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When one considers all that goes into the envisioning of a community like The Shipyard, it is clear that there are very few short-term decisions in the process. This week, Lennar Urban’s Executive Vice President Kofi Bonner is talking with The Real Story about the longer view—the ability to take the time required to plan and develop communities of vast size and layers of complexity.

Given the need for resources—both professional and financial—that large scale urban plans require, it is not surprising that there are only a few names in the national landscape capable of planning these large, mixed-use developments and seeing them through. Kofi explains that Lennar has the expertise and direction to focus on urban areas across the country, and is looking for opportunities to create new environments within existing urban settings, to become an engine for regeneration.

He also touches on the creation of jobs within The Shipyard community: from the immediate and ongoing positions in construction to move the project forward to the creation of an environment welcoming to clean-energy enterprises. The Real Story’s conversation with Kofi Bonner—touching on everything from architecture to transportation to park design to the existing arts community—continues all week. Follow The Real Story on KCBS.com/realestate or on iTunes.

Rendering courtesy of Lennar Urban