Kate Collignon is Managing Partner with HR&A Advisors, a nationwide real estate and economic development consulting firm that has guided creation of public private partnerships for over 40 years. Kate's career has spanned management of some of the most complex public and private development initiatives in New York City, to cultivation of economic turnarounds in small and mid-sized cities across the Midwest, to downtown revitalization strategies in California and beyond. Recent and ongoing work includes advising on creation of office conversion programs and policies in San Francisco (on behalf of ULI and SPUR), Atlanta, Tulsa, and Indianapolis, and examining associated best practices and opportunities nationwide with HUD.
Kate is a member of ULI San Francisco's Executive Board and of the Public Development and Infrastructure Product Council. Prior to joining HR&A Advisors, she served as Development Director with Brookfield Properties, as Senior Vice President for Development at the NYC Economic Development Corporation, and on the faculty of the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Kate is a graduate of Columbia University, and holds a master's in public policy and urban planning from Harvard's Kennedy School.
Speaking at
Tue May 13
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
Colorado Convention Center - Street Level, 501-502
Filling the Knowledge Gap: Guiding the U.S. Government on Office-to-Residential Conversions
Category
Housing/Residential
In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made a significant commitment to accelerate the adoption of innovative practices and policies to increase affordable housing. As part of this commitment, Gensler, HR&A Advisors and Brookings were awarded funding to analyze office-to-residential conversion activities across six U.S. cities, test the financial feasibility of these conversions, study policy and incentives, and build an online community guide to allow local policymakers to estimate the impact of potential conversion policies on their community. Join representatives from the analytic team and HUD to discuss the ongoing analysis, share preliminary findings, explore how Gensler and its partners are advising the government on the topic, and – with panelists from cities advancing their own conversion strategies -- debate what must be done to unlock additional housing in the United States. The session will outline the team's approach to the analysis; present the recommended changes to city, state, and federal policy; and provide an update on how one city is advancing its own program through existing policy tools.