Feasibility and Highest-and-Best-Use Studies

Test the market, the costs and the returns before committing capital to a site or a project.

Advisers planning a development strategy

Decide What to Build, and Whether to Build It

A feasibility study tests whether a proposed project is viable: who will buy or rent it, at what price, what it will cost and what return it can produce.

A highest-and-best-use study looks at a site from the other end, comparing the uses it could support to find the one that gives the greatest value, within what the site, the planning rules and the market allow.

What a Study Covers

Market evidence and financial analysis, set out so each assumption can be checked.

01Site and LocationAccess, surroundings, planning controls and permitted uses.
02Market DemandTarget buyers or tenants, take-up and achievable prices.
03Competing SupplyExisting projects and the pipeline that will compete.
04Development CostsConstruction, fees, authority charges and finance.
05Financial AppraisalCash flow, profit, return and residual land value.
06Sensitivity and RiskHow the result moves with price, cost and timing.

How It Works

From the brief to a clear recommendation.

Brief

Your objectives, the site and any constraints already known.

Market Research

Demand, pricing and competing supply from current market evidence.

Options and Appraisal

Alternative uses and schemes modelled side by side.

Recommendation

The preferred option, with its numbers, risks and next steps.

Who It Is For

01LandownersDeciding how to use, sell or develop a site.
02DevelopersTesting a scheme before design and finance.
03Investors and FundsScreening acquisitions and repositioning plans.
04Lenders and GovernmentReviewing project viability and land use.

Why Choose Reliant Surveyors

Valuation discipline and market research applied to the question of what a site should become.

Market Evidence

Studies drawn on the transaction data behind our published market reports.

RICS Regulated

Independent analysis with every assumption and source stated.

Valuation and Strategy

Valuers and consultants in one team, so the numbers and the advice agree.

Since 1977

Nearly five decades of advising on land and development across the UAE.

Discuss a Feasibility Study

Share the site and what you are considering; we will propose the scope, timetable and fee.

Phone: +971 4 255 4683
Email: [email protected]
Location: 806, Capital Golden Tower, Business Bay, Dubai, U.A.E

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Frequently Asked Questions

It is the use of a property that would produce the highest value. Under International Valuation Standards that use must be physically possible, legally permissible and financially feasible, so the study tests each option against all three.

A valuation gives the value of a property at a date. A feasibility study tests whether a proposed project works and which option performs best. The two often go together, for example when a residual appraisal sets what a site is worth for a given scheme.

Before buying land, before committing to a design, before seeking finance, or when considering a change of use or a redevelopment.

Yes. We set out the assumptions, sources and sensitivities so that lenders and investment committees can review each figure.

It depends on the size and complexity of the project and the information available. We confirm the timetable in our proposal.

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