Consulting
Streetfront provides development consulting to cities, nonprofits, cooperatives, and private developers. Engagements range from a single feasibility analysis to full staff augmentation for development services over a multi-year project.
Services
Financial Feasibility Analysis
Independent analysis of whether a project concept holds together financially. Unit mix, cost assumptions, financing structure, and return. Useful at the front end of a project before significant time or money is committed.
Turnkey Development Services
For owners who lack an in-house development team, Streetfront can serve as the embedded developer to manage entitlements, coordinate design, negotiate contracts, assemble financing, direct sales and leasing, procure contractors, administer funds, oversee construction, and turn over at closeout.
Site Optimization
Evaluate a site's development potential including highest-and-best use, density, phasing options, pro forma modeling, and funding strategy. Designed for cities and landowners considering redevelopment or disposition of a property, and calibrated to what private developers actually need to move forward.
Training and Capacity Building
For government, nonprofit, and cooperative organizations building internal development capacity. Engagements include pro forma analysis training, Excel skill-building, and strategy workshops.
Representative Engagements
Sherman Associates — Embedded development services for two affordable housing projects in the Twin Cities: Beam Apartments (72 apartments and 20 townhomes in North Minneapolis) and Fridley Station Village - Ursa (73 affordable apartments, part of a three-building transit-oriented development). Both completed in 2022. Services included entitlements, LIHTC and bond applications, financing negotiation, construction oversight, and lease-up coordination.
CoNorth — Capacity building engagement for a nonprofit cooperative housing organization. Delivered a feasibility pro forma template, acquisition protocol, financial landscape assessment, and staff training on applying those tools to live project evaluations.
City of Harris / University of Minnesota ESMC — Part of the Emerging Small Minnesota Communities Program. Provided a Developer's perspective for a small Minnesota city pursuing downtown redevelopment. Scope included site analysis, pro forma modeling for priority parcels, funding strategy review, and a replication toolkit for use with other ESMC participant communities.