Loomis Partners can assist property owners, investors and real estate professionals with preliminary evaluations of the development potential of a specific property. Loomis staff will access a variety of environmental, engineering, and community-related databases to define and document the physical and regulatory characteristics of a tract.

After the client identifies a target property, we can explore the property’s physical attributes by reviewing aerial imagery and topographic maps. We can locate environmental features that may require special consideration or permitting. We will identify existing site improvements, utility infrastructure, and zoning designations, as well as community amenities, such as parks, pools, and libraries. Loomis staff can provide plat map overlays to view the location of easements and setbacks in relation to other site features. We can develop slope maps to identify appropriate development locations and can link zip code areas or census blocks to employment and demographic data.

• City
• County
• Identification of applicable ordinances/regulations
• Identification of approval and permitting process and timing

• Zoning designations and development implications
• Determination of usable land based on setbacks, utilities, stormwater management, etc.

• Availability, capacity and providers (water supply, wastewater collection/treatment, electric, gas, phone and cable service)
• Off-site extension requirements

• Driveways (commercial, residential, turning lanes)
• Evaluation of existing traffic patterns.
• Identification of scheduled future road improvements

• Identification of encumbrances
• Identification of future required easements

• Development and design constraints
• Determination of net site area and usable land

• Flood detention requirements
• Water quality requirements
• Special requirements due to watershed regulations (Urban, Suburban, Barton Springs, etc.)

• Floodplain extents and impacts
• FEMA map revision assessments for increasing usable land

• Water supply issues
• Special development requirements for stormwater and wastewater

• Potential design and construction cost impacts