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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS

Economic Development and Real Estate Analysis
Economic development and real estate development are increasingly important fields for both public and private entities. Econsult’s Economic Development and Real Estate Development Group brings a breadth of knowledge gained from many years of executive-level experience. We can assist both government and private sector clients in strategic thinking and efficient implementation of programs or projects.

Econsult Corporation is uniquely qualified to advise government economic development and planning agency clients in the following areas:

Assessment and Comparison of Area Economic Conditions and Growth

Economic Feasibility and Impact Studies for Specific Projects and Public    Investments

Strategic Development and Economic Assessment of Economic
   Development Programs and Initiatives (Including Innovative Public
   Subsidies Such as TIF and Tax Abatements)

Identifying and Implementing Public-Private Approaches to Economic
   Development.

Because our focus is on economic analysis, our team is a natural complement to urban planners, regional business coalitions and environmental firms. We can join with urban planning and design firms to undertake economic analyses associated with strategic and land use planning, including cost-benefit analyses of land use regulation and development, and provide hedonic analysis and property value impacts of projects or policies. We can work with regional business groups to examine an area’s economic strengths and weakness, as well as to assess economic development programs and project proposals. We can also partner with environmental firms to conduct economic assessments of environmental impacts, value of open space, and develop innovative financing strategies for Brownfields remediation in the context of overall economic development efforts.

For private real estate clients, whether developers, investors or corporate space users, we can assist with the following:

Project Development Financing

Regional Market Forecasting and Relocation Analysis

Identifying and Securing Optimal Public Sector Cooperation, Including
   Incentives and Subsidies

Identifying Innovative Ways to Link Private Sector Interests with Public
   Sector Objectives, Including via Public/Private Partnerships.

Our staff and affiliates include nationally recognized experts in urban economics, economic development, real estate economics and public finance. Staff members have outstanding academic credentials, (including active teaching at the university level), wide experience at the highest levels of the public policy process and extensive consulting experiences in economic development and public policy.
SELECT PROJECTS

Ardmore Transit Center Analyses and Ongoing Consulting Services, 2009
(Since 2002)

Econsult’s Quarterly Philadelphia Regional House Price Index, November 2009

Econsult’s Quarterly Philadelphia House Price Index, October 2009

New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 2008—Shortcomings of NJCOAH’s Third Round of Rules

Commercial Corridors: A Strategic Investment Framework for Philadelphia, 2008

Pottstown School District Reconfiguration: Economic and Fiscal Impacts, 2007

Transit-Oriented Development in Philadelphia prepared for Neighborhoods Now October 2007

The Schuylkill River Development Corporation – Economic Impacts and Business Strategies, 2004