Return On Engagement: Stakeholder-Driven Real Estate [Module 2]

Harvard GSD

Across many U.S. cities, Planning Boards and City Councils rely on discretionary planning approvals to entitle most major real estate development projects — especially as many zoning codes and specific plans are not set up for “by-right” approval of large-site, multi-phased, and mixed-use proposals.Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) and Project Development Agreements (PDAs) increasingly function not merely as regulatory tools, but as platforms for negotiating broader societal outcomes —…