"Kathleen is an excellent consultant who brings new and innovative ways at looking at markets and projects."

-Thomas Flynn, CeCD, Director of Economic Development, City of Charlotte, NC

"Rose & Associates and Kathleen Rose has provided strategic planning, market feasibility and commercial needs assessments for a number of our projects in North Carolina. She has a unique ability to compress and interpret complex market demographics and real estate analysis in a manner that is easy to understand. Her research is thorough, well-researched and firmly grounded in the market realities of the region in which she is working. We have integrated her studies into our planning efforts to ensure market feasibility of our designs and visions."

-Craig Lewis, AICP, CNU, The Lawrence Group Architects & Land Planners, Davidson, NC

"Kathleen is an excellent and insightful analyst of development and demographic trends. She is able to analyze markets and communities quickly in ways that provide clear and usable information to urban designers and planners exactly when we need it during the master planning process. She has very good personal skills working with community groups and elected officials to explain the realities of the market in clear and easy to understand language."

-David Walters, Senior Urban Designer, The Lawrence Group
& Professor/Director at UNC Charlotte, Center for Architecture & Design

• CCIM Institute


• CREW – Charlotte Commercial Real Estate Women


• IEDC – International Economic Development Council


• NCAR – North Carolina Association of Realtors


• NCDDA – North Carolina Downtown Development Association


• NCSEA – North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association


• PPS – Project for Public Spaces


• ULI – Urban Land Institute


• ICMA – International City/County Management Association