Senior Market and Development Analyst

Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home. 

Your Opportunity 

You will be the next team member in Stantec’s national Development Economics team.  We analyze the context for development and revitalization in local communities, providing strategies and implementation steps to surmount challenges and advance local goals. If hired, you would be joining a power center within Stantec that is technically excellent, while working hard to maintain an inclusive and supportive workplace. 

We are active in developing industry-leading methodologies for understanding real estate, housing and economic dynamics in local communities. We put research to work in support of urban planning projects, and housing and economic development strategies.

The Development Economics team is based in Minneapolis and situated within the Minneapolis urban planning team.  We work closely with Stantec planning teams across North America—and support Stantec teams in additional disciplines such as transportation, parks/recreation, infrastructure, and land development. The breadth of projects provides continual opportunities for creativity and deepening our experience and expertise.

We are seeking a colleague that brings both expertise and leadership—with previous experience that cuts across urban planning, community development, economics, and/or real estate, and who has developed analytical skillsets that support project types such as market analysis, economic development strategies, housing studies, economic impact analysis, fiscal impact analysis, development implementation strategies, and related work.

We also seek a colleague with a background that demonstrates their ability to step readily into a project leadership role that encompasses structuring and managing the project, positive client relations, and working collaboratively with other members of your project team.

Importantly, we are also looking for a colleague who values and would contribute to a work culture where all team members feel supported and valued. 

Your Key Responsibilities

• Utilize analytical methodologies and research interviews to build an understanding of a broad range of local planning and development contexts, within which you shape strategies and recommendations for achieving community goals.
• Utilize and build your knowledge of local planning practices, policies and regulations, and how they intersect with the built environment.
• Leverage strong written, visualization, and verbal communication skills to summarize complex data, and to convey information to technical and non-technical audiences
• Exercise excellent client engagement and management in order to meet project expectations and generate strong referrals. 
• Anticipated tasks include:
  • Exercising project management and team leadership to execute projects from initiation to conclusion
  • Drafting and supporting development market research for plans of all scales (e.g. neighborhood, city, region, etc) and site-based development studies.
  • Drafting presentation and narrative content for housing studies, economic development strategies, and the development aspects of planning projects.
  • Conducting interviews of developers and real estate professionals to deepen insights relative to geographic areas of focus.
  • Conducting demographic, economic, and market data analysis utilizing coding and spreadsheet methodologies.
  • Preparing map exhibits that illustrate patterns of land use and development, and features that illuminate their market context and potential opportunities.
  • Conducting strategy and best practices research on housing, retail and financial strategies in support of housing and development studies.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Be interested in learning all facets of planning and development, and in bringing projects from concept to deliverable.
• Understanding of urban economics, real estate development and urban planning.
• Orientation toward collaboration and team building.
• Strong writing, verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for preparing analysis and delivering high-quality, visually appealing reports
• Ability to work independently and apply strong critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge and experience with market and development research platforms.

Preferred Capabilities and Credentials

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