Developing and Testing the Downtown Brooklyn Economic Development Intelligence Platform | NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Developing and Testing the Downtown Brooklyn Economic Development Intelligence Platform

Retail,
Urban


Project Sponsor:

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Takahiro Yabe, NYU Tandon (CUSP, TMI)


Authors

Hao Li, Heyu Zhang, Zhiwei Gui


Research Question

How can decision-support tools help plan tenant mix, public space use and local events in Downtown Brooklyn? The project builds on last year's work to develop and test an economic development intelligence platform.


Background

This project is a collaboration with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and builds on last year's CUSP capstone.


Methodology

The project involves:

  • Building on the prior year's project.
  • Developing decision-support tools for tenant mix, public space use and local events.
  • Testing the platform with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.

Deliverables

  • Economic Development Intelligence Platform: Decision-support tools for planning tenant mix, public space use and local events.

Data Sources

  • Data sources will be confirmed.