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Developer fees on mid-sized residential project

Sibley Simon
  • Investor
  • Santa Cruz, CA
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BP folks,

I am working to put together the following project and would sincerely appreciate any guidance on developer compensation.  

The project is the new construction of a 100-130 unit residential apartment building in the $20-30M total project cost range.  The unique situation is that what would normally be the equity investment funds are coming in the form of a loan structure from a non-profit fund because it will be used for a certain type of affordable housing.  Due to this, there will be essentially no free cash flow after bank debt payments and the return paid to the non-profit fund.  

The developer will own the property, so that will in the very long-term be a valuable asset.  But in the short and medium term, the developer's compensation will be entirely in the form of the developer fee (no meaningful cash flow from equity or profit-share). 

What do you think a reasonable developer percentage fee is in this situation?  (structured, of course, with at least half of said fee coming at full occupancy and potentially being at-risk for cost overruns).

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