October 2014

The Urban Land 40 Under 40 winners are the top real estate professionals under 40 years of age. HR&A congratulates Kaye Matheny as a member of this inaugural group.

“This honor again affirms her stature as a leader. Kaye’s values and capacities embody HR&A’s mission and our vision for the future of cities. We value Kaye as a member of our community and as a resource for our clients.” – John Alschuler, HR&A Chairman

Kaye Matheny, Principal at HR&A, was named one of the winners of Urban Land magazine’s first ever 40 Under 40 competition. Urban Land, the flagship publication of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), announced the winners on Tuesday October 21st at the ULI Fall Meeting at the Javits Center in New York City. This select group is comprised of the best and brightest young professionals from around the world as determined by a jury of leading ULI members.

ULI Global Chairman Lynn Thurber recognized the honorees “These professionals are already making an impact on the industry,” Thurber said. “They are demonstrating outstanding leadership in all areas of real estate — design, development, finance, planning, sustainability, public policy, and academia. Their work is helping to keep ULI at the forefront of community building in the 21st century.”

Kaye co-leads HR&A’s resilience practice, managing large-scale programs such as the New York Rising Community Reconstruction program on behalf of the New York State Office of Storm Recovery’s, the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program, as well as the Foundation’s national capacity-building initiative to support HUD’s National Disaster Resilience Competition. These programs engage stakeholder groups to develop long-term resiliency strategies. “I am driven by the opportunity to shape our increasingly urban world by integrating and improving complex networks of built, economic, and social systems to impact everyday life,” says Kaye.

Kaye also serves as a practice lead and strategic advisor for the firm’s housing projects, providing leadership on projects that have an emphasis on affordable housing and policy. Prior to joining the firm, Kaye served as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner for Strategy and Operations at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). Prior to that she was the Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Planning. Kaye is an active member of ULI and a volunteer with the NYC HOPE Homeless Survey and New York Cares organizations.

HR&A works with public, private, and non-profit leaders to address physical, social, and economic resiliency in cities across North America and around the world, with a focus on implementable solutions.

HR&A Advisors has been a leader in resiliency planning in the Northeastern United States in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, including Jamie Torres Springer’s role in the Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, our work managing NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program efforts for New York State, and participation in the innovative Rebuild by Design process. We are also proud to be working with the Rockefeller Foundation on its 100 Resilient Cities initiative to develop resilience strategies around the world and to be program managing Rockefeller’s Capacity Building Initiative in support of the National Disaster Resilience Competition. We have provided key economic framework guidance for resiliency efforts and a public-private approach to implementation that draws on project value for funding. In the months and years ahead, HR&A is committed to working with public, private, and non-profit partners to learn from our common experiences and to design and implement strategies that promote resiliency in urban places over the long term.

Infrastructure: Planning for and Financing Resilient Infrastructure

_{Southern Manhattan Multi-purpose Levee. Image Courtesy of FXFowle Architects.}

HR&A is developing ambitious resiliency projects for the Sandy-impacted region, using creative approaches to public-private financing. Our work includes advancing New York City’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency initiatives, including a self-financing levee system that would also support the city’s future growth through land reclamation along the East River waterfront.

Economic Resiliency: Practical Adaptive Solutions

_{Rebuild By Design.}

HR&A is keeping economic feasibility and implementation issues at the forefront of the resiliency conversation, including through HUD’s Rebuild By Design process, where we proposed flood protection measures that will also revitalize businesses and communities.

Social Resiliency: Public Engagement and Capacity Building

_{New York Rising Public Meeting.}

Innovative resiliency projects require engagement of community members, civic leaders, and key stakeholders in determining their future. HR&A is at the forefront of this effort, creating and managing forums for engagement from the community center to City Hall, through the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program and the 100 Resilient Cities Challenge.

Awards

In 2014, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association honored the HR&A/Parsons Brinckerhoff contribution to the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program with the Globe Award for First Place in Public Transit.

Select Projects

New York State: Community Reconstruction Program Governor’s Conference
New York State: New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program for 10 Communities in New York City
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce: Proposal Development for Sandy Recovery Game Changer Competition
Alliance for Downtown New York: Proposal Development for Sandy Recovery Game Changer Competition
NYC Office of Recovery and Resiliency/NYCEDC: Southern Manhattan Multi-Purpose Levee Feasibility Study
NYC Office of Recovery and Resiliency/NYCEDC: Coney Island Creek Tidal Barrier and Wetlands Feasibility Study
NYC Office of Recovery and Resiliency: Affordability Study on Multifamily Flood Insurance
US Housing and Urban Development: Rebuild By Design – Proposals for Commercial Corridor Resiliency; Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge: A Comprehensive Strategy for Hoboken; Hunts Point Lifelines
Rockefeller Foundation: 100 Resilient Cities Challenge in New York City, Los Angeles, California, Norfolk, Virginia, Boulder, Colorado, and El Paso, Texas
Rockefeller Foundation: National Disaster Resilience Competition

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HR&A Advisors Principal Kaye Matheny as a 40 Under 40 Winner!