Development Finance
Connecting feasibility risk to early development finance assumptions
Feasibility findings should flow into price, contingency, schedule, consultant budget, and capital conversations from day one.
GroundUp Team
Convert risk into assumptions
Zoning uncertainty, site constraints, and approval complexity should become explicit schedule, cost, contingency, and consultant assumptions. Otherwise risk stays in meeting notes while the model remains too clean.
Price the unknowns
Not every unknown kills a deal. The key is deciding which unknowns require a price adjustment, which require seller cooperation, and which can wait until formal diligence.
Keep the model tied to evidence
When feasibility evidence changes, the pro forma should change with it. Teams move faster when the reason for each assumption is visible and easy to revisit.
Turn parcel questions into a feasibility workflow.
Use GroundUp to screen zoning, site constraints, conceptual fit, and project risk before decisions get expensive.
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