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ROBERT A. SIMONS, Ph.D.
Education
Visiting Professor, and Lady Davis Scholar. Fall 2010-Spring
2011, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa.
Fulbright Scholar, (Lecturing and research) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Town and Regional Planning, South Africa, July-December 2005. Visiting Associate Professor, and Lady Davis Scholar, Fall
semester 1999, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa. Assistant Professor CSU,1991-1996 Instructor CSU, Fall 1990.
Temporary Part Time Professor, (real estate development) Kent
State University (2001-2004).
Director, Master’s of Urban Planning Design and Development
(MUPDD) degree, September 2000- May 2003, and Spring 2005. Director
Master’s of Arts in Environmental Studies (MAES) August 2002-May
2003. Coordinator, Certificate in Urban Real Estate Development and
Finance (2000-present). Professional Experience Associate, Laventhol &
Horwath, Denver, Colorado, real estate market and financial analysis,
appraisal, 1985-1986. Director of Real Estate Economics,
David Jensen and Associates, Denver, Colorado, multidisciplinary land
planning and architectural firm, housing and mixed-use real estate
developments, 1984. Associate, Browne, Bortz &
Coddington, Denver, Colorado, economic, financial, real estate and land
use analysis, 1980-1983. Planner, Robert Borg and
Associates, Planners and Architects, Consulting Contracts/Grants (RS&A or Principal Investigator) The effect of coal ash leakage on residential property in West Virginia and
Pennsylvania (for Cochrane Law Firm), 2013. Green Office Building Scoring System, for CBRE (with CSU Urban Center),
multi-year grant starting 2013. Master Plan Update, Cleveland State University, Housing, retail
and land use components.(For CSU Sr. VP for Business Affairs), 2013 The effect of PCB contamination from Kuhlman Electric on city government
property values in Crystal Springs, MS (for Cochrane Law firm, 2013) The effect of groundwater contamination from a trucking firm on city
finances in Sauk Village, IL (for Levy Law firm, 2013) The effect of a pipeline rupture on a residential development
project in Michigan, (for a Michigan law firm (2013) The effect of pollution from the Davis hog farm on residential property values
in Benton, KY (for Speer Law Firm (2013) The effect of groundwater contamination from Birds-Eye Plant on property
values (for Weitz-Luxemburg Law Firm), Fennville, MI, 2012- underway) Larchmere Area (Cleveland, Ohio), Residential and Housing Market Study
(with CSU urban Center) for Neighborhood Progress, Inc., (2012 -underway) The effect of groundwater contamination from Conoco-Agrico Plant on property values
(for Bearman Law Firm, Pensacola, Florida, 2011) The effect of groundwater contamination from a Hess Gas station in Towson,
MD on residential property values (for Roy Mason Law Firm, (2012- underway) The effect of fly ash from a golf course in Chesapeake,
VA on residential property values (for Girardi Law Firm, (2012- underway) The effect of groundwater contamination from Birds-eye Plant in Fennville, Michigan on residential property values
(for Weitz Luxemburg Law Firm, (2012- underway) The effect of air pollution from the BP refinery in Texas City,
Texas on property values for Buzbee Law Firm (2011, underway) The effect of salt mine subsidence on nearby
property values, Hutchinson, Kansas, for Bretz Law Firm (2010, underway) The effect of PCB contamination on residential
property values, Pensacola FL, for Stewart Law firm, (2010 underway) The effect of mold contamination on one residential
property, Longport, NJ, for Basile & Testa Law firm, (2010 underway) State of the Ohio economy with respect to demand
for to real estate, construction, and concrete products, for Thompson
Hine Law firm, (2010) The effect of PCB and related contamination on
residential property values, East St. Louis, IL for ELG Law firm, (2010) The effect of TCE and related contamination on
residential property values, Sarasota FL, for Motley Rice Law firm,
(2009) Real Estate environmental damages in a commercial
property dispute in Sacramento, CA, for Girardi Keese Law firm (2009) The effect of contamination on residential property
values, Houston TX, for Hall Law firm, (2008) Real Estate damages in an industrial property
dispute, for Taft Stettinius Law firm (2008, underway) The effect of contaminated soil on residential
property values, Port Richmond, PA, for Levin Fishbein Law firm, (2008,
underway) Impact analysis of proposed shopping center on
