Real Estate Finance for Development and Investment

INTRODUCTION

This Real Estate Finance for Development and Investment training course is designed to enable delegates to understand how to analyse, finance and ensure successful developments and investments in the largest asset class in the world. Attendees learn how to integrate market analysis, HBU and financing structures into feasibility studies.

At the level of individual properties, attendees learn the detail of different financing structures and how to model them and the risks involved, as well as the equivalents for funds and other indirect real estate. The focus is on properties and market conditions in the Middle East, both development and existing real estate, but with many international examples, including land, properties with development potential, and different classes of property, including villas, apartments, offices, retail, hotels, warehouses, and specialised property.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• The fast-moving real estate development and investment landscape in the Middle East
• How to analyse and model development and investment opportunities
• The valuation of projects and properties
• The risks of the real estate sector and how to mitigate them

Objectives

At the end of this Real Estate Finance for Development and Investment training course, you will learn to: 

• Implement market analysis, HBU and feasibility for both development and investment
• Use the financial concepts, ratios, techniques, analysis and modelling skills needed to analyse and decide on investment and development proposals for Gulf and Western real estate    
• Integrate financial analysis with the other aspects of real estate development and investment, including legal, accounting and ESG
• Analyse risks for real estate development and investment and apply them to spreadsheets and other real estate software
• Assess oppoirtunities for indirect real estate investment via funds, REITs, joint ventures and other approaches

Training Methodology

The Finance for Development and Investment training course will be highly interactive and driven by case studies and models, with a strong focus on reinforcing learning through practical, real-world exercises and examples. Delegates may be asked to perform calculations, work in groups to build models, analyse actual projects, and make group presentations. Interactiviry throughout the training course, fosters a dynamic environment that encourages questions and discussion, making the training course a valuable learning experience for all participants.

Organisational Impact

The Organisation will have the following benefits;

• Improve analytic capability for real estate
• Benchmark optimal real estate financing for development and investment
• Use well-built financial models for real estate 
• Interact most effectively with both lenders and investors
• Decide on portfolio strategies
• Minimise legal, financial and market risks

Personal Impact

At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following;

• The ability to conduct market analysis, HBU, site analysis and feasibility studies
• Understanding of how to undertake Economic and Environmental Impact Assesments
• Detailed capacity to build and use financial models for investment and development
• Knowledge of legal principles and regulatory issues affecting the real estate sector
• Risk analysis and mitigation capabilities for real estate iinvestment and development

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This GLOMACS training course on Finance for Development and Investment is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Real Estate Developers (government and privately owned)
• Land and Construction Professionals ( including Quantity and Chartered Surveyors, and other Real Estate Valuers)
• Investors in Real Estate (including pension funds, private equity firms, REITs, insurance companies, and opportunity/hedge funds). 
• Investment Bankers, Fund Managers, and Finance Professionals engaged in real estate development and investment.
• Bankers and Lenders.
• Public and Private Sector Property Managers. 
• Property Tenants (e.g., Major Retailers, Banks, Government Agencies or Industrial Companies).
• Institutional Lenders such as Banks, Life Insurance Companies and Pension Funds.
• Lawyers, Accountants and other Consultants advising the Real Estate Industry
• Real Estate Economists