Colico Consult are a team of development specialists that lead every aspect of the property development process, enabling our clients to realise the full potential of their assets by creating attractive, sustainable and desirable places.
We manage projects through an increasingly complex development environment, leading multi-disciplinary project teams through the design stages, planning approval, marketing and leasing, and the on-site delivery stage, culminating in the handover of completed buildings. Throughout the process we offer a comprehensive development management service which balances the priorities of financial returns, development risk, and design and environmental aspirations according to our clients’ needs.
Our experience as a direct developer gives us a unique and unparalleled insight to the needs of investor clients. Your project becomes our project. We understand our clients concerns, and their priorities become our priorities.
Our service offering covers the whole development cycle from strategic advice, to feasibility studies, underwriting, contract negotiations, debt and equity sourcing.
Land & Acquisition
Land Acquisition & Disposal Strategies
Evaluating potential sites, legal checks, environmental assessments, market analysis.
We align the acquisition with our client’s strategic goals.
Our experience in both the creation of strategy and development gives us a robust understanding of the constraints, and regulations around buying and selling land. This knowledge enables us to prepare clear development briefs which highlight potential risks, set expectations for returns and outline the full scale of opportunities.
Technical Due Diligence
Full development management due diligence.
Neighbourly Matters
Guidance and advice in matters concerning Rights to Light, scaffolding and oversail agreements, party wall negotiations.
Development Budgets
Assembly of fully costed development budgets.
Viability Appraisals
Provision of feasibility modelling, sensitivity analysis, Joint Venture proposals and ongoing budgetary monitoring and control.
Contract negotiations
Experts in managing complex negotiations resulting in innovative deal solutions for agreements for purchase or lease and working with project managers on contractor negotiations.
Planning & Design Management
Design Management
Designs are not just visually important they need to be meticulously planned to enhance the value of your project. Colico drive the design process by selecting an appropriate team of leading consultants chosen for their sector experience.
Design team coordination
Colico manage effectively and efficiently, the construction and design consultants, ensuring client and project objectives are met.
Functional Design
Function dictates the building’s overall layout and design. Colico lead the design team to strive for a balance between the aesthetic and functional aspects, utilising many years of experience in the living sector.
Planning Application Management
Coordination of the planning process with recommendation of design team, planning consultant, requisite professionals and reports. Colico can undertake negotiation with local authorities, progression of legal documentation such as S.106 agreements.
Sustainability
We manage the BREEAM process on behalf of cleints to ensure the optimum credits are secured early in the process. In addition we will ensure the most effiecient sustainable features are integrated into the design to include blue/green roofs, living walls, recylced waste and rain water, solar panels, air source heat pumps.
Construction Management
Professional Team selection
We can assist with interviewing, agreeing fees, and putting together the right team for your project. A rigorous procurement strategy to select the right team for the project, leveraging on-going relationships for best value.
Client Representation
Your project is our responsibility and Colico act not only on the client’s behalf, but as if it was our own project. Colico directors are respected and trusted leaders in the living development sector.
Funder and Investor liason
Sourcing of equity and debt funding for clients, continously manage the relationship between funder, contractor and investor.
Value Engineering
Colico approach to VE is to solve problems, identify and eliminate unwanted costs and improve function and quality.
Project monitoring
Overseeing projects to monitor progress against cost and programme. Service can be provided once construction is underway for the benefit of the funding partner to ensure compliance to funding conditions.
Asset Management
Operator Procurement
We can approach interview and negotiate with experienced operators in different sectors to suit your project.
Mobilisation budget reviews
Understanding current market data to ensure efficiencies in the operation of your project.
Marketing & Branding
Recommending leading brand marketeers to promote your project to the best advantage .
Connectivity
Advice on building services management and resident customer connectivity integration.