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Economic Development Training Class
Real Estate Development and Reuse
Course Highlights:
Agenda
InstructorsRobert M. Lewis, AICP, CEcD
A native of Glencoe, Illinois, in the Chicago area, Bob holds a master's degree in city and re-gional planning from Southern Illi¬nois University at Edwardsville (1976) and a bachelor's degree in business economics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1973). Bob is a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) where he is a cer-tified economic developer (CEcD), the American Planning Association where he is also a mem-ber of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), the American Statistical Association (ASA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He has been an adjunct senior faculty member teaching business economics for the Keller Graduate School of DeVry University since 1995.
Deborah was also the first director of the Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority (JCEIDA). She was instrumental in the creation of the Jefferson Metropolitan Park System (JeffMet), which included the acquisition and development of 1,076 acres. JeffMet has produced 1,800 jobs and approximately $1 billion in capital investment to date. A few of the Companies that located within JeffMet during her tenure included Home Depot (Distribution Center), OfficeMax (Distribution Center), Plastipak Packaging, McKesson Pharmaceuticals and Wachovia Bank (Data Center). She also managed the acquisition, demolition and environmental clean-up plan of an industrial site in downtown Birmingham. It was the first jointly funded public Brownfield redevelopment project in the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County. Deborah is a certified economic developer (CEcD). She has recently been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties (NAIOP). She is also part of the faculty for the Auburn University Economic Development Course where she leads a session on Real Estate Development.
Mr. Hunden is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), ULI, IEDC, IDA, ICMA, IAAM and GFOA. He has conducted IEDC panel discussions and taught numerous professional development courses for IEDC. He has also spoken at the Greek Conference on Tourism and the Bond Buyer’s “Tourism as Economic Development” conference.
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Bob
directs economic research and planning projects at Development Strategies, based
in St. Louis. He joined the Development Strategies team in 1978 after two years
working for the St. Louis County Department of Planning. He was named president
in 2000 and became the largest stockholder in 2007. The focus of his
professional work is analyzing the market, economic, and organizational forces
that influence urban planning, economic growth, and real estate develop-ment.
His consulting services typically yield strategic recommendations for clients
seeking to maximize economic value. Clients include private property owners,
corporations, government agencies, non-profit development organizations, and
institutions all around the United States.
Deborah recently joined EGS Commercial Real
Estate, Inc. in Birmingham Alabama as a member of the Industrial Services Team.
EGS is a Cushman & Wakefield alliance member. Having spent the past 17 years
in economic development, she began her career at the Central Alabama Regional
Planning and Development Commission where she worked on grant projects and with
economic development efforts. She was the first Economic Development Director in
the City of Prattville, Alabama and was responsible for creating the city’s
first economic development strategic plan. This plan resulted in a new
industrial park and a 1,100-acre land acquisition project between Federal, State
and private land owners, for construction of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s
Capital Hill course and a hotel and conference center.
Mr. Hunden and his firm offer extensive experience in the economics of major real estate projects. Mr. Hunden has provided expertise for over 200 projects including Toronto’s Woodbine Live!, the Kansas City Power & Light District, 4th Street Live! (Louisville), the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott, Chicago’s Union Station redevelopment, the New Yorker Hotel, Conseco Fieldhouse, Fort Worth Omni, and numerous convention hotels, convention centers and mixed-use districts. Prior to starting HSP in 2006, he served as Vice President of Johnson Consulting in Chicago. There, he led specialized work on hotels, conference centers, sports, urban entertainment-retail districts and convention centers. Previously, he conducted real estate finance and transactions at Landauer Associates and Grubb & Ellis. His public-sector experience includes managing projects for the Indianapolis Bond Bank and the Indianapolis Mayor’s Office, including the 1999 Indiana Convention Center expansion, the RCA Dome expansion, and Conseco Fieldhouse financial development. He has written articles on convention hotel development and taught college-level Destination Development courses. He also sits on advisory board for DePaul’s School of Hospitality.
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