NYT said:
OHV was never meant to be a fire sale to be built out and sold in a year or two. There is a multi-year game plan, and TIC can afford to sit and release homesites to developers as market conditions warrant.
Agree.
Standard deal sub-developers get from TIC is
6% = Max allowed profit margin
70-75% = upside portion that goes to TIC when sub-developer margin exceeds 6%.
Typically, the phase 1-2 base prices you see are set to hit that 6% profit margin. Upside comes from price increases, but mostly accrues to TIC.
In determining margin target for the sub-developer, the following assumptions/allowances are typical
~8-9% for overhead expenses
~$100psf cost for construction
Land cost is huge. When you back into the numbers for TayMo Capella, you get to about $200psf for the lot. Similar for most of Groves.
Lots at CV and SG would prob be in the $160-180psf range if they were being built by sub-developers.
I believe 5P deals with their sub-developers in Irvine are very similar in nature, but just left a little more room for upside in PP.
Just indirect info