It also understands the key to downtown renewal is for the public sector to focus resources on bringing residents to live there and for the private sector to focus on developing projects that meet community needs while proving viable to investors. Local officials frequently initiate projects with The Landmark Group after identifying a development need or opportunity.

Such projects range from the adaptive reuse of a vacant "white elephant" structure to new construction on an in-fill site.

What these projects are not are cookie-cutter developments. The Landmark Group puts something special into each of its projects; the housing stock it produces are not commodities but vibrant, interesting and compelling places with character.