Answer
How do construction draw schedules work in CRE Build?
Draw schedules: Straight line, Front-loaded, Back-loaded, Bell, or Manual monthly; save your own curves in Settings › Draw curves. Each budget category or line inherits its curve unless you set one, draws anchor at closing, construction start or first delivery, and saved curves are snapshotted into the deal.
Answer
How does CRE Build handle construction interest in the budget?
Construction interest and fees are solved together with total cost, as an iterative funding fixed point, so your model has no circular references. Sources & Uses then ties the budget to the loan and equity, and you choose the funding order: Equity first or Debt first.
What you do with it
From budget to funding stack
The Development Budget
+ Add line by category, with budget lines for contingency, retainage, escalation and developer fee, to a total before financing.
Draw curves with anchors
Straight line, Front-loaded, Back-loaded, Bell or Manual monthly, anchored At closing, at Construction start or at First delivery. Each category and line inherits unless you set it.
Your own curves
Click + New curve in Settings › Draw curves (it starts as My curve 1), shape it and rename it. Each curve is snapshotted into the deal that uses it.
Sources & Uses, solved
Construction interest and fees solved together with total cost. Set the Funding order: Equity first or Debt first.
Everything in one place
Everything the budget does
- Development Budget
- + Add line
- Contingency
- Developer fee
- Escalation allowance
- Retainage
- Total before financing
- Draw schedule
- Straight line
- Front-loaded
- Back-loaded
- Bell
- Manual monthly
- inherits
- Draw curves
- Sources & Uses
- Funding order
Template
Starts from the Multifamily development template
The development template comes with budget categories and draws, and construction, mezzanine and permanent takeout debt, with a return-of-capital tier, an 8% preferred return and two promote tiers.
Free tool
Free Feasibility Model
Screen a multifamily site without signing in: unit mix and costs in, yield on cost and development spread out, with a verdict and a sources and uses. Download the PDF by email.
This report is an estimate produced from user inputs and general market assumptions. It is not investment, legal, tax, or lending advice, and it is not an appraisal or an offer of financing. Verify all figures independently before making any decision.
Explainer
Development sources and uses, explained
How the funding stack balances against total cost, construction interest included.
How it works
How it works
- 01
Lay out the budget
Categories and lines, with contingency and fees.
- 02
Shape the draws
Pick a curve and an anchor per category or line.
- 03
Set the funding order
Equity first or Debt first.
- 04
Read Sources & Uses
Solved with construction interest.
Methodology
How the math works
One calculation engine computes every figure in the model, and the methodology page shows how each one is calculated.
FAQ
Questions
What can go in the development budget?
Lines by category, including Contingency, Developer fee, Escalation allowance and Retainage, with a Total before financing. Budget lines can also take a custom formula.
Can I save my own draw curve?
Yes. Define and save your own curves in Settings › Draw curves, and each curve is snapshotted into the deal that uses it.
Is there a free way to check feasibility first?
Yes. The Free Feasibility Model gives yield on cost and a verdict from your unit mix and costs, with no sign-in. It is an estimate, not advice.
Pricing
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