Free brief: $0 as of October 2026
Routing only. We recommend First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility, list missing inputs, and confirm whether the parcel can be staffed.
Not a professional opinion. Not stamped. Not an estimate.
Updated Oct 2026
Free brief, First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility
Which feasibility step do I need?
It depends on what you have. For routing only, ask for a free brief. It recommends which engagement fits and is not a professional opinion. With a named parcel and no drawings, First Look is a paid screen on whether to build modular or site-built and whether to proceed, with a conceptual cost. When drawings exist, Plans Estimate is a licensed or properly registered general contractor's cost and duration opinion. When an Investment Committee binder needs allowable uses, massing, cost, and duration, choose Professional Feasibility.
Fixed-fee engagements on a named parcel, from a free routing brief to the full architect-plus-general-contractor verification package.
This engagement is not a construction bid and not financing. Synergy Modular may separately offer to build the project later. The verification packet stands on its own either way.
The four products
One free routing brief and three fixed-fee professional engagements on a named site. Licensed confirmation of what the parcel can support, plus cost and duration from the delivery team. It is not a software score, a zoning extract, or a lender market study.
Enter the parcel address or APN, intended use, and whether drawings exist, then pay the matching fixed fee. For routing only, ask for a free brief by email. Synergy issues a parcel engagement letter after payment. Work starts when that letter is accepted and the files are in.
First Look: $2,495 as of October 2026
Expert screen of a named parcel: should this be modular or site-built, what does it cost per square foot at a conceptual class, how many months, and do we kill it or proceed. Written by people who build this work. Not a stamped architect chapter. Not a GMP. Fee credits to Professional Feasibility on the same APN.
Named parcel, typically 5 to 8 pages: delivery-method call (volumetric modular vs site-built vs hybrid), Class 5 cost as dollars per square foot and a dollar range, duration as a month band (conceptual, labeled as such), what the zoning envelope appears to allow at first-look depth, and go / restructure / stop plus the three things that would change the call.
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Plans Estimate: $7,700 as of October 2026
You know what you want to build, we'll tell you how much it will cost and when it will be done.
Requires drawings. A licensed or properly registered general contractor authors a cost opinion and a duration opinion for that set. The estimate class follows the completeness of the drawings. Not architect massing. Not a GMP. Do not buy this SKU without usable drawings.
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Professional Feasibility: $14,900 as of October 2026
We'll tell you what you can build, how much it will cost, when it will be done.
The full verification package for a named parcel. For Investment Committee diligence, a licensed architect in the project jurisdiction authors allowable uses and massing (planning and zoning review, confirmation with the city or county when the study requires it, and initial massing), and a licensed or properly registered general contractor authors cost and duration for that massing.
Excludes market study, appraisal, Phase I, and construction contract. Keep those chapters separate when financing requires them.
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Who this is for
Principals
A principal authorizes the engagement. The packet is written for the owner-developer who will spend next.
Funds and owners
Institutional funds and property owners who need a licensed execution packet on a named parcel, not a software score.
Brokers and agents
A broker, analyst, or agent can assemble the request. The principal accepts the fixed-fee engagement letter.
| Engagement | Buyer | Trigger |
|---|---|---|
| First Look ($2,495) | Sponsor or fund screening several sites | Paid kill / go screen before drawings or the $14,900 packet |
| Plans Estimate ($7,700) | Owner with drawings | Licensed GC cost and duration on the set already paid for |
| Professional Feasibility ($14,900) | Owner with a site and an Investment Committee date | Full architect-plus-GC verification packet |
Common paths
- A sponsor screening several sites: First Look on each, then Professional Feasibility on the sites worth pursuing.
- An owner with drawings: Plans Estimate.
- An owner with a site and an Investment Committee date: Professional Feasibility.
When another path fits
| Request | What to do |
|---|---|
| Request without a named principal: free brief until the principal is named. | |
| Software-only (TestFit, Buildability, or a zoning extract) | Use those tools, then return if you need licensed chapters. |
| Lender wanting rents, cap rate, or SBA | Commission an unaffiliated market or financial study. Place it next to this packet if you also need execution verification. |
Want a GMP or construction bid?
