Senior Associate Kate O’Beirne is an urban planner with more than 15 years of urban economics consulting experience. As a planner, Kate’s academic focus and overall interest lie in community reactivation, adaptive reuse, urban design, and housing. With expertise in real estate market analysis, development feasibility, and affordable housing needs and requirements, Kate provides analytical services for both public and private entities. Kate’s practice also includes consulting services related to economic development, fiscal and economic impacts, and infrastructure finance and nexus studies. Kate is adept at preparing intricate and transparent technical models and documentation, as well as incorporating geospatial analysis using GIS as a planning and community development tool, to provide decision and policymakers with the appropriate data needed to support land use policy and transaction decisions. Kate has provided project management and served as the lead technical analysis for a variety of jurisdictions from urban cities to rural communities.

Prior to joining EPS, Kate worked for CBRE Consulting and John F. Sampson Associates Appraisal and Property Management in San Francisco, CA. Kate holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from San José State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Kate is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). When not working, Kate enjoys getting silly with her two daughters, supporting her sports teams (Go Giants, Kings, Republic!), eating at local restaurants, and wine tasting.

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