Mixed Use Development, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

In September 2011, the City of Virginia Beach received an unsolicited proposal from the Breeden Company to convert a little-used, 244-space surface parking lot into 147 residential apartments, a unique 743m2-indoor sky diving facility, approximately 233 m2 of commercial space, and a public parking garage with 377 spaces.

South Waterfront Central District Greenway, Portland, Oregon, United States

In 2003, the Portland Development Commission formed a partnership with major private developers to transform the South Waterfront Central District from an underused riverfront industrial area to a vibrant, mixed-use central city neighborhood. Most of these developers already owned land in the areas to be developed by the project.

Downtown Renewal, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

The downtown area of Silver Spring had been slowly deteriorating for several decades. Prior attempts were made by the local authority to redevelop the area but to no avail. The situation changed when private developers and the Montgomery County authority developed and negotiated a joint development plan to bring Downtown Silver Spring back to life. This culminated in a PPP for the redevelopment of the 90,000 m2 Downtown Silver Spring site, which was established in 2000.

Capitol Crossing, Washington, District of Colombia, United States

Capital Crossing is an ambitious project to develop a multi-level podium over the busy I-395 highway that runs through the middle of Washington, District of Columbia (the District), as the District sold the air rights and land over a strip of the highway to a private developer to leverage the property’s land value.