Professional Feasibility at $14,900 (and First Look / Plans Estimate) is not a GMP and not a construction contract. Engage the right SKU for where you are now (First Look to screen, Plans Estimate if drawings exist, Professional Feasibility for the Investment Committee binder). When you are ready for a bid or GMP, Synergy opens a separate construction engagement letter.
Markets
Send a parcel in any of these states the same way.
- Arizona: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Tucson
- California: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento
- Nevada: Las Vegas, Reno
- Utah: Salt Lake City, Provo
- Washington: Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane
- Texas: Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio (local registration as required)
- Montana: Billings, Bozeman, Missoula (contractor registration)
Oregon, Colorado, and Wyoming: expansion in process. Portland, Denver, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, and Jackson are opened only after intake confirms both chapters. Colorado and Wyoming have no statewide general contractor license.
The architect chapter is written by a licensed architect in the project jurisdiction, assigned at intake.
For investment committees
Professional Feasibility gives an Investment Committee a licensed architect's confirmation of allowable uses and massing on a named parcel, and a licensed general contractor's opinion of cost and duration for that massing.
What goes in the verification packet
Professional Feasibility is the execution chapters for a named parcel: licensed architect on allowable uses and massing, plus licensed or properly registered general contractor on cost and duration. Other Investment Committee chapters stay with unaffiliated specialists when financing or policy requires them.
Synergy fills (Professional Feasibility, $14,900)
- Allowable uses confirmation for the named parcel (licensed architect in the project jurisdiction).
- Initial massing consistent with that confirmation (same architect chapter).
- Cost opinion for that massing (licensed or properly registered general contractor).
- Duration opinion for that massing (same GC chapter).
- Execution go / restructure / no-go inputs the sponsor can place next to their own Investment Committee memo.
Keep third-party (not in this fee)
- Market demand, rents, and absorption study.
- Pro forma, returns, and capital-stack underwriting.
- Appraisal.
- Phase I environmental (and other specialty environmental).
- Title, survey, and geotechnical.
- Construction contract or GMP.
When financing requires a separate market or financial study, commission that study separately and place it next to this packet. This is an execution packet from the delivery team. It is not a substitute for an unaffiliated market or financial feasibility study.
Which engagement to buy
| Need | Buy |
|---|---|
| Routing only; unsure which product fits | Free brief ($0, email) |
| Paid kill / go screen before drawings or full verification | First Look ($2,495) |
| Cost and duration on an existing drawing set only | Plans Estimate ($7,700) |
| Full architect-plus-GC verification for the Investment Committee binder | Professional Feasibility ($14,900) |
| Software massing or zoning extract only | Not Synergy; use those tools, then return if you need licensed chapters |
| Lender-oriented market or financial feasibility only | Unaffiliated market/financial firm; Synergy packet is complementary when you also need execution verification |
| Want a GMP or construction bid | Engage the right SKU now; packet is not a GMP; construction engagement letter when you want the bid |
Built work
As published on synergymodular.com, October 2026: 36 years in business, 227 projects, $1,169,545,444 volume.
Selected Synergy Modular, Inc projects. Proof of delivery capacity on real sites. The feasibility engagements above are fixed-fee diligence on a named parcel; they are not a construction contract.
Treehouse Hotel Silicon Valley
Hotel · Sunnyvale, CA
Synergy Modular, Inc: full renovation plus new event center, restaurants, atrium, common amenities, and lobby
111 rooms · open 2025 · client Starwood Capital / SH Hotels
RiverView Place
Modular workforce housing · Big Sky, MT
Synergy Modular, Inc: GC/CM over the full scope
387 bedrooms / 496 beds · 2024
Stacks on Polk
Multifamily (container modular) · Phoenix, AZ
Synergy Modular, Inc: Site GC (did not manufacture the modules)
19 units · three buildings · 2025 completed / leasing
Reliance Metal Center
Industrial / metal · San Antonio, TX
Volumetric steel modular construction
Completed; fully occupied mid-November 2021
Portfolio is delivery history. Feasibility fees buy the verification packet for your parcel, then a parcel engagement letter before work starts.
