The 3rd Quarter Meeting for Pima County Real Estate Research Council (PCRERC) will be held Thursday, August 21, 2014. Registration begins at 7:30 AM with a free continental breakfast and program starting at 8:00 AM to be held at the Tucson Association of Realtors building, 2445 N Tucson Blvd. in Tucson
Dr Arthur C. Nelson, Professor of Urban Planning and Real Estate Development, College of Architecture, Planning and Real Estate Development at the University of Arizona will be the keynote speaker and unveil his long term assessment of housing needs based on demographic and economic drivers, as well as development and redevelopment opportunities into the future.
Dr. Nelson is coming to the UA from the University of Utah, where he is Presidential Professor Emeritus. Dr. Nelson is widely known for his work in applied demographic and economic analysis and metropolitan development patterns. He was also founding co-director of the Master of Real Estate Development program at the University of Utah.
For the past thirty years, Dr. Nelson has conducted pioneering research in smart growth, public facility finance, economic development, and metropolitan development patterns. He has written more than 20 books and more than 300 other works, and has made nearly 300 scholarly and professional presentations.
Prior to academia, Dr. Nelson managed his own West Coast consultancy in planning and management, and continues to provide professional planning services. In 2000, his professional planning, education, and research accomplishments were recognized with election to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. In 2000-01, he served HUD as an expert on smart growth for the Clinton and Bush Administrations. In this capacity, he helped expand HUD’s university scholarship programs and create HUD’s doctoral fellowship program.
Dr. Nelson has served in various editorial capacities for the Journal of the American Planning Association, Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Urban Affairs, Journal of Planning Education and Research, and the Journal of Planning Literature.
Dr. Nelson has earned scholarship honors at Virginia Tech, several teaching honors and recognitions at Georgia Tech, and researcher of the year honors at the University of New Orleans. His books have shaped the fields of infrastructure finance, smart growth, and land use planning. Dr. Nelson’s writings have won national awards and international distinction. His students have won numerous national awards including the national student project of the year award given by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Dr. Nelson’s current work focuses on how demographic and economic forces along with shift in housing preference will reshape America’s metropolitan areas for the rest of this century.
Roundtable Speakers at the meeting will be:
Retail: Michael Laatsch of CBRE in Tucson
Industrial: Ron Zimmerman of Cushman & Wakefield | Picor in Tucson
Multifamily: Justin Lanne of NAI Horizon in Tucson
Office: Bruce Suppes of CBRE in Tucson
Finanace: Paul Kraft of Wells Fargo Bank in Tucson
Free to all PCRERC members. Non-members are welcome to attend ONE meeting for $50.00. Membership is required to attend ANY additional meetings.
Click here to register: https://pcrerc.com/events/event/46/3rd-Quarterly-Meeting-