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Land Value Calculator

Thinking about buying a site? Enter what the finished project could sell or lease for and what it will cost to build, and see the most you can pay for the land while still hitting your target return.

Net Project Value − Development Costs − Required Profit = Residual Land Value
Start from:

1 · Site & building

sq ft
×
sq ft
sq ft
%
Net saleable or leasable ÷ gross
units
Optional; used for per-unit figures

2 · Revenue

$/ net sq ft
$/ unit
% of revenue
Commissions, sales centre, closing
$/ sq ft / yr
%
% of EGI
Operating costs the owner absorbs
%
% of value
Brokerage, legal on sale or refinance

3 · Development costs

$/ buildable sq ft
% of hard
Design, consultants, legal, PM
% of hard
DCCs, ACCs, CACs, permits
% of hard
% of costs
Interest & fees on non-land costs

4 · Required return

%
Measured on total cost including land

Residual land value

—
Per buildable sq ft—
Per net sq ft—
Per unit—
Per acre of site—

Pro forma summary

Sensitivity: land value ($M)

Rows flex hard construction cost; columns flex project value. The outlined cell is your base case.

Need a number you can take to a land deal? Stadga prepares site-specific feasibility studies and residual land analyses for multifamily, industrial and data centre sites across BC, Alberta, Ontario and Washington.

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