Re: Affordable Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: rpdowds (rpdowdscomcast.net) | |
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:07:37 -0800 (PST) |
Actually, it's more complex than that. The key parties in the deal are always the client, the design team, and the contractor. Sometimes the client is a developer. The classic developer is not the ultimate end user of the finished construction; instead, s/he hopes to sell the product for a profit to a party not yet fully identified, a party mythically out there somewhere, according to the market survey. But mostly for cohousing, the client is / are the eventual owner / occupants driven by a vision of community, and a willingness to pledge assets to make it come true. I will call them the Founders, who typically venture forth as about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the total eventual community occupancy, and pick up companions as they go. The Founders do NOT need a "developer". What they most need is a piece of land, a design team, and a contractor to build it. However, many professionals out there have evolved from contractors or developers to "Owner's Representatives". Unlike a developer, they have no assets of their own at risk, but they purport to understand the development landscape, and to have maps for getting through it. Who else populates this landscape? Well, now you've got your bankers, your planning board, your attorneys, your real estate agents, your EPA, and your immediate neighbors, to name just a few. "Owner's Reps" will often take the lead in bargaining with all these parties. In ye olden dayes, however, the trusted navigator was ... the Architect! More or less to their own blame and discredit, architects have wandered away from this role, and are now confined to drawing stuff. All of these parties want something -- usually a complex mix of results, reputation, product, honor and cash. It is the miracle of modern market capitalism that, when things go well, everybody gets (most of) what s/he wants. RPD AIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Benson" <benson6451 [at] aol.com> To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 3:41:41 PM Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Affordable Cohousing Back to the point made by Oz, what do each of the parities to the process (architects, developers, potential owners) want and need. My experience is that each has a different set of needs/wants. I see these in the differences between developments driven by developers vs. those driven by a cohesive group of buyer/owners. Some of these differences are obvious (vendors income, cash flow) and some are deep and not thought about and certainly not realized until after the event (think 17 year old with flaming hormones or many lottery big winners). How do "we" value the opportunity of community (to be developed not given. i.e. work) vs. the instant pleasure of a hot tub or sauna? Don Benson 503.296.7249
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