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Please excuse this extra Cherry Creek Perspective announcing a seminar that we hope you find interesting.
 
The Colorado Chapter of the Appraisal Institute offers its annual Potpourri Seminar with two topics this year useful to appraisers and non-appraisers.
 
DATE: August 6, 2009
LOCATION: Courtyard by Marriott, 1475 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - Noon - FasTracks, Transportation Oriented Development, Denver Union Station and the 16th Street Mall
Noon - 1:00 PM - Chapter Meeting and Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Commercial and Residential Built Green
 
Register at
http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/more_info.aspx?id=14278&view=B&state=C2&sort=D
 
TUITION: Members of the Appraisal Institute: $55.00 (Includes Lunch)
Non-Members and Guests: $75.00 (Includes Lunch)


REGISTER ONE TIME ONLY FOR PART OR ALL OF THE DAY.


 
FASTRACKS, TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, DENVER UNION STATION AND THE 16TH STREET MALL
 
Learn about market trends that create opportunities for transit oriented and mixed use development, and the challenges of designing, obtaining approvals, financing and constructing TOD's.
 
Moderator:  Bill James, MAI of James Real Estate Services, Inc. and Board of Directors, RTD
 
Bill Sirois of RTD will describe the FasTracks light rail and commuter rail system being built by the Regional Transportation District and the role the RTD plays in transportation oriented development near its transit stations.
 
Lynn Crist, MAI of Mile High Development will describe the opportunities and challenges that a private developer faces in developing mixed use real estate project at and near transit stops using her companies proposed development at the FasTracks stations at East Yale Avenue and the University of Denver.
 
Melinda Pollack of Enterprise Community Partners will describe the opportunities and challenges of development of affordable housing as a component of transportation oriented and mixed use developments at transit stations, particularly with the assistance of government programs.

John Desmond of the Downtown Denver Partnership will speak about the plans to rehabilitate and enhance the 16th Street Mall by the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), the City and County of Denver, the Regional Transportation District and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID).  He will describe the 30 year history of the Mall, the roles of the BID, DDP, City and RTD, some background about DDP and the BID, and how the mall ties into the Denver Union Station project.
 
Frank Cannon of Union Station Neighborhood Company will describe the redevelopment underway of Denver Union Station as the hub of the FasTracks mass transit system.  He will give a brief history of the acquisition and planning process (master plan, master plan supplement, EIS, etc.), and the reasons for a Master Developer selection and describe the Public/Private Partnership for the Denver Union Station redevelopment including the Master Developer, the public agency partners, and the Denver Union Station Project Authority.  Frank will provide an overview of the transportation infrastructure program, the public space framework, and the anticipated development program of DUS, the finance structure and the anticipated project schedule.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION - Appraisers: 3 Hours Appraisal Institute, 3 Hours State of Colorado (Pending), Brokers: 3 Hours State of Colorado (Pending)
 
 
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILT GREEN

Examine the bottom line of both commercial and residential sustainable, high performance, LEED Certified, Energy Star' buildings. Become familiar with the fundamentals of the cost, benefits, savings, programs, primary users, resources and terminology of 'green buildings' so you can competently value these properties and avoid being 'green washed'.

Moderator: Marge Moore, Shannon & Associates, Built Green Certified/CSU

John Stovall, MBA, ABR, VP of Business Development for EcoBroker International
Don Shannon, MAI, SRA, Shannon & Associates, Built Green Certified/CSU
Kathy Collier, LEED AP, Climate Wise Coordinator for the City of Fort Collins-Natural Resources
Ed Goodman, P.E., TST, Inc. Consulting Engineering
Brian Dunbar, LEED AP, Ex. Dir., Institute for the Built Environment CSU
Josie Plaut, LEED AP, Director of Projects.

CONTINUING EDUCATION - Appraisers: 4 Hours Appraisal Institute, 4 Hours State of Colorado (Pending) , Brokers: 4 Hours State of Colorado (Pending)
 
More on the Appraisal Institute at cochap@colo-ai.org

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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