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Marne-la-Vallée Master Plan

Marne-la-Vallée Master Plan

The Marne-la-Vallée master plan was part of an overall new town economic development plan to relieve urban development pressures on Paris.  Our work noted here was conducted by a predecessor company in which our co-founder was a partner.   Our work in connection with the Marne-la-Vallée master plan included the land use planning and strategic business planning support for client Walt Disney Co.

 

The strategic business planning work included product concepting and financial analysis for various sections of the master land use plan, including specific feasibility issues raised by client’s  strategic planning department.  Work performed also included overall land development consulting analysis such as land residual valuations – a means of depicting build-out value for various master plan and build-out scenarios, as well as financial studies of alternative routings of planning golf course facilities.

 

Marne-la-Vallée is a new town, an economic development strategy for the greater Paris region of France.   It is about a 50-minute drive (by auto) from the center of the Marne-la-Vallée new town master plan which includes Paris Disneyland, over to central Paris (at or about Pont Neuf).   By metro the trip is about one-half the time by automobile.  The Marne-la-Vallée project was one of five new towns envisioned in the early 1960’s, and emerged among these other concept new towns as the largest.

 

The new town was intended to take some of the urban development pressure away from Paris and place a new focus in a new location.  Paris Disneyland was the business “anchor” for propelling the start and growth of the new town region.   From a population of Marne-la-Vallée has a current population of more than 280,000 residents.  The Marne-la-Vallée master plan called for a potential of 500,000 residents at full build-out.

 

Other major institutions that located in this new town include Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and École des Ponts ParisTech, among numerous others.  The Descartes Cluster is also situated in Marne-la-Vallée new town, the largest concentration in France of research centers (50+), higher education organizations and businesses involved in green technologies and city sustainability.

 

The master planning process for Paris Disneyland (then Euro Disneyland) was comprehensive and wide-ranging. Disney’s overall project included master-planning of a major regional theme park and themed entertainment district in the vicinity of the theme park.

Outdoor recreation consultants, designers, developers, and operators - Entitlements and Permits Consultants

Falcon’s Fire Golf Club at Seralago

Floribra USA / Newfield Enterprises International  |  Owner representative and development project managers for this public resort golf course in Orlando, Florida, design by Rees Jones.  Responsibilities included oversight of facilities management company (Western Golf), including capital improvement programs.  On behalf of the family office of Newfield Enterprises International (NEI), itself owned the Ibrahim brothers:  HES’ Abdulaziz, Khaled, and Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim.

 

This prominent public daily fee course in Central Florida, was designed, entitled, and constructed on behalf of the property’s ownership group.   Falcon’s Fire golf course was designed by renowned course designer Rees Jones. Western Golf Properties was selected as the operator of the public facility, with a style intended to rival the standards of a private club.

 

The golf course, clubhouse and meeting facilities are the first phase of an overall build-out of Seralago, a master-planned destination resort situated just a minute or two from Walt Disney World.

 

 

 

Hotel Development Consultants - project feasibility consultants

Kuki’o Beach Resort at Kuki’o Bay

Destination resort with “resort residential” housing product.  Feasibility analysis including market study, financial projections, and facilities recommendations, for proposed 660-acre resort and timeshare development on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Kuki’o Beach Resort is adjacent to the Four Seasons Hualalai Resort and situated along the Big Island’s Kona Coast.

 

Our hotel development consulting work was completed in support of an overall master plan for development of the property, to include low-density residential, golf, and hotel facilities.

 

 

 

Development Project Managers - Entitlements and Permits Consultants

Seralago Destination Resort – Owner Representation

Floribra USA – Newfield Enterprises International  |  Owner representative for design, development, and operation of the master sewer, water, storm drainage infrastructure for Seralago resort, along with development of the resort’s first phase, Falcon’s Fire Golf Club.  All development pads for future building were also prepped as part of the first phase development.   On behalf of the family office of Newfield Enterprises International (NEI), itself owned the Ibrahim brothers:  HES’ Abdulaziz, Khaled, and Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim.

 

 

Project Feasibility for Golf Community

Project Feasibility for Golf Community

Al-Shehail Group (Riyadh) / Hopkins Development  |  As land development consultants we provided a project feasibility for a golf community, with market study, capital budget estimate, and financial projections.   Residential product recommendations for the single-family and attached housing units in the development were provided, along with facilities suggestions for a community clubhouse that could support golf as well as additional outdoor recreation offerings.

 

The project had the working name, Mountain Meadows Golf Community, of McGaheysville, Virginia.  McGaheysville is situated near the south fork of Shenandoah River in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.

 

This due diligence and feasibility evaluation was to support the Al-Shehail Group of Companies’ potential investment.  The site for this to-be-built master-planned residential golf community is situated in rolling meadow lands and foothills near McGaheysville, near Massanutten Ski Resort.   The 300-acre project included 420 units in this master-planned golf community.

 

Following the due diligence effort, StoneCreek Partners was retained by the Al-Shehail Group to revamp and fine-tune the project master plan. Objectives included maximization of the housing along 16,900 lineal feet of golf course frontage. Project naming and naming conventions were also reworked, and golf signature holes were configured to minimize and balance on-site grading.   An interesting aspect of the residential product placement on the site, was providing both a direct view onto golf as well as onto the scenic “long views” onto surrounding Shenandoah Valley foothills and mountains.

 

The master planning work was directly based on the project feasibility for golf community, previously prepared.

 

 

 

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