Our Advisory Practice

Independent property and value advisory services grouped by the kind of decision, evidence, and institutional setting involved.

Property Value Advisory

We provide independent valuation and appraisal advice for property decisions that need a supportable opinion of value, not a loose estimate.

Typical needs

  • Acquisition and disposition
  • Financing and lending
  • Taxation and insurance
  • Financial reporting and litigation support

Valuation for decisions where the number must be defensible

The work connects property inspection, market evidence, legal context, and valuation methodology so the opinion can support a transaction, report, negotiation, or proceeding.

  • Independent valuation and appraisal
  • Market value and other appropriate bases of value
  • Residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and land assets
  • Review of title, use, encumbrances, and property characteristics

Support across financial, corporate, and dispute settings

Different users need different levels of documentation. We frame the report around the decision, intended use, and standard of support required.

  • Acquisition and disposition support
  • Financing and lending assignments
  • Taxation, insurance, and financial reporting
  • Corporate transactions and portfolio decisions
  • Litigation support and expert valuation assistance

Development Advisory

We help clients understand what can be done with a property, what it may be worth under alternative uses, and whether a development plan is economically and regulatorily sound.

Typical needs

  • Feasibility studies
  • Highest and best use analysis
  • Market studies
  • Development strategy and project evaluation

Test the site before committing capital

Development decisions require more than construction assumptions. We evaluate market demand, planning limits, site constraints, entitlement issues, and economic feasibility.

  • Feasibility studies
  • Highest and best use analysis
  • Market and demand studies
  • Development yield, timing, and absorption review

Connect strategy with practical implementation

We translate findings into development options that can be compared by value, risk, timing, and execution requirements.

  • Investment analysis
  • Development strategy
  • Project evaluation
  • Site selection and acquisition support
  • Subdivision, consolidation, zoning, and land-use review

Property Rights Advisory

We advise on matters where value is shaped by rights, restrictions, takings, shared ownership, occupation, or legal proceedings.

Typical needs

  • Expropriation and just compensation
  • Easements and right-of-way
  • Partition and estate settlement
  • Expert testimony

Clarify the property rights before measuring the value

Rights, burdens, and legal context often determine the valuation problem. We review the rights being valued before applying the valuation method.

  • Expropriation and just compensation
  • Easements and right-of-way
  • Partial takings and damages analysis
  • Lease valuation and occupation issues

Support dispute resolution with independent expert work

When a matter is adversarial or court-facing, the analysis must be clear, documented, and capable of being explained under scrutiny.

  • Partition and estate settlement
  • Tax appeals
  • Expert reports and testimony
  • Court commissioner and appraisal commissioner support
  • Document review and evidence organization

Public Sector Advisory

We support governments and public institutions that need evidence-based value advice for land management, infrastructure, public investment, and policy decisions.

Typical needs

  • Land valuation and management
  • Infrastructure projects
  • Policy and program support
  • Government asset valuation

Value advice for public land, assets, and infrastructure

Public-sector decisions must balance value, public purpose, fiscal responsibility, and defensible process. We help establish the evidence base for those decisions.

  • Land valuation and management
  • Infrastructure acquisition and right-of-way support
  • Government asset valuation
  • Public property inventory and value review

Policy, program, and partnership support

We help public institutions test whether programs and partnerships are supported by market evidence, economic logic, and practical implementation requirements.

  • Policy and program support
  • Public-private partnership advisory
  • Economic and fiscal impact analysis
  • Urban, regional, and local development planning
  • Zoning, CLUP, and land-use review

Environmental & Natural Capital Advisory

We help clients understand environmental assets and natural resources as sources of measurable value, risk, public benefit, and long-term development responsibility.

Typical needs

  • Carbon projects and credits
  • Water resources valuation
  • Ecosystem services valuation
  • Natural capital assessment

Quantify environmental value beyond ordinary land pricing

Environmental assets often carry use, non-use, risk reduction, and ecosystem service values that ordinary property analysis can miss.

  • Water resources valuation
  • Ecosystem services valuation
  • Natural capital assessment
  • Environmental damage and restoration value analysis

Support sustainable land and resource decisions

We connect planning, economics, environmental evidence, and valuation so resource decisions can be evaluated with a clearer view of benefits and tradeoffs.

  • Carbon projects and credits
  • Sustainable land development
  • Climate, flood, and ecological risk context
  • Natural resource policy and project support
  • Environmental asset reporting and advisory

Investment & Market Advisory

We provide market intelligence and advisory support for clients assessing real estate risk, return, timing, and value potential.

Typical needs

  • Market analysis
  • Supply and demand studies
  • Investment feasibility
  • Portfolio valuation and strategic consulting

Read the market before making the investment decision

Investment advice starts with evidence about demand, supply, competition, pricing, absorption, risk, and the broader economic setting.

  • Market analysis
  • Supply and demand studies
  • Competitor and location review
  • Real estate cycle and sector analysis

Turn market evidence into investment guidance

We help clients compare options, test feasibility, and understand how property value may respond to strategic, market, and policy conditions.

  • Investment feasibility
  • Portfolio valuation
  • Strategic consulting
  • Transaction and negotiation support
  • Research reports for corporate, investor, and institutional users