What Makes a City-Developer Partnership Work
By Habib Lawal, Mount Holly, NJ The Meeting That Sets the Tone The first conversation with a city official tells me almost everything about how a project will go. Some meetings are about rules: zoning, permits, timelines, approvals. Those are necessary, but they are not the ones that predict success. The meetings that matter are […]
Why the Best Real Estate Developers Think Like Business Strategists, Not Just Builders
By Habib Lawal, Mount Holly, NJ The Builder’s Instinct Versus the Strategist’s Question Ask most people what a developer does, and they picture someone walking a job site in a hard hat, checking on framing and finishes. That’s part of it. But the work that actually decides whether a project succeeds happens long before anyone […]