Typical situation no. 70
A family owns 35 hectares of farmland a few kilometres from a high-voltage substation. A data center developer proposes a sale option, subject to obtaining grid connection and a permit, valid for three years. The price looks high for farmland, but the family does not know what the land would be worth once powered, or what it risks by tying it up for three years.
WHAT IS BLOCKING
- The family has no benchmark for what makes land valuable for a data center.
- The option ties up the land for a long time, with conditions only the developer controls.
- Heirs do not all share the same horizon or need for cash.
WHAT WE DO
- Reading of the land's potential: accessible power, planning, constraints, timeline.
- Technical review of the option: conditions, duration, compensation, developer strength.
- Comparison of paths: accept, renegotiate, or prepare the land before selling.
- Costed roadmap of value-creating steps if the family chooses to prepare.
WHAT YOU GET
- An informed decision shared within the family.
- Points to renegotiate in the option.
- A clear roadmap if the family prepares the land.
Typical format: Advisory assignment, three to four weeks. Every assignment is scoped in writing before it starts.
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Typical situation, based on real enquiries and anonymised. Figures are illustrative.
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