Risk Management

Risk Managment

Our approach to risk-management if informed by decades of real estate development experience, a thorough understanding of the peer-reviewed research, and disciplined execution. 

  • Projects diversified by location, sector, size, risk profile
  • Experienced local developers with proven track records
  • Cap rate discipline; leverage discipline; construction discipline
  • Tax incentive programs (OZ, TIF, Sales Tax Rebate, HTC, etc.)
  • Sound financial model assumptions
  • Proximity to robust employment
  • Barriers to entry
  • Compliance

For a few readings on risk management in real estate projects and portfolios, see:

  • “Real Estate Development Strategies and Their Impact on the Risk Profile of a Project,” Ellen Gehner & Gert-Joost Peek, 2009.
  • “Project Risk Management,” Association of Project Management Body of Knowledge 7th Edition, 2018.
  • “Measuring Portfolio Risk,” Brealey, Myers & Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance 12th Edition, 2016.
  • “What Determined the Great Cap Rate Compression of 2000–2007, and the Dramatic Reversal During the 2008–2009 Financial Crisis?”, Serguei Chervachidze & William Wheaton, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2011.