Urban Planning and Real Estate Development Services

Rhoades Planning Group offers urban planning, design, and entitlements expertise for infill and affordable mixed-use development projects.

RPG has in-depth knowledge of the policy, zoning and economic realities of designing and building sustainable mixed-use projects – the current wave of urban investment.

RPG’s clients benefit from a unique combination of development and urban planning know-how: an integrated, forward-thinking and reality-based approach to planning and development for private investors and public agencies.

Development Services

RPG successfully combines state and local laws to help design and entitle development projects in high barrier-to-entry markets. Our strategies engage decision-makers, the community, and local agency staff at once. Our development services include:

  • Property Acquisition, Land Use Yield

  • Project Planning and Design Consultation

  • Land/Use/Planning/Zoning Entitlement and Process Consultation

  • State Department of Real Estate Services

  • State Density Bonus Law, Inclusionary Zoning, Infill Development

  • Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process (SMAP) - SB 35, AB 2011, AB 2162

City Planning Consulting

RPG has thirty years of experience in city planning and land use policy development and implementation. Our city planning services include:

  • Strategies for Sustainable Infill Development- Policies and Implementation Measures

  • State Density Bonus Law, Inclusionary Zoning

  • Drafting Zoning Ordinances, Specific Plans, and Objective Standards

  • Planning and Community Development Administration/ Organizational Management

  • Development and Environmental Review Processes