Development Consulting
We make our development and economic development consulting experience available to you
In addition to tax credit consulting and development opportunities, Brian Wishneff & Associates has extensive development and economic development consulting experience through our team’s 100 plus years of combined real estate experience.
Our Development Consulting Services:
Site Selection:
If your business is looking to relocate or expand, BW&A can help you find the best new location to meet your needs. We will evaluate the needs and “wish list” of your organization and provide a comprehensive analysis of all potential locations. Once the “wish list” is developed, our firm will solicit interest from relevant entities that may have sites that meet our clients needs. BW&A will help clients evaluate each prospective site and negotiate financing incentives that may be available to attract new businesses to these localities. Whether you are looking for assistance on a local, regional or national basis, we can help. Past site location clients of BW&A included Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Advance Auto Parts to a number of start-ups and other growing businesses.
Fee Developer:
BW&A has also acted as fee developer for various real estate projects. In doing so, BW&A has managed all aspects of development from financing to construction to leasing. Some of our projects have included:
-Warehouse Row – Roanoke, VA
-Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences – Rocky Mount, NC
-Roanoke Higher Education Center – Roanoke, VA
Public-Private Partnership Consulting:
BW&A has helped numerous clients identify, negotiate and close on various public-private partnerships that involved real estate development. Using our vast experience, BW&A can assist you in structuring a partnership that will produce a positive result for all involved. In creating these partnerships, we hope to add economic value to both partners, provide the public partner the ability to implement public policy and provide enhanced benefits to the community.
Some of our public-private clients have included:
– Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
– Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel
– City of Norfolk, Virginia in pursuit of an NHL franchise
– Suffolk Hilton Garden Inn
– Stonewall Jackson Inn in Staunton, Virginia
– T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon Missouri
– Bayside at Fort Howard (active adult residential community targeted to veterans)
– Rodgers Avenue transit-oriented development in Baltimore, MD
Other Services
BW&A has assisted numerous other clients with variety of real estate and economic development activities. These services have included defining a mission as part of the creation of the Carilion Biomedical Center in Roanoke, Virginia which involved the creation of the new biomedical entity and negotiating a three-way higher education partnership between Virginia Tech, Carilion Health Systems and the City of Roanoke, VA. Other roles have included feasibility studies, corridor studies, and economic impact studies.