Work With CPM
You Own the Site. We Run the Development.
Landowners, project owners and investors come to us at different points — before buying, after inheriting, mid-approval, or partway through a build that has stalled. We work out what the site can realistically become, then manage the process to get there.
Who We Work With
Where Are You Starting From?
Find Out What Your Land Could Become
You have a block with potential but no clear answer on what it can carry. We test subdivision, dual occupancy and redevelopment options against your zone before you sell, split or build.
You Have the Site. We Manage the Development.
End-to-end development management — feasibility, approvals, consultant coordination, builder tender and delivery — with one accountable party from start to settlement.
Test the Numbers Before You Commit Capital
Weighing a development purchase? We pressure-test yield, approval pathway, timeline and downside before the contract goes unconditional.
You Build. We Clear the Path.
Outsource feasibility, planning, design coordination and DA lodgement to us on a fixed fee. The build stays yours — we only do the front end.
Your Eastern-States Playbook Does Not Read the Code
Entering SA from the east? We read the register, test the scheme against this market, and stay on the ground — answering only to you.
Your Adelaide Project, Managed While You're Not Here
SA land, someone local who answers for it. We run the development on the ground and report to you wherever you are — in English or Chinese.
For Real Estate Agents
When a client needs more than a sales appraisal, bring in a separate development team for feasibility, planning and delivery guidance.
Community Housing Providers & Local Government
Owner-side development management capacity without adding headcount — with the conflict question answered first.
Why CPM
A Development Manager on Your Side
Residential projects managed
Residential development projects managed across South Australia, at various stages from approval to construction and settlement.
SA consent applications analysed
We co-authored award-winning research analysing 20,000+ planning consent applications across all 18 Adelaide metropolitan councils, identifying what actually drives approval delays.
Development value under management
Client projects and our group's own — managed on one system, with the same controls and the same reporting. The group trusts its own capital to this process; your project gets nothing less.
How we know what we know. Every approval we manage goes back into a record of how each council actually assesses — timeframes, RFI patterns, what gets knocked back and why. Our research team has analysed 400 metropolitan planning applications (2020–2025): the fastest and slowest councils differ by more than double on average.
Source: Australian Residential Construction Institute (RESI), Australia Housing Market White Paper 2026. Chapter 2 draws on original research by Percy Zhang, Dr Ruidong Chang, Dr Joy Fang, Dr William Jiang — “Unlocking the Building Pipeline in a Housing Crisis: Data Mining South Australia’s Planning Approval Processes” — recipient of the Best Paper Award, 48th AUBEA International Conference. Used with permission. Read the full analysis →
How We Work
From First Conversation to Delivered Project
Site & Goal Review
We test your site against the Planning and Design Code and your zone's TNVs to establish what can realistically be approved, and what it would be worth doing.
Clear Engagement
A defined scope and fee structure before work starts. You know what CPM is engaged to do and what sits outside it.
Planning & Approvals
We brief and manage architects, surveyors and engineers, assemble a lodgement-ready application, and work the council relationship so the assessment clock keeps running.
Construction & Delivery
We run the builder tender, administer the contract on your side, and manage variation, cost and programme risk through to handover.
Not Sure Where Your Site Sits?
Send us the address and what you are thinking of doing with it. We will tell you whether it is worth pursuing — and if the numbers do not work, we will tell you that too, before you have spent anything.