Vermont & Manchester | Acquisitions and development

Connecting land assembly, development strategy and reinvestment

A two-city-block retail and entertainment vision required coordinated acquisitions, program development, agency work and financing preparation.

Vermont Entertainment Village — proposed streetscape rendering.
Vermont Entertainment Village — proposed streetscape rendering. · Architecture Refined Corporation
The challenge

Where the work began.

The development strategy crossed ownership, land-use, utility, financing and community interfaces. A later expansion also required replacement acquisitions tied to an existing asset disposition.

01 / Approach

Assemble the land

Personally handled three acquisitions from owner outreach and pricing through due diligence, bank coordination and escrow closing.

02 / Approach

Coordinate the development program

Led feasibility and program work, with zoning, entitlement, street-vacation and environmental-review coordination. Managed design/engineering teams and civil and utility-relocation interfaces.

03 / Approach

Prepare the business case

Developed budgets, schedules and pro formas, coordinated appraisal and lender information, and led corporate-tenant and leasing discussions.

04 / Approach

Execute the reinvestment strategy

Developed a multi-property 1031 strategy linked to the 722 South Broadway disposition. Negotiated lender payoff/carve-out terms, located replacement parcel owners and directed acquisition due diligence and escrow.

05 / Approach

Engage the community

Led community outreach, presentations, events and project media communications, working with local officials and agencies.

Completed acquisitions; proposed development

What the work established.

The source records completed Phase 2 replacement-property acquisitions and the closed 2017 CRA purchase. The retail and entertainment renderings remain a historical development vision, distinct from those completed transactions.

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