OUR SERVICES

From revitalizing underutilized property to leading capital projects, we’re here to help enliven community assets.

Specializing in the non-profit and government sectors, we also support private developers, investors, and lenders by providing additional capacity and expertise.

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Owner’s Project Management and Representation

We provide end-to-end advising and project management, guiding owners from concept to completion. Our services include budgeting, scheduling, financing, team procurement, permitting, and overseeing design and construction.

We work closely with clients to bring their vision to life while keeping them engaged and in control.

Our approach is collaborative, accessible, and transparent, ensuring every project’s success.

Services include:

Project Feasibility

  • Assess program, budget, schedule, and site constraints, and undertake financial underwriting, to ensure a project is viable before significant resources are committed.

Site Identification & Acquisition

  • Support owners in identifying, evaluating, and securing buildings or project sites that align with strategic goals, funding requirements, and long-term feasibility.

Budget Management

  • Develop and manage detailed project budgets, track expenditures, and identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising project goals.

Scheduling

  • Create and maintain realistic project schedules, coordinating across teams to ensure milestones are met and delays are minimized.

Consultant & Contractor Procurement

  • Lead fair and strategic procurement processes to identify the right design, engineering, and construction teams for the project’s goals and budget.

Permitting & Approvals

  • Navigate local, state, and federal approval processes, coordinating with public agencies to keep projects compliant and on track.

Design Management

  • Oversee each phase for design from concept through construction drawings to ensure alignment with scope, budget, and stakeholder priorities, while maintaining quality and constructability.

Construction Oversight

  • Represent the owner throughout construction, advising on schedules, budgets, RFIs, change orders, and contractor coordination to reduce risk and ensure accountability.

Project Closeout

  • Ensure a smooth transition from construction to operations, including advising on final inspections, punch list completion, documentation handoff, and lessons-learned review.

Real Estate Advisory

We provide real estate advisory services to municipalities, helping unlock the full potential of public land and community assets. Our work spans site analysis, developer engagement, RFP development, deal structuring, and project implementation.

We partner closely with public agencies to align redevelopment efforts with community goals, economic realities, and long-term stewardship.

Our approach is thoughtful, pragmatic, and mission-driven, ensuring projects are feasible, impactful, and tailored to the unique character of each community.

Services include:

Site Analysis

  • Identify highest and best use scenarios for underutilized or surplus municipal land, informed by market context, community needs, and long-term viability. Assist client team with due diligence and in identifying all permits and approvals necessary to execute a potential project, including navigating local zoning.

Financial Underwriting and Analysis

  • Assess project viability through detailed financial modeling, evaluating risks, returns, and funding strategies to support sound decision-making for both public and private clients.

Developer/End-User Outreach and Cultivation

  • Engage trusted private-sector partners to build interest, shape development expectations, and align with municipal priorities.

RFP Development

  • Draft targeted, mission-aligned Requests for Proposals that attract quality respondents and clearly articulate public goals and expectations.

Selection Process Oversight

  • Manage fair, transparent evaluation processes to ensure project feasibility, community benefit, and alignment with municipal vision, including financial and market analysis.

Deal Structuring Support

  • Assist in crafting financially viable, enforceable agreements including land disposition terms, affordability covenants, development milestones, etc.

Market Studies

  • Conduct tailored market analyses to ground project strategies in economic reality and help inform land use decisions and development scenarios.

Owner’s Project Management

  • Represent municipal or nonprofit interests throughout the design and construction process to ensure projects stay on time, on budget, and on mission.

Public Financing Structuring

  • Advise on tools such as TIF, special assessment districts, and grant layering to maximize public resources and support feasible, community-aligned projects.

Compliance and Implementation Monitoring

  • Provide oversight through entitlement, permitting, and project delivery to ensure developer performance and adherence to agreed-upon terms.

Temporary Placemaking

  • Design and implement interim uses that activate sites, build community engagement, and attract private-sector interest during planning and pre-development phases.

Master Development Advising

  • Support municipalities in evaluating and managing large-scale, multi-phase development projects, ensuring strategic phasing, partner alignment, and long-term public benefit.