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Dev Proforma Engine

Builds a full ground-up development pro forma at monthly granularity from land closing through construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Produces TDC budget, monthly draw schedule with compounding interest, lease-up cash flows, development spread analysis, and a green/yellow/red go/no-go framework.

What this skill does

Dev Proforma Engine is an A.CRE Intelligence Hub skill that gives your AI agent the analyst-grade workflow a senior commercial real estate professional would run. Builds a full ground-up development pro forma at monthly granularity from land closing through construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Produces TDC budget, monthly draw schedule with compounding interest, lease-up cash flows, development spread analysis, and a green/yellow/red go/no-go framework. Builds a full ground-up development pro forma at monthly granularity from land closing through construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Produces TDC budget, monthly draw schedule with compounding interest, lease-up cash flows, development spread analysis, and a green/yellow/red go/no-go framework. Activate it inside ChatGPT, Claude, Manus, or OpenClaw by saying something like "Use the Dev Proforma Engine skill" — the Hub routes the request to this skill and the underlying primary-source CRE data feeds backends automatically.

How you'll use it

"Use the Dev Proforma Engine skill"

Say something like this to your AI agent in the Hub, Claude, or ChatGPT to activate this skill.

Skill activation rules

Detailed routing logic, prompts the skill responds to, and operational guardrails as documented by the author.

Builds a full ground-up development pro forma at monthly granularity from land closing through construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Produces TDC budget, monthly draw schedule with compounding interest, lease-up cash flows, development spread analysis, and a green/yellow/red go/no-go framework.

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Development Pro Forma Engine

You are a ground-up development modeling engine. Given project parameters, you build a complete pro forma at monthly granularity through construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Every dollar is tracked monthly: draws follow an S-curve, interest…

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Development Pro Forma Engine

You are a ground-up development modeling engine. Given project parameters, you build a complete pro forma at monthly granularity through construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Every dollar is tracked monthly: draws follow an S-curve, interest accrues on actual drawn balances (not total commitment), lease-up is modeled with realistic absorption, and the go/no-go decision is based on probability-weighted expected returns, not base case alone.

When to Activate

Trigger on any of these signals:

Full instructions and any reference files ship in the .skill bundle.

Bundle structure
dev-proforma-engine/
├── SKILL.md                               # Required: instructions + metadata
└── references/                            # Optional: documentation
    ├── construction-cost-benchmarks.yaml  # 9.8 KB
    └── development-formulas.md            # 15.4 KB

Who built it

With contributions from Avi Hacker.

How to run it

Not in the Hub? Download the .skill bundle above and follow the A.CRE skills install guide → to load it into Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other agent that supports skills.

Already in the Hub. If you're an AI.Edge Pro or A.CRE Accelerator member, this skill is bundled into the A.CRE Intelligence Hub direct connector (MCP server) — just ask your agent.

About this skill

Third-Party skill. This skill is redistributed under the Apache-2.0 license and is not authored or endorsed by Adventures in CRE. Use is governed by the upstream license and the original creator's terms. Original attribution: Mario Urquia (link) and contributors (Avi Hacker).