Development Strategies announces a leadership transition to a new ownership group comprised of Larry Marks, AIA, AICP, Brad Beggs, MAI, and Matt Wetli, AICP. Over the past 30 years, Development Strategies has guided thousands of clients in realizing opportunities with strategies aimed at creating livable places and fostering economic growth. Beggs has advised on real estate for 26 years […]
Robert Lewis, President and Principal of Development Strategies, has achieved the planning profession’s highest honor by being named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for his outstanding achievements in urban planning. Bob has been contributing to the planning profession for over 40 years. Viewing his role as an educator […]
Students began moving into the rehabbed Old Colony office building on August 21, after its $58 million conversion by CA Ventures LLC and MCJ Development into 137 apartment units. Renamed The Arc at Old Colony, the building was originally constructed in 1894 and is on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying for $10 million […]
The $118 million rehab of the historic Arcade Building in the heart of Downtown St. Louis is now complete. Development Strategies provided various consulting services to the development team, led by Minneapolis-based developer Dominium Partners, including various market studies and appraisal work. The complications of the building’s rehabilitation was only exceeded by the complicated financing […]
It’s hard not to notice the big blue building on Interstate 64 when you pass through St. Louis. A familiar site in major metropolitan areas, IKEA is finally opening a store in Missouri. Development Strategies is pleased to have assisted the development team with planning and revenue projections for the complicated financing of the project. […]
Development Strategies is pleased to congratulate our former associate Karin Hagaman, recently selected to succeed Vince Schoemehl as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Grand Center, Inc., which supports the Grand Center arts and entertainment district in midtown St. Louis. Development Strategies has worked with Grand Center for many years, and the district offers […]
As is often the case, patience in city planning efforts is necessary in the face of economic hardships, and requires perseverance. Such was the case for Knoxville’s South Waterfront, where Development Strategies assisted Hargreaves Associates and Chan Krieger Associates, in 2006, in reimagining the City’s urban waterfront as a place with inviting parks, new housing, […]
Summerville is the reputed birthplace of “sweet tea,” or “table wine of the south.” Development Strategies worked with The Lawrence Group in early 2014, to help the new city administration with a comprehensive plan to capitalize on this former summer retreat for overheated residents of Charleston. Three development scenarios were created for three very different […]
Development Strategies is pleased to have completed several market studies and analyses to assist the development team that recently completed Veterans New Beginnings Apartments, a four-story, supportive housing development that provides case management, substance abuse counseling, GED preparation classes, vocational training in addition to fully furnished apartment units to formerly homeless veterans. The 54 units, […]
Development Strategies congratulates Beacon Hill Developers, which represents the City of Kansas City and its LCRA in the ongoing redevelopment of the Beacon Hill neighborhood. We are pleased to have provided various market analyses for phases of the project, a 90-acre mixed-use, new-urbanist neighborhood within walking distance of Hospital Hill, Crown Center, and Union Station […]