Commercial & Industrial Feasibility
Commercial & Industrial Feasibility & Due Diligence
Know whether a site can support your commercial or industrial plans before you buy, expand, redevelop or commit to detailed design.
- Acquisition and development due diligence
- Planning, zoning and consent pathway
- Access, servicing and infrastructure strategy
- Site layout, operational fit and development options
- Development cost planning for land development and infrastructure works
Make the key decision with the right information
Commercial and industrial sites are rarely constrained by one issue alone. Planning, access, servicing, flooding, title, existing development and infrastructure capacity can all materially affect what can be delivered and what it may cost.
Cato Bolam works with developers, investors, business owners and landowners at the acquisition and early planning stage to establish what a site can realistically support, identify the issues that matter to the decision and test practical development options.
Our planners, civil engineers, surveyors, architects and ecologists work together under senior project leadership. The scope can range from a rapid review during a due-diligence period to integrated concept testing, infrastructure assessment and development cost planning.
Assess the issues that can change the development outcome
Depending on the property and proposed use, our feasibility assessment can consider:
- Planning, zoning, development controls and consent pathway
- Site layout, contours, earthworks and existing development
- Access, heavy-vehicle circulation, loading and operational requirements
- Water, wastewater, stormwater, power and infrastructure capacity
- Flooding, ecology and other environmental constraints
- Boundaries, easements, covenants and title matters
- Ground conditions, geotechnical requirements and contamination
- Specialist investigations where required
The objective is not to investigate everything at once. We focus on the matters that are material to the decision and identify where further investigation will add value.
Test whether the site works for the intended use
A technically developable site also needs to work operationally. Our architects, engineers and planners can test high-level development concepts against building footprints, future expansion, access, heavy-vehicle circulation, loading, yards, parking, servicing, stormwater and subdivision requirements.
For redevelopment sites, we can also test what should be retained, adapted or replaced, where expansion can occur and whether staged development could provide a better outcome.
On larger or more complex sites, planning, architecture, engineering, ecology and surveying inputs can be considered together so alternative options are compared before the project is committed to detailed design.
Discuss your site with our commercial development team
Contact us todayUnderstand infrastructure and development cost implications early
Infrastructure can materially influence development potential, staging and capital requirements. Assessing servicing and access early allows these requirements to inform the development strategy rather than becoming late design constraints.
Cato Bolam can also prepare development costings for land development and infrastructure works, helping clients compare options, test staging and understand the technical cost implications that feed into their wider commercial assessment.
Where building design forms part of the project, our architects can develop the site and building concept to the level needed to support the next stage of design, consenting and external cost planning.
Choose the right level of feasibility
Rapid strategic feasibility review
A focused review of the issues most likely to affect an acquisition or early development decision. Suitable for initial screening, short due-diligence periods or comparing alternative properties.
Integrated commercial or industrial feasibility
A coordinated assessment of planning, access, infrastructure, title, environmental constraints and high-level development options, with targeted technical input and clear recommendations.
Detailed feasibility and development planning
For larger or more complex sites, feasibility can extend into concept layouts, infrastructure strategy, staging, development cost planning and targeted investigations to establish a clear pathway into consent and delivery.
From feasibility into delivery
If the site stacks up, the same team can remain connected as the project moves into resource consenting, surveying and subdivision, civil engineering, architecture, ecology, detailed design and construction support.
This continuity retains site knowledge, reduces hand-offs and helps carry early feasibility decisions into practical delivery.
Talk to our team about a rapid strategic feasibility review, acquisition due diligence or a more detailed assessment of your development opportunity.
Commercial & Industrial Feasibility FAQs
Ideally before purchasing a site or committing to a development concept. It can also be valuable when considering expansion, redevelopment, subdivision, a change of use or significant new investment in an existing property.
Yes. We can tailor the scope to the available timeframe and prioritise the issues most likely to affect the purchase or development decision. Where something cannot reasonably be confirmed within that period, we can identify the remaining risk and recommended next steps
Yes. High-level concept testing can compare building footprints, access, loading, yards, parking, servicing, infrastructure, subdivision and staged development options before a preferred direction is advanced.
For existing commercial or industrial sites, we can also assess how buildings, access, infrastructure and available land could support expansion or redevelopment.
Yes. We can prepare development costings for land development and infrastructure works from consenting through detailed design, engineering approvals, construction and completion. These technical costs can help inform the wider commercial feasibility and investment assessment.
Yes. Our team can carry the preferred development strategy into resource consenting, surveying and subdivision, civil engineering, architecture, ecology, detailed design, construction support and project completion.
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