Developer's Profit Margins and Marketing Costs

It is interesting to review the information Devine has published regarding its French Quarter development, that it is in the process of selling. It gives a good idea as to developer profit margins and costs of new apartment developments, such as French Quarter. (The information was not password protected at first, now it is, so you will have to trust me on this.)

For the "Carrington" Building (268 apartments, with 302 car parks).

Revenue for residential apartments - $11,400 per sqm, totalling $411M
Revenue from selling management rights - $2.45M

Total Development costs, including land value at $49M and construction costs at $177M = $310M

Profit - $85M

Interestingly, marketing & commission costs are $22M.
("Marketing Costs allowance 2.0% of Gross Sales Revenue. Commissions of 3.0% of Gross Sales Revenue with 50% paid on unconditional contracts & 10% deposit held.")

So, for a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment (110sqm in size), the average price would have been $1.2M. Of this, about $350,000 is profit, and $60,000 approx is marketing costs and commission for the sales agent.