Specializing in facilitation of complex urban property redevelopment, real estate acquisition & disposition, physical master planning, project financing, market analysis, economic feasibility, site control, historic properties adaptive re-use, brownfields/environmental assessment & clean-up, and project management for commercial, office, retail and residential developments.

Responsible for the management and oversight of the Department's many economic development lending, brownfield, entrepreneurship, business growth, and real estate development programs within the County government's newly-chartered Economic Development role for Northeast Ohio. Administered the over 20 various loan & grant programs of the Economic Development ($100 Million) Fund Initiative, creating over 20,000 jobs and over $2.5 Billion in leveraged Capital expenditures invested. Directed all… Show more Responsible for the management and oversight of the Department's many economic development lending, brownfield, entrepreneurship, business growth, and real estate development programs within the County government's newly-chartered Economic Development role for Northeast Ohio. Administered the over 20 various loan & grant programs of the Economic Development ($100 Million) Fund Initiative, creating over 20,000 jobs and over $2.5 Billion in leveraged Capital expenditures invested. Directed all of the County's Community Assessment Initiative brownfield grant and loan programs resulting in over a thousand environmental assessment projects and dozens of clean-ups. Managed the County's $55 Million economic development loan portfolio. Managed the County's annually revised Five-Year Economic Development Plan. Directed all small business, microenterprise, and early-stage technology lending partnerships with ECDI, JumpStart, MAGNET, National Development Counsel, Grow America Fund, Growth Opportunity Partners, Urban League, Village Capital Corporation and the Small Business Administration (SBA) office of Cleveland. Show less

CEO of non-profit economic development corporation servicing the 5-square-mile, 15,000-employee, Maingate Business Revitalization District comprised of 500 area stakeholder businesses involved in high-technology services, manufacturing, industrial, construction, wholesale distribution, etc. located southwest of Downtown Cleveland and along the Cuyahoga River valley.

Senior managing director at the MidTown non-profit economic development organization, comprised of over 250 member stakeholder businesses, charged with planning and redeveloping the two-square-mile, 12,000-employee, MidTown Corridor area between Downtown Cleveland and University Circle. Directed and managed the MidTown Land Development Initiative, the MidTown Technology Center development, MidTown Mixed-Use project plans, and the Lassi Enterprises, LLC. land assembly and project partnership… Show more Senior managing director at the MidTown non-profit economic development organization, comprised of over 250 member stakeholder businesses, charged with planning and redeveloping the two-square-mile, 12,000-employee, MidTown Corridor area between Downtown Cleveland and University Circle. Directed and managed the MidTown Land Development Initiative, the MidTown Technology Center development, MidTown Mixed-Use project plans, and the Lassi Enterprises, LLC. land assembly and project partnership equity subsidiary. Negotiated, acquired and environmentally remediated the numerous parcels and properties that comprised over 15 acres of strategic brownfield real estate for planned redevelopment such as the MidTown Technology Center. Raised over $6.0 Million in loans and grant funding necessary to purchase, clean and maintain the properties. Initiated innovative techniques and systems for reducing land holding costs such as obtaining real estate tax exemption from the State of Ohio Tax Commissioner on most parcels being held utilizing the pass through title & authority of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority. Show less

Senior level officer of private housing and community development agency comprised of 12 interdenominational member churches and religious institutions located in the Cleveland and East Cleveland areas. Supervised the property management and development activities of 40-person staff engaged in packaging, constructing and managing over 750 units of low and moderate-income housing. Co-manged the public/private development of the 20-acre, $15 million Shops at Church Square redevelopment project… Show more Senior level officer of private housing and community development agency comprised of 12 interdenominational member churches and religious institutions located in the Cleveland and East Cleveland areas. Supervised the property management and development activities of 40-person staff engaged in packaging, constructing and managing over 750 units of low and moderate-income housing. Co-manged the public/private development of the 20-acre, $15 million Shops at Church Square redevelopment project consisting of the pioneering 10-block master plan & 112,000 s.f. retail shopping center and preparing for the Beacon Place at Church Square residential project comprisoing 92 units of market-rate, for sale, urban townhouses and coach homes. Led the acquisition and consolidation of over 100 parcels of blighted property to establish the project sites. Show less

Managed ten-year master planning for the 500-acre Doan Center district anchored by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's main campus and nine other non-profit medical, arts, and social services DCI member institutions. Directed all aspects of the process including all institutional stakeholder participation and investments. Managed innovative Community Development Plan which produced high-quality urban design guidelines, public improvement standards and public transit connections. These created… Show more Managed ten-year master planning for the 500-acre Doan Center district anchored by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's main campus and nine other non-profit medical, arts, and social services DCI member institutions. Directed all aspects of the process including all institutional stakeholder participation and investments. Managed innovative Community Development Plan which produced high-quality urban design guidelines, public improvement standards and public transit connections. These created the density, walkability & TOD principals and public financing assistance that led to mixed-use projects such as the Shops at Church Square, Beacon Place, Villas of Woodhaven, and Cleveland Clinic guest house. Show less

Coordinated UCI Community Development Department's land-use planning, land banking, zoning approval, public improvement, and architectural review services for its over 60 UCI member institutions. Managed numerous joint development and revitalization projects in and around the University Circle service area between members institutions and neighborhood groups. Assisted in the acquisition and management of residential properties for and within UCI's joint $5.0 Million institutional landbank.