CRE and Municipalities: How to Build Effective Partnerships – 2026 – 1 Hour – Elective

Instructor:   Mark Nikita, FAIA, CNU, APA – Archive DS

Real estate professionals (including realtors, developers, brokers, and investors) play a vital role in shaping and enhancing communities through development. By collaborating proactively with municipalities—such as city planning departments, councils, elected and appointed officials, zoning boards, and economic development departments—they can align projects with community goals including economic growth, community vision implementation and walkability. This reduces opposition, streamlines approvals, and creates win-win outcomes.

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