A Henry Stewart Simulation Workshop
Land Bank Strategies
as
Interest Rates Rise
and Demand Falls
(or threatens to fall)

Incisive analysis, objective opinion, fact-based decision making in a realistic environment.

An essential aid to real world decision-making and option selection at a difficult time when the future is particularly uncertain.

In a series of fast moving simulations, an expert panel comprising a residential developer, two surveyors, a funder, a solicitor and a planning consultant will, while tackling the issues presented by a local authority representative, formulate alternative land bank strategies.

They will select what they consider is the most appropriate decision and explain why they have formed the opinion they have. All this will be done under the direction of Nigel Moor who will take the role of a Managing Director of a residential developer who needs to decide what must be done.

Five scenarios in which all the important issues are explored through case studies and in depth discussion…
Scenario 1 Central city/town flats - site/planning/finance issues considered. Where are the purchasers to come from?
Scenario 2 North of England - what are the markets and what are the differences with the rest of the country?
Scenario 3 The medium sized developer – niche player, regional specialist or an associate of the volume builder?
Scenario 4 The mass-market house builder - how big? How can we sustain our growth? Consequences and opportunities for the other players.
Scenario 5 Wholesaling land - obtaining consents, servicing the land and selling on to house builders – is this the modern way to manage a land bank?

Full documentation will be provided to all delegates and adequate time set aside for contributions, questions and challenges from the floor.

Essential for all property developers, surveyors, land-buyers, land-owners, planning consultants, solicitors, local authorities, bankers, financiers, agents and their advisors.

Monday, 17 January 2005
The Café Royal, London W1