Creative Cities International, LLC

The best new thinking in urban development

CCI puts culture and community at the heart of urban planning. We deliver practical solutions for sustainable and creative urban regeneration. We apply the Vitality Index™, which brings to life a city's human strengths as it respects its social, cultural, and economic complexities.

Who We Are		What We Believe
We are a global team of the most dynamic and experienced practitioners in culture and urban planning, market and financial analysis, architecture, transportation and the creative industries.		For cities, large or small, to be brilliant, they must use all their resources: economic, political, and most of all, cultural. There is a risk of failure in neglecting the creative and cultural potential in urban projects and city life. The successful project is one that has understood the history, the situation, and the market, and engenders goodwill in as many people as possible.

Our Team

Linda Lees, Ph.D. Director, Creative Cities International, LLC, New York Michael Dow Founding Principal, Marlin House Capital, NY, and Principal, Creative Cities International Fred Manson Urban Regeneration Specialist, London Frederic Schwartz Schwartz Architects, New York David Williams Partner, The Williams Group, Amherst Richard Greene Principal, Creative Cities International and Senior Associate with The Williams Group Marc Pachter Director Emeritus, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Will Alsop Architect, London Charles Hughes Chairman, Smart Futures Limited, London Sir Peter Hall Professor of Planning, Bartlett School of Planning and Architecture, University College London Sondra Farganis Director Emeritus, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New School University, New York Director Emeritus, Wolfson Center for National Affairs, New School University, New York Caroline Robbie Senior Designer, Quadrangle Architects Limited, Toronto

Christopher O. Ward Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Richard Burdett Centennial Professor in Architecture and Urbanism, London School of Economics, London Stuart MacDonald Head, Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland George Yudice Director, Center for Latin American Studies, New York University Rowan Moore Architecture Critic, Evening Standard, London Tony Travers Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics Lalia Rach Associate Dean, Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism, New York University Rafael Viñoly Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York Martha Schwartz Martha Schwartz Partners Architects, Cambridge, Mass., and London Fran Kaufman Partner, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art

What We Offer

Our team has expertise in the following areas: