Development Structures

Participation · Alignment · Exit

Participation is only worth it
when the structure holds.

Development returns come with development risk. Corestone evaluates participation structures where risk, alignment, and exit are defined in writing before capital moves, not negotiated after a delay.

The mandate

The structure is the investment.

In development, the asset does not yet exist. What an investor actually acquires is a set of obligations, permissions, timelines, and remedies. We read that set first, and the renders last.

Evaluation lens

What we evaluate.

01

Partner track record

Completed projects with planned and actual handover dates, not volume delivered. Delivery discipline separates developers more than design does.

02

Capital structure

Order of priority, escrow arrangements, funding gaps, and what happens to the investor's position if a stage is not funded on time.

03

Alignment

Where the partner earns, at which stage, and whether their incentive survives a delay or a softer market.

04

Exit and remedies

Agreed exit routes, valuation method at exit, deadlock provisions, and what the investor can actually enforce.

Private enquiry

Discuss a development mandate.