Washington Square Partners was founded in 1994 by a group of real estate professionals who believed that a critical gap existed between consultants who offered analytical research and reports and developers who created projects. Washington Square Partners provides development advisory services to private developers, property owners, retailers, governmental agencies, and not-for-profit institutions. Our clients, who include some of the largest developers and public agencies in the New York City metropolitan area, hire Washington Square Partners because of the firm's record of innovation in implementing development projects that require creative, strategic thinking. Our approach has led to introducing the first of a development type to new markets, secured negotiations with difficult third parties and resulted in successful strategies for advancing projects through multiple discretionary public approvals. Our firm's principals have guided some of the most complex, groundbreaking projects in the New York Metropolitan Area including the 42nd Street revitalization, MetroTech Center, and the development of the first new shopping center in the Bronx in decades. In addition, the firm has and continues to serve clients in Long Island and Westchester County. Most recently, Washington Square Partners is engaged on groundbreaking projects in Jamaica, Queens, Downtown Brooklyn, and the Upper West Side and Meatpacking District of Manhattan.