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Following is a list of projects conducted by the CRE Consulting Corps:

Client: Philander Smith College – Little Rock, Arkansas
Challenge: To evaluate the highest and best use for a College-owned 5.63-acre parcel of land near the College campus. The site is vacant and has been available for redevelopment since it was acquired from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2001.

Client: Progress of Peoples Development Corp. – Brooklyn, New York
Challenge: To assist POP Development Corp., the affordable housing arm of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, to redesigning their housing development office in terms of appropriate staffing complement, skill base, and responsibility, and to review and assess their existing portfolio as it relates to their goals of increasing and maximizing the capacity of their housing stock.

Client: University of Arkansas – Little Rock, Arkansas
Challenge: To assess the financial feasibility and community acceptance of various approaches for redeveloping the commercial real estate assets of the University District, and to develop a market-driven, realistic, and achievable action plan for the development of those assets that coordinates with the University District Revitalization Plan, the UALR Campus Master Plan, and the UALR Strategic Plan.

Client: Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle – Seattle, Washington
Challenge: To conduct a highest and best use analysis for the Urban League headquarters property, including a determination of land value together with market driven advice regarding size, design elements, parking, LEED Certification, etc. for development consideration.

Client: Wittenberg University – Springfield, Ohio
Challenge: To create a Plan of Action to enhance the neighborhoods surrounding Wittenberg resulting in a strategy in which the University and other stakeholders in can effectively collaborate to meet the goals both of the University and the overall community. Recommendations will include 1) a conceptual strategy for neighborhoods surrounding the University; 2) an organizational structure for implementation of the plan; 3) a listing of priority actions to begin implementation; and 4) potential portability of the model to other Springfield neighborhoods.

Client: City of Glen Rose – Glen Rose, Texas
Challenge: To objectively evaluate the economic and demographic outlook in Glen Rose and present findings and recommendations for capitalizing on the anticipated growth of the city and surrounding area while preserving its rural character and quality of life.

Client: University of Texas at El Paso – El Paso, Texas
Challenge: To perform a highest and best use analysis of a 7.6 acre parcel of land situated on a viable commercial arterial and on the UTEP campus; using a multi-disciplinary approach, the team will design effective strategies for the University to optimize the use of their real estate assets.

Client: University of Texas at San Antonio – San Antonio, Texas
Challenge: To assess the real estate planning needs and existing real estate assets on the University of Texas-San Antonio North Loop campus and Downtown campus. To deliver a market-driven, realistic action plan for the development of real estate assets that coordinates with the master plan(s), furthers the strategic plan of the institution, and allows the institution to maximize the value of its real estate assets without relinquishing control of those assets.

Client: Sisters of the Divine Compassion – White Plains, New York
Challenge: To objectively evaluate two client properties – in Westchester County and The Bronx – and establish a market rent for schools on the two properties and provide guidance with respect to developing the properties in accordance with their highest and best use.

Clients: City of Orlando, Orlando Area Trust for the Homeless, Coalition for the Homeless – Orlando, Florida
Challenge: To provide a homeless shelter relocation analysis for the City of Orlando, to include an assessment of the facilities’ neighborhood impacts and suggested strategy for funding relocation, construction, and/or operations of the facilities.

Client: Philadelphia School Reform Commission – Philadelphia, PA
Challenge: To develop a District Master Plan for a minimum of ten years, that includes the development of the following: an accurate demographic model through GIS geo-coding and analysis; accurate enrollment projections for the next ten years; strategies for identifying and evaluating appropriate building sites; economic impact model for city and neighborhoods; strategy for meeting needs of parents and students; and strategy for facilitating partnering needs among stakeholders.

Client: Polish National Railway Company -- Warsaw, Poland
Challenge: To advise the Polish government, at the ministerial level, on how to maximize the income potential and value of the real estate assets of the national railway company, PKP SA. The challenge PKP faces is to maximize the proceeds while optimizing retained operating assets. The role of the Consulting Corps is to suggest both a framework for value creation and process change through which such value can be realized.

Client: Pace Academy - Atlanta, Georgia
Challenge: To provide an objective assessment of Pace Academy's plan to seek zoning approval for construction of a new track and field adjacent to its tennis courts, especially with regard to the impact on the surrounding property owners.

Client: Abilene Christian University - Abilene, Texas
Challenge: To assist ACU realize its goal to enhance and protect the long-term value of the neighborhoods surrounding the university. Three elements that impact achievement of the goal include: (1) improve the quality of the neighborhoods; (2) ensure safety, beautification, and logical development of ACU-owned property; and (3) engage students in the practice of community living.

Client: Tougaloo College - Tougaloo, Mississippi
Challenge: To assess the development and highest and best use potential for the excess land owned by the college, while also considering the needs and interests of the institution itself and the entire community.

Client: City of Rockford, Illinois
Challenge: To assist the city in evaluating the feasibility of a 26-acre redevelopment plan, in devising a developer selection process, and in creating a developer-City relationship management strategy for the duration of such a long-term project.

Client: City of Phoenix, Arizona
Challenge: To identify the broad development issues and preliminary design components related to the "Beyond the Banks" region of the city, which includes a 580-acre desert habitat, by assessing the site's strengths and weaknesses; the alternative land use opportunities that would yield both tangible and intangible benefits to the city, community, and county; the zoning and ownership issues; and the habitat, flood control, and recreational amenities concerns.

Client: ADIS (real estate company) - Sofia, Bulgaria
Challenge: To assist a government-owned and operated real estate corporation make the transition to privatization by determining its assets, assessing market conditions and profitability, and evaluating its staff and operations.

Client: Harford County Government, State of Maryland
Challenge: To identify the alternative land use opportunities that would yield both tangible and intangible benefits to the county, the community, and the private property owners superior to those provided by the continued development of this site for warehouse distribution use.

Client: United States General Services Administration - Washington, DC
Challenge: To devise an effective long-term and short-term portfolio strategy for the General Service's real estate assets given the legislative and budget constraints that limit a federal agency's acquisition, disposition, and management of real estate assets.

Client: Dimock Community Health Center - Boston, MA
Challenge: To develop strategies for the creation of a comprehensive real estate plan for this community health center which faced issues such as conflicts between the economic and regulatory limitations of adaptive reuse of historic facilities versus the delivery of cost effective health care services; opportunities for the sale or lease of facilities to enable rehabilitation and improve the organization's financial position; the development of systems for managing the maintenance and upgrading of facilities; and opportunities for strategic property acquisition and disposition.

Client: City of Miami - Miami, FL
Challenge: To assess the public/private development potential of the Virginia Key land parcel, which included a defunct stadium, a marina, a sewage treatment facility, and a wetlands preserve.

Client: City of Gdansk, Poland, and the European Real Property Foundation
Challenge: To conduct a feasibility study regarding redevelopment of a waterfront district in Gdansk, Poland, and to provide an easy-to-comprehend, market-oriented model for public/private ventures that would be applicable to future developments.

Client: Seattle School District - Seattle, Washington
Challenge: To evaluate the reuse potential of an abandoned educational facility and to develop a model for disposition or redevelopment of similar facilities in the district.

Client: The Irvine Company – Newport Beach, California
Challenge: To devise a plan to reposition a failing shopping mall in light of new competition and changing demographics.

Client: First Trust Community Development Corporation – New Orleans, LA
Challenge: To analyze the feasibility of development on a 54-acre waterfront site given that new plans were underway to demolish public housing nearby, given that there were several access challenges, and given that a large abandoned entertainment development was on the site.

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