land developer
Resume:
Gerald A. Jackson
*************@*****.***
Box **76, Park City, UT 84060
Profile
Successfully analyzed hundreds of acquisitions, including undeveloped land, hotels, mixed-use centers, distressed debt, bankruptcies, and alternative energy. Negotiated contracts, researched markets, planned, entitled, developed, and sold more than 2,400 residential units, businesses, trademarks, water, mineral, and air rights. Particularly skilled at leading multi-disciplinary professional teams, calling audibles, and obtaining favorable local, regional, state, and federal entitlements in extremely demanding regulatory climates.
Specific Skills
•Due Diligence Investigations
•Site Analysis & Site Planning
•Scoping, Scheduling, & Budgeting
•Market Research & Positioning
•Cross-professional Collaboration
•Team Building and Leading
•Contract Negotiations
•Conservation Easements
•Community Governance
Career Experience
Co-owner and Developer, Ragged Mountain Resort, Danbury, NH 2007 – 2024
Successfully planned and permitted master-planned resort development on 2,100 acres. Secured local, state, and federal approvals for 890 residential units, 154K SF of resort support commercial space, and doubling the size of the ski resort.
Completed land acquisitions, trades, subdivisions, and easements with adjacent land owners
Completed snowmaking water acquisition and land exchanges with State and Federal regulators.
Completed lease of telecommunications tower space and sale of 5G aerial rights.
Co-owner and Developer, United Park City Mines Company, Park City, UT 2002 - 2006
Negotiated and closed the reverse squeeze-out merger and privatization of United Park City Mines, a NYSE company that owned 8,500 acres of land, water, and minerals in Park City, UT.
Successfully managed land planning, permitting, and branding for Empire Pass, consisting of 470 condominiums and 26 single-family lots, the Red Cloud subdivision with 30 single-family lots, and land planning and platting for the Montage Hotel, all at the Deer Valley Resort.
Successfully managed land purchase options, and a land exchange with the BLM for mining claim fractions
Co-owner and Developer, Upstate Partners, LLC, Park City, UT 1998 - 2010
Partnered with Corning, Inc. to develop “Aurene,” the only master-planned community within 90 miles of Corning, NY.
Secured local, regional, and state approvals for 426 new residential units
Installed the multi-phase road and utility infrastructure
Partnered with Corning, Inc. and Fortuna Energy to explore and drill for natural gas
Management Experience
Managing Member, Upstate Partners, Corning, NY
Managing Member, Upstate Gas, LLC, Corning, NY
Managing Member, Tristate Aviation, Park City, UT
General Partner, Jackson Partners Ltd., Park City, UT
Vice President, Equity Properties & Investments, Inc., Boston, MA
Education
Doctoral Studies in Shakespeare & Elizabethan Drama
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
BA and MA in English Literature
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Affiliations, Past
and Present
Member – Chaine des Rotisseurs
Member – James Beard Foundation
Member – Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin
Member – Natural Lands Trust
Member – Urban Land Institute
Member – Conservation Law Foundation
Member – Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Donor & Member – Audubon International
Member – National Association of Homebuilders
Utah Conservation Council Member – The Nature Conservancy
Donor – Park City Museum
Donor – National Ability Center
Member – Alta Club Salt Lake City
Donor & Director – Underdog Foundation
Donor & Member – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Executive Council Member – Deer Valley Music Festival
Professional Studies
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1972 Clean Water Act Army Corps Sections 404 and 106 Permitting Shoreline Zone Protection National Heritage & Endangered Species Program Permit Recapture & Reinstatement Developer Exactions Tax Increment Financing Mountain Resort Development Master Planned Communities Golf Course Development Wastewater Treatment Facilities Individual Wastewater Disposal Systems Special Service Districts Regional Planning Commission Strategies Bankruptcies and Distressed Debt
Licenses & Certifications
USAC Professional Driver’s License – United States Auto Club
SCCA Professional Driver’s License – Sports Car Club of America
IMSA Professional Driver’s License – International Motor Sports Association
Supercar Competition License – International Motor Sports Association
FIA International Competition License – Federation Internationale de L’Automobile
VARA Competition License – Vintage Auto Racing Association
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