Building a project from a bare or cleared site rather than acquiring an existing asset; the highest-risk, highest-return real estate strategy, carrying construction and lease-up risk.
Related terms
- Hold period
The length of time an investor plans to own an asset before selling.
- Hurdle rate
The minimum rate of return an investment must clear before it is deemed worthwhile; in a fund, the return limited partners must receive before the sponsor earn…
- Income return
The portion of total return generated by net rental income relative to the capital invested, excluding any change in the asset's value.
- Internal rate of return (IRR)
The discount rate at which an investment net present value equals zero; a key return metric.
- Investment committee (IC)
The body that approves acquisitions and major decisions within an investment organisation.
- J-curve
The typical path of fund returns: negative early as fees and costs are drawn before value is created, then rising as investments mature and exit — the plotted…
- Limited partner (LP)
A passive investor in a fund whose liability and downside are capped at its committed capital and who has no role in day-to-day management.
- MOIC (multiple on invested capital)
Total value returned plus remaining value divided by capital invested; a gross measure of how many times the money has multiplied, ignoring time.