Books on Development

Can anyone suggest any resources be it books or primers on real estate development? I'm staffed on a few developer driven 142 d deals and would like to better understand the development process.

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scott hartnell

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There's not a ton out there, a few developers recommended this to me in the past but i personally found it to be really boring: http://www.amazon.com/Real-Estate-Development-Edition-Principles/dp/087…

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