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Use: 47 unit infill mixed use project in Role: Project Developer, Municipal Entitlements,   Building Design, Complete Project   Management  Construction Complete: Fall 2024

Use: 5 unit infill Live/Work project Role: Project Developer, Municipal Entitlements,   Building Design, Complete Project   Management  Construction Complete: Winter 2023

Use: 23 unit condo/urban infill mixed use with renovation of historic building Role: Project Developer, Municipal   Entitlements, Building Design, Complete   Project Management  Project Currently In Process

Use: 19 unit condo/urban infill mixed use project in   Madison, WI Role: Project Developer, Municipal Entitlements,   Building Design, Complete Project   Management  Construction Complete: March 2021

Multiple Phases Use: 350 unit apartment/condo/urban infill mixed use project Budget: $75 Million Role: Municipal Entitlements, TIF acquisition  Building Design, Project Management  Design and Construction 2012-2017

Use: 210,000 s.f. Operations Relocation  Role: Rezoning, TIF Acquisition  Assisted Hooper Corporation in   identifying parcels to relocate and   consolidate Dane County operations.  Worked with Municipality and Consultants to Master plan and rezone property and receive TIF Approvals

Soooooo Close.....  Every project has A LOT of moving pieces that need to be perfectly synchronized.  We have a number of robust checks in place to identify any potential issues early in the process.   Keep testing assumptions and adjusting where you can but there is so much to be learned from every project and the goal is always to improve what we can

Use: 310,000 s.f. Mixed Use/Historic Preservation project.   Former Kansas City Board of Education Headquarters and Public Library located in the Downtown Kansas City Government Core  Acted as Overall Developer/Architect with multiple local partnerships

This one in Kansas City was an incredible opportunity to revitalize a blighted Downtown District AND re-purpose an amazing historic building.  Unfortunately, we could not find common ground with timelines and some entitlement issues, and the Kansas City Board of Education ended up surplusing the property to a group who promptly demolished the historic building and is using the land for a parking lot. That was a heartbreaker.

Use: 27 acre s.f. urban infill mixed use project at a reclaimed fill site  7 Distinct Building types and uses were   programmed for the Site  Role: Co-Development partnership with Torque   Companies: County and Municipal   Entitlements, Building Design, Complete   Project Management

Here is one that got gummed up near the end because of a very minor TIF issue, so we had to move on. Still scratching our heads on this one,  Site was previously used as a construction fill site and presented some very interesting challenges that were solved by the team  The site is still vacant and would have been a really incredible project for the Community and region.

We find sites and buildings that everyone else seems to have forgotten about and find ways to make them better. We focus on mixed-use infill with the goals of contributing to the communities in ways that enhance living and working for everyone by prioritizing people and de-empahasizing the car.

We start by engaging neighborhoods and municipalities to define needs and goals and keep refining and testing and listening. We'll keep finding the path that works through the following processes:

Programming: -End user experiences -Determining Owner, User, Municipality, and   Neighborhood Goals and Fiduciary Objectives and   Responsibilities -Pre-Development, Construction, and Occupancy   Scheduling  Project Design: - Master Planning and Site Planning - Complete Architectural and Structural Design,   approvals, and permitting At-Risk Project Management: - Consultant scoping and management - Construction Administration and compliance in   accordance with Contractual Obligations and   Budget Constraints

Financing: - Historic Tax Credits - New Markets Tax Credits - Private Equity Acquisition  Municipal Entitlements: - Stakeholder, Neighborhood, Municipal Approvals - Rezonings - Conditional uses - Land divisions, CSMs, and Condo Plats - Historic and existing building reviews - for   National Park Service and state SHPOs