Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
In Ceilândia, a suburb of Brasília, two metro stations anchor 29 hectares of publicly owned, underutilized land with real potential for transit-oriented development. On behalf of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), HR&A developed a land value capture (LVC) strategy to fund the infrastructure needed to unlock that potential — assessing market and financial feasibility, evaluating existing and proposed financing tools, and delivering tailored implementation recommendations designed for Ceilândia’s specific legal, institutional, and market context.
Working in consultation with key public agencies and drawing on input from local experts, HR&A evaluated the LVC potential of new development around both stations and analyzed how existing tools and governance structures could be strengthened to maximize their effectiveness. The resulting strategy centers on a creative funding approach that enhances interagency coordination, reduces barriers to private investment, and increases transit ridership — while ensuring that development around the stations delivers tangible community benefits, including affordable housing.
By tailoring recommendations to what is achievable within Distrito Federal’s existing regulatory and institutional framework, HR&A positioned the IDB and its public agency counterparts to move from strategy to implementation — demonstrating how land value capture can serve as a practical, community-centered financing mechanism for transit-oriented development in Latin American cities.
