Property development as a profession: A study in new forms of professional practice for property development

Property developers are key entrepreneurial and economic agents in the provision of living space. Their activities have a profound influence over the outcomes of the processes involved in the provision of living space. Property development is widely considered to be an economic practice, defined and driven by commercial interests. Very consider it a professional practice with a potentially strong role in protecting a public interest. This study examines the conceptual and normative conditions for professionalising property development in order to evaluate professionalisation for yielding improved social outcomes through ethical and socially and environmentally sustainable provision of living space.