REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & REUSE TRAINING COURSE
Date: May 5-6, 2011
Location: Baltimore, MD
Register by Thursday, March 24 and save with our early registration rates!

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This course provides an overview of the real estate development and reuse process, with an emphasis on the role of the economic developer. Typically, the economic developer works to balance the dynamic between the profit orientation of the private developer and the public objective to be met by the real estate project. Learn about the various financing tools that are available at the local, regional and state level, including tax increment financing, bond financing, land assembly and brownfield redevelopment.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Market and site analysis
• The regulatory and approval process
• Understanding project pro formas
• Assessing political feasibility
• Local and federal tools for redevelopment
• Soliciting developers

INSTRUCTORS:

Robin Scott Hunden
President
Hunden Strategic Partners
Mr. Hunden, ISHC, offers extensive experience in managing the feasibility and implementation of major real estate projects as well as organizational development. Since launching Hunden Strategic Partners, he has been a sought after consultant for dozens of hotel, convention, mixed-use entertainment and retail projects as well as other tourism and economic development projects and master plans. He also has experience moving organizations to a position of focus and action through strategic planning initiatives.

Robert M. Lewis, AICP, CEcD
Principal and President
Development Strategies
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.

Deborah McGill, CEcD
Industrial Services Team
EGS Commercial Real Estate, Inc
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.

ACCOMMODATIONS/TRAINING LOCATION

Sheraton Baltimore City Center
101 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (866) 837-5182
Website: www.starwoodhotels.com

IEDC Room Rate: $149 single/double
Cut-Off Date: April 24, 2011

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