Development Characteristics

IBM Corp., Almaden Facility

The location of a former IBM Think Tank was succesfully rezoned for 188 single-family homes in three product types and a 103-acre park.

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The Riding Company is committed to creating the highest quality developments. Common characteristics of projects that we undertake are as follows:

Strategic Sites
Sites are in-fill with existing infrastructure, close to existing employment-bases, and to which value can  be added through planning, entitlements, and site management. Unlike our competition, we include  in our land acquisition focus commercial, office or industrial reuse sites, or sites that are affected by  other issues making development particularly complex or unconventional.

Market-driven Planning
Irrespective of changing development patterns and ancillary demands on developers, one fact cannot  be forgotten: we serve the market. Thus, The Riding Company makes the market paramount in all of its development and planning strategies, and keeps the market foremost in mind when negotiating with the various municipal bodies or reviewing agencies.

Sensitivity to Regional and Local Issues
Regional and local concerns play a significant role in shaping a development. It is imperative to understand these concerns early in the process and to address them effectively without jeopardizing project market appeal or profitability.

High-Value Products
Value is the theme of real estate in the new millennium. That is particularly true for today’s home buyers. High-value projects and products (not neccessarily high priced) limit cyclical market exposure and shorten project marketing time.

Strategic Alliances
Relationships and the need for cooperative developments are common characteristics of many of our projects. When necessary, we select a cooperative relationship for a particular site or project based on  the requirements for the development. Our strategic alliance partners are Signature Properties, Catellus Development Corporation, Shea Homes, Standard Pacific of Northern California, Braddock and Logan, Charles W. Davidson, Toll Brothers and Hewlett-Packard Company to name a few.