Services

Market studies help clients understand supply and demand for land uses, as well as the economic and demographic changes driving these trends. A robust market analysis provides a critical foundation for: creating effective master plans and redevelopment/revitalization strategies, planning phasing strategies for large scale single- and mixed-use developments, supporting local businesses and property owners, and estimating financial feasibility. Market studies can also inform the developer selection process, helping to understand which uses would generate strong private sector responses and which may require financial incentives to succeed. Our experience extends from the typical office, residential, retail, industrial, and hotel uses to the more special-use facilities including large-scale, mixed-use complexes, sport facilities, convention/conference facilities, recreational uses, museums, public markets, and other non-traditional projects. The RESGroup approach combines third-party data sources with outreach to critical stakeholders in the market, including property owners, brokers, tenants, lenders, and public sector authorities to best understand historic market trends and identify future opportunities and constraints.

Financial models are created with the flexibility to respond to a variety of assumptions and conditions in order to evaluate changes in development plans, market, and financial conditions. Financial analysis and the creation of pro formas provide clients with a useful analytical tool for evaluating the potential for project success by measuring various returns on investment and other investment benchmarks.  These tools are also helpful in negotiating agreements and analyzing proposals presented by developers.

The RESGroup team works closely with public sector and institutional clients to optimize revenue from under-utilized real estate by assisting in the selection of developers to enter into long-term leases or sale agreements. We provide objective assistance in the attraction, evaluation, and selection of the most capable developer(s) while maximizing the return to our clients and public policy priorities. Proposals are evaluated according to the client’s selection criteria and are formally analyzed for economic strength, financial and economic return to the client and the surrounding community, and addressing public sector equity, sustainability, and resilience requirements. Proposals are objectively ranked to weigh advantages, disadvantages, and associated risks. RESGroup can also support our clients throughout the critical negotiation process with the selected developer.

RESGroup assists public clients and developers in structuring the financing for projects that require a subsidy in order to achieve economic feasibility. We examine the financial strength of the project, the sources and uses, available local financial and tax incentives, and identify the project “gap”. In addition, we can identify potential sources of funding and assist in the negotiation process.

Other services offered by Real Estate Solutions Group are intended to assist our clients to compete effectively throughout all stages of the real estate development process. These may include portfolio and management strategies, asset disposition strategies, strategic redevelopment planning, project implementation.

We provide a range of services to economic development corporations and agencies that are both project- and program-oriented. Real Estate Solutions Group assists new and existing entities in the evaluation of their organization and management, in the creation of incentive programs, and the development of comprehensive strategies, that will make them effective organizations in their communities.