For lenders
Review what the borrower is asking you to believe and identify where the deal needs stronger evidence.
- Evaluate assumptions independently
- Compare the project with relevant outcomes
- Understand downside conditions and execution risk
Investment analysis / Developers & lenders
Model project value and risk.
Real estate development and investment in New York City face uncertain outcomes shaped by market, location, design, policy, and financial conditions. Meridian models that uncertainty to show how each factor influences project value.
01 / Decisions
Evaluate projects with evidence.
Use Meridian's verified model to make better development decisions, communicate the investment case, and quantify potential risks.
01Site & market
02Program & cost
03Schedule & approvals
04Financing & exit
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For developers
Test the site, program, market, and capital plan before committing more time and money.
- Compare sites and development programs
- Test demand, cost, schedule, and exit scenarios
- Build a documented case for partners and funders
02 / Analysis
Measure what has to go right.
Meridian separates the project into the factors that drive performance, tests them individually, and shows how they interact.
Market demand
Compare rents, absorption, customer demand, competing projects, and neighborhood conditions.
Development plan
Evaluate the site, program, density, construction cost, operating assumptions, and design strategy.
Delivery
Model schedule, approvals, team capacity, political conditions, and the dependencies that affect execution.
Capital and exit
Test financing, valuation, hold period, and exit assumptions across different market conditions.
Project assumptions
Market evidence
Historical outcomes
⊕Documented model
Clearer project decisions
03 / Research
Build a record of development outcomes.
Each project can contribute to a clearer understanding of how development performs across time, locations, and market conditions.
Learn from your own projects
Organize past assumptions and actual results into a useful dataset. See where forecasts were accurate, where projects missed, and which conditions shaped the outcome.
Understand the wider city
Meridian is building a 25-year model of business and real estate performance in New York City to connect individual projects with market cycles, policy, and neighborhood change.
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Start with a project
Bring us the deal you are evaluating.
We can start with a site, a development proposal, a loan opportunity, or a question about your existing portfolio.