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For real estate developers

Screen more land. Commit to fewer deals. Move the right ones faster.

Your constraint is not opportunity. It is decision capacity.

UnlockLand helps acquisition and development teams understand more opportunities, reject weak pursuits earlier, compare viable development strategies and reach investment committee with the evidence already connected.

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UL-103Dallas acquisition search

Live market scan AI Agent

Market inventoryDallas · Multifamily land
1,248 sites screened
Aerial development market used to screen and prioritize land opportunities
Recommended Qualified Reviewed

Built for development teams deciding where to acquire, what to build and when to invest.

The developer operating problem

The cost is hidden in the funnel.

A development team can review hundreds of opportunities and still buy only a few. Value is created by moving faster at the top, spending depth later and preserving judgment for the deals that can actually win.

01500

Opportunities screened

Every broker package, listing and off-market lead

0240

Serious pursuits

Planning, program and economics begin to deepen

0320

Pursuits abandoned

Often after consultant time has already been spent

048

IC submissions

The few opportunities that require a complete recommendation

Illustrative annual operating model. Use the Development Decision Calculator below for your own pipeline.

013,000 hrs

Initial review

500 opportunities × 6 hours before the team knows which deserve attention.

02$300K

Internal screening cost

3,000 hours × a $100 blended hourly cost.

03$300K

Abandoned-pursuit exposure

20 abandoned pursuits × $15,000 of early consultant spend.

04640 hrs

IC preparation

8 submissions × 80 hours rebuilding the case for committee.

Why good teams still lose time

Every handoff rebuilds the development thesis.

The broker package becomes a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet becomes a planner brief. The brief becomes a test-fit. The test-fit changes the model. Committee receives a presentation—but not always the evidence behind it.

TodayBroker package→Acquisition Excel→Planner brief→Architect test-fit→Cost plan→Underwriting→IC deck
What gets lostSource evidenceAssumption ownershipVersion historyWhy the strategy changed
With UnlockLandOne opportunity record

Every source, scenario, assumption, sensitivity, professional comment and decision stays connected as the opportunity moves forward.

One development decision system

From any deal material to an IC-ready recommendation.

UnlockLand connects the full development decision—not a collection of isolated tools.

  1. 01
    Receive

    Broker email, OM, spreadsheet, planning report or data room

  2. 02
    Screen

    Fit against market, asset, scale, land basis, return and risk criteria

  3. 03
    Test

    Planning capacity, development program, test-fit and constraints

  4. 04
    Underwrite

    Costs, phasing, cash flow, returns and sensitivities

  5. 05
    Assure

    Qualified professional review at the decision gates that matter

  6. 06
    Decide

    Compare opportunities and issue an evidence-backed IC recommendation

Acquire with more coverage

Screen the market before filling the calendar.

Turn your acquisition strategy into a repeatable search and review standard. Rank available land and incoming deals against the development case—not only the listing details.

  • Monitor listings, broker submissions and off-market opportunities
  • Read OMs, models, planning material and data rooms together
  • Estimate capacity, land basis, timing and planning exposure earlier
  • Advance only the opportunities that clear your decision threshold
500 opportunities do not need 500 manual first passes.
Three development opportunities compared by development fit
Ranked opportunity shortlistFit, risk and development potential on one basis.
Develop the thesis

Do not underwrite one plan before testing the alternatives.

A site is not a deal until the team understands what can be built, what it costs, how long it takes and which assumptions can break the return.

Detailed mixed-use development test-fit model
Test-Fit + FeasibilityBuildable area, program, massing and planning constraintsConnected to underwriting →
Development decision
Strategy AMixed-use
Strategy B · PreferredResidential
Strategy CMaximum density
Buildable area412K sf398K sf446K sf
Homes356410328
Planning routeVarianceAs-of-rightRezoning
Development cost$118M$124M$137M
Yield on cost6.9%6.6%7.1%
Delivery period42 mo36 mo54 mo
Key sensitivityLand basisHard costApproval timing
Preferred development strategyStrategy B · Residential

Fastest entitlement path with lower delivery risk and a defensible return at the current land basis.

Stage-gated diligence

Spend depth only as confidence increases.

AI expands the first pass. Your team controls the pursuit. Qualified professionals enter when planning, design, cost or technical assumptions need independent validation.

