Utilities, zoning, financing, construction costs, and regulation all squeeze margins — or kill projects outright. Our toolset turns those challenges into competitive advantage and higher IRR.
Where developers most often get stuck — and where insider fluency in how local and state government actually works changes the outcome. When a deal needs public capital to pencil, see incentive programs below.
Independent analysis of what a site should become given market demand, zoning headroom, and infrastructure — so you commit to the most profitable program, not the obvious one.
A realistic path through municipal and regulatory approvals, including which incentives, bonuses, and waivers actually apply to your parcel and how to sequence them.
Designing the deal between you and the public side — land contribution, cost-sharing, and the governance that makes a public-private partnership bankable.
Identifying and structuring tax increment financing and other incentive tools, then quantifying the benefit directly in your pro forma.
Integrating your project into regional and corridor master plans so it reads as a community asset and clears approvals faster.
Aligning the built product with the tenants and end users the market will actually absorb — backed by a deep network of specialists.
Neighborhood transformation often demands creative finance to overcome the costs of remediation, rehabilitation, and building in overlooked markets. We help developers find, qualify for, structure, and successfully apply for the federal, state, and local programs that close the gap — then fold the benefit straight into the pro forma. We bring an owner’s perspective to the paperwork: we know what these programs actually reward, how the applications are scored, and how to stack them so they reinforce rather than disqualify one another.
Now permanent under the 2025 OBBBA, with rolling deferral, a basis step-up, and tax-free appreciation after a ten-year hold — plus enhanced terms for rural funds. We help structure Qualified Opportunity Funds and the underlying business so a project qualifies and survives the new compliance bar.
Delaware’s DDD program rebates a share of qualified real-property investment in designated downtowns — historically leveraging roughly $15 of private capital for every $1 of state funds. We position large and small projects for the competitive reservation process and the complementary local incentive package.
TIIF reimburses the road and transportation improvements that unlock a job-generating project — turning off-site infrastructure that would otherwise sink a pro forma into a public contribution. We build the economic-impact case the TIIF Council looks for.
EPA assessment and cleanup grants, paired with Delaware’s Brownfield Assistance Program matching grants, reduce the remediation cost that keeps environmentally stressed sites frozen. We coordinate the assessment, the eligibility path, and the state certification that opens the door to reuse.
U.S. Economic Development Administration programs and related federal infrastructure dollars can fund the public improvements and site readiness behind catalytic projects. We help identify the right vehicle and assemble a competitive application with the public partners it requires.
New Markets and Historic tax credits, density and incentive bonuses, and tax increment financing — the structured-finance tools that bridge the gap on adaptive reuse and emerging-market deals. We source allocations, quantify the benefit, and integrate it into the capital stack.
Programs, deadlines, and terms change frequently and eligibility is project-specific; we confirm current rules and application windows for every engagement. Tax and legal treatment should be reviewed with your own advisors.
Led overhauls of redevelopment code — adding density bonuses and waiving demolition and transportation-improvement requirements to make underinvested sites pencil out. We know where the flexibility is.
Designed public-sector redevelopment policy and land-assembly strategies that use public assets to catalyze mixed-use development in distressed areas.
Directed redevelopment action plans across entire jurisdictions — so we can tell you exactly how your site fits the public sector’s own priorities.
A clear path from a first conversation to a financeable, approvable project.
A focused read on the site: zoning headroom, entitlement path, incentive eligibility, and the red flags before you commit capital.
The highest-and-best-use program plus the public-finance and P3 structure that makes it work.
Deal terms, incentive stacking, and the approvals sequence — coordinated with the right sub-advisors.
Quarterbacking the public process and stakeholder narrative through to approval.
Flexible models — from a fast, fixed-fee screen before you bid to ongoing advisory through financing.
A fast, fixed-fee read before you bid: zoning, likely entitlement path, incentive eligibility, and red flags.
Full HBU analysis with a recommended program built around market demand and zoning capacity.
Every applicable tool mapped against your project, with the combined impact modeled into your pro forma.
Approval path, realistic timeline, and a risk register for municipal and regulatory review.
Deal structure, term-sheet support, and management of the public process and stakeholders.
A blended engagement from concept through financing, with the right specialists assembled around it.
Fee structures are tailored to scope; a starting rate card is shared in our first conversation.
Whether a site is stalled, underperforming, or under evaluation for acquisition — a short conversation will tell us both whether there’s a fit.