Development Studio

The Development Studio (DS) is a Memphis-based professional consulting firm offering services in Strategic Community Planning and Engagement, Comprehensive Planning, Project Management, and Revitalization Planning, Infrastructure Development, Pre-Project Planning, and Feasibility Studies. The Development Studio works with public, quasi-public, and private entities in renewing and expanding community visions to establish implementation policy and regulation. Consistent among our urban visioning is our proven ability to lead clients through planning and design processes to develop solutions to complex issues, and to create the tools and strategies necessary to guide redevelopment that build value overtime. The Development Studio offer decades of experience in assisting clients in taking their projects to the next level, where livability, heritage and quality of life are paramount. We have customized city-wide, district, or neighborhood improvement plans utilizing financial incentives and regulatory tools to attract and improve businesses while accelerating investment in targeted areas. As principal-owner of The Development Studio, Andy Kitsinger, AIA-AICP leads multiple community-building and neighborhood planning and initiatives for local and national clients. Andy facilitated an innovative structure of public-private partnership organizations, with regulatory authority to utilize these incentive tools. He has facilitated and authored many community redevelopment plans and has worked to shepherd the legislative adoption of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts.