Urban Land Institute Advisory Panel
Report
An advisory panel of experts from the Urban Land
Institute (ULI) has issued its final report concerning the
development of about 100 acres of county-owned land in
Ashburn.
The panel is recommending that the site be used for county
government services, education and economic development. The
report is available online.
The ULI panel spent several days in Loudoun County in
October 2005 as part of a feasibility study for the
development of the land. The panel's presentation of
recommendations made in October 2005 also is available online.
Both documents require Adobe
Acrobat, which may be downloaded
here.
The panel members and their biographies are listed below:
James DeFrancia
Lowe Enterprises
Aspen, Colorado
James M. DeFrancia is a principal of Lowe Enterprises,
Inc., a national real estate development company engaged in
commercial, industrial, and residential development, and
president of its community development division. He has been
involved in real estate development for more than 25 years;
prior to that, he served as an officer in the US Navy.
DeFrancia is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, a member
of the Northern Virginia Building Industries Association, a
former Virginia representative to the Southern Growth
Policies Boards and a former member of the board of the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. He has been a
guest lecturer/panelist for the Bank Lending Institute, the
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Graduate School of
Design at Harvard University, George Mason University and
George Washington University.
DeFrancia is a 1963 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, with
postgraduate studies in business and finance at the
University of Michigan.
Morey Bean
AIA
Colorado Architecture Partnership
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Founding partner of the Colorado Springs based Colorado
Architecture Partnership, Morey Bean is an architect and
planner with experience ranging from the design and
execution of innovative university research parks, and new
urbanist community design. Colorado's Architect of the Year
for 1999, Bean serves on the American Institute of
Architects Colorado Growth Task Force, and is an advisor to
the Mayor of Colorado Springs and City of Colorado Springs
on design matters. He is also the lead architect in the
Innovation Center for the University of Colorado, Colorado
Springs in cooperation with the Pikes Peak Community
Foundation
He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and
Urban Design Committee chair of the Colorado South Chapter
of the AIA.
Daniel Conway
THK Associates
Aurora, Colorado
Daniel M. Conway is a real estate marketing and research
authority specializing in commercial/industrial and
residential developments. Conway has had over 30 years
experience as an urban land economist. For the last 20 years
as President and Director of Economics and Market Research
for THK Associates, he has conducted numerous commercial,
industrial, and residential economic feasibility and market
studies, socioeconomic impact assessment and financial
planning studies.
Projects of particular interest include an international
market center and industrial market analysis for the Dove
Valley Business Air Park in Arapahoe County; and a
residential and related uses market analysis for several
major developments in Douglas County including the 1,342
acre Parker City site. Specific communities where Conway has
completed a wide range of research and analysis include Las
Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Oxnard, Palm Springs and Carmel,
California; Kansas City, Missouri; Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New
Mexico; Seattle, Washington; and Phoenix and Tucson,
Arizona.
Conway has served on several ULI advisory services panels
including panels for Florida State University Research Park
and Kennedy Space Center Research Park.
Steven R. Jenkins
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, Texas
Steve Jenkins is a partner with Haynes and Boone, LLP, a
Dallas-based law firm ranked among the top 100 law firms in
the country and among the leading technology-oriented law
firms in the world. Jenkins' experience includes more than
30 years representing large, sophisticated clients in
complex real estate transactional matters and managing major
client relationships. Prior to joining Haynes and Boone in
1995, Jenkins was for many years the managing partner of
another large, Dallas-based law firm. His expertise includes
all aspects of real estate development, including
acquisition and sales, municipal and land use regulatory
matters, leases, partnerships, joint ventures, financing,
real estate investment trusts, construction and property
management.
In the land use planning area, Jenkins has been actively
involved for many years in a number of the most significant
private and public land use planning initiatives in the
Dallas, Texas area. Jenkins has represented private and
public companies in land use planning initiatives for many
of the most significant real estate developments in Dallas,
including regional malls, major office developments, hotels,
corporate headquarters facilities and research facilities.
Jenkins has also been actively involved in a leadership role
in many city-wide and area-wide public land use planning
initiatives, including a complex planning process involving
the entire City of Dallas. In addition to actively
practicing law, Jenkins has served as chairman of the Joint
Committee on City Planning, Director of the Greater Dallas
Planning Council, and Director of the Real Estate Council.
R.J. Nutter
Troutman Sanders, LLP
Virginia Beach, Virginia
R. J. Nutter is a partner in the law firm of Troutman
Sanders LLP and his principal office is in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. Nutter is the chairman of the firm's Zoning and
Land Use Practice group which is comprised of over 20
attorneys in six of the firm's seven U.S. offices. In that
capacity, he is responsible for developing and implementing
land use issues and goals to guide the firm’s clients and
the members of the practice group.
