Project 8 Development Project 8 Development
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Project 8 Developments provides a wide range of professional real estate consulting & project management services for both the private and public sectors, covering a broad range of land uses. These services include:

  • Market Analysis
  • Financial Analysis Consulting
  • Highest and Best Use Analysis
  • Merchandising Mix Studies
  • Site Selection
  • Project Implementation
  • Pre-Development Project Planning Coordination
  • Development Management
  • Property Acquisition & Disposition Analysis

Market Analysis

  • Establishment of basic levels of market support for land uses under study
  • Determination of supportable sizing. Pricing and absorption of the various project components.
  • Development of project phasing schedules, which are consistent with market support factors.

Financial Analysis and Consulting

  • Determination of project feasibility
  • Development of economic planning guidelines designed to maximize monetary return
  • Estimation of project costs. Revenuses. Expenses. Equity requirements and probable financing terms
  • Identification of likely sources of debt and or funding, establishment of contacts with such sources
  • Preparation of pro forma income and cash flow statements
  • Discounted cash flow and rate of return analysis
  • Determination of project economic value
  • Preparation of funding packages for potential lenders and investors

Highest and Best Use Analysis

Determination of the land use mix, which will produce the greatest economic return on the subject property consistent with market support factors and other development constraints.

Merchandising Mix Studies

Determination of the optimum mix of tenants by type and space requirements in Multi-tenant commercial or industrial developments – takes category by category market analysis and assesses specific retail and related opportunities, recommending specific tenant types that will optimize the performance of the overall project.

Site Selection

  • Determination of key characteristics regarding site size and capacity, topography (and associated development costs) Local and regional access qualities, exposure and visibility.
  • Measurement of specific site against such criteria
  • Selection of sites which best meet criteria objectives

Project Implementation

Consultation related to:

  • Project design features
  • Marketing programmers
  • Advertising target areas
  • Construction phasing
  • Joint venture possibilities

Pre-Development Project Planning Coordination

  • Determination of disciplines required
  • Assembly of appropriate pre-development planning team members, which may include architecture, engineering, planning, geology, legal, ecology, and public relations.
  • Negotiations of the various services
  • Evaluation and review of preparation of presentations to concerned government agencies.

Development Management/Project Management

Project 8 Development will assume full responsibility on behalf of the owner for directing all aspects of the project, including design, construction, project accounting, marketing programs, financing, and sales and leasing efforts.

Property Acquisition & Disposition Analysis

  • Determination of realistic economic value of properties being considered for either acquisition or disposition
  • Evaluation of the investment merits of such properties
  • Suggestions regarding appropriate terms of sale or purchase
  • Identification of properties which meet specific investment objectives
  • Identification of potential purchasers of disposition properties
  • Analysis of real estate investment portfolios
  • Development of buy or sell recommendation

Additionally, Project 8 Developments enters into joint ventures and sub-consulting arrangements with other firms, providing complementary skills as individual projects may require.