Partnerships in Urban Property Development

This book covers partnerships in the broadest sense, presenting a critical account of the whole range of partnerships in property development.

The emphasis is on the relationship between developers and landowners, developers and funders, and the provision of public services through the use of private finance.

The authors draw on their own professional experience of running property partnerships and, with carefully researched case studies, present the 'insider' view, making a potentially dry and complex subject accessible and lively. 

The book moves beyond a theoretical overview and, by illuminating the reality of property partnerships shows for example, exactly how the government is procuring schools, hospitals and roads. 

This clear and objective analysis sets property partnerships in their economic and political contexts and will be of topical interest to surveyors and developers - in both private practice and local authorities - as well as to funders.  Students in surveying, estate management and real estate development will also find this a concise and authoritative guide. 

Contents

1 The Public and Private Sectors

2 The Property Development Process

3 Partnership Negotiations using Development Appraisal Techniques

4 The Private Finance Initiative

5 Public Private Partnerships: the Urban Experience of Dublin

6 Property Funding Partnerships

7 Development Partnerships and Landowners

8 International Trends and Public Private Partnerships

9 Economic Background and Future Trends

The author presents here a critical account of the whole range of partnerships in property development. The book moves beyond a theoretical overview and illuminates the reality of these schemes, showing, for example, exactly how the government is procuring schools, hospitals and roads. The author draws on his direct experience of running property partnerships and, using carefully researched case studies, presents the 'insider' view.

Both public and private developments are addressed and considered from the funder, the developer and the tenant viewpoints. An analysis of how partnership schemes work is given, examining legal and economic issues, as well as assessing their impact on the urban infrastructure.

Nigel Dubben, MSc, BSc (Econ), MRICS, is Postgraduate Course Director in the School of Surveying at Kingston University. He was Development Surveyor for Slough Estates in the 1970s, a Partner in Conspectus Project Management in the 1980s and a Director of Grosvenor Waterside plc in the 1990s. He was also a Director of Hall, Pain and Foster before its takeover by Chesterton, now Atis Real, where he was Associate Director. He has been responsible for many development schemes, particularly in the retail sector and has managed major public and private sector projects.

Dr Brendan Williams lectures in Urban Development and Urban Economics at University College Dublin and is also Deputy Head of the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD. In addition, he is a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor who has worked on urban development projects in both a research and consultancy capacity in Ireland and internationally.