James Lima Planning + Development
Real Estate, Planning, and Economic Development Advisors
JLP+D makes the aspirational attainable. Specializing in the economics of placemaking™, we are an industry leader in urban strategy consulting. We envision, develop, and implement transformative initiatives to create more vibrant, equitable and resilient places for all. We advise public, private, and non-profit clients on real estate development, economic development, land use planning, public-private partnerships and public realm strategies. Our diverse expertise helps identify and generate untapped market demand, unlock a location’s unique potential to better attract talent and investment, and devise the governance and financing mechanisms to capture the value created, with an aim to maximize public benefits for communities.
Featured work
- Indianapolis Cultural Trail: Creating a comprehensive governance, funding, and operations and maintenance strategy to help secure the long term sustainability of the trail
- The Stitch Master Plan: Determining development feasibility and equitable development strategies for Downtown Atlanta’s signature cap and stitch project
- Destination Medical Center Development Plan Update: For the home to Mayo Clinic, guiding downtown's economic growth via enhanced livability and sectoral diversification.
- Equitable Economic Action Plan for the I-49 Corridor in Lafayette, Louisiana: Integrating real estate and community development strategies to reconnect highway-divided neighborhoods
- Buffalo Central Terminal Site & Neighborhood Planning: Providing market recommendations for bringing a historic icon back to life as a catalytic community asset
- Boston Reconnecting Chinatown: Analyzing the financial feasibility and socioeconomic potential of the infrastructure-led community redevelopment project
- BIG U: Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency: Developing strategies for Lower Manhattan resilience that maximize economic and community benefits
- The Loop Dallas: Guiding The Loop from implementation to long-term stewardship.
- Union Square District Vision Plan Economic Impact and Funding Analysis: Demonstrating the economic value of the mixed-use district and advocating for capital funding