Project Manager Real Estate

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Masters in Urban Planning from New York University, with more than 5

years of economic development experience

. Skilled project manager with a strong track record of results

. Experienced mediator between private/community interests and government

initiatives

. Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing, detailed

information to broad audiences

. Experienced with gathering and interpreting demographic and

psychographic data to support economic development initiatives

. A strong network in the Minneapolis/St Paul urban planning/economic

development community

. Personally and professionally dedicated to developing efficient and

sustainable communities

EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW

New York City Economic Development Corporation Dec 2007 to Nov 2009

Senior Project Manager, Real Estate and Special Projects New York, New York

Economic Development Initiatives

. Identified several million dollars in City and State tax incentives and

real estate opportunities for hundreds of local and national

businesses, real estate brokers, and developers looking to establish or

expand their economic interest in the New York metropolitan business

district

. Lead NYC's effort to extend NY State tax benefits to the East River

Science Park development; an initiative that will provide millions of

dollars in tax benefits to biotech firms that tenant the 1.1 million

square foot development

. Design and administer NYCEDC program for leasing/selling City-owned

properties to non-traditional food retail firms

. Plan high-level real estate strategies for the purpose of targeting the

biotech industry, academic medical institutions, and green industries,

among many others

. Developed and implemented New York City 's new Biotech Tax Credit

Marketing/Promotion

. Develop real-estate specific marketing materials for NYC's six primary

Central Business Districts

. Present and develop high-level relocation strategies for local and

national firms

. Develop and disseminate promotional materials to real estate brokerage

firms, local development corps, and business improvement district

Representation of NYCEDC

. Represent NYCEDC on the Mayor's Food Policy Taskforce, a multi-agency

taskforce charged with developing strategies for retaining and

attracting food retail firms, specifically targeting underserved

neighborhoods

. Member of four person panel at the NYC Metro APA conference discussing

financing/tax incentives

EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW (continued)

Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation Jan 2006 to Nov

2007

Business Development Manager Brooklyn, New York

. Administer the Southwest Brooklyn Empire Zone program and market City

tax incentive programs, all of which encourage asset investment,

employment growth, and sustainable business practices

. Conduct over ten business development seminars, informing hundreds of

local business owners of City and State tax incentives, real estate

opportunities, and energy efficiency strategies

. Developed partnership between several organizations and the federal

government to create a fully monitored green roof project worth over

$250,000 that will provide empirical data to show cost effectiveness of

green buildings

. Developing a new service within SBIDC, partnering with NYSERDA and US

EPA, working with industrial businesses to reduce their ecological

footprint using LEED and Energy Management System strategies

Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation Jul 2005 to Dec 2005

In Place Industrial Park (IPIP/IBZ Manager)/Empire Zone Coordinator Bronx,

New York

. Create Hunts Point Empire Zone development plan

. Represent Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation at Empire Zone

conferences and meetings

. Conduct one-on-one and large audience seminars for Hunts Point

businesses that further defined Empire Zone tax benefits and marketed

the Hunts Point Works workforce development center

Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) Jul 2004 to May 2005

Healthy Homes Project Intern New York, New York

. Develop training seminars that promote sustainable strategies for

residents of buildings undergoing rehabilitation through various

programs of the NYC HPD and for Housing Development Fund Corporation co-

ops during construction and financial restructuring processes

EDUCATION

New York University May 2006

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service New York, New York

Master of Urban Planning

University of Minnesota. Twin Cities May 2003

Bachelor of Arts Minneapolis, Minnesota

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

. Member of: American Planning Association, Congress for the New

Urbanism, Urban Land Institute

. Board Member of Coastal Marine Resource Center since June 2007

CHRISTOPHER SHEPARD

651-***-****; *********@*****.***

Temporary address (currently re-locating to Twin Cities Metro area):

73269 130th Street, LeRoy, MN 55951

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