Akerman Urban Strategies offers an innovative urban development alliance structure. We provide clients with effective strategies, leveraging the intellectual capital that is critical to large scale private projects. With substantial depth and experience in urban development and redevelopment, our professionals advise public sector clients, large-scale developers, and investors across the United States in many of the nation’s high profile projects. Collectively we have the multitude of disciplines that are essential to successful urban development in today's new economy.

The Akerman team is experienced in planning and responding to the migration back to our country's urban centers. We have advised clients in all aspects of economic development and urban renewal and we understand the necessary intersection between public policy and private financing. Each advisory principal offers public policy-based experience in the ever-changing dynamics surrounding urban development. All of the professional areas necessary for the conceptualizing and implementing transformational urban redevelopment projects are also represented accordingly.



•  Urban Master Planning

•  Land Use and Entitlements

•  Feasibility/Market Analysis

•  Economic Development and Government Incentives

•  Public and Private Financing

•  Public Policy - Legislative and Government Affairs

•  Green/Smart Growth and Sustainable Development

•  Public Safety

•  Transportation and Infrastructure

•  Institutional Partnerships

•  Construction

•  Land Assemblage Leasing