African Real Estate Development School
These five modules are designed to give Real Estate professionals a full understanding of real estate development process combined with the technical skills of building a Real estate Financial modelling in Excel. By the end of the five modules, you will have the strategy and technical skills to be able to critically assess and defend a Real Estate Development project.
On this course you will:
- Learn about the overall size and structure of the Real Estate Market: UK, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
- Learn and analyse the links between the different parts of the property market
- Learn the real estate process from site selection through to completion: risk management, finance, legal regulatory, bureaucratic, and practical aspects of the development process
- Learn how to model and analyse development projects using Excel
- Learn how to interrogate the different metrics such as profit-equity multiples, profit on cost, net present value and internal rate of return.
People who would benefit from the course:
- Experienced or recent graduates interested in entering the field of Real Estate
- Professionals outside the field (e.g. Lawyers, Lenders, Recruitment Professionals, customer service employees etc.) who regularly work with property companies
- New employees in large team expansions who need to work together, following a shared vision, and hit the ground running.
- Graduate students looking to work in corporate real estate development.
- Portfolio managers who would like to understand and manage their company’s exposure to risk in mega projects.
- Lenders and investment partners who would like a better understanding of how their money is used and the risks involved.
- Analyst and modellers who would like to improve their understanding of project variables and quantify risk.
- Managers who would like to communicate more effectively with investors and owners during the formation phases of development.
- Real Estate professionals at any level with exposure to real estate financial models on a frequent basis
- Developers and Surveyors
- Fund managers and Asset managers
- Land managers and Planning managers.
- Lender
Module Information
An Introduction to Real Estate
Understand the real estate sector, its characteristics, and its importance to the general economy.
Learning outcomes
- Learn what Real Estate is and why it is different from other asset classes
- Get to grips with the overall size and structure of the Real Estate Market
- Learn and analyse the links between the different parts of the property market
- Recognise how and when to use basic real estate concepts
- Understand how current affairs, politics and economics affects Real Estate Investment and development.
Commercial Real Estate Development I
The economics of property development: Why do we build real estate?
Learning outcomes
- Learn where development sits within the Real Estate Market
- Learn what constitutes Development physically and economically
- Learn insight into the principles of design for different types of project
- Learn how to put together a feasibility study and prepare a financial plan
- Gain an insight into the Development Process at a Macro & Micro level.
Commercial Real Estate Development II
The real estate development process- who builds real estate? and how is real estate built?
Learning outcomes
- Benchmark returns and understand the risks throughout the life of the project
- Learn how to mitigate risks
- An understanding of the team dynamics, their inputs and agenda’s
- Learn research techniques that support each stage in the development process
- Negotiate with your peers to problem solve a project crisis.
Real Estate Development I: Financial Modelling in Excel
Property Development Appraisals
Learning outcomes
- This course will show delegates how to appraise projects in Excel, incorporate and communicate updates as they happen and ultimately understand how to convert an opportunistic property investment into a core asset that can be sold on
- Learn how to calculate land and profit residuals
- Employ best practice and find solutions to common modelling problems.
Real Estate Development II: Financial Modelling in Excel
Modelling skills for development cash flows
Learning outcomes
- Learn how to structure a full development cash flow
- Phased sales, S-curve and straight-line cost functions
- You will be taught how to find maximum bidding prices for site development and building refurbishments
- Understanding development financing considerations and learn how to optimise financing
- Analyse financial and project completion risks
- Employ best practice and find solutions to common modelling problems
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Course Details
Duration: Five weeks
Course type: Strategy and Financial Modelling
Course level: 
CPD hours: 21
Training package options:
• Whole school
• Module 1,2 & 3
• Module 1,4 & 5
Modules:
Five Modules – one per week
Module 1: An Introduction to Real Estate
Date: 17th June 2021
Module 2: Commercial Real Estate Development I
Date: 24th June 2021
Module 3: Commercial Real Estate Development II
Date: 1st July 2021
Module 4: Real Estate Development I
Date: 8th July 2021
Module 5: Real Estate Development II
Date: 15th July 2021
How to Book
For bookings and further information contact:
Jacob Noble
[email protected]
Available Methods of Delivery