Real Estate Development & Reuse

The International Economic Development Council’s interactive education courses are the leading source of education for economic developers at all levels and provide a national perspective focusing on real life experiences, best practices, and tools you can use in your community.

One of our core training courses is Real Estate Development and Reuse. In 2015, we’ll be delivering this course in four different North American cities. Each will be taught by expert instructors and include discussion of useful case studies. If certification is in your future, this training is a requirement for taking the Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) exam.

Locations for Real Estate Development and Reuse Trainings in 2015:

• January 22-23: Palm Beach County, FL
• May 7-8: Ottawa, ON
• July 16-17: Philadelphia, PA
• October 29-30: Chapel Hill, NC

Real Estate Development and Reuse Course Description:

This course clearly articulates the eight stage process for real estate development and reuse. Specifically, course participants will learn the fundamentals of market and site analysis, financial feasibility, and what political considerations are required to move a development project from conception to realization. Additionally, this course will cover a wide variety of financing tools that are available at the local, regional, and state levels, including tax increment financing, bond financing, tax credits, tax abatements, land assembly, and brownfield redevelopment. Multiple in-class case studies will be used to help participants work through actual financial and regulatory problems.

While anyone is welcome to take the training offered in Ottawa, Ontario, the content discussed will be designed to meet the needs of a Canadian economic development professional.

Course Highlights:

• Housing, retail, office, industrial, hotel, and mixed use development 
• The regulatory and approval process including zoning and permitting 
• Assessing community involvement and political feasibility 
• Public, private and nonprofit financial modeling 
• Understanding the pro forma operating statement structure 
• Property valuation and capitalization rates 
• Brownfield redevelopment phase structure and liability 
• Request for qualification/proposal process

Our Expert Instructors on Real Estate Development & Reuse Include:

Mark Barbash, FM 
Chief Operating Officer 
The Finance Fund

Robin Scott Hunden, ISHC
President
Hunden Strategic Partners

Robert Lewis, CEcD AICP
Principal
Development Strategies, Inc.

Deborah McGill Smith, CEcD
Industrial Brokerage & Consulting
Cushman & Wakefield/EGS

Eric McSweeney, BA, Ec.D. (F), ALC, CCIM, CMC 
President 
McSweeney & Associates

James Russell, CEcD 
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 
The Pizzuti Companies

Check the individual course page to learn more about instructors, locations, and registration pricing.

» Download the 2015 Professional Development brochure (PDF)