Urban Renewal
Real Estate, Historic Centers, Public Space
We advise our clients on real estate development, redevelopment, or repositioning, and help secure debt and equity financing. We handle mixed-use projects involving residential, retail, office, hospitality, health care, and senior housing. Our services cover all deal stages, including due diligence, financing, business planning, underwriting, and acquisition.
New or revitalized urban areas feature sustainable design, abundant green spaces, pedestrian accessibility, and public transportation links. Our partners also offer services including architecture, construction management, property management, marketing, leasing, and sales.
We support the revitalization of historic centers by building vibrant, welcoming, and secure public spaces that highlight cities’ history, inspire a sense of ownership, and foster inclusive local economic growth. Through robust participatory processes our interventions improve urban image and security, increase private sector investment and employment, and reduce informal sector activity and crime.
We carry out placemaking activities to transform or repurpose plazas, parks, streets, halls, and corners so residents and visitors can use public spaces freely and securely and local authorities can carry out cultural and recreational activities.
Public-Private Partnerships
Project Development, Financing Mechanisms, Asset Management
We support local governments to partner with the private sector and the community to deliver services, build infrastructure and operate facilities. Our collaborative approach ensures citizens play a pivotal role in planning, executing, and following up projects.
We assess whether partnerships create more value for money, recommend financing mechanism, and identify potential investors and the firms suitable to operate services and facilities. We also help our clients (governments and companies) to leverage capital by identifying the national and international institutions that can provide financing and collateral.
Governments possess a substantial amount of assets—such as land, facilities, and buildings—that are often underutilized or not leveraged for public benefit and increased revenue. Millecon assists governments in identifying land suitable for real estate development, pinpointing facilities that require upgrades and could be managed by the private sector and determining which buildings can be demolished or repurposed for new investment opportunities.
Municipal Strengthening
Budget Management, Local Service Provision, Urban Planning
Local governments worldwide struggle to cover ever-growing expenditures and capital investments with limited tax bases. Milllecon supports governments by expanding their tax bases, recommending tax rates that reflect service levels, cutting unnecessary expenditures, and identifying both multilateral and private funding sources for infrastructure development.
Ensuring sustainable access to water and sanitation, effective waste management, paved roads, multimodal transportation hubs, clean municipal markets and slaughterhouses, as well as reliable social services are all essential functions of local governments. Millecon supports municipalities in consistently delivering these services. We also implement E-Government initiatives to streamline service delivery, procurement, and the issuance of licenses and permits, improving governance and reducing corruption.
Urban planning aims to create cities with affordable housing, accessible offices, lively retail areas, efficient transport, appealing lifestyles, and operating public services. Millecon prepares development, master, and strategic plans for neighborhoods, zones, urban centers, and entire cities. Security is integrated throughout these plans to ensure safe, welcoming public spaces for women, children, and seniors.
Community Empowerment
Participatory Processes, Economic Opportunities, Belonging
Millecon involves citizens and stakeholders in planning, operating, and overseeing services and public spaces. By considering residents' and businesses' needs, it provides tailored services and fosters an engaged community that supports and maintains local infrastructure and facilities.
We support authorities to build local enable environments and collaborative partnerships to attract investment and boost local economies. By leveraging the influx of residents and visitors, we offer top options for dining, shopping, fitness, and leisure—creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to invest and employ local talent. We also promote community culture by preserving local history and traditions and fostering talent in art, design, music, and food.
With strong community involvement and quality urban infrastructure and services, we provide unique amenities that foster a sense of place and opportunity. By helping local governments plan cultural, social, and wellness activities, we promote belonging and citizen engagement while reducing migration.
