REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE Project Leadership and Oversight | Consensus Building | Planning and Development Strategy

Applicant has the unique experience of being both a Land Developer and a planning and engineering consultant with management abilities and professional cross-over skills enhanced by local and national Fortune 500, private and entrepreneurial organizations. He is acknowledged as a success driven leader, team member and integrated advisor, promoting problem-solving and consensus building techniques, while pursuing innovative sustainable design and maximizing financial performance. (Willing to relocate)

Land Acquisition - Due Diligence Financial Analysis - Modeling Office and Industrial Development Profit and Loss Management Senior Housing Development Medical & Education Facilities Pre-construction Bidding Hotel and Resort Development Entitlement & Permitting Strategy Program Management Zoning & Land Use - Amendments Consulting Team Leadership CAPEX Budgeting - Cost Estimating Mixed Use - Master Planning Contract Negotiations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INDEPENDENT ADVISOR, 2008 to present Preparing land acquisition due diligence research and contributing to concept design visioning. Researching project marketing demand drivers, cost to complete analysis and financial feasibility.

Confidential, Maitland, Florida , 2007-2008 (Company Lost financing) Real estate development firm with franchise rights to develop 124 extended stay hotels across the USA.

Director of Development Services Program Manager reporting to the CEO and responsible for national franchise 'Value Place' hotel development: land acquisitions, preliminary and final financial analysis feasibility modeling, design, entitlements, legal, land closing and construction management.

Key Contributions:

• Secured $102 million/1,480 hotel rooms, land and building entitlements, zoning, and permits
• Brought 15 hotels from concept design, land acquisition, construction and turnover to operations.
• Acquisition team responsibility to identify new sites, negotiation and deal structure, securing LOI’s
• Managed consulting firms to create plans, solve legal and technical issues and LEED compliance.
• Performed trade area analysis, pricing activity, due diligence, proforma and cash flow analysis.
• Secure and negotiate land take down, mezzanine, development, construction and permanent financing, review term sheets, loan and legal documents, and settlement transactions.
• Pre-construction cost to complete analysis, contractor bid analysis, and contract awards
• Co-administration of construction contracts, change orders, pay applications, closings
• Primary contact and liaison with consultants, government agencies, lender, and franchisor

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona , 2006-2007 (resigned prior to Company sale) Privately held National multi-discipline consulting firm of over 3300 employees.

Group Manager - Land Development, Planning and Landscape Architecture Land development practice manager, reporting to the Phoenix Unit Manager: responsible for Program Management of 6 master planned mixed use residential communities of 600 to 12,000 acres in the Phoenix division with 5 direct and 25 indirect reports.

Key Contributions:

• Prepared annual planning unit business plan and budget, established billing rates, and collections
• Managed business systems that allow project and man-hour budgeting, revenues analysis and forecasting, decision-making, and financial and project reporting, coordinate with other unit leaders
• Managed business development and preparation of planning and engineering services agreements

Confidential, Celebration, Florida , 2005-2006 (deals did not go forward - work ran out) World renowned developer, owner and operator of 5 star luxury golf, spa and resort communities.

Director of Development and Planning Reporting to the Vice President of Development and Planning; responsible for the new land acquisition, financial analysis, program management, due diligence, design and land use permitting of 3 private golf and spa resorts in Florida and West Virginia, market factors did not allow the projects to move forward.

Key Contributions:

• Prepared cost to complete & financial feasibility analysis for three resort proposals; value $1.26 B.
• Perform due diligence analysis and concept feasibility studies of new land acquisition opportunities
• Select, manage, prepared scope of work and fee agreements for over 20 design/legal consultants

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota , 2000-2004 (division management change) A top five office and industrial REIT and top 20 general contractors in the US, with portfolio market capitalization exceeding $8 billion.

Development Manager, Minnesota Division Originally reporting to the division VP of Construction for 3 years. During management restructuring reporting to the Corporate EVP Construction for 2 years. Responsible for development of new office and industrial parks, buildings and teaching facilities for corporate portfolio and turnkey build to suite clients.

Key Contributions:

• Completed $175.8 million in office development and $142 million in industrial development
• Key projects Norman Pointe Office Park; 1.2 MM Sq Sf. Office, 100 acre Crosstown Industrial Park.
• Acquisition team responsibility to identify and analyze new land opportunities through brokers.
• Perform feasibility analysis of new land acquisitions for portfolio and build to suite opportunities
• Contribute to Proformas, Deal Memorandums and analysis of cost variables to maximize yield
• Prepared monthly land basis, Land Improvement reports and construction budget forecasting.
• Manage numerous consulting firms, drove value engineering for eng & arch construction plans
• Co-managed pre-construction cost to complete analysis, bid assessment, bonding and LOC’s
• Administration of construction contracts, change orders and contractor pay applications/draws
• Coordinate and support with leasing for tenant feasibility, space, FF&E and building availability

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota , 1998-1999 (funding dried up) Boutique national real estate developer of tax-credit, rental independent living senior housing

Vice President, Land Development Reporting to the CEO, responsible for all land acquisition deals nationally managing 5 acquisition tax credit managers, driving fast track entitlements to satisfy IRS regulations to move approvals from tax credit award to first C of O in 18 months on 13 deals nationally, 120 unit each townhome style projects.

Key Contributions:

• Participated in capital raising for corporate & project financing for development and construction
• Performed proformas, cost and impact fees analysis, and due diligence underwriting.
• Prepared profitability and development financial models for 1560 senior residential units.
• Secured local consulting teams, obtained all entitlements and managed infrastructure installations
• Prepare and reported financial analysis and forecasts to ownership & executive management

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota , 1996-1998 (New Division President changed all staff, company eventually sold to K. Hovnanian) Town and Country was a land development and production homebuilder, in Minnesota, Illinois and Florida.

Vice President, Land Development Reporting to the EVP Land and Division President, responsible for the development of town home and single family residential communities, and delivering finished lots to the home building unit, Minnesota Division.

Key Contributions:

• Securing land acquisition deals to maximize real estate value, reporting financial risks analysis
• Obtained all entitlements and construction plan approvals, negotiating all developer agreements
• Administration of site construction contracts, infrastructure installation, and pay applications.

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota , 1990-1996 (Ended consulting career - began development career) Land development-consulting firm providing services in land planning and site design, construction plans and specification, entitlements and infrastructure construction management.

President and Owner Owner and manager of development consulting business including: business development, identifying market partnerships, budgets, accounting, contract labor, and optimizing revenue-generating solutions.

Key Contributions:

• Land planning, site design, plat packages, and environmental reviews for over 2,500 home sites, 160 gas and convenience stores, tower planning and 1.5 million sq. ft. of commercial development.
• Preparing project costs and pro-formas for developers, and assist in marketing developments
• Procure all entitlements and public presentations to city councils and neighborhood groups
• Qualified expert land use witness, professional testimony for Carver and Scott County Dist. Court

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture - with Thesis Equivalent to current Masters of Landscape Architecture Major: Urban and Regional Planning Minor: Designed Environments for the Elderly and Handicapped

Golf Course Architecture - Certificate Sale and Marketing Strategies - Certificate

Software: AutoCAD, Timberline, MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Project/Outlook