residential property values in Solon, Real estate property damages from a chemical plant
in Effect of a lead Smelter on residential property
values in Detroit, Michigan, for Doffermyre Shields law firm (2008). Industrial Property Data Base Enhancement Analysis
(through CSU), for Cuyahoga County Department of Development, (2008). The effect of a LUST on residential property
values, Toms River, New Jersey for Levin Fishbein Law for, (2007,
underway) The effect of a flood on residential property
values, Real estate property damages from coal gasification
waste contamination in Tiverton, Rhode Island for the Motley Rice Law
Firm, (2007) Real estate property damages from groundwater
contamination in Real estate property damages from a landfill site
in Analysis of fiscal impacts of Lakeview Bluffs
Development project in Lake County, Ohio (through CSU Urban Center), for
Hemisphere Development Corp (2007). Strategic Industrial retention Analysis for the
City of Bedford Heights, Ohio
(through Analysis of Office and Service relocation for the
Geauga County, Ohio Service Complex, (through Real estate property damages from leaking
underground storage tanks in suburban Real estate property damages from a leaking
underground storage tanks in Queens, NY for the Ripka Bern Napoli Law
Firm, (2006) Real estate property damages from a leaking
underground storage tank in Smithtown NY for The Armondo Light and Croft
Law Firm, (2006) Real property damages from a CITGO Oil Spill in the
Lake Charles Shipping Channel in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the Lundy
& Davis Law Firm, and Wells Watson Law firm, Lake Charles, LA (2006,
2008).
Public Purpose and Blight Analysis for the Flats
East Bank Project in Cleveland, Ohio. (through CSU Urban Center), for
Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Port Authority (2006) Analysis of the effect of removing the city
employee residency requirement on a City in Ohio, for the Chandra Law
Firm, (2006) Analysis of the effect of removing the city
employee residency requirement on the City of Akron, Ohio, for Akron
City Law Department, (2006) Analysis of the effect of removing the city
employee residency requirement on the City of Cleveland, Ohio, for
Cleveland City Law Department, (2006) Analysis of Multifamily Housing redevelopment
options in Cleveland Inner Ring Suburbs, (through CSU Urban Center) for
ULI, Cuyahoga County Development and others, (2006). Real property damages from a groundwater
contamination from PFCs from landfills in Oakdale and Lake Elmo,
Minnesota for Beasley Allen Law Firm and other attorneys, (2006).
Affordable and Middle Class Housing On Johannesburg’s Mining Sites:
A Benefit-Cost Analysis, for iProp, PDNA, and National Nuclear Regulator
( Real Property Damages to the Twee Jonge Gazellen
Vineyard in Real property damages from a groundwater
contamination in Real property damages from a rail yard spill
contamination in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the Lundy & Davis Law
Firm, Lake Charles, LA (2005). Real property damages from creosote contamination
in Pineville and Alexandria
Louisiana, for the Lundy & Davis Law Firm, Real property damages from DDT contamination on
residential and commercial property values in McIntosh, Real property damages from environmental
contamination on residential property values in Real property damages from water contamination on
residential and commercial property values in Location analysis of the Economic and fiscal impacts of Cuyahoga County
Airport, Master Plan Update, for C&S Consultants and Cuyahoga County
Airport (2005) Real property damages from a refinery pollution
event in Hooven, Ohio, for the
Lundy & Davis Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA (2004). Real property damages for lake pollution in east
Texas, for the Condrey Law Firm, LA (2004). Real property damages from a factory pollution
event in Grenada, MS, for the Lundy & Davis Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA
(2004). Real property damages from pollution from a factory
in Real property damages from a leak of a Shell
pipeline in Kankakee, Illinois, for the Cashion Law Firm, Chicago, IL
(2004). Real property damages from a superfund landfill in Impacts of relocation of a Buick dealer in Lorain
Ohio, for Nick Abraham Dealership, Elyria, OH (2004) Real property damages from a BP refinery in Real property damages from mercury contamination on
residential and commercial property values in McIntosh, Real property damages from lead contamination on
residential and commercial property values in Picher/Cardin Oklahoma.
For Seeger Weiss et al Law firm, (2004, underway).
