Development Spread Basics
Easy
A foundational real estate development question.
What is a development spread and why does it matter?
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~7 minModel answer & graded attempt
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Development
Development spreads, cost overruns, lease-up risk and construction draws. 7 questions
Guaranteed Maximum Price Contract
Easy
Used to test whether candidates understand construction risk allocation.
What is a guaranteed maximum price contract and what risk does it not eliminate?
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~7 minModel answer & graded attempt
Hard Costs Versus Soft Costs
Easy
A basic construction budgeting question for analyst interviews.
Define hard costs and soft costs in a development budget. Why do they matter differently?
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~6 minModel answer & graded attempt
Long-Lead Items and the Development Schedule
Easy
Tests whether a development candidate can connect a procurement detail to delivery and financing risk.
Your contractor says electrical switchgear has a 52-week lead time and must be installed in month 14 of an 18-month build. What does that mean for the project, and what would you do next?
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~7 minModel answer & graded attempt
Cost Overrun Sensitivity
Medium
A development math question showing how thin spreads can disappear.
A project has total cost of $100m and stabilised value of $125m. If costs rise 10% and value is unchanged, what happens to profit margin on cost?
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~10 minModel answer & graded attempt
Protect the Development Critical Path After a Permit Delay
Hard
A development analyst case sequencing entitlements, GMP procurement, financing and pre-leasing under a delayed approval.
You are the development associate for a mixed-use project. A planning delay threatens the targeted completion date and construction loan availability. Manage the critical path as new facts arrive,…
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~18 minModel answer & graded attempt
When to Phase a Development
Hard
An investment-committee judgement case for a developer deciding between a single build and phased delivery.
You control a site entitled for 500 apartments. Building all 500 at once costs $150m and delivers in 30 months. A two-phase plan delivers 250 units in 24 months and the other 250 units 18 months…
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~13 minModel answer & graded attempt
Acquisitions
Cap rates, NOI, going-in versus exit yield and levered returns. 2 questions
Bid on an Office Asset With a Lease Rollover Problem
Hard
A real-estate acquisitions live case testing rent-roll analysis, leasing assumptions and bid discipline.
You are underwriting an office acquisition for a value-add real estate fund. New leasing information arrives before the bid deadline. Decide what to underwrite at each stage and prepare the investment…
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~20 minModel answer & graded attempt
Underwrite the Multifamily Data Room Before Bid Day
Hard
A real estate private equity analyst preparing a bid recommendation for a value-add multifamily acquisition.
You are underwriting a 280-unit multifamily acquisition before bid day. Review each data-room release, select the next action, and submit an investment recommendation with price discipline.
Real Estate Analysis · Real Estate PE · ~18 minModel answer & graded attempt
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