Suburban Retrofit
Creating vibrant, authentic destinations
Shifting markets, changing demographics, and new fiscal realities are pushing North American suburbs to rethink how they look and feel. People want to walk more and drive less. Employers want mixed-use settings to help them find and keep skilled knowledge workers. Civic leaders? They want the revenue to build and maintain top-notch infrastructure.
It’s a new world for suburbs, and our team knows it well. To help suburbs transform to meet the growing demand for urban living, we look at the context, opportunities, and challenges through various lenses—planning and urban design, real estate market, economic development, mobility, fiscal impacts, environmental, political, community goals, branding, and others—to identify potential achievable options.
Our goal? Partnering with you to reimagine your suburban community as a center of urban living. If you’re ready to transform your community, we’re ready to work with you to create a strategy, plan, or design that helps you better serve your people.
Expert Spotlight
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Jason Beske
Senior Urban Designer, Urban Places
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David Dixon
Vice President, Urban Places Fellow
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Beth Elliott
Senior Urban Planner
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Jared Beck
Principal, Senior Planner
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John Bachmann
Senior Principal
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Steve Kearney
Principal
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Frank Domingo
Senior Project Manager, Transportation
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Colleen Dixon
Senior Associate
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Tom Young
Senior Principal, Urban Places Geographic Sector Leader (Ontario & Atlantic)
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Darren Burns
Vice President, Innovation Leader, Buildings & Sector Leader, Commercial
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Nancy Locke
Principal, Urban Places Studio Leader
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Keith G. Greminger
Principal
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Heidi Peper
Senior Associate, North America Funding Program, US East Lead
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