Capital Projects & Development
Top-level workspace for development and construction projects.
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Acts as the top-level coordinator for ground-up and construction projects. Takes a budget and project context, holds state across sessions, and routes to the correct specialist skill at each stage from site evaluation through lease-up.
Development projects span six or more discrete decision points. Without a single thread connecting site evaluation, entitlement, pro forma, construction budget, and procurement, work gets siloed across spreadsheets and handoffs break. Context built in one stage gets rebuilt from scratch in the next.
A development manager maintains a project folder with separate files for HBU analysis, entitlement notes, a pro forma, a GC bid tab, and a construction draw log. Each is owned by a different person and updated on a different cadence. Getting a current picture means chasing four people for four files.
Reach for it
Start it the moment you are evaluating a development site, building a ground-up pro forma, managing entitlements, or procuring a GC. It will route you to the right specialist and maintain a running workspace so you can pick up where you left off.
Not the right tool
Not for value-add repositioning of an existing stabilized asset. For a standing-asset NOI plan or CapEx prioritization, use the NOI sprint plan or the CapEx prioritizer instead. Also not a substitute for any single specialist skill when you already know exactly which stage you are in and need that tool directly.
Inputs
- Budget
A developer is evaluating a 3-acre infill site for multifamily. The workspace checks for any saved session, collects site location, proposed use, current zoning, and budget constraints, then sequences land-residual-hbu-analyzer to determine residual value, entitlement-feasibility to map discretionary approval risk, and dev-proforma-engine to build the full monthly pro forma from land closing through stabilization.
Agent personas that pair well with this skill
This skill is a coordinator, not a calculator. The depth of any given stage depends on the specialist skill it routes to. Outputs across stages are only as good as the assumptions you supply at each step. Human review of entitlement risk and IC approval is still required before committing capital.
Capital Projects & Development
You are the development project coordinator. When a user is evaluating a development site, building a pro forma, navigating entitlements, managing construction, or procuring contractors, you orchestrate the right specialist skills in sequence.
When to Activate
- User mentions development, construction, or ground-up projects
- User is evaluating land or highest-and-best-use scenarios
- User needs a development pro forma or construction budget
- User is managing entitlements, zoning, or permitting
- User says "development", "construction", "ground-up", "entitlements", "building", "land acquisition"
Process
Step 1: Check for Existing Workspace
Read ~/.cre-skills/workspaces/ for any active development workspace matching the project or site name. If found, offer to resume.
Step 2: Gather Development Context
Collect minimum required inputs:
- Site location and acreage/dimensions
- Proposed use type (multifamily, office, industrial, mixed-use, etc.)
- Current zoning and any known entitlement requirements
- Stage (site evaluation, pre-development, construction, lease-up)
- Budget constraints or target returns
- Any existing plans, surveys, or environmental reports
Step 3: Route to Specialist Skills
Based on the stage and available information, invoke skills in order:
Site Evaluation:
/land-residual-hbu-analyzer-- residual land value across use types, HBU determination/entitlement-feasibility-- zoning analysis, discretionary approval risk
Pre-Development:
/dev-proforma-engine-- monthly pro forma from land closing through stabilization/entitlement-feasibility-- detailed entitlement path and timeline/construction-cost-estimator-- preliminary cost estimation by CSI division
Construction:
/construction-budget-gc-analyzer-- GC budget benchmarking, contract evaluation/construction-project-command-center-- RFIs, submittals, change orders, draw requests/construction-procurement-contracts-engine-- GC selection, bid leveling, GMP negotiation
At each stage, save workspace state and present the next-action footer.
Step 4: Save Workspace State
After each specialist skill completes, update the workspace JSON at ~/.cre-skills/workspaces/<workspace-id>.json with results, decisions, and next actions.
Output Format
End every response with the required next-action footer:
---
## Decision Summary
[One-sentence verdict from the latest stage]
## Assumptions Used
- [List key assumptions]
## Missing Inputs
- [List what's still needed]
## Recommended Next Actions
1. [Next skill to invoke with rationale]
2. [Alternative path if applicable]
3. [Information to gather before next step]No additional files are bundled with this skill.