Principal
Alexandra Stroud
RA, LEED AP
Alexandra Stroud, Principal of URBAN FOCUS®, has over thirty years of experience as a real estate professional specializing in community engagement, project feasibility, financial analysis, project management and development. Ms. Stroud has worked in commercial, mixed use development and multi-family housing in Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, California, Georgia, Florida, New York, Michigan, New Orleans, Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Region.
Alexandra Stroud has successfully supported the creation of over 30,000 units of housing and mixed use development. Ms. Stroud has managed the acquisition and entitlement process for complex acquisitions that have included federal and state agencies including FEMA, VDOT, HUD, various City Planning Divisions (Leesburg, VA; Arlington, VA; Washington DC; New Orleans, LA; Alexandria, VA; Rockville, MD; Montgomery County, MD), Orleans Parish Sewerage and Water Board, various city utility agencies and other municipal agencies as needed. She has closed $300 million in loans and financing and sought both public and private pre-development and equity financing.
As an experienced architect as well as real estate professional, Ms. Stroud is uniquely qualified to meld the spatial and financial criteria to a range of project types including mixed use, residential, retail, office and hotel to develop implementable project plans for both the public and the private sector. She specializes in taking the project from acquisition and pre-development planning including early programming, team development and financially feasibility through to completion. In addition, her extensive understanding of the differing priorities between the public and the private sector allows her to leverage partnerships and assist public sector agencies with strategically leveraging their assets and making sound financial deals.
Ms. Stroud has a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Architecture from Tulane University.