Pushing the Joint Development Envelope: Jurisdictional Partnerships

Joint development is transit-oriented development (TOD) that occurs on transit agency land or through some other transaction to which the agency is a partner. Within the larger TOD arena, joint development is important for three reasons. It captures land value for transit; it requires integrated planning among the transit agency, the developer and the land use jurisdiction; and it sets the standard for other TOD in the affected station area or corridor. But what if the transit agency doesn’t own developable land? Or lacks the legal authority to pursue joint development? Or runs street-running service that doesn’t intersect with the surrounding real estate fabric? Find out about innovative strategies from different transit systems that “push the envelope,” expanding the concept and reach of joint development through partnerships with other jurisdictions. While the fine-grained details of each example may be unique to its jurisdiction, each represents a broadly replicable strategy.

Moderator: Al Raine, PhD, Vice President and National Practice Leader, AECOM, Boston, MA
Shannon Price, Executive Director of Integrated Development, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Vancouver, BC
Jack Wierzenski, AICP, Director, Economic Development, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Dallas, TX
Sherri Ziller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, Crown Point, IN