Jane creates effective, implementable community and economic development strategies.

Jane brings a breadth of experience, knowledge, and analytical expertise to HR&A’s Los Angeles office. Driven by a passion to build better communities, she uses her deep understanding of development and municipal finance to advise cities through the implementation of economic development plans.

Prior to joining HR&A, Jane advised public sector clients on commercial and residential planning and development, and participated in complex municipal finance projects including over $500 million in bond issuances as an Associate at RSG. Prior to starting at RSG, Jane worked for two Southern California based developers and a philanthropic consulting firm.

Jane holds a Masters degree in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California, and received a Bachelor’s of Arts in History from the University of Michigan.

Arjun leads digital product development at HR&A, focusing on the intersection of quantitative methods, data science, web development, and policy to drive insights and decision-making for clients across the country.

With a strong belief in leveraging data and technology to tackle complex urban challenges, Arjun collaborates with public and private sector clients to develop interactive dashboards, spatial analysis tools, and policy calculators. These digital products enable monitoring of housing market conditions, demonstrate the impacts of development policies, and advocate for equitable outcomes.

Notable projects include the Texas Digital Opportunity Hub, an interactive website showcasing the state’s efforts to close digital gaps; the the Florida Apartment Scarcity Dashboard, which tracks the state’s growing housing needs; and the Indiana Housing, a data and policy repository for the entire state of Indiana.

Prior to joining HR&A, Arjun created GIS tools and analytical models for the City of Austin. He also provided mapping and market analysis support for a main street organization in Boston as a Community Service Fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Arjun holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, concentrating in Real Estate and Urban Development, and a Bachelor’s in Political Economy with a minor in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

Tanner leads development finance strategies and economic policy to promote community revitalization, economic growth and implementation of large-scale projects.

Tanner leads complex projects at the intersection of the public and private sectors. He specializes in the implementation of large-scale infrastructure, affordable housing, and real estate projects, crafting creative financing strategies, and advising institutional clients.

Prior to HR&A, Tanner advised local governments on economic development policy as a project manager with the Development Finance Initiative in North Carolina. Previously, Tanner spent over five years in institutional and non-profit finance, where he managed a team of research and financial analysts at Cambridge Associates in Washington, DC. During graduate school, Tanner worked as an HR&A Graduate Fellow with HR&A Advisors.

Tanner holds a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he focused in real estate and economic development. He received his undergraduate degree in finance and real estate, from American University.

Kristina leverages her public policy, economics, and development experience to advance innovative solutions in urban communities.

Kristina supports HR&A’s public and private clients through the creation of innovative citywide economic development strategies and plans to finance large-scale development. She analyzes the impacts of infrastructure investments and assesses key policy initiatives to advise clients on transit-oriented development, public-private partnerships, and growth strategies for innovation and creative economies.

Currently, Kristina is assessing energy efficiency incentives and technical assistance programs provided by the District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility to determine its impact on green job creation, workforce development, and economic activity in Washington, DC. In El Paso, Texas she is working with city leadership to develop a comprehensive economic growth strategy through the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative.

Kristina is also developing a viable value-capture financing plan to support transit-oriented development around four proposed Metro-North Railroad stations in the Bronx, and is analyzing catalytic redevelopment scenarios for several large waterfront sites in Long Island City, Queens.

Prior to joining the firm, Kristina served as Assistant Vice President of Economic Research & Analysis at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where she was responsible for evaluating the redevelopment potential of City-owned sites, as well as the feasibility of public infrastructure investments and economic policy decisions. At the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Kristina analyzed incentive structures for development proposals within the new Hudson Yards district and identified strategies for industry expansion and cultivation for OneNYC, the City’s long-term plan for sustainable growth.

Kristina holds a master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from DePaul University.

As a Senior Principal in HR&A’s Washington, DC office, Steven Reilly brings expertise in the areas of market analysis, urban planning, and strategic real estate advisory.

Steven supported the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to define a retail strategy through market analysis and financial analysis as part of the Washington Union Station 2nd Century Master Plan. Additionally, Steven contributed to the creation of an economic development framework strategy for the Pennsylvania Avenue Initiative, which will help shape the future of the Avenue in Washington, DC.

Prior to joining HR&A, Steven worked as a Community Revitalization Fellow for the Development Finance Initiative, where he contributed to downtown revitalization efforts through work on catalytic real estate development projects. He was previously a Senior Associate at Delta Associates, a commercial real estate research and advisory firm based in the Washington region. At Delta, Steven conducted market analysis and financial feasibility for proposed development projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Steven holds a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he specialized in Real Estate Development and Economic Development. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia with a double major in Architecture and Economics.

Imran combines experience in urban design and investment to support private and public clients in development and planning.

Imran brings nine years of institutional and private sector experience across design, investment, strategy, and project execution and management. Imran was previously Assistant Director of Real Estate and Development at North Carolina State University, where he was part of an executive team leading the development of a 30-acre mixed-use innovation district at Centennial Campus, a trailblazing campus for public-private partnerships and innovation.

Prior to his role at North Carolina State University, Imran worked in private equity real estate investment at the Dilweg Companies in Durham, NC, and as a Senior Analyst at HR&A. His experiences include leading investment and asset management strategy for $750 million in office assets across the southeast and advising on institutional investment and development opportunities in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, New York, and Texas.

Imran holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and a Bachelors and a Masters degree in architecture from North Carolina State University. He also participated in multiple academic initiatives at North Carolina State University during his tenure there and will continue to serve as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Design, where he teaches real estate development for architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering students.

