CIVIQ with James F. Lima

806 East 12th Street,Chattanooga TN 37403

04 May, 2023

Description

More about James F. Lima! James Lima has extensive experience in the planning and implementation of urban revitalization projects throughout North America. His real estate and economic advisory firm, James Lima Planning + Development, helps public and private sector clients create more vibrant, equitable, and resilient places. JLP+D provides planning, policy, real estate, and economic advisory services for downtown and waterfront revitalization, institutional real estate value creation, great placemaking, and shaping impactful public policy. James is working on a broad range of urban regeneration initiatives — from planning and implementation of downtown district growth strategies to cultural arts facilities development, resiliency investments, adaptive reuse of historic properties, and increasing access to economic opportunity and affordable housing. Recent work includes co-authoring with the Urban Land Institute The Case for Open Space: Why the Real Estate Industry Should Invest in Parks and Open Spaces; and “Placemaking as an Economic Engine for All”, The Routledge Handbook of Placemaking (2021); real estate and economic analyses for flood vulnerable urban waterfront districts in Miami, Lower Manhattan and Silicon Valley; and feasibility analyses and implementation of numerous mixed-use, mixed-income developments for private clients. Previously, James served as a NYC affordable housing and economic development official and later was appointed by then-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg as founding President of the public corporation overseeing the redevelopment and operations of historic Governors Island in New York Harbor.