Real property damages from environmental
contamination on residential property values in Analysis of land rent increases and associated real
estate losses at Columbia Park, in Olmsted Township, Ohio, for Columbia
Park Homeowners Association and Kirk Stewart, Attorney, (2003). Impact of Coal Sludge release on real property in
Kentucky, for Foote Law Firm, (2003). Real property damages from chicken farms on
residential and commercial property values for littoral property owners
on Real Property Damages caused by a leak from a
Pipeline in Origin and Destination study of 4,000 Downtown Bus
Riders, for Greater Cleveland Regional Transportation Authority
(Principal Investigator) through CSU (2003) Retail Market and Tax Base Analysis of the Kamm’s
Corners neighborhood in Impact of leaking underground storage tanks in Real property damages from leaking underground
storage tanks in Ohio, for Murray and Murray (2003). Real property damages from natural gas explosion in Real estate property damages from leaking
underground storage tanks in Washington DC for The Mason Law Firm,
(2003) Impact of a FUDS on residential property values in
The District of Columbia for Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll PLC (2002) Cleveland State University Master Plan, economic
and market components. For CSU President’s office, (through CSU), (2002) Fiscal and Economic impacts of four brownfield
projects on the Local Economy, For Hemisphere Corp. Clean Impact of a petroleum pipeline rupture on
contaminated real property in Hunt County, Texas, for N. Schwartz & Co.
and for Ted Lyon, Esq. (2003). Impact of Coal Sludge release on real property in
Kentucky, for Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein LLP (2002). Impact of Styrene releases on the surrounding
neighborhood in Incidence of Reopeners in Mandatory and Voluntary
Brownfield Clean up Programs in the Impact of PCB spills on contaminated property in
Pennsylvania, for Carey and Danis & Co. (2001). Impact of a petroleum pipeline spill on
contaminated residential property in Impact of proposed Southwick new residential
construction project on the surrounding neighborhood in Shaker Heights,
Ohio, for Centerpoint Properties (2001). Impact of PCB releases on the surrounding
neighborhood in Anniston, Alabama, for Doffermyre Shields Canfield
Knowles & Devine LLP (2001). Land Suitability Analysis of 28 acres near Retail Market Analysis for Bellaire and W. 130th
Intersection in City of Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Housing
Rehabilitation Activities by NeighborWorks Organizations, (with CSU
Urban Center), for Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp (1999) Second Round: Benchmark Survey of Municipal
Brownfield Redevelopment in the
Retail Market Analysis of the
Emerald Point and Cleveland Business Park on Wards 20 and 21, Builders
Housing Project, for Kamm’s Corners Development Corp., and Councilman
Michael Dolan, City of Cleveland, Ohio (1998) Strategic Planning on Retail Market Repositioning
for Jamison Properties, Euclid, Ohio (1999). Brownfields Finance Workbook for Great
Fiscal and Neighborhood Impacts of the Fairview Hospital Expansion and
Bosch Builders Housing Project, for Kamm’s Corners Development Corp.,
and Councilman Michael Dolan, City of Cleveland, Ohio (1998) Effect of a Group Home for Mentally Handicapped on
neighborhood property values in Turning Brownfields into Greenbacks: Book Project.
Publisher: Urban Land Institute (1998). Glen Willow Nursing Home Certificate of Need
Analysis: Highest and Best use study of two existing Nursing Homes, for
Roth, Rolf and Goffman (1997)
The Role of Publicity in Fair Housing Choices in
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, for Housing Advocates, (1997). Benchmark Survey of Municipal Brownfield
Redevelopment in the Great Lakes
(with CSU Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center), for USEPA
(1997). Effects of Pipeline Ruptures on Easement holders
and Property Values; Research on property damages attributable to
pipeline ruptures. For Reich
and Binstock, Colonial Pipeline class action litigation team (1997). Effects of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on
Nearby Property Values; Research on property damages attributable to
underground storage tanks.
For Reich and Binstock, UST
class action litigation team (1997 through 2000). Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis of the
Northwest Quadrant Project (with CSU Urban Center). Client: Supply and Demand For Brownfields in Six The Value Impact of Neighborhood Transition on
Residential Sales Price (With Roberto Quercia), for Fannie Mae (1996). The Case for Multifamily Housing: Economic Impact
and Planning Issues (with James Webb and Ron Witten), for National Multi
Housing Council (1996). Jump Starting New Urban Housing Markets: Do the
Fiscal Benefits Justify the Public Costs? with David Sharkey, for Fannie
Mae (1996). Financing Contaminated Land in Empowerment Zones,
with CSU Great Lakes Environmental The Effects of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on
Residential Property using a Matched Pairs Approach, for Austin
Valuation Counselors, Inc. (1995). New Housing in Cleveland: Determining Market Demand
and Impact; with Ivan Maric, Housing Policy Research of CSU Urban
Center, for Cleveland Foundation, the City of Cleveland Department of
Community Development, and Neighborhood Progress, Inc. (1995). Identification of "Orphan" Underground Storage Tank
Sites in The Effects of Underground Storage Tanks and Toxic
Emissions on Residential Sales Values, with CSU Urban Center, funded by
Ohio State University Center for Real Estate Education & Research, and
the Urban University Program (1994). Market and Financial Analysis of Proposed Shopping
Center at 131st and Miles Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio; for Union Miles
Development Corporation (1993). Cleveland Land Bank Study:
various analyses of city Land Bank property policies including
housing lot intake, environmental risk issues, housing subsidy costs,
and housing lot redevelopment strategies.
