Gonzalo Echeverria
Director of Design & Planning
Gonzalo Echeverria currently serves as Director of Design and Planning at McCord Development Inc., where he oversees the master plan and development of a 4,300-acre project. Gonzalo joined the Generation Park team in 2018 and has since managed over $200 million in infrastructure projects, including the supervising of design and construction of $1.4 billion in office, multifamily, retail, civic, hospitality, and industrial properties. With over 28 years of worldwide experience, he has led projects across Chile, Argentina, Perú, Panamá, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, and 38 states within the United States. His background in a variety of cultural, regulatory, and environmental contexts has solidified his ability to craft spaces that are both locally resonant and universally appealing.
Prior to McCord Development, Gonzalo previously worked as Principal and Design Lead for LRK Inc. He has also had positions in global urban design and planning for real estate development with Urban Design Associates, URBE Ltd, and Arquitectonica Intl’. Gonzalo has built urban spaces that balance real estate development and commerce, with an emphasis on long-term economic development and social vitality, ranging from mine closure plans to small urban revitalization initiatives. He continues to impact the conversation on innovative urban development and architectural excellence through panels at the Carnegie Museum of Art, ULI National Conferences, and ConstruExpo in Mexico, championing projects that improve the quality of life for communities all around the world.
His project management experience includes coordinating the efforts of several professionals for privately and some publicly financed projects with excellent results. He has managed and continue to manage multiple projects with clients like Avalon Bay, Hillwood, Vulcan Real Estate, Crescent Communities, Disney, Lennar, Toll Brothers, Hines, The Howard Hughes Corp, UNDP, McCormack Baron and Salazar, Newmont Mining Company, and London Regional among others.
Gonzalo is also a key contributor to academia. As a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, he has taught graduate and undergraduate students how to apply academic theory practically. He serves as a mentor to aspiring designers and architects, offering advice on how to advance sustainable development, community engagement, and place making in diverse real estate markets and planning environments.
Outside of work, Gonzalo is an active member of ULI as part of the URC National Council and serves on the Board of Directors for Partnership Lake Houston in Texas. He also served as a trustee for the Pittsburgh History and Landmark Foundation, Development Corporation.
Gonzalo holds a master’s degree in architecture & urban design from the University of Miami, Coral Gables; a bachelor’s degree with distinction in architecture, and graduate degrees in urban economics and environmental evaluation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.