About
Urbanue was founded on a simple conviction: cities are not disposable
Cities are living systems shaped by memory, infrastructure, and human aspiration.
When buildings are abandoned or neighborhoods decline, the answer is not demolition and replacement—it is regeneration.
Urbanue’s vision revitalized our neighborhood, making it vibrant and welcoming.
Creating Value through Regenerative Development Solutions
We focus on creating lasting value for communities and investors alike.
The idea behind Urbanue.
Urbanue emerged from decades of work at the intersection of architecture, infrastructure, planning, and real estate development. Through projects spanning regional transit systems, airport master planning, industrial redevelopment, transit-oriented districts, adaptive reuse, and community revitalization initiatives across the United States, Urbanue’s founder, Robert Fejeran, observed a recurring challenge within the built environment: planning, finance, design, and development were too often approached as disconnected disciplines.
Many projects achieved technical success yet failed to create lasting economic resilience, human-scale environments, or meaningful connections to the communities they were intended to serve.
Urbanue was created to bridge those gaps.
The firm was founded on the belief that development should function as an integrated process—where planning, capital strategy, preservation, sustainability, infrastructure, and community engagement are aligned from the very beginning. This approach grew from years of experience collaborating with municipalities, regional agencies, transit authorities, preservation organizations, and private development partners on projects ranging from major urban corridors to smaller community-centered mixed-use districts.
The firm was founded on the belief that development should function as an integrated process—where planning, capital strategy, preservation, sustainability, infrastructure, and community engagement are aligned from the very beginning. This approach grew from years of experience collaborating with municipalities, regional agencies, transit authorities, preservation organizations, and private development partners on projects ranging from major urban corridors to smaller community-centered mixed-use districts.
Robert Fejeran
Robert is an urban development strategist, planner, and designer with more than two decades of experience spanning architecture, infrastructure, transit-oriented development, adaptive reuse, and public-private redevelopment initiatives across the United States. His work has included regional transportation and airport planning, mixed-use urban districts, historic preservation, and community-centered redevelopment projects in cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and throughout Colorado. Through Urbanue, Robert integrates planning, design, finance, sustainability, and development strategy into cohesive projects grounded in regenerative urbanism, adaptive reuse, and human-scale principles that strengthen communities and support long-term economic resilience.
Nadya Vasilyeva
Nadya brings a multidisciplinary background in financial operations, development strategy, organizational management, and project coordination, supporting the integration of planning, finance, and execution across Urbanue’s initiatives. Her experience spans real estate development support, financial systems management, capital coordination, and operational oversight for complex multi-entity projects. With a strong focus on long-term organizational resilience, Nadya helps align development strategy with financial structure, stakeholder coordination, and implementation processes that support sustainable and community-centered growth. Her work emphasizes disciplined operations, adaptive problem-solving, and the creation of scalable systems that strengthen both projects and organizations over time.
Ryan Nicholas
Ryan is an engineering and construction management professional with more than 12 years of experience overseeing complex commercial, infrastructure, and development projects from planning through construction execution. His background includes project coordination, site and systems integration, construction oversight, contractor management, scheduling, budgeting, and multidisciplinary team collaboration across a range of building and redevelopment initiatives. Ryan brings a practical, solutions-oriented approach focused on constructability, operational efficiency, and long-term project performance, helping guide projects through technically demanding environments while maintaining alignment between design intent, budget, and execution.
Anna Forstan
Anna is a marketing and market strategy executive with more than 15 years of experience leading brand development, strategic communications, market positioning, and business growth initiatives across diverse industries. Her background includes marketing strategy, stakeholder engagement, campaign development, client relations, and market analysis, with a focus on aligning organizational vision with audience engagement and long-term growth objectives. Anna brings a strong understanding of market dynamics, branding, and public-facing communications, helping position projects and organizations for stronger visibility, community connection, and strategic expansion.
Today, Urbanue advances regenerative urbanism through a collaborative team of planners, designers, engineers, preservation specialists, and construction partners who operate in an integrated design-build mission.
Together, we align planning, architecture, capital strategy, and execution into one coordinated ecosystem—grounded in long-term market realities, climate resilience, and civic identity. Each project is approached not as an isolated asset, but as part of a broader urban fabric, designed to endure economically, environmentally, and culturally across generations.