Due Diligence

PPC Urban is here to help you perform due diligence on marketability of a given business or development and evaluate a chance of getting town planning proposal. We will gather relevant information to help you make an informed investment decision, from acquiring to developing a site, to commencing a business!

Due diligence is about evaluating what you can do with your land physicallylegislatively and economically.

The style and level of detail within our development feasibility studies will be tailored to suit your needs and your budget. Our development feasibility studies are prepared by leveraging our expertise in the fields of town planning, market assessments and financial modelling. The following points of topics are generally included in our full development feasibility reports:

Setting the scene (economically)

  • Analyse Federal, State and local policy and economic frameworks;
  • Assess trends and growth of relevant sectors;
  • Examine and profile a social and economic outlook in a local setting;

Site and location context (physically)

  • Review location context to see any nearby major anchors;
  • Conduct a review of site characteristics, i.e. easements, covenants, and land contours;

Town planning context (legislatively)

  • Advise on a prospective development mix, informed by a review of relevant planning policies and controls;
  • Assess development infrastructure obligations and financial risks;
  • Estimate development yield, informed by the estimated market needs of a given proposal. A preliminary concept plan is usually produced;

Market context (economically)

  • Undertake a market assessment to estimate needs of a given proposal and recommend a prospective development mix, informed by a demand and supply assessment;
  • Identify and assess development and financial risks;

Financial assessments / cash Flow (economically)

  • Estimate project revenue for a given development, adopting valuation techniques;
  • Evaluate development costs and risks
  • Assess he impact of the property attributes on return yields, vacancies, rental rates and supply; and
  • Recommend the potential feasibility of the project.