The Facet Feasibility Sprint™

For Developers and Investors

See the project risk before you buy, entitle, lease, or capitalize.

Every acquisition, adaptive reuse, or ground-up play has a critical window between initial underwriting and hard commitment, where the right technical intelligence can change the pro forma, the deal structure, or the decision entirely.

Most developers don't close that window until they're already in it.

Facet gives you an independent, architecture-led feasibility read on a property or project before you're past the point of no return.

This is for you if you’re working thgough:

  • 40 years and over 240 church projects under our belt help us deliver a quick yet substantive analysis of your goals/needs vs. your current/potential environment.

  • With our background in design, construction, and development, we have the strategic and tactical tools to answer best value and Return on Investment questions.

  • These are the issues that surface after a commitment is made and become expensive to resolve. We identify them early — when you still have options.

  • Max utilization is a good goal, but if you don’t balance that data with the code up front, it will come back to bite you and derail your budget and schedule.

  • You can’t know what your grocery bill will be until you decide on hamburger vs steak and dozens of other decisions on your shopping list. But once you add some details, you’ll be able to build a budget that won’t embarrass you at or after closing.

  • Our experience brings knowledge of how to achieve a better fit, increase yield, and develop creative solutions that increase ROI.

  • We’ve built packages that have changed minds.

  • Our name, FACET, originated from the experience we have at looking at a rough stone and seeing it’s value by knowing the many ways to shape a development project for the greatest value.

What we bring to the table

Facet operates at the intersection of architecture, construction, and development. We understand how zoning, code, and building conditions translate into cost, schedule, and yield — and we communicate findings in terms that inform underwriting, not just design.

We've worked across commercial renovation, mixed-use infill, adaptive reuse, flex and industrial conversions, and small- to mid-scale ground-up development. We know where assumptions break down and where technical constraints become deal-killers after closing.

Our principals bring architectural licensure, general contractor fluency, and developer-side thinking into a single engagement. You get one team that can read a building the way you need it read — through the lens of risk, cost, and return.

Where projects get technically exposed

Change-of-use and occupancy reclassification. Converting retail, office, warehouse, or industrial to residential, assembly, hospitality, or medical use triggers a full code re-evaluation. Sprinkler systems, egress, structural upgrades, and accessibility compliance can materially affect your renovation budget and timeline.

Parking. Zoning-required parking ratios by use type often don't align with what a site or structure can provide. Shared parking agreements, variance exposure, and structured parking costs need to be in the model before you're in contract.

Life-safety and ADA exposure. Renovation scope thresholds can trigger building-wide upgrade requirements — costs that aren't visible in a physical inspection but show up in the permit process.

Entitlement assumptions. Density, setbacks, height, use permissions, and overlay districts all shape what a site can legally yield. We identify constraints and flag variance or rezoning requirements before they surface in due diligence.

Permit path and timeline. Schedule assumptions drive financing costs. A project with an unclear permitting path has an unreliable pro forma.

The Facet Feasibility sprint™

The info you need to make a sound decision before you spend a lot of money.

A focused, principal-led technical study scoped to your specific acquisition, conversion, or development scenario.

Deliverables typically include:

  • Zoning and entitlement analysis — use permissions, density, setbacks, parking, overlay constraints

  • Building code and occupancy review — current vs. proposed use classification, upgrade exposure

  • Life-safety and accessibility assessment

  • Test-fit diagrams where use or yield needs spatial validation

  • Order-of-magnitude construction cost and schedule ranges

  • Risk register — flagged items by severity and deal impact

  • Written findings memo structured for internal review, lender presentation, or investor reporting

Timeline: 2–3 weeks depending on asset complexity. Investment: Typically $3,500 to $10,000+, scaled to project scope and deliverable requirements.

This is pre-design technical intelligence. It is not a construction document package or a design proposal. It is the information that belongs in your underwriting before you're committed.

what happens next

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Start a Conversation

Fill out your information and schedule a 20-minute call to understand your timeline and see if a Feasibility Sprint is the right next step.

TWO

A Feasibility Sprint

We investigate the building, site, zoning, and code constraints relevant to your intended use and deliver a clear written findings memo.

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A Responsible Path Forward

You decide, based on real information, not data, whether to proceed, refine the plan, or walk away. If you move forward, Facet can help in multiple ways.

Start with a Feasibility Conversation

Before we talk design, we help you clarify the decision. Tell us where you are, what you are considering, and what you need to know next.