What We Excel At
Mixed-Use & Main Street Lifestyle Centers
Cities and planned communities frequently seek ways of distinguishing their new developments. Linda S. Congleton & Associates has worked with landowners, cities, and designers to create successful, synergistic combinations of shopping with commercial and housing components for town centers, mixed-use districts (including transit projects), and market-rate and affordable housing projects. Our consulting has creatively mixed adjacent, pedestrian-friendly uses, resulting in economically viable, energized options for communities.
Master-Planned Community Commercial Strategies
Linda S. Congleton & Associates is a leading national, master-planned community commercial consulting firm. We provide short- and long-range commercial programming and sizing to meet housing forecasts and regional commercial demands. Linda S. Congleton & Associates has provided commercial build-out consultation for the Weston, FL, community (15,000 homes); the community of Viera, FL; Summerlin, NV; Mountain House (14,000 homes); Irvine, Valencia, and Playa Vista, CA; and numerous other communities.
International Retail
Linda S. Congleton & Associates has conducted international feasibility, programming, and valuation consultation for residential/hotel/retail mixed-use projects; town centers; entertainment/retail/lifestyle centers; integrated resort shopping centers; and tourist-oriented specialty centers. Our international assignments have taken us to widely diverse locations, with clients desiring our specialized expertise on challenging, complex, and specialized retail/mixed-use projects.
Retailer Portfolio Analysis & Expansion Strategies/Site Research
Linda S. Congleton & Associates' expertise includes retailer sales projections, individual retailer site analysis and expansion strategies, and regional competitive impacts. Our experience includes an array of anchor stores, including department and grocery/gourmet food stores. We have specialized expertise in restaurant, casual dining, and quick food operation expansion strategies, with future year sales projections. Notable retailer assignments include BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, McDonald's, Target Corporation, Home Depot (expert witness), Associated Wholesale Grocers, Tokyu Department Store, and numerous grocery/gourmet food stores and restaurants/quick foods as part of our Main Street or shopping center assignments.