Economic and Community Development
Building Places People Want To Work and Live
Beyond residential development, communities thrive through diverse projects that create jobs, destinations, and shared spaces. From industrial parks and brownfield redevelopment to entertainment venues and public gathering spaces, these projects strengthen local economies while enhancing quality of life through long-term public investment.
Our team helps cities, counties, authorities, and developers design the mechanisms that make major economic and community assets possible while ensuring transparency, affordability, and community benefit.
Comprehensive Development Counsel
Our experience across major mixed-use districts, industrial hubs, mobility corridors, and destination projects allows us to design frameworks that are both financially sound and aligned with public priorities. ABHR ensures transparency, statutory compliance, and sustainable funding structures to enable quality development.
ABHR provides comprehensive economic and community development counsel including:
Structuring development, financing, and participation agreements
Creating and administering special districts including Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) and Municipal Management Districts (MMDs)
Establishing and expanding Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZ)
Securing tax-exempt bonds
Negotiating public-private partnerships
Aligning jurisdictions and stakeholders to ensure project success
Financing Tools That Support Economic Growth
ABHR structures and administers the special districts and financing tools that make economic development possible.
Areas of Specialization
Land Planning and Negotiations
Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) & Other Water Districts
Municipal Management Districts (MMDs)
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZ) & Development Authorities
Water Authorities
Government Relations
Project Spotlight
Memorial Park Land Bridge and Eastern Glades
Land Planning and Negotiation | Municipal Management District | Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZ) & Development Authorities | Economic and Community Development | Government Relations
The park's Eastern Glades lacked public access, and Memorial Drive divided the park, creating safety risks and fragmenting wildlife habitat.
Scale
1,500 acres, nearly 2X the size of New York City’s Central Park
Public Use
Welcomes more than 10,000 runners daily, including professional athletes and local residents.
Green Space
100 acres of parkland, expanded amenities, enhanced flood mitigation, a five-acre lake and wetlands, and the unification of the park’s north and south sides via a land bridge over Memorial Drive.
Funding Framework
Uptown TIRZ expansion in 2013, extended through 2040
Sophisticated legal and financial frameworks enabled the Uptown Development Authority (managing the TIRZ) to issue bonds, let contracts, and manage funding to deliver landmark public improvements
Sandow Lakes
Constellation Field
Typhoon Texas
The Grid
Economic and Community Driven Development Projects
The firm has supported transformative economic and community development projects across Texas.
Constellation Field
Daikin Park
East River
Edgewater
Empire West Business Park
Enterprise Products
Freeport MUD 1
Goya Foods
HCID/Exxon Mobil
JW Marriott Hill Country
Katy Mills Mall
NRG Stadium
Pinto Business Park
Provident Data Center
Sandow Lakes
The Grid
The Uptown District
Twinwood
West 10 Business Park