Anaiah Johnson brings two decades of experience in land development and urban planning to his consulting role with Bingham Group.
As a Senior Consultant with the firm, he supports our expansion into land use policy and entitlements consulting, offering clients an invaluable dual perspective shaped by years of navigating complex development projects from both sides of the permitting counter.
Anaiah previously served as Land Planning & Entitlement Manager for PulteGroup, the nation’s third-largest homebuilder, where he oversaw entitlement processes for a portfolio of more than 30 concurrent projects, each with budgets well into the nine-figure range. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Project Manager at one of Austin’s leading land use law firms, guiding clients from due diligence and acquisition through to final approvals.
His private-sector experience builds on a distinguished tenure with the City of Austin’s Development Services Department, where, as Planner Principal, he led cross-functional review teams and managed strategic initiatives such as the Capitol View Corridors program. He is recognized for designing and implementing a conflict-resolution framework that dramatically improved the City’s internal review process, cutting delays from more than a year to under a month.
At Bingham Group, Anaiah advises clients on entitlement strategies, permitting navigation, and land use policy advocacy in Austin and across Central Texas. His approach reduces risk, provides clarity on approval pathways, and positions clients to succeed in a regulatory and political environment that is often unpredictable.
Anaiah is the immediate past president of the Central Texas Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). He holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of North Texas.
SPECIALITY
LAND USE AND ENTITLEMENTS
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