<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We find that critical factors affecting real estate project decisions can vary while market changes in the city of Ahmedabad have led to the majority of landmark buildings facing obsolesce, redevelopment and spatial redundancy. Case studies can assist in data collection in the cultural context and accommodate indirect observations of the variables analyzed in the early stages of research (Teegavarapu &amp; Summers, 2008; Rowley, 2002). Decisions have led to capital losses for some, while bringing about profitable opportunities for developers who take timely risks.</p><p>We also find that the land pooling technique used by the State in city development has successfully promoted land banking for public purpose but has also contributed to speculative land price appreciation. AHP rankings show that the surveyed practicing developers prioritized location factors such as neighborhood character and availability of land above land use zones and land auctions. Among project factors, FAR (Floor Area Ratio), abutting road width and road frontage of the land ranked higher compared to building design. In the professional practice category, the availability of finance, the timing of project announcement and past project experience of the developers ranked higher compared to brand value and speculation.</p></abstract>

We find that critical factors affecting real estate project decisions can vary while market changes in the city of Ahmedabad have led to the majority of landmark buildings facing obsolesce, redevelopment and spatial redundancy. Case studies can assist in data collection in the cultural context and accommodate indirect observations of the variables analyzed in the early stages of research (Teegavarapu & Summers, 2008; Rowley, 2002). Decisions have led to capital losses for some, while bringing about profitable opportunities for developers who take timely risks.We also find that the land pooling technique used by the State in city development has successfully promoted land banking for public purpose but has also contributed to speculative land price appreciation. AHP rankings show that the surveyed practicing developers prioritized location factors such as neighborhood character and availability of land above land use zones and land auctions. Among project factors, FAR (Floor Area Ratio), abutting road width and road frontage of the land ranked higher compared to building design. In the professional practice category, the availability of finance, the timing of project announcement and past project experience of the developers ranked higher compared to brand value and speculation.

Evaluating Critical Factors Impacting Real Estate Development Decisions

Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology

Real Estate Management and Valuation

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We find that critical factors affecting real estate project decisions can vary while market changes in the city of Ahmedabad have led to the majority of...

Evaluating Critical Factors Impacting Real Estate Development Decisions

Published Online: Mar 12, 2020

Page range: 112 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/remav-2020-0010

Keywords
project decisions, critical factors, developers, case studies, AHP method

© 2020 Jigar V Pandya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Evaluating Critical Factors Impacting Real Estate Development Decisions

Published Online: Mar 12, 2020

Page range: 112 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/remav-2020-0010

Keywordsproject decisions, critical factors, developers, case studies, AHP method

© 2020 Jigar V Pandya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
project decisions, critical factors, developers, case studies, AHP method