Taylor Kay

Senior Analyst

Taylor Kay drives community impact, innovation, and economic development for cultural capital assets around the globe through real estate strategy. She brings an equitable and inclusive lens to support clients across sectors.

She brings over eight years of experience in project management, liaising, policymaking, and technical advisory. Taylor provides a variety of HR&A services including market analysis, financial feasibility, economic/fiscal impact studies, master planning, owner’s rep advisory, developer solicitation, deal term development and negotiation, organizational/governance strategy, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement.

Prior to HR&A, Taylor worked at Thomas Safran & Associates, a real estate developer and operator of affordable and luxury mixed-use residential communities. As part of the predevelopment team, her work focused on design, entitlement, and finance of projects and involved extensive engagement with public agencies, supportive services providers, design professionals, and specialty consultants.

Previously, Taylor was an Assistant Planner for the City of Inglewood where she served as a project manager, advisor and policy author on a variety of land use and economic development projects. Taylor also interned for the honorable Bernard C. Parks, former councilmember for City of Los Angeles’s Council District 8 (CD8), the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Esperanza Community Housing, and City of Lynwood’s Redevelopment Agency. Taylor earned a dual master’s degree in Urban Planning and Public Administration, with an Economic Development concentration, at University of Southern California (USC) and a B.A. in Urban Studies from Loyola Marymount University (LMU). She most recently completed the USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate and the Real Estate Associate Program (REAP LA).