Nutter received his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the
University of Richmond. His primary experience has been in
representing both local governments and private developers
in matters dealing with land use, real estate, municipal
corporations, annexation and environmental law. Nutter was
named as one of Virginia’s Legal Elite by Virginia Business
magazine in 2004.
Some of his most recent significant land use engagements
have been the necessary approvals and zoning amendments to
accommodate: a 2,000,000 square foot urban Town Center; a
2,000 acre planned resort community on Virginia’s Eastern
Shore; a $1 billion Marine Terminal, the largest private
terminal in the U.S.; and a $200,000,000 planned medical
campus.
Nutter has served on various land use committees for various
localities throughout Southeast Virginia which were
responsible for drafting new state legislation and local
ordinances for resort revitalization and oceanfront renewal,
new commercial guidelines for development and establishing
criteria for telecommunications facilities. He is a frequent
speaker on land use, annexation and real estate law for the
American Planning Association, Virginia Municipal Legal,
National Business Institute and the Virginia Association of
Zoning officials and various other private organizations.
Lyneir Richardson
General Growth Properties
Chicago, Illinois
As Vice President – Urban Land Development, Richardson
heads the initiative of General Growth Properties to
undertake retail and mixed used development projects in
cities across the country. The Urban Land Development Group
targets opportunities that have a retail component of at
least 100,000 square feet and are located in densely
populated cities, gentrifying communities, and downtowns
redevelopments districts.
Prior to joining General Growth Properties, Richardson held
the positions as President of LakeShore Development Co.,
Vice President of Thrush Construction Co. and Attorney at
The First National Bank of Chicago.
Richardson is a graduate of Bradley University and the
University of Chicago Law School. He is a member of the
International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land
Institute. He also serves as vice chairman, Illinois Housing
Development Authority Trust Fund Board and a member of the
Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of West Cook
County.
Virginia Scott
Jones Lang LaSalle
Washington, D.C.
Scott is a managing director in Jones Lang LaSalle's
Public Institutions practice in the Washington, D.C.
corporate office. She is a leading contributor to the firm's
Government Specialty, providing strategy, financing and
negotiating services to public sector clients. She is
currently working with the U.S. Air Force to develop a
programmatic strategy for enhancing the value of their
underutilized real estate assets across the United States.
Scott has worked for Jones Lang LaSalle in a variety of
capacities over the past ten years, including the
underwriting of various investment opportunities, assisting
in managing investment portfolios and in the marketing and
disposition of assets for key public and private sector
clients.
Scott provided local market and land use redevelopment
advice to a confidential client on plans to redevelop a
44-acre site along Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia River,
preparing redevelopment alternative schemes aimed to create
a vibrant and economically attractive market-stable
environment that addressed the District's redevelopment
goals. Responsibilities included land valuation analysis,
economic impact studies, zoning and legislative analysis,
phasing planning, and preliminary marketing and stakeholder
strategies. She also developed presentation material and a
term sheet for meetings with the Mayor's office and other
District planning officials.
Additionally, Ms. Scott has acted as a key member of Jones
Lang LaSalle's team to plan and develop Cantera, a 650-acre
mixed-use development project near Chicago, Illinois.
Responsibilities included performing financial analysis,
developing project pro formas for specific development
sites, assessing tax increment financing impacts and
coordinating the annual budgeting process for the project
team and client. Scott also researched area zoning
authorities and related fees to assist in negotiating with
the local municipality.
Mark Viets, AIA
Peckham, Guyton, Albers & Viets
Westwood, Kansas
Mark Viets received his bachelor's of science and master's
of architecture degrees with final honors from Washington
University in St. Louis. He is a Principal of Peckham Guyton
Albers & Viets Architects and Planners, a 100-person firm
with offices in Kansas City and St. Louis. The firm has a
special interest in large-scale office and institutional
development worldwide. Many of these projects include
waterfront planning and design in such places as Kansas
City, St. Louis, New Orleans, Chicago and Barcelona, Spain.
Clients include Stowers Medical Institute, Irvine Industrial
Estates, Universal Studios as well as 44 colleges and
universities.
Viets currently serves on the Kansas State Building Advisory
Commission as appointed by the Governor, and he is a
Director of the U.S. Bank corporation. He has served as
chairman on several planning commissions, boards of zoning
appeals, boards of structural appeals, as well as serving as
airport commissioner and city council member.
Within the ULI organization, Viets has serviced on numerous
advisory panels and has been a trustee, chairman of the
Publication Committee, and chairman of the Kansas City
District Council. He is currently a ULI Foundation Governor
and an Honorary Member.
For More Information
For more information about the ULI Advisory Panel, contact Robyn Bailey,
Department of Economic Development, at 703-777-0426.
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