Real Estate Advisory

Real estate advisory

Clarity before capital is committed.

Market research, financial analysis and site intelligence that show whether an opportunity is worth pursuing, how it should be structured, and what it will take to succeed.

The questions advisory answers

  • Is there sufficient demand for this development?
  • What is the land worth before and after rezoning?
  • Does this acquisition price reflect its risks?
  • Which assets should be held, repositioned or sold?

The most expensive property decisions are made before the first brick is laid.

Advisory work brings market evidence, financial modelling and valuation expertise to the earliest stage of a decision, when the scope to shape the outcome is greatest and the cost of changing course is lowest.

Across the asset lifecycle

From first strategy to final exit.

Select a stage to see the decisions it involves, the advisory services deployed and the deliverables produced.

Stage 1 of 5

Where should capital be deployed?

Before a site or asset is identified, research establishes which markets, sectors and locations offer sustainable demand and constrained supply.

Market studiesInvestment advisory

Decisions supported

  • Target markets and sectors
  • Locations with growth drivers
  • Alignment with portfolio objectives

Deliverables

  • Market study report
  • Sector and location comparison
  • Portfolio strategy review
Advisory services

Six disciplines, one evidence base.

Each discipline can be commissioned on its own or combined into a single mandate.

Who the practice advises

Evidence for every side of the decision.

Developers

Confidence in product, pricing and phasing before land is secured and design is committed.

Landowners

A clear view of what land can become and what it is worth, before entering negotiations or joint ventures.

Investors and funds

Independent analysis of acquisitions, portfolio performance and exit timing.

Lenders

Market and feasibility evidence that supports credit decisions on development and investment finance.

Public sector

Research to inform land release, asset strategy and development partnerships for municipalities and public entities.

Corporates

Site selection, expansion planning and occupational property decisions grounded in location analysis.

Integrated practice

Advisory and valuation under one roof.

The research that informs an advisory mandate is the same evidence base that supports a valuation. Clients move from opportunity to transaction without changing advisers or rebuilding the analysis.

  • One evidence baseMarket data, comparables and research shared across mandates
  • ContinuityThe same team from feasibility through to valuation and disposal
  • ConsistencyAssumptions that align from the first study to the final report
Valuation practice

Independent valuation for legal, statutory, financial and transaction purposes.

Litigation, expropriation, municipal objections, estates, insolvency, transactions and financial reporting, across all major asset classes.

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