From the plot you buy to the home you move into.
One accountable team for the whole journey: feasibility, design, approvals, procurement, construction and interiors. Led by IAIA, with Alex Bailey.
Most of the risk is decided before the first drawing.
The decisions made in the first months set the cost, the programme and the quality of everything that follows: what to build, for what budget, with which team and under which contracts. Development Management puts an experienced team on your side from that first day, so those decisions are made with the full picture.
We combine institutional development rigour, proven on landmark schemes in London, with IAIA’s three decades of design and delivery in Dubai. One team and one point of accountability, from plot to keys.
From plot to keys, in seven stages.
You can bring us in at any stage. Ideally, the week you buy your land.
Plot & feasibility
Site appraisal, zoning and buildable area, development budget and business case, before you commit.
Brief & strategy
A clear brief, programme and budget, with the procurement and funding strategy agreed up front.
Design
Architecture, interiors and landscape, designed in-house by IAIA and Urbanforms and coordinated with the engineers.
Approvals
Planning strategy and authority liaison, through to the building permit.
Procurement
Tendering, contractor and consultant selection, and the commercial and legal agreements.
Construction
Programme, cost and quality controlled on site, with the design guarded at every stage.
Handover & move-in
Commissioning, snagging and defects, furniture and styling, ready to live in.
Three disciplines, one team.
Development and project management, joined to in-house architecture, interiors and landscape. Fewer interfaces, faster decisions and the design intent protected all the way.
Development Management
- Feasibility & business case
- Planning strategy & authority liaison
- Funding & lender coordination
- JV & stakeholder management
- Procurement strategy & tendering
- Commercial & legal agreements
- Risk & programme management
- Value engineering
- Occupation & exit strategy
Project Management
- Full-lifecycle project leadership
- Team structuring & resourcing
- Contractor & consultant procurement
- Design team coordination
- Quality assurance & compliance
- Budget tracking & financial control
- Drawdown & funder reporting
- Health & safety leadership
- Commissioning, handover & defects
Design & Interiors · IAIA
- Architecture, concept to detail
- Luxury villa & residential interiors
- Landscape with Urbanforms
- Space planning & FF&E
- Custom furniture & lighting
- Materials & finishes
- MEP & structural coordination
- Tender support & contractor liaison
- Design guardianship on site
Proven on landmark schemes.
Together, more than one billion dollars of development value, from private villas to mixed-use landmarks.
Ultra-luxury private villa
Full development and project management from concept to completion, with IAIA's design and local delivery network.
Hanover Square
A mixed-use flagship above the Elizabeth line: 500,000 sq ft of Grade A offices, prime retail and restaurants on New Bond Street, and luxury residences, delivered with many stakeholders to an exacting design standard.
Hanover Square, London
Mixed-use flagship: Grade A offices, prime retail on New Bond Street and luxury residences, above the Elizabeth line.
Athlone House, London
Restoration of a landmark 1870s private residence above Hampstead Heath, delivered within a 10% programme margin through COVID.
The Collective, Old Oak
The UK's first large-scale co-living development, 546 rooms, delivered as Employer's Agent.
iQ Longwood Place, Coventry
1,078-bed student and co-living campus, delivered in a joint venture. BREEAM Excellent.
60 Curzon Street, Mayfair
Luxury residential building with a restaurant and premium resident amenities.
Prince Philip Park, Bordon
Brownfield regeneration: a forward-funded industrial building and a new town centre.
Senior people, directly involved.
One point of accountability
A single team owns the outcome, from the first appraisal to the keys. No gaps between consultants, no finger-pointing.
Commercially rigorous
Business cases, cost certainty and lender-grade reporting, refined on institutional schemes in London.
Design-led
The people who design your project protect it through procurement and construction.
Local knowledge
Thirty years of UAE regulations, authorities, contractors and craftsmen, from Dubai Design District.
From a single villa to a mixed-use scheme.
Alex Bailey
Alex has spent more than fifteen years leading complex, high-value developments from strategy through to handover, client-side and as a consultant. That covers mixed-use, luxury residential, regeneration and joint-venture schemes, including Hanover Square and 60 Curzon Street in London, and family-office and institutional lending at Topland.
At IAIA he brings that development discipline to Dubai, working alongside the studio's architects and designers as a single, accountable team.
BSc (Hons) Project Management for Construction, University College London · Member of the Chartered Institute of Building · a.bailey@idea-art.com · +971 4 557 5646
Bought a plot? Talk to us before the first drawing.
Tell us about the site and what you want to build. We will come back with a tailored proposal.