Land ownership research is the process of finding who owns each parcel in a proposed development site, from parcel maps, assessor and recorder records and title documents, so a developer can contact the owners and plan the site's control. Site assembly is acquiring or controlling several adjoining parcels from different owners to form one developable site.
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To find who owns the land for a site assembly: draw the site boundary and list every parcel it touches with its parcel number; look each parcel up in the county assessor's records for the owner of record and mailing address; confirm ownership against the recorded deed or a title report, since assessor data can lag a sale; trace owners that are LLCs, trusts or estates through state business registries and probate records to the people who can sign; and record easements, liens, mineral rights and rights of way, which can block assembly even when the owner is willing.
Large sites rarely sit under one owner. Multiple landowners, scattered title records and no single view of what is available mean every assembly starts with weeks of reconciliation before the team knows whether the site can be assembled at all, and a single holdout parcel can decide whether the project works.
Build's Site Screening checks land ownership and land assembly as one of its seven objective groups on every site, and Desktop Due Diligence covers ownership and title research on a single site. Title documents can be uploaded to the project's data room, and Build merges them with the public-record findings, stating both where they conflict. Every finding carries its source.
List every parcel inside the site boundary by parcel number, look up the owner of record in the county assessor's data, confirm it against the recorded deed or a title report, trace LLC, trust and estate owners to the people who can sign, and note the easements, liens and mineral rights on each parcel.
Site assembly is acquiring or controlling several adjoining parcels from different owners to form one developable site. It is common for data center campuses, industrial parks and large mixed-use schemes, where no single parcel is big enough.
Yes. Site Screening checks land ownership and land assembly on every site, and Desktop Due Diligence covers ownership and title research on a single site, with each finding cited to its source.
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