Early in our careers, I worked with Bryan Koehn on a number of pro bono projects concerned with enhancing communities. Our career paths went in different directions, but our design philosophies formed at the University of Michigan were similar and complimentary. I always followed his career and came to admire his work, and more broadly the work of Progressive AE. I especially noted the incredible record of client satisfaction and their expertise in environments like workplace, housing, senior living, food venues and higher learning that are essential foundations to everchanging mixed-use opportunities. We’ve been building our partnership for almost a year now and I greatly admire Ryan Doherty, who I’ve worked most closely with. While reading the mixed-use business plan for Progressive AE, it felt like a perfect fit for where my career is headed.   image: Ballantyne Village, Charlotte NC