The Dollars and Cents of TOD: Transit and Developer Perspectives

Transit agencies, publicly funded entities that require private partners to deliver certain types of development, have historically struggled to catalyze transit-oriented development and communities. One reason? A lack of understanding about how to engage developers and encourage investment, especially given that real estate isn’t an agency’s primary mission. Why do developers invest in transit-oriented development and what are they looking for from agencies? What approaches have agencies found to be successful and how have private investments benefited transit? Get a ground floor understanding of the basics. It’s knowledge to learn from and build on.

Moderator: Jaime Harris, Chief Operating Officer & Counsel, Greystone Real Estate Advisory Group, New York, NY
Jack Wierzenski, AICP, Assistant Vice President, Economic Development, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Dallas, TX
Kristen Mitchell, Director, Transit Oriented Development, New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit), Newark, NJ
Felicia Alexander, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Office of the Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.
Ken Gold, MBA, Vice President, Acquisitions and Development, Inspired by Somerset Development, Holmdel, NJ