Focus on Implementable Plans
We ground planning work in market and financial reality — helping communities craft strategies that are not just visionary, but viable.
SB Friedman brings a unique approach to planning assignments due to our extensive experience across the entire predevelopment process, from vision to deal. Our firm is recognized for understanding both the public and private perspectives, allowing us to function as a "proxy developer." We regularly partner with planning firms on various efforts, providing key market and financial feasibility analysis and actionable development strategies that result in implementable plans.
Our work spans a wide range of geographies and scales, from regional comprehensive plans to subarea, corridor and downtown plans. We have contributed to planning and revitalization projects in urban, suburban and rural communities across the country, helping local leaders make decisions that balance policy goals, market realities and long-term fiscal sustainability.
Our Services Include
Conducting market analysis for a wide range of development types — including residential, retail, office, mixed-use, industrial and entertainment uses — with particular attention to the demographic and economic trends underlying market demand
Performing financial feasibility analysis to evaluate what can realistically be built on a site or how a subarea will evolve over time, producing development programs that guide realistic implementation
Preparing economic impact analyses that project the broader economic effects of development proposals, infrastructure investments and land use decisions
Developing fiscal impact analyses that accurately project revenues and costs to local taxing bodies, helping government leaders evaluate development proposals, land use scenarios and annexation decisions
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Nebraska
Plan, Preserve, Play Study
Market assessments for three waterfront areas to inform state investments that would catalyze tourism and economic development
King and Pierce Counties, WA
Tribal Housing Needs Analysis
Housing assessment for the Muckleshoot Tribe forecasting household change and evaluating demand indicators
Chicago, IL
Commercial Corridor Framework Analyses
Analytical framework for categorizing commercial corridors throughout Chicago to identify strategic planning interventions
Billings, MT
Billings 2045 Land Use Plan
Market analysis for all major land uses and growth projections guiding the City of Billings’ comprehensive plan update