# Site Selection

> Screen and rank submarkets or specific sites for a new multifamily development, then produce a site one-pager. Use when the user says "find sites," "evaluate this submarket," "should we build here," "screen these markets," "is this a good location," or is scouting where to develop next.

- Skill: `fusion-data-company/site-selection` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add fusion-data-company/site-selection`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/fusion-data-company/site-selection/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Fusion-Data-Company (https://skillmd.com/u/fusion-data-company)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/fusion-data-company/site-selection

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# Site Selection

Help the firm decide WHERE to develop. Screen submarkets/sites against the fundamentals a multifamily developer actually uses, then rank and document.

## When to use
"Where should we look next?", "evaluate this site/submarket," "compare these three areas," "is [address/submarket] worth pursuing?"

## Inputs to gather (ask briefly, default sensibly)
- Geography under consideration (metro, submarket, or specific parcel/address).
- Product type (garden, mid-rise, urban infill, mixed-use) and rough unit count.
- Any constraints (budget/basis target, timeline, partner requirements).

## Screening framework (research each, cite sources + dates)
1. **Demand drivers** — job growth, major employers/expansions, population & household growth, migration trends.
2. **Demographics** — household incomes, renter share, age cohorts, growth.
3. **Rent & occupancy** — current achievable rents, occupancy/vacancy, recent rent trend (pull comps via market-comp-analysis play).
4. **Supply pipeline** — units under construction / planned in the submarket; deliveries vs. absorption. This is the #1 thing that kills multifamily deals.
5. **Basis & land** — land pricing, total cost per unit/per SF feasibility, comparable land sales.
6. **Hard data on the site** (if a specific parcel): zoning/entitlement status, parcel size, owner of record (use investor-sourcing play for owner lookup), flood/environmental flags, frontage/access, utilities.
7. **Yield-on-cost logic** — does the achievable rent support a development yield with a healthy spread over the market exit cap rate?
8. **Risks** — entitlement difficulty, NIMBY/political, infrastructure, concentration of competing deliveries.

## Output
- **Site / submarket one-pager** using `underwriter-os/templates/site-one-pager.md`, saved to the deal folder.
- If comparing multiple: a **ranked comparison table** scoring each on the framework, with a clear recommended order and the reasoning.
- Always: bottom-line recommendation (pursue / pass / need more data) + the 2–3 factors that drove it.

## Accuracy
- Cite every figure with source + date; label estimates.
- Owner/parcel research = a connected parcel source (`quarry-parcels`), Yardi `search_by_owner`, county records, web.
- Flag where a professional check is needed (survey, environmental, legal entitlement opinion).