It starts with vision. It’s the ability to see value and opportunity where others cannot, the ability to visualize what is possible. At tectonic, we have the entrepreneurial mindset and creative capacity that makes us excel in this regard.

But true vision is more than a dream – it’s a dream with a plan. This is where the nuts and bolts of real estate development come into play and we have the toolbox to not only get the job done, but to get the job done well.

We do this via a collaborative approach, one that relies on a team that includes our own staff, regional and national experts from the planning, design engineering front, highly successful developer partners, and leading financial institutions. This work is about excellent project management skills and leveraging resources and relationships in order to make it happen.

Our focus is on place based, design and client centric projects. The implication of this is that we pursue projects of the highest quality, exceptional places that fit within the context of our community’s master plan and economic development agenda, in order to achieve maximum financial performance and long term return for our investor partners.

Over the course of the past 10-years, a master plan for Springfield’s urban center has been developed through the efforts of Center City Association, Westcott House and Turner Foundations, Wittenberg University, Clark State Community College, Chamber of Commerce, city officials and business leaders. The final plan was designed by MSI Design and presented to the public in 2007.

Beginning 2009, implementation of Phase I is scheduled to start with construction of the downtown’s central green space mall which is the “centerpiece” of the master plan for the urban core’s development and revitalization. The central mall straddles three city blocks and directly connects into the Veterans Park along Buck Creek. The entire project will take approximately 3 years to complete.

This central “green” ultimately creates prime real estate opportunities and ideal retail, business, and corporate office locations in the center of Springfield’s downtown. “We designed something very similar for Columbus, Ohio in what is called the Arena District,” said Tim Schmalenbarger, principal of MSI, “it was a huge success, with the property values adjacent to the green space increasing exponentially – it became some of the most sought after property in Columbus.”