Imagination at work. People, places, and spaces.
Why
First, we were asked, why? Cultural activity is at the core of defining a place. Arts are dynamic, highly inclusive, and agent to a community’s wellbeing. Technology’s potential gains to labor, living, and recreation are realized only by those built-environments conceived and created with tomorrow’s thinking. Interconnectivity is a principle and deviation from the effects of excessive-individualism. Designing a generative built-environment encompasses a diverse set of disciplines, progressive considerations, and inspiration from local nuances and commons.
A connective-node of diverse thinkers, creating unique urban experiences. Our urban solution manages the risk associated with delivering true creativity in the real-estate product—a catalyst for healthier urban systems.
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How
Now we are asked, how? CUUE delivers how. A vertically inter-related group with relationships & partners along the real property development supply-chain.
Shifting to a more holistic integration of long-term approaches. CUUE addresses community needs with coordinated and collective action, more concerned about how a project fits in with and benefits from other projects at work in the same community: ecology, economics, and social wellbeing.
Assisted by our proprietary algorithmic commercial development technology. Multilateral data channels result in lead-indicators generated by the “DNA” of a geographic area. CUUE optimizes a community’s creative urban development vitality, so we don’t speculate, and the right product is built for the place, its people, and the future.
CUUE powers creative, human-centered urban experiences. Embracing uncertainties and “assetizing” flexibility in design for greater sustainability of place. Producing lifestyle returns over a timeline within a changing world.
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Urban Design Interventions
Pavilions | Streetscapes | Adaptive Reuse | Economics of Design
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Art + Design
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Economics
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Technology
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Site-Selection
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Urban Planning Think Tanks | Design Crit. | Placemaking Economics and Financial Modeling for Real Property Investment Groups.
Neil Ramsay. As The Creative Economist, he brings a unique perspective to art and design, using an economist's lens to create economic value. He makes data-driven decisions that bridge the gap between creative and business worlds, ensuring that artistic endeavors are economically sustainable. His expertise helps navigate financial and economic considerations while prioritizing creativity and innovation. The Creative Economist ensures that projects meet audience needs, generating value and impact. He helps clients make informed decisions achieving creative and economic goals.
Outcomes
FATVillage: The Ultimate Blueprint for Arts Districts
Creative Placemaking ‘Developers and their partners report higher market values, lower turnover rates, faster approval cycles, and lease-ups, greater community buy-in, and better branding and market recognition. Local governments see gains in job growth, improved public safety, and increased tax revenues that pay for more resident services. And communities benefit from enhanced social cohesion, improved health and economic outcomes, and the creative energy and aesthetics of vibrant new places that are enhanced with arts and culture.’ - Urban Land Institute (ULI)
1.FATVillage Streetscape URBAN STREET
2.ArtsUP! Concepts STUDIO A+H | renderings
Below: Knight Foundation/Urban Institute Study
We are
A collaborative organization facilitating social-innovation by design and the development of life-centered places and spaces.
CUUE is the intersection of creativity and practicality. We work with the artist's imaginative consciousness and the solution-focused designer to generate built-environment value-adds—investable creative interventions in real-estate master-planning, rooted in imagination [possibility], aesthetics [palatability], and pragmatism [applicability].
Our vision is to transform places Nationally with:
Municipalities
[EDC, DDA, BID, CRA, CVB, Opportunity Zone]
Land & Property Entities
Commercial Property Investors
Foundations
Conscious Anchor Brands
Community Leaders
REITs
JV Developers
Artists
Designers
Technologists
Futurists