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Development Project Managers - Entitlements and Permits Consultants

Seralago Destination Resort – Owner Representation

Floribra USA – Newfield Enterprises International | Owner representative for design, development, and operation of the master sewer, water, storm drainage infrastructure for Seralago resort, along with development of the resort’s first phase, Falcon’s Fire Golf Club. All development pads for future building were also prepped as part of the first phase development. On behalf of the family office of Newfield Enterprises International (NEI), itself owned the Ibrahim brothers: HES’ Abdulaziz, Khaled, and Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim.

Project Feasibility for Golf Community

18.08.2018 Golf course redevelopment and adaptive re-use, Land Development Consultants, Project Consultants for Tribes and First, Real Estate Consultants, Residential Housing & Apartments

Al-Shehail Group (Riyadh) / Hopkins Development | As land development consultants we provided a project feasibility for a golf community, with market study, capital budget estimate, and financial projections. Residential product recommendations for the single-family and attached housing units in the development were provided, along with facilities suggestions for a community clubhouse that could support golf as well as additional outdoor recreation offerings.

The project had the working name, Mountain Meadows Golf Community, of McGaheysville, Virginia. McGaheysville is situated near the south fork of Shenandoah River in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.

This due diligence and feasibility evaluation was to support the Al-Shehail Group of Companies’ potential investment. The site for this to-be-built master-planned residential golf community is situated in rolling meadow lands and foothills near McGaheysville, near Massanutten Ski Resort. The 300-acre project included 420 units in this master-planned golf community.

Following the due diligence effort, StoneCreek Partners was retained by the Al-Shehail Group to revamp and fine-tune the project master plan. Objectives included maximization of the housing along 16,900 lineal feet of golf course frontage. Project naming and naming conventions were also reworked, and golf signature holes were configured to minimize and balance on-site grading. An interesting aspect of the residential product placement on the site, was providing both a direct view onto golf as well as onto the scenic “long views” onto surrounding Shenandoah Valley foothills and mountains.

The master planning work was directly based on the project feasibility for golf community, previously prepared.

Film Studio Project Feasibility Study

12.05.2018 Land Development Consultants

Film studio project feasibility study, for a mixed-use film studio creative campus, backlot, and attractions park proposed for a 247-acre location in the Occitanie region of Southern France. The French administrative régions of Occitanie and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, are the southernmost regions of France.

The project, to be specifically located in the town of Béziers, is a place typical of the communities in the “South of France,”
existing with a sense of history, culture, landscape beauty, and a relaxed lifestyle. The Project site is situated in area well known to the world’s wine lovers, as the Languedoc-Roussillon region of Southern France. Vineyards and wineries, are situated in all directions of the surrounding area.

As land development consultants our work included an evaluation of entitlements and permitting, as well as access, infrastructure, and utilities that would service the project over several phases of development. This combined Mediterranean Region is well-connected by high-speed rail, automobile, and air service, further enhancing this project’s film studio project feasibility.

Some years ago the the town of Béziers has acquired and reserved the land for this project, for other potential economic development including a theme park proposal. These prior efforts of the town somewhat eased difficulties with local community acceptance of this large film studio development project.

Our film studio project feasibility study focused on the differing market support factors in this mixed-use development. The film studio campus and associated digital creative hub, is a BtoB business, while the attractions park is a direct-to-consumer operation (“DtoC”). For the BtoB business, France maintains attractive film production incentives, a significant aspect of film studio project feasibility. The film industry is important to France, in terms of the country’s film history and cultural importance, as well as the film industry’s role in the French economy.

The DtoC activities envisioned for the project are particularly intriguing given the potential market from Spain – the Occitanie region shares a coastline with the Catalonia Région of Northeast Spain. Where mixed-use facilities can be part of a film Studio’s project feasibility, there is a substantial potential for risk mitigation in what is otherwise a risky kind of business.

The region is already home to a myriad of tourism destinations, such as La Cité at Carcassonne. With more than 4 million visitors each year, La Cité at Carcassonne is among the most prestigious tourist destinations in France, on a par with Mont-Saint-Michel and Paris’ Notre-Dame. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, Carcassonne is a dramatic representation of medieval architecture perched on a rocky spur that towers above the River Aude, southeast of the new town.

Film Studio Project Feasibility Study

Real Estate Advisory Services - master land use planning consultants

Land Development Consultants for Resort

23.02.2018 Land Development Consultants, Real Estate Advisory Services -

Land development consultants for resort planned for the Big Island of Hawaii. Our consulting work for North Kohala Ranch included a market evaluation, the project feasibility analysis, built product concepts, conceptual master planning, and initial entitlements strategy.

The big idea for the project was a master-planned resort with substantial wellness facilities, golf, and extensive outdoor recreation activities. Recommendations included a 240-room main resort along with residential development overlooking Māhukona Harbor. The harbor is actually an abandoned commercial harbor used by the Kohala Sugar Company.

For this work we acted as land development consultants for for this resort was on behalf of Chalon International of Hawaii. In December 1988, Chalon International of Hawaii (Chalon Hawaii) had been established as a subsidiary of Chalon Corporation, a Japanese company.

This former commercial harbor for Kohala Sugar Company was part of an extensive sugar cane farming and production operation.

The North Kohala district is the portion of the Big Island (a/k/a Hawaii County) at its extreme north tip, the region where Kamehameha the Great was born. This part of the Big Island is known for its scenic valleys, its ranching culture and the Paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys), and extensive role in Hawaiian history. During the initial environmental review of the landholding, more than 11,000 archaeological and historic sites were identified. Our work as land development consultants for resort concepting and development included consideration of such sensitive cultural and historical sites of the indigenous Hawaiians.

The scenic valleys created by Kohala volcano were extensively cultivated in ancient times, where the valleys were terraced for farming with ditch irrigation systems that brought water from mountain streams to crops such as taro, sweet potatoes, and bananas.

Chalon Hawaii (later renamed Surety Kohala) was formed to acquire, own and develop the vacant land of Kohala Land, which at the time consisted of about 19,384 acres. The majority of Kohala Land’s property was zoned at the time, for agriculture. Kohala Land property had been used for sugar cane production for a century or more until 1975 when the primary facility (Kohala Sugar Company) was closed. After the cessation of sugar cane operations there were no major activities on the land, which was left vacant.

Owner Representation Consultants - due diligence consultants

Real Estate Acquisition – Banning Lewis Ranch

24.08.2017 Land Development Consultants, Owner Representation Consultants, Transaction and Dealmaking Projects

NEI / Al Tameer Trading Est. | Acquisition and property management of master-planned landholding on behalf of a major offshore investor client, Banning-Lewis Ranch was purchased from the Resolution Trust Corp. for $18.5 million. The property had been assembled, acquired, and held for development by well-known Colorado entrepreneur Frank Aries, through more than $200 million in investment in infrastructure and land purchases. The property was re-sold several years later for $60 million.

Banning-Lewis Ranch is a highly strategic landholding, existing essentially as the entire direction of growth for metropolitan Colorado Springs, encompassing more than 20 square miles along the city’s eastern edge.