Essentials of Real Estate Development

Brownfields redevelopment
Dr. Andrew Panko

Analyzing the feasibility of a development project: Operating budget
G. John Fleming

Raising and structuring finance for property development
Dennis Kunde

Site assembly: The use of conditional contracts and options
Jeffrey W. Lem

Dealing with the public sector government and public involvement in the development process
Chris Barré

Public-private partnership development
Jeffrey W. Lem

Building design and construction considerations for developers
Leslie M. Klein

Undertaking an effective marketing program for your development project
Andrew G. Kidd

As Founding Partner of Associated Brownfields Inc., Dr. Andrew Panko is a Brownfields developer with a strong background in environmental consulting. He is a geochemist licensed by the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and an Ontario Ministry of the Environment 'Qualified Person'. In 2003, he founded Brownfield Revolution, Inc, focusing on the remediation and subsequent development of environmentally distressed properties. Currently, he is a founding partner in Associated Brownfields Inc., a company that purchases and rehabilitates environmentally distressed properties, and is President of their consulting arm, Associated Brownfields Services Ltd., which provides environmental consulting services to the brownfield industry in general, as well as internal services to ABI's own projects.

G. John Fleming is President of Altus Helyar Cost Consulting, a division of Altus Group Limited and the leading development cost consulting firm in Canada. John has been providing professional cost management services to commercial, institutional and residential clients for more than 30 years. His expertise includes financial assessment studies, life-cycle cost studies, pre-contract estimating and cost control, post-contract cost control, project monitoring, value management, reconstruction appraisals, expert witness, and arbitration. In addition, John has made formal presentations on development cost planning and management to banks, educational institutions, and developers.

As Senior Director, Dennis Kunde originates and executes midmarket real estate investment banking transactions for CIBC's Mid-Market Investment Banking Group. He has assisted a broad spectrum of owners and investors in the North American real estate markets during his tenure with CIBC World Markets in Toronto and New York. His transaction experience includes public and private equity and debt placement, M&A and property brokerage assignments. He developed Canada's first and widely quoted REIT index and co-authored the Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust Guide.

Jeffrey W. Lem was called to the bar in Ontario and certified as a Specialist in Real Estate Law by The Law Society of Upper Canada. He is also admitted as solicitor in England and Wales. He is a partner with Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, where he practises commercial real estate and secured lending. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the Real Property Reports and is the legal editor of Building Magazine. He is an Executive Member of the Real Property Section of the Ontario Bar Association, and the editor of The Abstract Page, the section's newsletter. He has also written widely for various journals and magazines.

Chris Barré is Vice-President, Development with First Gulf Development Corporation, which is the commercial extension of the highly successful Great Gulf Group of Companies. The Great Gulf Group of Companies specialize in residential development spanning the entire real estate spectrum from land acquisition and development to master planned communities throughout North America. In his role with First Gulf, Mr. Barré is responsible for managing the due diligence, design and approvals of all projects as well as being involved in negotiating agreements with the various authorities, co-owners and tenants/purchasers. He is also responsible for overseeing the remediation of all environmentally impacted sites in First Gulf's portfolio.