Developer Services: Professional Entitlement Support Contact Carol

Professional Entitlement Support

Complex developments, moved forward with trust.

Developer Services is an independent real estate development consultancy. We build trust in the community, bring the right partners in early, and keep every stakeholder informed from start to finish.

The Developer Services difference

A consultancy with deep resources for the hardest challenges in real estate development, and a portfolio of marquee projects recognized in the US and abroad.

Community trust

Effective communication plans that build trust in communities where new development is challenging.

Strategic partnerships

Value-add partners identified before a project rolls out, which increases revenue, builds brand awareness and reduces risk.

Clear expectations

Consistent, transparent communication that manages expectations and delivers successful outcomes.

Selected projects

Two examples of the work Developer Services brings to complex, high-profile developments.

Phoenix, Arizona

Proposed $2B industrial / mixed-use development

Project Manager

For a joint venture between Gila 202 Commerce Park and VanTrust, managed a proposed 600+ acre development on Native American lands. Recruited architecture, engineering and construction consultants and coordinated with legal counsel, venture partners and tribal leadership, including communications and data tracking for more than 1,800 individual allottees.

New York City

Starwood luxury fractional sales, St. Regis Hotel

VP of Development

Designed and carried out the launch program for a $30M fractional real estate offering managed by Argus Hospitality and Starwood Luxury Resorts. Strategic partners included the American Express luxury division, Rolls-Royce, Italian Wine Merchants and Private Air Magazine.

Carol Ackerman

Carol Ackerman

President, Developer Services, LLC

Carol leads Developer Services with a career that spans real estate development, project management, investor relations and strategic communications, from large-scale developments in Arizona to a global IT communications plan for The Walt Disney Company.

She works in a long-standing partnership with Gil Martinez and GMA International, and served two years on the City of Scottsdale's Industrial Development Board.

Current client engagement: MAXUMAL™, serving as SVP Development.

Let's talk about your project

Contact Carol by email or phone to discuss how Developer Services can help.

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