Island Reclamation: Case 3 Finance-Moeller The uncertainty about future legislation has created a panic in the development market and Island Reclamation may have to turn down what Will Miller, Island's founder nd CEO, believes is a good project. Will has been working with the county for years to allow his company to reclaim former industrially used islands in the Allegheny River Once the clean up of an island is done, Island Reclamation then develops office, retail and residential properties on the island Panther Island, may be the first in a series of developments but because of the upcoming local elections, Will believes he needs to begin the development soon. However his investors are wary of committing the necessary funds at this time in the tentative real estate market. Will understands the investors concerns about this investment and believes he has come up with a creative solution. However, Will needs to value this unique solution and explain to his investors the benefits of this project. Island Reclamation has the expertise to clean up the island and since the seller must clean it prior to sale, the seller of the island is willing to enter a joint venture which will end in one year with Island Reclamation's option to buy the land for $15 million. Will Miller believes Island Reclamation can easily perform this task without sacrificing any other cash flows. The seller has agreed to pay all of the incremental clean up costs but they want Island Reclamation to pay an up front fee to enter into the joint venture. After preliminary talks with the seller, Will believes the fee will be no more than S3 million. If Island Reclamation buys the land in a year, they will continue to maintain the island and that cost will be offset by a two year lease they have agreed to give to the county In two years the county government has agreed to buy the land for S10 million if Island Reclamation does not want to further develop the island. The county government is also open to an early termination of their lease at the end of a year and potentially buying the If Island Reclamation maintains possession of the land, it will be ready for speeding development and this phase will only take a year and cost S200 million. After that year Will believes the property will take three years to become fully occupied and after cash will go on forever). The cash flows for the occupied will level off (year 7 flo property are shown in the table belo After tax cash inflows Capital spending -200 Island Reclamation estimates their standard deviation of cash flows as 40%, their opportunity cost as 12% and the risk free rate as 5%. For the binomial option valuation, assume the distribution of cash flows is normal Island Reclamation: Case 3 Finance-Moeller The uncertainty about future legislation has created a panic in the development market and Island Reclamation may have to turn down what Will Miller, Island's founder nd CEO, believes is a good project. Will has been working with the county for years to allow his company to reclaim former industrially used islands in the Allegheny River Once the clean up of an island is done, Island Reclamation then develops office, retail and residential properties on the island Panther Island, may be the first in a series of developments but because of the upcoming local elections, Will believes he needs to begin the development soon. However his investors are wary of committing the necessary funds at this time in the tentative real estate market. Will understands the investors concerns about this investment and believes he has come up with a creative solution. However, Will needs to value this unique solution and explain to his investors the benefits of this project. Island Reclamation has the expertise to clean up the island and since the seller must clean it prior to sale, the seller of the island is willing to enter a joint venture which will end in one year with Island Reclamation's option to buy the land for $15 million. Will Miller believes Island Reclamation can easily perform this task without sacrificing any other cash flows. The seller has agreed to pay all of the incremental clean up costs but they want Island Reclamation to pay an up front fee to enter into the joint venture. After preliminary talks with the seller, Will believes the fee will be no more than S3 million. If Island Reclamation buys the land in a year, they will continue to maintain the island and that cost will be offset by a two year lease they have agreed to give to the county In two years the county government has agreed to buy the land for S10 million if Island Reclamation does not want to further develop the island. The county government is also open to an early termination of their lease at the end of a year and potentially buying the If Island Reclamation maintains possession of the land, it will be ready for speeding development and this phase will only take a year and cost S200 million. After that year Will believes the property will take three years to become fully occupied and after cash will go on forever). The cash flows for the occupied will level off (year 7 flo property are shown in the table belo After tax cash inflows Capital spending -200 Island Reclamation estimates their standard deviation of cash flows as 40%, their opportunity cost as 12% and the risk free rate as 5%. For the binomial option valuation, assume the distribution of cash flows is normal