GCC Market Strategy and Execution
A leading data centre owner/operator needed to acquire land within UAE for the proposed development of a hyperscale data centre. The owner/operator has very specific real-estate,
power and technical requirements. Included in these requirements was the need to bring land under control (i.e. land option and power secured) for a marketing and evaluation period
prior to close.
How Level 0 engaged
Level 0 deployed a team of SMEs to:
- Produce a long-list of potential development areas and then the subsequent short-listing of sites. A specific focus was on targeting an off-market transaction.
- Conduct detailed due diligence on the short listed sites and commenced the negotiation of headline commercial terms.
- Recommend a single site that met all of the customer's commercial, real estate and technical requirements. Level 0 facilitated the introduction to the land owner and negotiated Heads of Terms.
- Project managed the contractual negotiations and legal activities to close.
- Develop a valuation benchmark and price appraisal.
Outcomes
The client benefitted from:
- Actionable site acquisition options identified within 15 working days.
- Market leading intelligence and insights, proven over 15+ years of delivery in the GCC region.
- Due diligence reviews based on industry standards, specific client requirements and observed best practices.
- A pragmatic and honest approach to the execution feasibility of each option.
- A creative approach to the commercial structure of the contract that delivered the control period required by the client.
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