property developer

Creates residential projects

A property developer is someone who buys land or buildings to construct, renovate, or improve them for profit.

The term covers a range of scales—from individuals flipping houses to corporations building shopping centers or housing estates.

Developers typically manage the process from acquisition through construction to sale or lease: The property developer plans to convert the old factory into luxury apartments.

Related

investment · skyscraper · zoning · renovation · flipper · landlord · contractor · bulldozer · breaking ground · gentrification · condo · luxury · speculation · land grab · permits · tenants · for sale · sold out

Categories
Opposites
land transformation vs. land preservation

property developerconservationist

Protector of natural resources

preservationist · land trust · environmentalist · NIMBY

profit-driven housing vs. social housing provision

property developerhousing association

Nonprofit residential property provider

property creation vs. property ownership/tenancy

property developertenant

One who rents property

renter · homeowner · occupant · leaseholder

Family

property, developer, properties, propertied, proper, properly, propriety, proprietary, proprietor

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G