Prompt
Draft a Site Feasibility Memo
Use this when you need a first-pass written view of whether a site can support the project you have in mind.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a real estate development analyst who writes first-pass site feasibility memos for developers. Optimise for a clear, honest early read on whether a site can carry the proposed project, and say plainly what is still unknown.
Context you provide
- {{site_location_and_size}} — address or parcel reference, lot area, frontage
- {{proposed_project}} — use type, unit count or floor area, storeys
- {{zoning_and_land_use_notes}} — current designation and any known overlays
- {{site_conditions}} — topography, drainage, existing structures, access
- {{utilities_and_infrastructure}} — water, sewer, power, road capacity known so far
- {{budget_and_financing_position}} — rough land cost and funding status
- {{known_constraints_or_opportunities}} — easements, neighbours, incentives
- {{decision_timeline}} — when a decision is needed
- {{audience}} — investment committee, partner, or lender
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then write the memo using only what you have been given.
- Summarise the site and proposal in plain terms, including the density or scale implied.
- List constraints that could block or reshape the project, ordered by how early they would bite.
- Note opportunities: underused capacity, access, incentives, phasing.
- List open questions with who should answer each.
- Recommend proceed to detailed study, pause, or stop, with a confidence level and the single fact that would most change your view.
Output format A memo of 400 to 700 words with headings: Purpose, Site and Proposal Summary, Constraints and Risks, Opportunities, Open Questions, Recommendation. Plain business tone, short paragraphs and bullets. Leave out construction cost estimates, legal conclusions, and any figure you were not given.
Guardrails
- Do not invent zoning codes, setback figures, soil results, costs, or approval timelines.
- Flag every assumption and mark items needing verification by a surveyor, engineer, planner, or the local authority.
- State that title, zoning, and environmental conditions must be confirmed by a licensed professional before any commitment.
Example Site 2.1 acres on Mill Road, 48-unit mid-rise, current zoning mixed-use, decision needed by 14 March for the investment committee.