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Advisory · Exit Planning

Sell at completion or hold to stabilization? Know the numbers first.

For developers nearing completion, we model both exits on one cash flow, so the partners can decide who carries the lease-up risk and what return justifies holding.

Interior corridor of a new climate-controlled self storage facility
2 exits

forward sale and hold-and-sell, modelled on one cash flow

10-year

lease-up DCF built from a local street-rate survey

3 cases

base, upside and downside, tested side by side

ForDevelopers & partners
PathsForward sale vs. hold
Model10-year DCF
ScenariosBase, upside, downside
Also coversHybrid structures
TypeConsulting brief

The decision

A forward sale returns capital at opening and passes the lease-up risk to the buyer. Holding keeps the stabilization upside, but ties up capital and needs lease-up financing. Because buyers price the same lease-up, the real question is risk and required return.

What you get

A short, decision-ready brief with the key questions for the partners: required return, lease-up financing and exposure to competing supply.

What the brief covers

  • Lease-up cash flow from a rent survey and fitted unit mix
  • Both paths in present value and nominal cash, side by side
  • Incremental return on capital left in the project
  • Sensitivity to absorption, new supply and exit cap rates
  • Hybrid options: earn-outs, price adjustments, partial exits
Decided to sell? Our Exclusive Sale Facilitation service takes it from positioning to closing.

Common questions.

Is an exit strategy brief an appraisal?

No. Exit strategy briefs are consulting work, not appraisals, and are not to be relied on as estimates of market value. If you need a market value for financing or a sale, we prepare CUSPAP-compliant self storage appraisals.

When should we order one?

As the facility nears completion, before the partners commit to a forward sale or to lease-up financing.

What if we decide to sell?

Our Exclusive Sale Facilitation service takes it from positioning to closing, with confidential access to our network of qualified buyers.

Weighing a sale or a hold?

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