Shaping Destination Real Estate from Vision to Reality
Hunden Partners helps destinations and organizations make confident decisions about the places that shape their communities. From early visioning and feasibility through implementation and governance, we provide the expertise and guidance needed to transform ideas and opportunities into successful destinations.
Complex destination projects require confident decisions. Hunden helps clients move from vision to reality through objective analysis, strategic guidance, and deep expertise at the intersection of tourism, real estate, and economic development. Our recommendations are grounded in market research, financial feasibility, economic impact analysis, and decades of experience. We don't just deliver data. We provide the insight and interpretation clients need to evaluate opportunities, manage risk, and make informed decisions.
We Are Your Partner Through Every Phase.
From planning and feasibility to implementation and optimization, we help clients navigate each stage of the project journey.
- >$27B
- in projects successfully developed and/or in progress.
- >1.2K
- studies & processes. Of these, over 80% are for public sector or DMO clients.
- 650+
- conference, convention, expo/event center & hotel studies
- 200+
- sports: major/minor league, collegiate and youth complexes
- 175+
- destination, mixed-use districts, arts, culture & entertainment venues
- 100+
- strategic placemaking, place- keeping and implementation plans
Our Projects
Insights
Thought LeadershipFort Worth: Two Decades of Shaping a Destination
Fort Worth's destination development demonstrates how convention center expansion, headquarters hotels, mixed-use development, and long-term development advisory can drive tourism growth and economic impact.
Read more
Hunden Partners will Advise Arlington Heights as the Bears’ Game Plan Shifts
Hunden Partners’ assessment expertise will help the Village of Arlington Heights determine the highest and best program uses for the redevelopment of Arlington Park, a potential Chicago Bears stadium site. Our team will evaluate the Bears’ economic impact study, and we will lead our own market and financial analysis. Arlington Heights officials voted recently to hire Hunden because we provide multilayered analysis and have a history of advising municipalities with a vision to develop mixed-use districts with stadium anchors, and we’ve worked with the Bears executive team.
Read more
Podcast & VideosFrom Grand Park to a Grand Place: Westfield's Next Chapter | Hunden Happy Hour #10
In this episode of Hunden Happy Hour, Rob Hunden, President & CEO of Hunden Partners, and Steve Haemmerle, Executive Vice President of Development Advisory Services, welcome Jenell Fairman, Executive Chief of Economic and Community Development for the City of Westfield, Indiana, to discuss how the fast-growing community is shaping its next chapter. From leveraging the success of Grand Park to creating a walkable mixed-use district, investing in downtown, and advancing new sports, entertainment, and community amenities, the conversation explores how Westfield is turning vision into reality. Jenell shares how thoughtful placemaking, public-private partnerships, and strategic investment are helping the city manage growth while creating a more connected and vibrant place for residents and visitors. And we highlight the Westfield Creative Collective, a local nonprofit supporting creative entrepreneurs and creating opportunities for artists and makers to work, connect, and bring their products to the community. Filmed March 18, 2026.
Watch