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As an employee-owned company, we’re dedicated to continuous learning and professional development for our team.
We offer a variety of ways to support staff growth including a learning stipend, trainings, firmwide panel discussions from industry experts, mentorship opportunities, and more. Check out our benefits!
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This fall, HR&A hosted a series of trainings and immersive experiences across three of the cities we call home: New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. By bringing colleagues together in the places where we live and work, we created space for collaboration, shared learning, and new connections — strengthening the foundation that supports our […]
We recently celebrated the launch of our San Francisco Bay Area office with a happy hour event hosted with SITELAB and BerlinRosen to kick off Urban Land Institute’s Fall Meeting. It was fantastic to connect over the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of cities across the Bay Area and beyond. Thank you to all our clients, collaborators, and friends […]
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the experiences and perspectives of Hispanic and Latinx HR&Aers to learn more about how their identities have helped shape their approach to their work. We sat down with Partner Jose Serrano-McClain, whose practice spans government innovation, economic development, climate, culture, and technology […]
HR&A served as strategic partner and development advisor to Rice Management Company for The Ion and broader 16-acre Ion District in Houston, overseeing real estate and programmatic development. This comprehensive advisory role helped successfully transform a historic former Sears department store into a thriving innovation hub while laying the groundwork for a 3-5 million square foot mixed-use innovation district that fosters an inclusive tech ecosystem and creates equitable economic opportunities.
ÂWe sat down with HR&A’s two newest Board Members, Principal Lydia Gaby and Nike Irvin, to learn more about their experiences as Black women in organizational and leadership roles. Nike and Lydia share personal stories underscoring the importance of support networks, proactive allyship, and inclusivity in creating environments conducive to everyone’s success, while also recognizing […]
HR&A Advisors was honored to receive the Public Space Leadership Award at the Design Trust for Public Space’s 30th Anniversary Benefit this past June. For three decades, the Design Trust has been a catalyst for reimagining New York City’s public realm, and we were proud to join the distinguished roster of leaders recognized with this […]
We followed three Interns from our Class of 2025—Alexander in DC, Camryn in LA, and Jose in NYC—to see what a day in the life of an HR&A intern looks like. From morning commutes that make them feel connected to the urban systems they’re helping shape to working on projects for some of the 180+ […]
Today, those same institutions are under pressure from every direction. Public funding remains uncertain. Enrollment costs are rising. Land values around many campuses are climbing faster than HBCUs can capitalize on them. In cities across the country, the neighborhoods HBCUs helped stabilize and shape are now targets of speculative development. That presents both financial and cultural uncertainty. Without intention, we risk watching history repeat itself as Black institutions are surrounded, displaced, or disconnected from the communities they were built to serve.
HR&A is proud to support the Center for Fair Futures’ new report, Housing Justice for Young People Aging out of Foster Care in New York City, which lays out a five-year plan to provide 800 new homes for youth exiting foster care. The findings in this report present an opportunity for policymakers, service providers, and mission-driven investors to come together to prevent homelessness for a uniquely at-risk population.
We recently celebrated our 10th anniversary since officially opening our Texas office in our new home in Downtown Dallas at Radiance Plaza. Thank you to all our clients, collaborators, and friends who joined us for the celebration and the many others who have been our close partners over the last 10 years. We are looking […]
HR&A worked with the City of Dallas and stakeholders to craft an Economic Development Policy and Incentives Policy to proactively address disparities in economic opportunity through policy, public investment, and partnership. As advisors, analysts, subject matter experts, and external capacity, HR&A helped ensure that the implementation of the policy would provide measurable impacts and improvements to businesses and communities across Dallas.
