Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) & the World Bank
HR&A has led a series of transit-oriented development (TOD) and land value capture (LVC) studies across Latin America on behalf of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank, helping public agencies and multilateral institutions understand how to leverage publicly owned land and transit investment to generate infrastructure funding, attract private development, and deliver community benefits. With an international, multicultural team that understands the complexities and opportunities faced by communities across the region, HR&A is uniquely positioned to support equitable economic growth through transit investment and land-based financing strategies.
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On behalf of the World Bank, HR&A developed a land value capture strategy for the Mitre Commuter Rail Line in Buenos Aires — analyzing state-owned parcels, evaluating Argentine financing tools, and delivering a roadmap for public real estate monetization that could fund rail improvements and inform broader infrastructure financing policy across Argentina.
HR&A's work with the World Bank catalyzed Colombia's adoption of Tax Increment Financing as a national urban development tool. Leading a team of local lawyers and planners, our case study research and policy roadmap informed Colombia's National Development Plan 2018-2022 and equipped municipalities with frameworks to capture land value for infrastructure investment.
On behalf of the Inter-American Development Bank, HR&A developed a first-of-its-kind dynamic tool to evaluate transit-oriented development potential and project land value capture revenues across a planned 15-municipality commuter rail corridor in San José — delivering a standardized, replicable methodology that can be applied to any station along the line.
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.
