Mixed-Use Master Developer, Dubai
A master-developer evaluating a 1.4M sqft mixed-use plot with residential, retail, and serviced-apartment components.
The decision the client could not afford to get wrong.
Three competing internal proposals, none with a defensible demand model. Investment committee had paused approval pending an independent feasibility view.
The structural problems this engagement resolved.
Investment decision quality
Feasibility studies anchor on optimistic absorption assumptions and weak market evidence.
Asset operating model
Stabilised assets are run on developer-era processes that erode NOI year on year.
Positioning and absorption risk
Concept, pricing, and channel mix are misaligned with the actual buyer or tenant profile.
Capital partner expectations
Joint-venture and institutional partners demand reporting and governance the in-house team has never produced.
How the work was sequenced.
Each step is structured to build evidence before recommendation, and recommendation before commitment.
- 01Built a bottom-up demand model by segment using transaction data, supply pipeline, and absorption benchmarks
- 02Tested four product mixes against IRR, payback, and downside scenarios
- 03Stress-tested pricing against competitor launches and channel economics
- 04Authored the committee paper with a recommended mix, sensitivity table, and risk register
What changed, and what it produced.
The disciplines this engagement leaned on.
- Highest-and-best-use and feasibility studies
- Asset operating model and NOI uplift programmes
- Market positioning, pricing, and channel strategy
- Investor reporting, governance, and JV structuring support
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