Commercial development in Riyadh
For developers and investors

Is your scheme the best version of itself?

Your feasibility model is built on a design. The financial assumptions get examined closely. The design that generates them is usually accepted as given. We test it.

40+Years of combined practice
500,000+sqm GFA designed and reviewed
SAR 1bn+In project value
RiyadhAnd across the Kingdom
01THE PROPOSITION
02SERVICES
Two ways we work with you

Test the scheme, then design it

Service 01

Design Economics Review

An independent assessment of whether your scheme realises the value your site, your entitlement and your capital permit.

  • Eight structured checks against drawings and model
  • Value gap table in square metres and in riyals
  • Two page summary for the investment committee
  • Ranked recommendations by value against effort
10 to 15 working days
Service 02

Lead Architect

Full architectural and engineering design from concept through to building permit, led by a team that understands the development case, not only the drawing.

  • Concept, massing and design optimisation
  • Full design coordination across disciplines
  • Authority submissions and building permit
  • Tender documentation and construction support
Review fee credited against appointment
Timing

The earlier we look, the more there is to recover

The review works at any stage. Its value falls as design progresses, because the cost of acting on a finding rises.

Highest value

Pre-acquisition

Before the land price assumes an envelope the plot conditions may not support.

Very high

Concept

Grid, core and massing still fully adjustable.

High

Schematic

Efficiency and parking yield still recoverable.

Moderate

Detailed design

Compliance and reconciliation findings.

Low

Post permit

Documentation of variance for the record.

03THE EIGHT CHECKS

Read the full methodology before you commission anything.

The complete document sets out all eight checks, the information required, the rating scale, the deliverables, and the basis and limitations of the review as it would appear in an engagement letter.

Available in Arabic and English.

Thank you. Your request is ready to send from your email app. We will reply with the methodology and the portfolio.
Who does this work

Design judgement and development economics in the same room

Four decades of built work

A practice record across residential, commercial and public projects in the Kingdom, from villas to mosques to office buildings.

Giga-project development

Our principals bring development management experience from large scale Saudi projects, covering masterplanning, stage gate governance and authority coordination.

Feasibility and valuation

Accredited real estate valuation and highest and best use training, so the review speaks the language of the model as fluently as the drawing.

Our independence rule

The value of this review rests on it being independent of the design team whose work is being examined. Two rules apply, and they are stated in every engagement letter.

  • We do not review a scheme we designed.
  • Where we may be considered for the design commission on a reviewed scheme, we disclose it in writing before the review begins, and you decide whether to proceed on that basis.

Send us a scheme.

Drawings and a feasibility model are enough to start. We will tell you in the first conversation whether there is likely to be something worth recovering.