Erin Talkington is a Managing Director based in RCLCO’s Washington, DC office and leads RCLCO’s sports and entertainment and large-scale mixed-use practice. She provides development advisory services including market and financial analysis, implementation strategy, and development partner selection for private landowners, sports teams, public entities, and real estate developers. Her clients span locations across the country, focused on urban reinvestment and suburban infill.

Since joining the firm in 2010, Erin has engaged with a wide variety of clients in both the public and private sectors to provide market and economic analysis that guides development and planning decisions. Her experience includes highest and best use analysis for large mixed-use sites, downtown and corridor revitalization studies, and regional growth analysis. Applicable to projects of all types and scales, Erin’s strength is her ability to quickly synthesize the key market opportunities and strategic positioning for a particular site and communicate that vision to project team members, clients, and community stakeholders.

Erin draws upon a broad background in planning and development. Prior to RCLCO, she gained project management experience for The Reinvestment Fund Development Partners and exposure to transportation planning at Kittelson & Associates. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Erin is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a co-chair of the ULI Washington district council’s Advisory Board, and on the Urban Development and Mixed-Use (UDMUC Blue) national product council.