Services
Redevelopment
In 1979, RSG started providing redevelopment consulting services to a few clients. Thirty years and over 150 redevelopment plans later, redevelopment is still one of our core services. We like it, and we’re good at the nuts and bolts of it: plan adoption and implementation, financing, development planning, developer solicitation and selection, real and personal property acquisition, and rehabilitation program administration.
We apply our real estate economic expertise in most of our assignments. We understand the diverse interests involved in redevelopment planning, from city officials to citizens, developers, consultants, technical experts, lawyers, architects, engineers, investment bankers, real estate appraisers, and transportation agencies. We have earned a reputation for balancing these diverse interests to move a project forward on a timely basis to its optimum conclusion.
Our approach to redevelopment planning is to provide customized services for each client. For example, in one city, we worked as a facilitator between the agency and three project area committees to discuss the implications of a proposed merger and increase communication and trust. For another city, we consulted on an award-winning redevelopment plan adoption and received unanimous community support, just a few years after a prior proposal failed amid citizen protest. For a joint powers redevelopment authority, we completed a redevelopment plan under the military base closure act-covering 15,000 acres, 22,000 parcels and 4 jurisdictions-within a seven-month time frame. Other cities have limited staff, and RSG project team members are available to act as an extension of staff-preparing staff reports, talking to property owners, meeting with department heads, and transmitting notices.
- Feasibility Studies
Redevelopment project area formation is an expensive and time-consuming process. Before initiating a plan adoption, amendment, or merger, we recommend our clients conduct a preliminary analysis of the financial, legal, and political implications. - Revenue Projections
RSG prepares tax increment revenue projections that delineate anticipated housing set-aside deposits, taxing agency payments, administrative costs, nonhousing project funds, and bonding capacity. - Plan Adoptions, Amendments, and Mergers
RSG brings over two decades of experience adopting, amending, and merging redevelopment plans to implement community development, housing rehabilitation, commercial revitalization, hazardous material remediation, and other programmatic goals. - Project Area Committee and Community Outreach
Stakeholder support for redevelopment is more essential now than ever before. RSG can coordinate, participate, or lead community workshops with residents, property owners, and businesses. - Implementation and Housing Plans
RSG prepares a wide variety of planning documents required by Redevelopment Law, including five-year implementation plans, replacement housing plans, housing compliance plans, annual reports, and relocation plans.