Feasibility Essentials (2022)

Interested in how a residential property development feasibility stacks up?

The Urban Developer in partnership with ARGUS EstateMaster presents Feasibility Essentials, an online masterclass dedicated to helping you understand the numbers behind the projects.

Through practical case studies, interactive learning and real-world examples, this workshop will provide attendees with the theoretical and practical skills needed to identify and assess new development opportunities.

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Course Objective

The Feasibility Essentials course will provide attendees with the combined theoretical understanding and practical skills required to develop a residential project feasibility.

This course has been designed to draw upon the practical experience of the presenter by providing real-life case studies and interactive learning.

Learning outcomes

Attendees who complete the course will walk away with the ability to build, model and manage a financial feasibility for a residential development.

Starting with a base-level understanding of the financial theory and risk management techniques that underpin project feasibilities, the course will promptly progress to a practical modelling workshop.

With the core objective to answer the question - does this project stack up? - attendees will start by learning about the key inputs required to build a feasibility.

Through a guided interactive session, participants will then build a property development feasibility for a real project from scratch.

Attendees will be guided through a second feasibility case study based on a boutique townhouse project.

The course will conclude with an introduction to the advanced concepts of cash flow modelling and property development financing structures.

Course structure

1. An introduction to the theory underpinning a project feasibility.
2. The four pillars of a property development feasibility.
3. Case study 1- Boutique apartment project.
4. Case study 2 - Townhouse project.
5. An introduction to the advanced concept of cash flow modelling
6. An introduction to the advanced concept of financing structures

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Who should attend?

• Emerging to intermediate property investors and developers
• Development and project managers
• Consultants and service providers
• Finance and investment professionals
• Real estate agents and project marketers
• Construction contractors and subcontractors
• Government and planning authorities

Course requirements

• Attendees should have a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel (and/or Google Sheets)
• Attendees should have a basic understanding of core financial principles (e.g. return on investment, cost of capital, etc).
• Attendees will need to have a laptop and connection to the internet.

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About the presenter

Adam Di Marco is the founder and chief executive of The Urban Developer, along with managing director of Brisbane-based boutique developer, Di Marco Group.

He has over a decade of professional experience in property, including stints with Nakheel International in Dubai, and Leighton Properties and Marquette Properties in Australia.

Over the course of his career, Adam has delivered in excess of $400 million in projects and has a current pipeline of boutique residential projects with an end value of $60 million.

With a degree in Commerce and Business Management from the University of Queensland, he brings commercial acumen, creativity and integrity to the delivery of development projects.