Avatar Construction, Inc.

Avatar Construction is a Watertown, Massachusetts commercial design-build firm the company says has been building since 1999, taking on multifamily housing, mixed-use developments, and healthcare facility work valued from $5 million to $50 million-plus around Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire. Nazar Vincent runs it, and what his clients keep coming back to is a Guaranteed Maximum Price locked in before construction starts — cost certainty a long-time commercial client and a recent mixed-use client both pointed to this year. On Google, where the company holds a 4.8-star average across 35 ratings, this year's praise clusters around what happens after the job is done: two homeowners who bought Avatar-built houses describe warranty and repair work handled by project manager Liu, who they say showed up personally to supervise fixes and communicated clearly throughout. A commercial client with nearly a decade of repeat multifamily, medical-office, and warehouse work credits the firm's GMP approach for keeping costs and schedules under control, and a recent mixed-use client echoed it: no surprise costs, clear timelines, strong subcontractor coordination. Houzz shows a similar picture — 4.7 stars from 11 ratings — and the review history runs back to 2021 across five sources, with just one unexplained one-star rating in the mix. Vet the corporate history before signing anything: in 2023 the Massachusetts Attorney General sued Avatar Construction Corp. and Nazar Vincent over prevailing-wage violations on five municipal projects, and the company settled in 2024, paying more than $320,000 to the Commonwealth over how it and a subcontractor paid workers. Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license (HIC #186739) is active with the state, and Houzz lists NAHB and Energy Star Partner recognition plus a Houzz Award. Avatar reads as a fit for larger-scale, higher-budget builds — new multifamily buildings, sizable mixed-use or healthcare space, or a custom home project — where a locked-in GMP number and a design-build team matter more than being the cheapest bid. Given the wage-theft settlement, ask directly how subcontractors are paid on your job, and get your GMP number and warranty terms in writing before signing.