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THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTIVE is a boutique real estate and land use consulting atelier strategically fashioning bespoke development planning and design solutions that maximize value-per-square-foot for lifestyle-driven, design-oriented developments worldwide.

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The Christmas Collective translates up-to-the-minute market intelligence into strategic feasibility analyses, innovative multi-scale design programming, and competitive positioning solutions that sharpen the cutting edge of lifestyle-driven, design-oriented developments across the globe. From each project results a coveted work of habitable art expressly envisioned for the client's target market, maximizing value and optimizing feasibility, livability, and sustainability from conception to completion.

market analysis & segmentationunit mixzoning & floor area ratio studiespricing/rent roll recommendationsasset repositioning & turnaround solutionspermit & economic incentive acquisition strategies

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floorplan critiquesfinish selectionamenity planningarchitectural/interior design team selectionappliance schedules/punch list management

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green design & construction strategiesLEED documentationsustainable construction material sourcinggreen design team assembly

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SHANNON S. CHRISTMAS

Chief Market Advisor | Design Strategist
Shannon S. Christmas harnesses unique public and private sector experience to deliver competitive product development strategies for the full spectrum of design-oriented real estate product.Adept at analyzing the real estate market for condominium developers such as K. Hovnanian, The Trump Organization, and Roseland Property Company, Shannon has navigated the NYC new developments landscape, generating unprecedented value per square foot for residential development with innovative planning and design strategies. Shannon earned praise for strictly interpreting DC zoning regulations to meticulously review Washington DC permit applications as a Zoning Engineer for the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, experience he now employs to deliver zoning consultation to homeowners and developers alike.As a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, Shannon enhanced the Belvoir New Vision work plan, the planning and development program by which Virginia’s Ft. Belvoir would become a world-class urban federal center, among the largest of the premiere US LEED-ND communities. At the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Shannon counseled Goldman Properties and Goldman Sachs’ Archon Group on integrating cultural programming into their redevelopment of Boston’s Fort Point Channel. Shannon also co-authored an award-winning mixed-use, transit-oriented, green adaptive reuse proposal for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, engaging his visionary approach to sustainable, lifestyle-driven urban development. Whether planning property for development, repositioning distressed assets, or initiating the zoning approval process, Shannon invests a prodigious wealth of expertise and passion for the built environment to achieve optimal results.Shannon graduated with a BA in Government from Harvard University before earning a Masters in City Planning from MIT. He serves on the Citizens Association of Georgetown's Historic Preservation and Zoning Committee.

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"In the Perilous World of D.C. Development, a Christmas Gift," Washington City Paper, Friday, June 10, 2011.

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