With CSU Urban Center, for City of Cleveland, Department of
Community Development in Cleveland, Ohio (1993). Site Analysis and Market Assessment of Joint
Development Potential of Brookpark and Triskett Rapid Stations in
Cleveland, Ohio. For Greater
Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (1993). Cost Minimizing and Land Acquisition Strategies for
Residential Inventory and classification of development
potential of the real estate portfolio owned by the Greater Cleveland
Regional Transit Authority; with Review and expansion of study to identify U.S.
cities with substantial growth potential in the 1990s (with Norm
Krumholz), for Landauer Real Estate Counselors (1991). Market Study and Financial Analysis for a Retail
and Local Services Shopping Center Near the Lake Monticello Development
in Fluvanna County, Virginia (1989). Review of the Retail Market in Greenville, N.C.
(1988). Loan Loss Experience of the Analysis of Hotel Supply and Potential Hotel
Acquisition Opportunities in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. (1987). Apartment Vacancy Survey in Northeast Raleigh, N.C.
(1987). An Econometric Analysis of Locational Attributes of
Subshop Franchises in NC (1987). “Green Office Buildings: A Qualitative Exploration of Green Office Building Attributes”
(with Spenser Robinson and Eunkyu Lee),Journal of Sustainable Real Estate 6 1: 93-111 (2014). “The Effect of Refinery Emissions on Residential Property Values in Texas City, Texas”
(with Youngme Seo and Paul Rosenfeld) forthcoming, Journal of Real Estate Research. “Effect of a Hog Farm on Residential Property Values”(with Youngme Seo and Spenser Robinson),
Land Economics / Journal of Sustainable Real Estate joint Special issue on Contamination 6 1: 211-232 2014. “Chinese Investment in the US and the EB-5 Program” (with Jing Wu, Jie Xu, and Yu Fei),
forthcoming Economic Development Quarterly, 2014. “Housing Satisfaction in Johannesburg, South Africa”
(with Aly Karam and Jing Wu), Journal Of African Real Estate Research, 2013. “Fracking”(with Ron Throupe and Ms. Chen) Journal of Real Estate
literature.2013 “Debundling Property Rights In Contaminated Land: A
Commercial Case Study” (with Ron Throupe), International Real Estate
Review, (forthcoming) . “Community/Tribal Land Claims In Africa: A Survey,
Journal of African Real
Estate Research
2:1, 2012.
“Professional Real Estate Activities And Academic
Journal Importance Among African Scholars: A Snapshot Of The 2008
African Real Estate Society Meeting” (with Aly Karam)
Journal of African Real Estate Research
2:1, 2012.
