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Our comprehensive expertise supports clients to transform their goals and vision into physical spaces where communities thrive and grow. 

Whether you need to build new, renovate, or repurpose in order to expand and develop, let us be a partner in your transformation through these steps:

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Winrock International
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Signature Theater Company

STRATEGIC APPROACH: Outline the Right Path


  • Define the vision
  • Communicate the mission
  • Identify the decision makers
  • Create goals and establish benchmarks for success
  • Build the framework to guide the process
  • Bring together the community for valuable input and insight


FEASIBILITY: Secure the Right Site 
(if you don’t have one already, or need to move)

  • Identify where you want to be
  • Find the right people to help your search
  • Set up an acquisition strategy
  • Outline a timeline and budget to guide your choices
  • Secure your site


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Jazz at Lincoln Center - The Frederick P. Rose Hall

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The Kaufman Center


FINANCING STRATEGIES: Find the Money

  • Develop capital and operating projections so you know what you need and when
  • Identify the sources: city/state/feds, lenders, tax credits
  • Help negotiate agreements, finding solutions to often complex issues
  • Work out strategies that will ensure success


PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Design and Build

  • Find the right team to implement the vision
  • Establish systems to align scope, budget and schedule
  • Inspire design that supports your programmatic, economic, social and environmental goals
  • Oversee construction from first shovel of dirt to last coat of paint
  • Account for every dollar spent

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New York School of Interior Design


OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE:
Stay Healthy and Efficient

  • Check systems to ensure maximum energy and operating efficiency
  • Guide you to products that support healthy environments
  • Outline maintenance programs that sustain green goals
  • Provide education for staff, vendors and guests on how to keep your building functioning at the lowest cost, but highest performance