Consulting Services for Master-Planned Communities

RCLCO brings cutting-edge market and financial analytics to underwrite proposed new development projects, optimize existing developments, and/or determine highest and best use. Whether it’s a large land asset, planned community, active adult retirement community, or resort development, our skilled professionals understand what’s working, where markets are going, and how to apply that knowledge to benefit our clients’ real estate projects.

With RCLCO’s support, learn to understand your project in the context of the competitive landscape and its unique strengths and challenges. Optimally position your property in the market relative to price and demand, utilizing recommendations that are informed by decision-making tools, price optimization, and financial planning tools.

RCLCO uses demographics, psychographics, competitor research, and analytical techniques to predict customer behavior and recommend development program strategies. We understand that the most successful segmentation strategies incorporate product lines that are differentiated from one another, not just by price and size, but also by the unique purchase motivations of diverse consumer segments. Because we evaluate thousands of different housing types across the nation each year, we can help you create the most effective builder program strategies.

We’ll combine our revenue forecasts and cost estimates to prepare dynamic development pro forma analyses and other decision-making tools that help you: understand various scenarios; maximize returns; outline property valuation; form infrastructure bonds; and fine tune your business plan with cycle risk analysis.

Gain a competitive edge in the marketplace by utilizing RCLCO’s market, financial, and consumer insights, specifically: market sizing; competitive landscape analysis; defining new concepts; customer definition; and business plan analysis.

RCLCO has an intimate knowledge of the market realities governing your ability to reposition real estate assets. We know what is needed to quantify both the enhanced revenue potential and added market risk from this reposition. The hallmarks of our approach to these analytical efforts include: highest & best use approaches; actionable recommendations; quantification of benefits and risks; full-spectrum product-type capabilities; and valuation.

Investors and owner/operators turn to RCLCO for the thoughtful underwriting of every product type and forecasting of real asset performance. We support markets throughout North and South America, the Caribbean, and beyond. Our work is distinguished by: speed to market; streamlined, action-oriented deliverables; qualitative input; and a personalized underwriting process.

Whether mining years of past research or conducting fresh direct consumer research (in the form of internet surveys, focus groups, and in-person/intercept interviews), we provide critical insight into your target customers’ likely reaction to a new offering, repositioning strategy, or new product concept. RCLCO has helped clients of every type understand consumer dynamics and apply them to their business.

The industry’s major players call on RCLCO to bring advanced data analysis and market forecasting to guide the selection of markets and submarkets for existing and new real estate concepts. The hallmarks of our approach include: a rigorously analytical methodology; geography of demand; real-time feedback; and strategic results.

RCLCO’s entitlement support includes fiscal and economic impact analysis that evaluates the impact of your projects on local and state economies and budgets. This analysis determines a land use’s net benefit contribution to a local government. Every land use creates revenue for a local government (in the form of property taxes, sales taxes, charges for services, etc.) as well as expenses (such as police, fire, roads, general government, parks, schools, and other services).

RCLCO helps clients determine the best amenity program strategies, recognizing that it is essential to make amenity investments consistent with consumer preferences in order to achieve the highest return. Our work on hundreds of engagements each year provides insight relative to the amenities that are most in demand and to which specific audiences.