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Land & development

Land & development

We price, market and sell land for its owners, and we source lots, parcels and sites for the homebuilders, developers and commercial users who need them — across Volusia and Flagler, the Orlando metro and the Space Coast.

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Who we work with

Three sides of the same parcel.

Most land changes hands between an owner, a builder or developer, and the users who follow. We work with each of them, and the diligence is the same whichever side we are on.

Landowners

Sell or value your land

A written broker opinion of value, a marketing plan aimed at the buyers who are active in your submarket, and a managed offer and due-diligence process through closing.

Sell your land

Builders & developers

Find lots, land and development sites

Entitled parcels, finished lots and takedown structures, sourced and underwritten by a partner who spent nearly five years on the buy side of a homebuilder land committee.

Homebuilder land & lots

Commercial site users

Outparcels, pads and industrial acreage

Sites for retail, medical, self-storage and industrial users who want to own where they operate — with the access, utility and zoning questions answered before you go under contract.

Commercial & industrial sites

How a land assignment runs

  1. 01Valuation & market studyBroker opinion of value, comparable sales and absorption.
  2. 02Zoning & entitlement reviewZoning, future land use, utilities and site constraints.
  3. 03Marketing & buyer outreachDirect outreach to builders, developers and investors.
  4. 04Offer selection & negotiationPrice, deposit, contingencies and schedule, side by side.
  5. 05Due diligence & closingManaging the inspection period through the closing table.

What we analyze

The questions a buyer will ask, answered first.

  • Zoning & future land use

    Current zoning, the comprehensive-plan land-use designation, and what a rezoning, PUD or site-plan approval would involve.

  • Utilities & capacity

    Water, sewer and reclaimed lines, plant capacity, connection and impact fees, and the cost of extending service to the site.

  • Access & frontage

    Road frontage, driveway permits, median openings, traffic counts and any future right-of-way the road agency will need.

  • Soils, wetlands & floodplain

    Wetland lines, soil types, flood zones and the mitigation, fill or stormwater volume they imply for a site plan.

  • Entitlements

    Approvals in hand, the conditions attached to them, expiration dates, and concurrency or school-capacity requirements.

  • Comparable sales & absorption

    Recent land trades, builder lot pricing and how quickly finished product is selling in the submarket.

Aerial photography with the subject parcel outlined is the standard for our land marketing.

Buy-side experience

Before joining the brokerage in 2024, Drake Dickerson spent nearly five years in homebuilder land acquisition at Richmond American Homes, Taylor Morrison and Meritage Homes. He has sat on the buy side of the land committee, which shapes how we package and price land for sale.

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Guides

Reading on land and development

All guides 

1031 exchanges

The 1031 calendar: what happens on day 0, 45 and 180

Land held for investment is generally like-kind to improved property. The two deadlines that decide whether an exchange works.

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Start a conversation

Tell us about the land.

Where it is, roughly how much of it there is, and what you want to do with it. Your first conversation is with a principal, and it is confidential.

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Drake Dickerson — Partner, Land & Commercial · (407) 489-4774

Oceans Commercial · Licensed Florida real estate brokerage