How to Evaluate a Land Parcel Before Buying It for Development
The legal, physical, planning and market questions worth answering before a parcel becomes a project.
DHARTII · · Full guide in preparation
Four lenses
Title and legal standing. Physical characteristics and access. Planning permissibility. Market demand around the site. A parcel needs to pass all four.
The market lens is often skipped
Land is frequently evaluated on what can be built rather than what should be built. Studying absorption, pricing and competing supply nearby changes the answer more often than expected.
Turning evaluation into a decision
The outcome of a land evaluation is a choice: develop, partner, hold or sell. Each has a different commercial logic.
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