Though many real estate development firms have sought to revitalize underserved communities, they have found the challenges complex and the obstacles numerous — including lack of financial resources, trust issues that revolve around preserving existing culture, lack of long-term commitment and so on.

One person who believes she and her colleagues have cracked the code is Robin Zeigler, founder and CEO of MURAL Real Estate Partners.

Your position is that real estate has the power to solve societal challenges. In what ways?

Development projects, when done right, possess a transformative power. We view real estate through the lens of social sustainability. We aim to understand and provide the components a community needs to thrive socially and economically for generations to come. By going deep rather than wide into a market through building large-scale redevelopments, the impact of real estate on communities becomes evident, with a