How it starts
Need routing only? Ask for a free brief. It recommends which engagement fits and what inputs are missing. It is not a professional opinion.
info@synmod.com
(800) 385-8755
Fees
Four engagements. Pay First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility in Checkout. For routing only, ask for a free brief by email. Fixed fees. Invoice and engagement letter.
| Engagement | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Free brief | $0 as of October 2026 |
| First Look | $2,495 as of October 2026 |
| Plans Estimate | $7,700 as of October 2026 |
| Professional Feasibility | $14,900 as of October 2026 |
Outside this fee
Survey, geotech, Phase I, traffic, hydrology, will-serve, title, appraisal, permit filing, hearings, CEQA/NEPA, GMP, bid, construction contract, design past the massing chapter, off-site infrastructure.
Schedule is set when the engagement is opened.
Questions principals ask
Can we get a professional feasibility study on a parcel in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Austin, or Dallas?
Yes, when intake can staff that parcel. Those metros are in states where we currently take this engagement. Same packet, same fees. Send the address or APN to info@synmod.com. A free brief tells you which engagement fits. The First Look fee credits to Professional Feasibility on the same site.
What about San Diego, Orange County, the Bay Area, Sacramento, Reno, Provo, Bellevue, Spokane, Houston, San Antonio, Tucson, Billings, or Bozeman?
Same rule. If the parcel is in a live state above, request the engagement. We confirm staffing before the letter goes out.
What about Portland, Denver, or Jackson Hole?
Oregon, Colorado, and Wyoming are in process. Ask. Do not assume they are live until intake says both chapters can be staffed.
What is the free brief?
Routing only, at $0. It recommends First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility, or says the parcel cannot be staffed. It is not a professional opinion. Email info@synmod.com.
We already have drawings. Is that Plans Estimate?
Yes. Plans Estimate at $7,700 is the licensed GC cost and duration opinion for an existing drawing set. It is not architect massing and not a GMP. If you need uses and massing as well, request Professional Feasibility at $14,900.
How is this different from TestFit, Buildability, or a zoning extract?
Those tools do not produce a licensed-architect confirmation of allowable uses and massing, or a licensed-GC opinion of cost and duration.
Can our broker or buyer's representative open this?
Yes. A broker or buyer's representative may start the fixed-fee engagement: send the parcel (address or APN), intended use, whether drawings exist, and which product, then create the bill in Checkout. The principal confirms payment in Stripe Link or Checkout, or accepts the parcel engagement letter. Work begins when that letter is accepted and required materials are in hand.
What does Professional Feasibility put in an Investment Committee binder?
Licensed architect confirmation of allowable uses and massing for a named parcel, plus licensed or properly registered general contractor opinions of cost and duration for that massing. It is an execution verification packet from the delivery team. Place any required third-party market or financial study next to it. It does not replace that study.
What does the $14,900 fee exclude?
Market study, appraisal, Phase I environmental, title, survey, geotechnical, pro forma underwriting, and construction contract or GMP. Those chapters stay with the specialists your financing or policy requires.
When should we buy First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility?
Free brief ($0) is routing only. First Look ($2,495) is a paid screen: modular vs site-built call, conceptual cost per square foot and month band, and kill or proceed before the $14,900 packet. Plans Estimate ($7,700) is drawings-only licensed GC cost and duration (not massing, not a GMP). Professional Feasibility ($14,900) is the full architect-plus-GC verification package for a named parcel.
Does payment approve the project or financing?
No. Payment covers the fixed fee for the selected engagement. Synergy still issues a parcel engagement letter. Work begins when that letter is accepted and required materials are in hand. Payment does not approve the project, financing, or entitlements.
How is this different from a market or financial feasibility study?
Those studies address demand, rents, absorption, and returns. Professional Feasibility addresses what the parcel can support in use and massing and what that massing costs and takes to build, authored by licensed professionals. Buy both when your IC process needs both chapters.
We want a GMP. Is that Professional Feasibility?
No. The $14,900 packet is not a GMP and not a construction contract. Engage First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility for where you are on the parcel now. When you want a bid or GMP, Synergy opens a separate construction engagement letter.
Request the engagement
Send the parcel address or APN, intended use, whether drawings exist, and which product you want. Pay First Look, Plans Estimate, or Professional Feasibility in Checkout. For routing only, ask for a free brief by email. Synergy issues a fixed-fee engagement letter. Work starts when that letter is accepted and the files are in.
info@synmod.com
(800) 385-8755