Master Plan Community Development (MPC) & Build to Rent (BTR) with Horizontal Infrastructure Feasibility and Planning Primers or Guidance Requested

I'm interviewing with a large developer for an MPC role and a significant part of the job is feasibility analysis & planning the program / features, basically designing small cities when you factor infrastructure and amenities like retail areas and amenities, golf courses, etc.   I have general commercial development experience around retail and industrial so I know the basics, but I've never worked on such large scale to think about the infrastructure requirements and costs.

Does anybody have any good resources to point to get up to speed on approaching the sector or can provide any primers? Anything around underwriting and thinking about all the programming and planning, horizontal & vertical cost guidelines? I will check out GPT, but was looking for something a little more certain.  Also around the phasing strategy and choosing the right product mixes? Townhome vs. SFR, 2BD vs. 3BD, Amenities that drive rent value, etc.? 

Also any good summary guides on the financing options to consider like LIHTC, OZ, TIF stuff and other incentive structures to look for when choosing an area?

On the ULI Knowledge Finder website, there's some good case studies with a few communities around the country, but a little too succinct for what I'm trying to learn.  
THANKS in advance!

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