FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Have you published any articles or books?

• Contributed to the ICSC's 1995 "Food Court Handbook"
• Authored Case Study on Street Retail Demand Assessment for ULI's 2001 Real Estate Market Analysis: A Case Study Approach
• Quarterly author of "Speed of the Stream Retail Sales Update" for the Retail Alliance, Norfolk, VA

Have you spoken to professional organizations?

• ACCRA (American Chamber of Commerce Researcher's Association) seminar on shopping center demand analysis techniques
• University of New Orleans Annual Real Estate Market Forum
• International Downtown Association ("A New Methodology for Projecting Urban Retail Sales" in 1997 and "Who Wants to Live Downtown?" 2002)
• Urban Land Institute Panels (Knoxville World's Fair Site Re-Use; Mayor's Forum on Economic Development)
• Wilmington (DE) Renaissance Annual Urban Symposium (2001) "Is there a Common Denominator Between Urban Retailing and Urban Residential Development?"
• ICSC Panel ("Mixed-Use Development")
• ICSC Research Committee

Can you help me on my school assignment or research project?

Generally, I am unable to help on school assignments. Helpful websites include the ICSC (www.icsc.org), the Urban Land Institute (www.uli.org), and the Congress for the New Urbanism (www.cnu.org).

What are examples of great urban "laboratories" where I can see trends manifested in reality?

• Downtown Norfolk, VA
• City Market area of Downtown Omaha, NE
• Downtown Pedestrian Mall, Boulder, CO
• Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA
• Clematis Street and CityPlace, West Palm Beach, FL
• High Street, Downtown Portsmouth, VA
• Market in the Square, Downtown Roanoke, VA
• Tejon Avenue, Downtown Colorado Springs, CO

Who are some other consultants with whom you have consulted?