Contemporary property development /
by Timothy Havard
- 2nd ed.
- London: Riba Pub., 2008.
- xii, 356 p.
Introduction -- 1. The background to property development in the UK -- 2. Development inception -- 3. The finance and economics of development -- 4. Financial appraisal of development projects -- 5. Executing the development -- 6. Post completion -- 7. Risk appraisal and risk mitigation : a common-sense approach -- 8. Case studies.
Many of the controversial decisions in public life in the UK such as: the Millennium Dome, Wembley Stadium, and the London Olympic site are essentially property development decisions. This book takes a look at the background to property development in UK, discussing development routes, players in the market, and property and investment markets.