Stakeholders in development projects rely on us to help them conceptualize the most effective strategy to build a uniquely marketable and financially viable project, or to help put an existing development back on track. Our capabilities include marketing and sales strategy, branding and deal structuring, and full pre-development project management.
We prepare site specific studies measuring market health and depth, analyzing the competitive landscape, identifying the target markets, and recommending the achievable revenue assumptions and product features. We are among the world's foremost Branded Residential experts, knowledgeable not only of the residential sales potential when a project is aligned with a brand, but expert in all the moving parts of complex mixed-use developments.
Developers rely on us to create and implement strategies that enhance project marketability, combining our deep experience in product conceptualization, marketing, and sales with our knowledge of property operations, design, and financial feasibility.
We independently model the prospective financial performance of an investment or development, analyzing multiple facets of sensitivity in order to forecast a project's risk and return.
We guide projects through the critical early stages of development, establishing a clear roadmap from initial concept through design, approvals, and pre-construction readiness. Our team coordinates across ownership, design consultants, operators, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment on vision, budget, and schedule. We maintain strong relationships with leading hospitality and retail brands, AD100 architects, globally recognized designers, Michelin-starred culinary operators, and other best-in-class partners—resources we regularly leverage in collaboration with our clients. With deep experience in complex mixed-use and hospitality-driven developments, we anticipate challenges before they arise—streamlining decision-making, mitigating risk, all while enhancing project value. We bring a disciplined yet flexible approach, ensuring that each project is positioned for a seamless transition into execution while maximizing its long-term potential.
Known for our expertise with complex and unusual assets, we value institutional grade property, developments, land and investment positions in every market.
We serve as advisors to major investment funds, family offices, and private developers to inform a sound real estate investment strategy with both market research and financial underwriting.
We are experts in structuring creative and pragmatic deal terms, forming new property-level strategies, and building consensus among stakeholders as an independent consultant in workout and new partnership situations.
Serving as an arbitrator or testifying as an expert witness, we have significant expertise in proceedings related to ground rent determinations, market rent resets, valuation issues, and partial interests.
We frequently provide expert testimony in proceedings including bankruptcy, divorce, family and partnership disputes, condemnation and other matters, on topics ranging from valuation to marketability.
We conduct economic and fiscal impact analyses demonstrating the one-time and ongoing effects (such as new jobs and fiscal revenue streams) generated by real estate development projects and policy proposals that must be communicated to a variety of audiences.
We assist private real estate entities and governments with structuring partnerships to unlock the value and economic development potential of property holdings that require collaboration between businesses and the public sector.
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