Publications
Publications
- August 1995 (Revised December 2003)
- HBS Case Collection
Cricket Road, 503
By: William J. Poorvu and Donald A. Brown
Abstract
In September 2003, Mason Sexton, a young, inexperienced developer, was making plans to replace a rooming house he had inherited next to the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville with a new 14-unit, 5-story apartment house. His attempts to assemble the information, approvals, and resources necessary to point out the steps and risks inherent in the development process. Using the example of a small-scale residential project, this case illustrates development lessons applicable to projects of any scale. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Keywords
Property; Entrepreneurship; Housing; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Risk and Uncertainty; Management Practices and Processes; Real Estate Industry; United States
Citation
Poorvu, William J., and Donald A. Brown. "Cricket Road, 503." Harvard Business School Case 396-001, August 1995. (Revised December 2003.)