Real Estate Analysis and Delivery

When real estate is developed with a purpose beyond profit, it can have a positive impact on neighborhoods for years to come.

 

U3 Advisors specializes in helping you realize the full promise and potential of your real estate. Our guidance allows our clients to better understand fluid and complex market conditions, identify development partners, establish partnership structures and delivery methods, and facilitate transactions, no matter how large or small. Our work ensures value is created and captured, whether it’s for a project, portfolio, or district.

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Practice Area Leader:

Natalie Sutherland

 

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Brooklyn Public Library

Cornell University

Delaware Valley University

Harvard University

Hebrew Union College

International House – New York

Lafayette College

Mississippi State University

Princeton University

University of North Dakota

Washington University in St. Louis

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Hazelwood Green
Forging New Ideas
Forging New Ideas
University of Maryland, College Park
Bridging Town and Gown
Bridging Town and Gown
University of North Dakota
A Comprehensive P3 Student Housing Strategy
A Comprehensive P3 Student Housing Strategy

Anchor Strategy

Anchor institutions have nearly unrivaled power to drive investment and open economic opportunities to stakeholders throughout your community.

 

Our customized Live Local, Hire Local, and Buy Local programs leverage the demand within an institution’s purchasing power and workforce needs so that everyone, including minority-owned small businesses, can benefit. By establishing strong, on-the-ground community development organizations, we help our partners build capacity to better serve their home communities.

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Practice Area Leader:

Tatianna Swenda

 

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Buffalo Purchasing Initiative

Newark Live Local

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

University of Pretoria

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Memphis Medical District Collaborative
Creating Vital Connections
Creating Vital Connections
University of Chicago
From Theory to Practice in Neighborhood Investment
From Theory to Practice in Neighborhood Investment
Kresge & Hudson Webber Foundations
Incubating the Transformation of Midtown Detroit
Incubating the Transformation of Midtown Detroit

Urban Design & Campus Planning

A vibrant campus can unite people and connect your institution to its surrounding community.

 

Our design professionals are experts in translating your institutional, economic, and social objectives into actionable development strategies. The results are campus environments that serve your students, patients, faculty, staff, and community partners.

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Practice Area Leader:

Janne Corneil

 

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Audi Somerville

Chattanooga Innovation District

Tulane University

University of Calgary

University of Nevada Reno

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Chattanooga Downtown Innovation District
Fostering Civically-Engaged Innovation
Fostering Civically-Engaged Innovation
Tulane University
Big Vision for the Big Easy
Big Vision for the Big Easy
University of Calgary
Translating Creativity into Economic Prosperity
Translating Creativity into Economic Prosperity

Community Partnerships

Building strong, healthy communities that enrich everyone’s quality of life is central to our work and our ethos – but we know this work cannot happen alone.

 

U3 specializes in helping diverse communities and historic neighborhoods devise strategies that meet everyone’s needs. Recognizing the vital role that high-quality education plays in helping neighborhoods thrive, we have developed a uniquely deep competency in establishing pre-K through post-secondary pipelines.

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Marygrove Conservancy
Centering Education at the Heart of Community
Centering Education at the Heart of Community
Reimagining the Civic Commons
Affirming the Power of the Commons
Affirming the Power of the Commons
City of Memphis Parks & Neighborhoods& Overton Park Conservancy
Reimagining Two Iconic Memphis Buildings
Reimagining Two Iconic Memphis Buildings

Innovation & Commercialization

Our clients are global leaders in innovation, cutting-edge research, and building new industry sectors.

 

U3 has the skills and experience to transform those capabilities into opportunities for scalable growth and sustainable commercialization that supports your real estate, economic development, and institutional research missions.

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ASU Polytechnic

Chattanooga Innovation District

Cornell Tech

Oakville Green Innovation District

Rice University

Texas A&M University

University of Washington Innovation District & Real Estate Foundation

University at Buffalo

University of Calgary

University of Toronto

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University of Toronto
Four Corners, One Cohesive Vision
Four Corners, One Cohesive Vision
Cornell Tech
Bringing Big Tech to the Big Apple
Bringing Big Tech to the Big Apple
Arizona State University
Redefining A Campus through Innovation
Redefining A Campus through Innovation

Capacity Building

Our partners need intuitive internal structures and coherent decision-making processes that can swiftly surface, develop, and launch big ideas.

 

U3’s experience working with institutions, non-profits, local governments, and other organizations allow them to efficiently optimize management structures, build capacity, and attract top talent that can move your vision to successful and sustainable implementation.

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Drexel University
Turning Ambition into Action
Turning Ambition into Action
Columbia University
A Long-Time Partnership for Long-Term Growth
A Long-Time Partnership for Long-Term Growth
Chestnut Hill College
Expanding the Small College Narrative
Expanding the Small College Narrative