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Lights in the Dark
Engineering

We leverage our experience, Spreadsheets, #2 pencils, and connections to get it done.  

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

  • Financial analysis and pro forma modeling for affordable housing and tax credit developments. 

  • Coordination and communications between development team and MaineHousing, including navigating the competitive tax credit allocation process. 

  • Track record of 100% successful competitive affordable housing tax credit applications. 

  • Negotiation for tax credit investments, credit syndication. 

  • Applications for CDBG, HOME funds, and other below-market capital. 

  • Steering municipal approvals, including tax increment financing applications and land use approvals on behalf of the project. 

PROject management

  • Project management for development and construction projects. 

  • Owner's representation for capital improvements, including energy retrofits, solar panel arrays, etc. 

  • Scheduling and critical path analysis. 

  • Wrangling consultants and vendors on behalf of the project.  

  • Preconstruction services. 

  • Construction oversight. 

  • Feasibility studies. 

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & Consulting 

  • Conceptual development planning. 

  • Financial modeling, comparison of financing scenarios.

  • Oversight and guidance for land use approvals / entitlements process. 

  • Budgeting for historic rehab and new construction projects, including hard costs and soft costs. 

  • Communications with stakeholders and funders. 

Permitting & engineering

  • Permitting and approvals, with a focus on the City of Portland approvals process.

  • Structural engineering for buildings (timber, steel, concrete). 

  • Existing building assessments. 

  • Conceptual studies. 

  • Constructability reviews. 

  • Peer reviews. 

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