Lydia leads projects that promote equitable economic development and resiliency and manages large-scale participatory planning processes.

Lydia supports a variety of HR&A services including program design, financial and organizational strategy, community engagement, and climate adaptation planning. Most recently, she developed an equitable economic development framework for Greenwood Park in Baton Rouge, and is working to design the City of Newark, NJ’s approach to economic development and long-term recovery from COVID-19.

She supported the historic transition of Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County’s first female County Judge, including leading program development and management for the Talking Transition initiative, the County’s largest community outreach and participatory policy-making initiative in recent history. Lydia has developed strategies for organizations including the NYC Department of Education’s Division of Early Childhood Education, for which she also developed and is supporting the implementation of a Racial Equity Plan.

Through her work as a Forefront Fellow with the Urban Design Forum, she developed physical, programmatic, and financial strategies for resident-led resilience and climate adaptation planning on NYCHA campuses. Lydia received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and pursued coursework in Environmental Science and Public Policy at both Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Jon draws on his experience in public-private partnerships, real estate development strategy, and climate adaptation planning to create more productive, inspiring, and resilient urban spaces.

Jon works with interdisciplinary teams to address complex urban challenges that demand economic, design, public policy, and scientific analyses. At HR&A, his work has included project management, financial analysis, and economic impact analysis for several large real estate projects in New York City, including the Anable Basin redevelopment plan. He has advised the Trustees of Reservations in their efforts to create a new world-class park on the Boston waterfront, as well as organizations in New York and Toronto seeking to transform the public realm. Jon has played a major role in citywide climate adaptation plans in New York, Boston, and Miami-Dade County, and has managed or contributed to economic analyses for the flood control infrastructure plans in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.

Prior to joining HR&A, Jon worked at SiteCompli, a real estate technology company whose software helps New York City owners and managers stay on top of building code compliance. He also interned at the New York City Department of City Planning’s Waterfront Division, guiding City policy related to sea-level rise; researched public-private partnerships at New Yorkers for Parks; and provided management and policy support at the Times Square Alliance during the Broadway pedestrianization project.

Jon holds a master’s in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he concentrated in Real Estate & Urban Development and Environmental Planning. At Harvard, Jon won the urban planning Academic Excellence award and participated in teams that achieved the following: first place in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s Affordable Housing Development Competition; semi-finalist in the Boston Living with Water competition; and a Student Project Award from the American Institute of Certified Planners. Jon also holds a B.A. with Honors in Psychology from Yale, where he wrote, directed, and produced a musical comedy.

• Forefront Fellow, Urban Design Forum
• Member, American Planning Association

Thomas Jansen is an experienced urban strategist providing real-estate, policy, financial and economic advisory to municipalities, institutions, and developers. Thomas helps clients and stakeholders navigate complexity to advance the implementation of real-estate and planning projects that produce wide-ranging public benefits.

Thomas’s experience includes developing market-aligned visions for large-scale development projects, navigating fraught entitlement processes, and designing creative financing strategies.

Working at the intersection of the public and private sectors, Thomas advances complex development projects. These projects require close partnerships to move beyond market or financial challenges to deliver jobs, affordable housing and vital urban environments. Frequently, Thomas also works with public agencies and institutions to maximize the potential of public assets and transportation investments. Thomas has:

• Advised the City of San Jose in negotiations with Google for a development agreement for the 80-acre Downtown West mixed-use neighborhood, which will include 1,000 affordable units, a $155 million community-directed stabilization and opportunity pathways fund, 15 acres of parks and open space, and other benefits.
• Shaped a streamlined entitlement framework for Downtown Los Angeles on behalf of the Los Angeles Department of City Planning that will produce tens of millions of dollars of affordable housing and community benefits through incentive zoning structures which will be replicated in similar benefit programs in other Los Angeles community plan updates.
• Analyzed the Los Angeles Unified School District’s portfolio of over 6,400 acres of facilities and identified top opportunities for revenue generation and affordable housing production. In this assignment, Thomas managed the creation of a live tool incorporating property data to inform ongoing decision-making by senior executives.
• Worked closely with planning and design teams to create market-aligned land use programs for dozens of large public and private properties. Project locations have ranged from the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas to Austin, Cape Town, Dallas, Denver, Hong Kong, Santa Fe, and Seattle-Tacoma, among others.

Thomas also manages analysis and strategy development for important policy initiatives. Thomas’s work focuses on growing access to economic opportunity, in part by aligning public-sector and business interests to invest in multi-benefit solutions. Thomas:

• Developed the City of Los Angeles’ first citywide economic developments strategy. The strategy included a 5-year strategic plan with organizational recommendations to better deliver economic development services, programs to address economic inequities and empower Angelenos, programs to strengthen city businesses, and place-based programs to grow local economies.
• Determined the necessity of expanding the California State University System by constructing a 24th campus, as directed by the California State Legislature, through analysis of long-term enrollment demand and workforce/occupational needs. This effort identified more cost-effective strategies to invest in the system’s capacity and better serve first-generation, underrepresented minority and low-income students.
• Surveyed the Urban Land Institute’s membership to analyze adoption of real estate development progressive practices that support social equity, health equity and individual health outcomes. This first-of-its kind survey also included recommendations for ULI to advance member awareness and adoption of such practices.

Prior to joining the firm, Thomas worked as an owner’s representative in New York City and as an urban designer for mixed-use development projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Thomas received his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and pursued coursework in Real Estate Design and Development at both the Wharton School and Penn’s School of Design. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.