“A Meta Analysis of the Effect of Environmental
Contamination on Non-Residential Real Estate Values” (with Ron Throupe
and Jesse Saginor) Journal of Property
Investment and Finance. (2011) “Residential Value Halos: The Effect Of A Jewish
Orthodox Campus On Residential Property Values.” (with Youngme Seo)
International Real Estate Review, 2012. “Determining Offsite Damages to Non-residential property From Leaking Underground Storage Tanks” (with Jesse Saginor) International Real Estate Review (forthcoming). “The Effect of Green Policy on the Market Penetration of Green Commercial Buildings” (with Eugene Choi and Donna Meister Simons). Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, forthcoming (2009) . "Determinants of Redevelopment of Abandoned Churches and Schools" (with Eugene Choi), International Real Estate Review (2009). “The Effect of School Quality on Residential Sales Prices” (with Youngme Seo) Journal of Real Estate Research, 2009. “Use of Contingent Valuation Analysis in A Developing Country: Market Perceptions of Contamination on Johannesburg’s Mine Dumps” (with Aly Karam, Jesse Saginor and Hlengani Baloyi), International Real Estate Review, 2008. This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land: Toward A Global Analysis Of Indigenous Tribal Land Claims (with Rachel Malmgren), American Real Estate Society Research Monograph on Indigenous Property and Valuation, forthcoming 2008. “Real Estate Practices Among Indigenous Peoples in South Africa: Pressure on the Urban Fringe” (with Francois Viruly). American Real Estate Society Research Monograph on Indigenous Property (forthcoming 2008). “The Experience of Canadian Tribal Land Claims,” (with Shwetha Pai), American Real Estate Society Research Monograph on Indigenous Property (forthcoming 2008). "A Meta Analysis of the Effect Of Environmental Contamination and Positive
“Brownfield Voluntary Remediation Programs in the USA: Orphan Stepchild or Gifted Protege?” (with Kimberly Winson) book chapter in Environmental Policy Issues (Dianne Rahm, Ed.), (2002). No Building Left behind: Recycling Religious Buildings And Schools
(with Gary DeWine and Larry Ledebur, and others), (past peer-review, in press at Kent State University Press). Lead Editor, American Real Estate Society
Research Monograph on Indigenous Property and Valuation (2008). When Bad
Things Happen To Good Property, (lead author) Washington DC:
Environmental Law Institute. 2005. (released 2006) Turning Brownfields into Greenbacks:
Redeveloping and Financing Contaminated Urban
Real Estate. Washington DC:
Urban Land Institute 1998. "Demand for Green Buildings: Office Tenants' Willingness-to-Pay for Green Features: (with Spenser Robinson, Eunkyu Lee and Andrew Kern), submitted to Journal of Real Estate Research. "Explaining the Variation in Residential Capitalization Rates Worldwide" (with Eunkyu Lee and Abdelaziz El Jaouhai), submitted to International Real Estate Review, 2014. "Effect of Immigrants on Upper-end Residential Property Prices" (with Aly Karam, and Eunkyu Lee), 2014. “Recovery Of Collective Land Claims:
An International Comparative Case
Study Of The Negev Bedouin In Israel” (with 3 masters students from
Technion Planning Program, 2011) “Explaining The Gap Between Capitalized Rental
Values And Sales Price In Residential Markets”
(with Yuval Arbel, Eugene Choi
and Danny Ben Shahar 2011). No Building Left behind: Recycling Religious
Buildings And Schools (with Gary DeWine and Larry Ledebur, and
others), (past peer-review, working with Kent State University press). “Housing Satisfaction in Johannesburg, South
Africa” (with Aly Karam), working paper (2007). “Affordable and Middle Class Housing On Johannesburg’s Mining Sites: A Benefit-Cost Analysis” (with Aly Karam) 2006. “The Equity and
Efficiency implications of the National Clean Air Act Acid Rain
Program.” (with Kathleen Gaiser and Kevin Snape), Working paper (2001). “The Effect of Rapid Transit Stations and Railroad
Track Activity on Residential Property Values in Cuyahoga County, Ohio”.
(with Abdelaziz El Jaouhari), conference paper (2002). Economic Development in the 21st Century, (Sammis White et al, editors) Journal of Urban Affairs (forthcoming). Environment And Social Justice: An International
Perspective, edited by Dorceta E. Taylor. In Journal Of Planning
Education and Research 2012.
The Lexus and the Olive Tree, By Thomas Friedman, in The Appraisal Journal Insurance Redlining, By Gregory Squires, (ed), in Journal of the American Planning Association, 1999.
