Agora Partners is a real estate investment, development and advisory firm specializing in identifying and creating value-add opportunities in urban environments. Merging the often disparate skill sets of urban planning and real estate development and investment, Agora Partners is uniquely proficient in assessing development opportunities across product types and scales to capitalize on entrepreneurial planning. Agora Partners provides solutions for distressed assets, restrictive entitlements and other challenging real estate scenarios through implementation and alternative investment strategies. Working throughout the country, Agora Partners employs creative real estate tools and techniques to leverage neighborhood improvement strategies, unlock value and improve local quality of life. Agora Partners focuses on increasing value through improved land use efficiency, urban design enhancements and optimizing density. Professional skill-sets also include structuring effective and equitable partnerships, identifying and mitigating deal risks and effectively managing the entitlements process. Agora Partners acts as both principal and advisor, partnering and working with public agencies and municipalities, developers, private landowners, private equity funds, family offices, commercial and investment banks and philanthropic trusts.