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A Feasibility Study That Can't Say "No" Isn't a Study: Why Feasibility and Concept Are One Loop
A mall is not one thing — each concept carries different GLA, revenue, and cost. What the feasibility model must actually test, the questions that decide the concept, and why the healthiest outcome is sometimes a smaller project.
RETAILBIG TEAM
Aug 263 min read


You Decided to Build — So You Hired an Architect: Why That's the Second Step, Not the First
Design answers a brief — but who writes the brief? What development advisory covers before design begins, and the three sequences that cost the most: design before demand, budget after design, leasing after construction.
RETAILBIG TEAM
Aug 253 min read


"Mall or Offices?" — The Question a Family Meeting Can't Settle, and an HBU Study Can
Highest and Best Use doesn't ask what you'd like to build; it asks which use produces the highest sustainable return on this specific plot. The four filters, why the obvious answer is often wrong, and where owners lose money without noticing.
RETAILBIG TEAM
Aug 233 min read


Before You Commit: Do You Have Real Market Research — or Just a Feeling That "the Market Is Good"?
A crowded street is not purchasing power, and national averages hide the decision you're actually making. What retail market research measures — catchment, demographics, competitive supply, demand gap, footfall — and three mistakes we see repeatedly.
RETAILBIG TEAM
Aug 212 min read
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