About UE

Seeing Cities Differently

UrbanEyes is an international urban advisory consultancy established in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the UK by market leaders with over 25 years of experience in planning for urbanisation, city investment and property development.

25

Years

Market Experience
Urban Knowledge
Global Leadership

Whether it is urbanisation, land for development or investment we believe the plan should be driven by a comprehensive growth and implementation strategy. Our approach is to bring together the business, market, design and investment mindsets into the entire process. This has proven to help clients see clearly the commercial goals, the creativity needed to bring the project to life, the necessary policy and stakeholder approvals, and the type of investors and customers to attract.

Our Expertise

Urban Planning
Urban Economics
Urban Design
Market Feasibility
Development Planning
Development Finance

Statutory Planning
Urbanisation Framework
Land Banking Strategy
Urban Business Consulting
Urban Investment Partnering
City Operation Advisory

Our Approach

Define Business Goals

Target Market Opportunities

Produce World Class Designs

Identify Investor Partnerships

Clients

We have long-term working relationships with leading property developers, city infrastructure companies, private investment firms, technology companies as well as governments, state owned enterprises, metro companies, tourism agencies, healthcare, lifestyle and other urban operators locally and internationally.

Developers

We work with high-profile and listed companies on large-scale lifestyle, property, tourism and economic township development projects.

Governments

We work with various governments in Mainland China and internationally on urbanisation strategies, master planning, urban marketing and investment attraction.

State-Owned Enterprises

We work with leading state-owned enterprises and contractors on large-scale urban infrastructure, land reclamation, transportation, industry and property development projects worldwide.

Investors

We work with private investors on urban asset investments including education, tourism, health, technology and real estate in Mainland China, Hong Kong, UK and overseas.

“UrbanEyes clearly understand cities and how they work, what the stakeholders need, conduct in-depth research and propose the most compelling project positioning and masterplan. They offer a clear and simple view about the future city and market on every project.”

Aranya

“UrbanEyes combine local expertise and requirements with international vision and standards. We have worked on a number of implementation-orientated strategic urban development and investment projects locally and globally.”

China Road & Bridge Corporation

“We have been on a journey together for almost 20 years and worked on many strategic and site specific projects. They have helped us greatly in expanding our urban development and investment business over the years and will continue to do so in the future as our trusted partner.”

Dinglong Group

Members of UrbanEyes have worked with major clients including China Road and Bridge Corporation, China Communications Construction Company, Huawei, Alibaba, Shenzhen Metro, Foxconn, Jinmao, Kaisa, Financial Street Holdings, China Merchants Group, Greenland Group, Sun Hung Kai Properties, New World Development, AVIC International, China Travel Services, Hong Kong Airport Authority, Mass Transit Railway Corporation, Hong Kong Government, and UK Government.

Location

Members of UrbanEyes have worked on projects in many countries and regions including Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, United Kingdom, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Jordon, Bangladesh, Turkey, Pakistan, Kenya.

Team

Our senior leadership team members are all professionals from the industry with over 25 years of experience and have previously held leadership roles at various international consultancies, governments and state-owned enterprises. Their backgrounds include urban planning, property development, city investment, urban economics, urban design, development finance and city marketing, with extensive experience in the early stages of the urbanisation process. They are advisors to the c-suites of multinational companies.

The team is supported by a group of experienced senior professionals each with many years of experience in urban consulting, planning, economics, tourism, design, architecture, landscape and marketing, as well as a team of technical experts and partners.