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John T. Riordan School for Professional Development
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Development, Design and Construction I Institute
Development, Design and Construction: The Overview
The intro course that gives you the big picture of shopping center development, design
techniques and construction processes. Learn what is going on globally with innovations in
every part of the world. Take a closer look at bold concepts here in the US and how companies
big and small are changing the retail landscape, creatively managing costs and building highly
efficient, award winning projects. Get an overview of the roles played by the professionals
involved in each discipline. Learn the entire process from pre-development through construction. Both
developer and retailer viewpoints are represented throughout the class for a true broad-based
learning experience.
Devising A Pre-Development Plan
Discuss market opportunities …conceptual planning …retailer interest and
financial feasilibility. Learn retail fundamentals such as types of centers …parking
ratios …types of retailers and their co-tenancy requirements … market research and sales
projections. Analyze site selection criteria including access …zoning laws …land use and
environmental analysis. Acquisitions, real estate agreements and the government approval
process are discussed along with financing requirements. Pro Forma development, ROI (return
on investment), IRR (internal rate of return) and sensitivity analysis are taught in detail.
Design Techniques and Trends
Learn the role of the design architect. Get an overview of the design process from pre-design
to schematic to design development to construction documents to the actual building process.
Look at current design trends in retail in every shopping environment. Discuss everyday
issues such as energy consumption, maintenance, handicap accessibility, customer
convenience and future applications.
Construction and Construction Management
The different roles of the construction manager—owner’s rep, project manager, program
manager, process manager and general contractor—are taught in detail. Pre-qualifications
and the selection process are also discussed. Owner-contractor agreements and standard
forms are analyzed. The construction process from pre-construction . . .schedule . . .sub-contractor
selection . . . site and building construction . . .safety and quality control to close-out—the entire
process broken down and dissected from a practical standpoint with a real-life property as the model.
Retail Store Planning
Key objectives of retail planning lead off this class which concentrates on designing
the optimum retail store. Process and roll out design are taught in-depth from prototype
to pre design to final. Materials, visual merchandising and marketing as well as the key
constraints of inventory and traffic flow are factored into the mix. Retail planning
from the landlord’s perspective –purposes, processes, and how they relate to different
kinds of property—allow you to see retail planning from both sides of the industry.
Tenant Coordination
Like many classes in this curriculum, tenant coordination has two sides—developer
and tenant. You’ll learn both as you assume the role of a tenant coordinator. You’ll learn
what you need to know—architecture, engineering, construction, codes, legal and property operations.
You’ll review the lease language, go through a design review and culminate with the complete tenant
construction process. As a post-script, you’ll learn about close-out procedures and reporting requirements.
Legal, Insurance and Ethics
Learn the interworkings of legal agreements—development, tenant, consulting, and
construction. Receive a primer on insurance requirements—general liability, builder’s risk,
owner controlled, professional liability and bonding. Get into insurance documents—policy,
certificate of insurance and availability of coverages. Explore ethical responsibilities—those
of the owner/developer, the architect/engineer and the contractor/subcontractor.
Project Cost Management
Get an overview of overall project cost—soft costs, hard costs and owner contingencies.
Discuss how a construction budget is actually developed. Look at financial feasilibility,
risk mitigation and financing. You’ll see how a budget is developed by both the developer
and the retailer. Analyze the components of a construction budget from the competitive bid
process to historical costs to dealing with escalation and inflation. Finally, discuss
ongoing cost management from forecasting (monthly reporting, budget vs. actual and estimating
costs to complete project) to change order management, pay application process and contractor contingency.
Codes, Rules and Regulations
Learn how to best work with governing municipal agencies to insure conformance with all
applicable codes, rules and regulations. Discuss when and how regulatory variances are granted.
Get an overview of project accessibility to include the importance of establishing and enforcing
worker safety standards. Review building and energy code applicability to specific project use.
Learn the vocabulary, meaning and timing of the permit process including occupancy and building permits.
Finally, discuss the critical requirement for life safety systems within your new project—what they are
and how best to integrate all within base building design.
