Boosting Apartment Rents with High-Value Amenities

When designing your apartment building, your target renter’s arrival experience is crucial in driving higher rents. Which of these two buildings do you think is attaining more rent?:   The Four Factors that Drive Rent are:   Location Unit Design &...

Raising Money for Your Apartment Development Project

In this evolving economic climate, we acknowledge that financing deals has become significantly more challenging. However, at SVN Rock Advisors we have the connections to help you access financial resources. One of our favourite ways to structure the deal so that the...

Solving Apartment Land Uncertainty

Do You Know Your Options With Land? In today’s economic conditions, knowing whether to sell, buy, or hold is highly volatile. It is important to get the proper analysis in order to make the correct decision. If you have any questions about what you should be...

FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY – Preperation for Financial Modelling

How Do You Prepare For Financial Modelling?   Document your objectives: This is the discovery portion – ask smart questions – listen – define strategy Building to keep or building to sell Affordable vs. Market Rents? – Associated Financing Options? Energy...

FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY ESSENTIALS – TESTING THE MODEL

What is Financial Modelling?   Financial Modelling includes creating a detailed representation of the financial performance and viability, of a real estate project,  focused on the building and operations of  apartment complexes.  This process typically includes...

The societal impacts of Canada’s housing crisis

We all know Canada is experiencing a housing crisis. Did you know that we are also facing a population crisis? Based on internal birth rates alone, our population is actually on the decline. Women are not having enough children and high levels of immigration is...