Building Narratives: Bringing Spatial Planning and Economic Development Together
1/4Building Narratives:
Bringing Spatial Planning and
Economic Development Together
There is a close connection between an area’s future and its buildings and streets. Today’s growing economic sectors and clusters, whether they are food production, tech firms or health services, have their clear building requirements. Matching existing building stock or planning new development to meet economic demands requires an assessment of the buildings, current zoning, construction costs, the surrounding amenities and incentive policies. Processes include GIS analysis, 3D modeling, design and scenario planning alongside complementary market analysis, real estate assessment and workforce development.
Once this analysis has been done, the story of how to refurbish or develop new buildings, how to improve or create amenities, and how to tailor policies to encourage these changes needs to be told.
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