  1. 01ScreenMinutes, not meetings

    AI reads the material and applies your acquisition criteria.

  2. 02ValidateTeam judgment

    Acquisition and development teams review evidence, gaps and assumptions.

  3. 03DevelopOnly viable pursuits

    Generate scenarios, test feasibility and connect the financial case.

  4. 04AssureSpecialists when needed

    Match qualified planners, architects and cost specialists to key risks.

  5. 05DecideCommittee-ready

    Advance one controlled recommendation with alternatives retained.

Professional AssuranceNot another consultant handoff. A decision-quality gate inside the opportunity.

Rapidly match qualified planners, architects, quantity surveyors and technical specialists to the risk that must be resolved.

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Investment committee

Stop rebuilding the deal for the final decision.

When the opportunity record is complete, the committee recommendation becomes an output of the workflow—not a new research project.

01Executive summary02Development strategy03Planning evidence04Financial case05Sensitivity analysis06Professional comments07Open risks08Recommendation
Investment committee recordMaple Avenue · Acquisition decision
Committee ready
Decision readiness92

Advance subject to land basis and final construction-cost validation.

Preferred strategyResidentialLand basis$52K / homeYield on cost6.9%Planning riskLow–mediumProfessional review2 completeOpen conditions2
Evidence retainedAlternatives comparedDecision history activeIssue recommendation →
Development Decision Calculator

What does the current process cost—and what could your team get back?

Seven inputs. One annual comparison across cash, team time and decision capacity.

See my annual impact
Your current process

Your current pipeline, in about two minutes.

How many deals does your team review each year?300
503006001,000
Downstream inputs scale at the current 10.0% pursuit rate · 30 serious pursuits.
Your current annual decision cost$1.35M
Your annual impact

Replace the early research process—not just make it slightly faster.

Representative post-UnlockLand assumptions

AI completes the first pass. Human effort and external spend remain only where selected decisions require them.

18%Team time25%Consultants30%OPS
Today$1.35M

100% internal research time + early consultant engagements.

With UnlockLand$314K

18% internal validation time + selected professional and operating support.

Internal research$450K$81KEarly consultants$750K$187,500Admin, travel & data$150K$45,000
Beyond cost

The same team can make more decisions.

~2,460hours returned / year
5.6×early-stage analysis capacity
23initial consultant starts avoided

Model: UnlockLand completes the initial market, planning, test-fit, feasibility and underwriting analysis. Your team retains 18% of its former research time, 25% of early consultant spend and 30% of OPS for the selected decisions that still require professional review, travel, data or coordination.

UnlockLand subscription fees are excluded because deployment and pricing vary by organization.
Bring your real pipeline

We will replace the assumptions with your operating data.

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Developer FAQ

Questions development leaders ask before changing the workflow.

01What deal material can we start with?

Broker emails, offering memoranda, spreadsheets, planning reports, site plans, surveys, cost plans, market studies, photographs and data rooms can all become part of the same opportunity record.

02Can UnlockLand use our acquisition criteria?

Yes. Configure markets, asset types, scale, land basis, return thresholds, planning risk, timing and other organization-specific rules so screening reflects how your team actually invests.

03Can we compare more than one development strategy?

Yes. Compare complete physical and financial strategies—including program, density, planning route, phasing, cost, returns, timing and sensitivities—on the same basis.

04Does this replace our planners, architects or quantity surveyors?

No. UnlockLand reduces repetitive first-pass work and makes assumptions visible. Your team and qualified professionals retain judgment, validation and formal responsibility.

05How does Professional Assurance work?

When a pursuit reaches a defined decision gate, UnlockLand can rapidly match the relevant qualified service provider to review planning, design, cost or technical assumptions within the same workflow.

06Can we keep our existing underwriting model?

Yes. Existing financial logic and investment criteria can be connected to the opportunity, while physical scenarios, evidence and sensitivities remain traceable to the recommendation.

07What is included in the Development Decision Calculator?

Seven inputs estimate the internal research, early consultant and operating cost behind the current process, then show the annual cash, team time and decision capacity that could be recovered with UnlockLand.

08Can we start with one live acquisition strategy?

Yes. Most organizations can begin with one market, asset type or live pursuit, configure the decision gates, and expand after the operating model is proven.

Development decisions

Bring one live deal. See where the time and risk can come out.

We will use your real acquisition strategy, materials and decision gates.

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