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How development actually ‘pencils out’ in the suburbs

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

In built-out suburbs, “allowed by zoning” and “financeable” are often two different things.Projects must clear several underwriting thresholds at once — investor return hurdles (often modeled in the mid-teens for…