Regenerative development is not a claim. It is a measurable difference across the dimensions that actually matter to landowners, operators, cities, and capital.
Six v1 metrics, shown side by side. Every number comes with a method and a citation path. Nine more metrics roadmapped below.
Unlevered IRR over the full hold period, including operating upside from integrated infrastructure and ground-floor activation.
Benchmark range for comparable mixed-use infill, PNW/CA.
Uplift driven by faster absorption, stronger rents, lower op-ex.
Months from site control to entitlements complete and permits in hand. This is the period where most mixed-use projects bleed money and momentum.
Typical large-site entitlement timeline for CA/PNW mixed-use.
Carrying-capacity discovery and early agency alignment compress the back-end.
Blended cost across the capital stack: debt, equity, and mission-aligned layers. Lower blended cost widens feasibility.
Conventional merchant-build stack, senior debt plus market-rate equity only.
LIHTC, MFTE, green-bond, and mission co-GP layers blended in where aligned.
Lifecycle carbon per dwelling unit, combining embodied (materials, construction) and operational (50-year use-phase) emissions.
Conventional wood-frame or concrete, mixed-gas HVAC, standard sourcing.
Industrialized construction, circular materials, electrified systems, district energy.
Local jobs created and small-business formation supported at stabilization. This is the ground-floor economy that pays rent, pays taxes, and keeps money in the community.
Typical mixed-use with under-programmed or chain-anchored ground floor.
Experiential retail, flex, and small-biz space activated with curated local tenants.
Ability to remain operational through grid outages, extreme-heat events, and climate-driven insurance market dislocation.
Single-point grid and water dependency; standard envelope.
District energy plus storage, on-site water, passive thermal performance.
As we complete additional projects and ground additional claims in primary data, we will add:
The ranges above are v1 directional claims, grounded in comparable-project benchmarks and internal modeling of the Now City Stack. They are honest approximations, not marketing inflation.
As we close and operate additional projects, every metric will be anchored to primary-source data: NCREIF benchmarks for financial performance, full LCA reports for carbon, third-party audits for resilience tiering, and BLS and local-multiplier analysis for economic-development claims.
If you are evaluating a specific site, we will run this comparison against your actual land, capital stack, and program, not the benchmark. That is the gateway call.