The firm served as a strategic advisor to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC). HR&A worked with the BBPDC to translate its vision into critical policy and strategic decisions. HR&A procured and managed the BBPDC's team of master planners, counsel, and other consultants and managed a complex, multi-year stakeholder outreach process to the project's numerous constituencies, including local, city, and state officials and diverse interest groups. As part of its role as manager of the pre-development process on behalf of the board, HR&A also created a funding plan so that the park's operating costs will be sustained by future commercial development located on the site. Pier One opened to the public on March 22nd, 2010.