Group, LLC Jay · Sandra · Edwin CT · CONSTRUCTION Cortes Construction LLC + Cortes partners 12 yr foundation CT · DEVELOPMENT More Life Dev. Group LLC + ML investors CO · CONSTRUCCIÓN Construcciones Cortes y CIA SAS + Colombia partners Medellín CT · EXCAVATION Cortes Excavation, LLC heavy equipment active
— The Track Record

Twelve years of foundation.

Cortes Construction LLC was registered in 2014. Casa UNO completed in 2026. The trilogy is mid-arc — and the record reads in four numbers.

— Years Building
12+
Cortes Construction LLC, since 2014. Twelve years of foundations under other names.
— Casas in the Trilogy
3
Casa UNO built. Casa DOS rising. Casa TRES coming — where the family began.
— Countries
2
Connecticut and Colombia. Cortes has operating entities in both.
— Public Brands
2
More Life (development) and Cortes (construction). One family above both.
— The Opportunities

What capital meets, today.

Four lanes, read top to bottom. Each opens at a different stage of the work — carries a different risk, asks a different conversation.

Casa DOS — coastal Fairfield County, the second home of the trilogy
— The Trilogy · ii

Casa DOS

Pre-completion partnership in the second home — mid-frame now, where the coast meets the edge of the earth. Open for early conversations on co-investment, pre-sale rights, or strategic alignment with the brand at scale.

LocationJennings Beach · Fairfield coast
PositionThe Trilogy · ii
DeliveryBuilding · 2026
CollateralOwned Gold Coast ground

The full numbers — land, structure, and returns — sit in the management packet.

— The Trilogy · iii

Casa TRES

Where the trilogy ends — and where the family began. For partners drawn to the closing of one arc and the opening of what comes next.

LocationGreenleigh Road · Fairfield
PositionThe Trilogy · iii
DeliveryComing · 2027
CollateralOwned ground · where it began

The full numbers — land, structure, and returns — sit in the management packet.

Cortes Excavation LLC— Heavy Equipment · Active
The 4th entity. Owns heavy equipment, leases to Cortes Construction at arms-length. Live and operating — capital here joins an entity already in motion.
Active
Operating
Construcciones Cortes— Colombia · International
The international wing in Medellín. Capital aligned with international expansion of the family's craft. For partners with Latin American interest or capital looking for cross-border legacy.
Operating
Colombia
— How We Work

Three things you should know before you write.

i.

We respond personally, not promptly.

Notes reach us through [email protected] directly. We respond in writing, usually within a week. No automated funnels. No follow-up sequences. One human writing to another.

ii.

We do not list. We invite.

Casa DOS is not on the MLS. Casa TRES has not been priced publicly. Cortes Excavation never ran a raise. Conversations begin before any of these are made available — that's the only way they happen.

iii.

The architecture is intentional.

Cortes investors stay in Cortes. More Life investors stay in More Life. The holding stays clean — capital enters the right entity by design, the formal structure drawn under counsel.

— For capital · a short diligence

What gets you comfortable?

Where decisions are made.

A short note is enough — your name, your interest, the conversation you want to have. "We don't sell homes. We hand you the years it took to make one." — Jay

Inquire Privately Or email directly

Direct email: [email protected]

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