Development Cost


Definition of "Development cost"

Cheryl Pryor
Cheryl Pryor Long & Foster

All the costs involved in constructing a development project including the cost of acquiring a parcel of land, paying for contractors labor, materials as well as taxes and development loan interest costs.

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