Gibbs Planning Group
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Prior to forming GPG, Gibbs served as the Director of Planning at the Taubman Company and as an urban
GPG is a small, but highly regarded urban consulting firm. We are considered one of the leading authori- ties on the research and planning of historic com- mercial districts, neighborhoods, mixed - use town centers and resorts. GPG specializes in analyzing and planning complex historic and urban commercial centers and offers complete planning and real estate advisory services for the public and private sectors. We frequently assemble seasoned architects, real estate and economic professionals to approach com- missions in a collaborative advisory and planning process. Founded in 1988 by Robert Gibbs, FASLA, AICP, GPG has consulted for hundreds of cities, institutions, new town centers, resorts and universities across the Americas, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Public - sector clients include Albuquerque, Alexandria, Auckland, Dublin, Cambridge, Charleston, Grand Rap- ids, Houston, Knoxville, Madison, Miami, Naples, Palm Desert, Portland, San Juan, Santa Cruz and Seattle. Our private - sector clients include Bedrock Real Estate, Big Sky Resorts, EDS, General Motors, Harbour Town, Home Fed Corporation, Rosemary Beach, Seabrook, Steiner Associates, The St. Joe Company, Taubman Centers, the Queensland Investment Company, the Disney Company and the Weyerhaeuser Company. GPG has also provided real estate advisory services for Bronson Methodist Hospital, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, The University of Pennsylvania, The Florida Hospital, Wayne State University, the University of Miami and William Beaumont Hospital. Gibbs serves as GPG's managing director, teaches at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design ’ s Ex Ed program and serves as the Director of the Urban Retail Institute. He has authored numerous books in- cluding Principles for Urban Retail , Town Planning (Japan) and has been recently named as one of the 100 Most Influential Urbanists of the Century by his peers. Gibbs is also is credited with developing one of the Great Ideas of the New Urbanism and the Smart Code ’ s retail development standards.
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GPG offers real estate advising, peer reviews and mar- ket research on an hourly or fixed - fee consulting basis. We are noted for our direct, realistic, market - based insights. Our research methodology incudes the analysis of mul- tiple, sophisticated demographic databases, remote sensing, current real estate market activity reports and insights from knowledgeable industry insiders. GPG ’ s research services range from general market overviews to detailed long - range forecasts of the amounts, types and likely economic performance of each supportable commercial or residential category. Numerous distinguished architects, cities, developers, institutions and universities have come to rely on GPG for accurate, frank advice and research as a basis for their policies, plans and property repurposing. GPG's advisory services include: Market analysis & de- mand forecasts for hotels, office, residential and retail - restaurants. Site analysis & repositioning strategies for downtown shopping districts and shopping centers. Urban Planning Services GPG offers a broad range of urban design and town planning consulting from quick sketches to full - service planning/design for cities, institutions, new town cen- ters and universities. Our plans are based on traditional and new urban prin- ciples for the development of mixed - use walkable new towns or the enrichment of city center commer- cial districts.
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