Ardent Residential was founded in 2005 by Art Carpenter and Brett Denton and is based in Austin, Texas.

Ardent is a real estate development firm specializing in multifamily, condominium, vacation villa and resort development for its own account and as a fee developer.

Ardent’s services include:

• identifying & structuring development projects
• managing the entitlement process
• performing financial analysis and financial reporting
• coordinating design
• construction contracting
• project management
• coordination of marketing, sales and leasing.