Planning & Development
What is Feasibility Study?
A development feasibility study tests whether a project pencils: what can legally be built on a site (zoning, setbacks, height), what it would cost, and what it would return. It combines massing, unit counts, and a financial pro forma into a go/no-go answer.
In practice
What took consultants weeks now takes minutes with feasibility software that reads zoning data, generates compliant massing options, and attaches financials — letting developers screen many sites instead of deep-diving one.
Tools for Feasibility Study
Deepblocks
AI-powered highest-and-best-use analysis: zoning, massing and financials for any US parcel in minutes.
TestFit
Real-time site feasibility and unit mix optimization
Penciler
UrbanSim tool that auto-generates building options on a site and compares program and financial feasibility for multifamily deals.
Giraffe
Web-based generative site and master planning
Archistar
Find highest & best use of any site
Blocktype
Site layouts in minutes with viability metrics
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