Commerical Development

Projects referenced indicate work managed and/or completed by senior BBP LLC staff, including assignments by Basile and Prost when they were Principals and senior technical staff at other consulting firms.

BBP LLC often leads or participates with multidisciplinary firms in examining development opportunities and constraints and formulating strategies and guidelines to aid in the management, promotion and achievement of community goals and objectives. These strategic planning efforts often set the stage for a series of development and/or redevelopment activities. The plans and strategies provide the framework for addressing community development, economic development, land use and infrastructure needs and requirements.

BBP LLC views the planning process as a means to achieve specific goals and objectives and not an end in and of itself. Thus, BBP LLC emphasizes action-oriented development plans often involving the public and private sector in achieving plan implementation.

Downtown Areas
BBP LLC acts as counselor to policy makers concerned about the health and prospects for reinvestment in downtown and central business districts. We often provide the economic component of these plans and strategies, working with planners, urban designers, transportation specialists and others in multidisciplinary efforts. BBP LLC also has expertise in preparing redevelopment plans for communities. These plans are often prepared in accordance with state and local laws specifically identifying requirements for findings of slum and blight, economic underutilization and other standards justifying eminent domain procedures to cause redevelopment.

Neighborhood/Commerical/Industrial Areas
BBP LLC addresses the market, economic, development packaging, funding and implementation aspects of neighborhood, commercial and industrial area development plans. We apply our experience and skills in the areas of urban redevelopment, facilities master planning, market and financial feasibility, project funding and implementation to forge redevelopment and revitalization solutions in these portions of metropolitan areas.

Transportation Corridors
Land use planning focusing on development patterns established by transportation-related improvements or along transportation corridors is a special service offered by BBP LLC. Development planning around light rail facilities, at subway stations and at other transportation centers requires specialized attention.

Regional Policies.
BBP LLC expertise is often employed in more traditional comprehensive and regional land use planning efforts. Again, BBP LLC usually provides the market and financial feasibility components supporting policy statements made in such land use planning efforts.

Special Purposes/Themes
For areas being developed or redeveloped according to certain “themes” or approaches, BBP LLC often becomes involved beyond more typical market study and implementation technique assessments. Here, the firm focuses its efforts to create the environments necessary to sustain development guided by these special strategies.