Institutional Clients
• Assistance in regulatory planning, permitting, and design processes, including interface with permitting authorities
• Internal and external project management of the Institutional Master Plan (IMP) process within the City of Boston
• Political strategy, including the nuances of neighborhood and electoral politics
• Development of an internal communications strategy, for use in interactions with the Board of Trustees and other members of institutional leadership
• General project management, including assistance with RFI/RFP processes, oversight of subconsultants and other external project team members (including the construction manager), and coordination with internal and external stakeholders
• Advising on development of existing real estate assets, including consideration of potential development feasibility, siting concerns, and local context
• Assistance with lease-up of vacant underperforming space, including analysis of site context, institutional goals, planning and permitting considerations, tenant interviews, and interface with commercial brokers
PRivate and Non-Profit Clients
• Assistance with local municipal and State processes, public engagement approach, planning considerations, project tactics, etc.
• Project management oversight (including pre-development planning and coordination), including managing and coordinating with additional subconsultants (i.e., owner's project managers, architects, engineers, landscape architects, etc.)
• Management of internal and external coordination efforts
• Facilitation of community process and public meetings
• Development of RFIs for tenant space:
• Internal and external project management
• Develop draft RFI and assist in scope development
• Lead site visits/walkthroughs with potential tenants
• Development of communication materials
• Management of community process
• Advisement in tenant evaluation, selection, fit-out and configuration
Municipal Clients
• Disposition of public property and parcels
• Suggested modifications to zoning or other by-laws
• Assistance in the creation of transit-oriented development guidelines
• Assistance in the identification of techniques to incentivize private property owners and/or developers to redevelop their sites
• Recommendations on municipal staffing and/or consultant needs
• Advising municipal planning staff on how to navigate conversations with external parties
• Providing professional development training for municipal staff
• Assistance in the communication of planning and real estate objectives and strategy to a broad range of stakeholders
• Identification of core stakeholders and development of engagement strategies