The phrase "a prominent developer in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is well-known or influential in a specific field or industry.
Example: "John is a prominent developer in the field of renewable energy technologies."
Alternatives: "a leading developer in" or "a notable developer in".
Forest City Ratner, a prominent developer in New York City, spent more on lobbying the municipal government last year than any other business or group, a new study has found.
Sons of a prominent developer in the Washington area, the brothers began wondering a few years ago why people in a community, like the transitional H Street NE neighborhood, couldn't have more of a say in what was being built there.
Local legend has it that John Harper, a prominent developer in the city during the 1920s, got tired of having a group of noisy ladies over to his house each month when his wife hosted meetings for the Midway City Women's Club.
Norman was the senior partner in The Bluestone Organization, a prominent developer and builder in the New York City area.
Abraham Lefcourt began as a shoeshine boy, but by the 1920s was a prominent developer, with millions of dollars in completed construction, much of it in the garment center.
Mr. Santoiana led the F.B.I. investigation in the kidnapping of a Florida heiress, Barbara Mackle, a prominent developer's daughter who was abducted in 1968 from a hotel room and held for a ransom of $500,000.
PEPCO, the utility company, and Akridge, a prominent developer, are the primary land owners in the area where United wants to build.
Robert F. Maguire III, a prominent developer who helped shape L.A.'s skyline in the 1980s and '90s, is back.
The push for the proposed terminal in Oakland has been led by Phillip Tagami, a prominent developer and himself a former Oakland port commissioner.
In thanking him for his speech, William C. Rudin, the group's chairman and a prominent developer, praised the plan.