Contaminated Land: Reclamation, Redevelopment and Reuse in the USA and European Union, by Peter Meyer, Richard Williams and Kristen Yount, in Journal of the American Planning Association, (Summer 1996). Peer Reviews and Editorships Associate Editor: Journal of
Sustainable Real Estate Editorial Board: American
Real Estate Society, Journal of African Real Estate Occasional reviewer for a dozen or more journals
since 2000. Three Essays on Sustainable Real Estate, Co-Chair. Spenser Robinson (CSU School of Business) 2013. Determinants of the Redevelopment of
Religious Buildings. Chair. Dr. Eugene Choi. 2010. Who Cares about School Quality? Chair. Dr. Youngme Seo. 2009. Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values. Dr. Akram Ijla, 2008. Eminent Domain And Its Use As An Economic Development Tool. Chair. Dr. Jesse D. Saginor. 2006 Infill Housing Determinants In Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. J.W. Kim, reader. 2006 Primary Cities and Trade Policy in Economic development. Chair. Dr. Abdelaziz El Jaouhari. 2004. Residential Redevelopment on Brownfields in Chicago. Chair. Dr. Kimberly Winson Geideman. 2003. Public Real Estate Investment Trusts. Reader. Dr. Michael Seiler. 2000. Awards Red Pen Award (for editorial service to Journal of Sustainable real Estate, 2011 and 2012 ARES. Sabbatical, one year from Cleveland State University, 2010-2011. Lady Davis Fellowship for teaching and research at
the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, ¼ time with stipend, ¾ time
without stipend, 2010-2011 AY. Fulbright Scholarship, for six months starting July
2005, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South
Africa, Faculty of Town Planning Sabbatical, one year from Cleveland State
University, 2003-2004. Lady Davis Fellowship for teaching and research at
the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, fall semester 1999. ARES Manuscript prize for best paper presented at
the 1999 annual ARES meeting.(with Chengri Ding and Esmail Baku) Sabbatical, for two quarters, from Cleveland State
University, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Fall 1996 and Winter 1997. Tenure, at Cleveland State University, Levin
College of Urban Affairs, 1996. Highest Instructor Rating (out of 37 instructors)
for Presentation of "Planners in Economic Development: Friend or Foe?"
at the Ohio Economic Development Training Course, March 1994. IREM/ARES Manuscript prize for best paper presented
at the 1992 annual ARES meeting on Asset/Property Management. "Demand for Green Buildings: Office Tenants' Willingness-to-Pay for Green Features: (with Spenser Robinson, Eunkyu Lee and Andrew Kern). African Real Estate Society Meeting in Capetown, South Africa, September 2014. "Effect of Immigrants on Upper-end Residential Property Prices" (with Aly Karam, Eunkyu Lee and Yulu Li), at ARES, San Diego, April 2014. "Focus group results on Green Office Buildings" (with Spenser Robinson and Eunkyu Lee), April 2014. "Chinese Investment in the US and the EB-5 Program" (with Jing Wu and Yu Fei), at ARES meeting in Hawaii, April 2013. "The Effect of Refinery Emissions on Residential Property Values in Texas City, Texas" (with Youngme Seo, Paul Rosenfeld, Joyce Chen, and Anders) at ACSP in Cincinnati, OH November 2012. "Housing Satisfaction in Johannesburg, South Africa (with Aly Karam and Jing Wu), AfRES Ghana October 2012." "Returns to Upper-end Residential Property in Asia" (with Abdelaziz El Jaouhai) at AsRES meeting in Singapore, July 2012. "Explaining Residential Global Cap Rates Worldwide" (with Yuval Arbel, Eugene Choi and Danny Ben Shahar) at GCREC meeting in Macau, China, July 2012. "The Case for a Little Inflation" (with Ron Throupe and Youngme Seo) at ARES Meeting in St Petersburg, Florida, April 2012. "Fracking" (with Ron Throupe and Ms. Chen) at ARES Meeting in St Petersburg, Florida, April 2012. “Recovery Of Collective Land Claims:
An International Comparative
Case Study Of The Negev Bedouin In Israel” (with Dan Berkowitz, Lior
Glick, Nir Ben Simon and Anil Kashyap), at the ACSP meeting in Salt
Lake City, Utah October 2011.
“Explaining Residential Global Cap Rates Worldwide”
(with Yuval Arbel, Eugene Choi and Danny Ben Shahar) at ERES meeting in
Eindhoven, Netherlands, June
2011.
“Debundling Property Rights In Contaminated Land: A
Commercial Case Study” (with Ron Throupe) at ARES meeting in Seattle WA.
April 2011. Panel Chair: Tribal Land Claims, at the African
Real Estate Society (AfRES) meeting in Naivasha, Kenya, October 2010. AfRES Conference Wrap Up Session, presented in
plenary session to participants at the African Real Estate Society
meeting in Naivasha, Kenya, October 2010. New Trends in Mortgage Financing: The Current
Lending Crisis, presented in plenary session to participants at the
Middle Eastern and North African Real Estate Society (MENARES) meeting
in Dubai, UAE, October 2010. Panel organizer: Religious attitudes toward
mortgage lending. ARES meeting in Naples, Florida, April 2010.
Alternative to Mortgage Default: Trading Down and
Staying On the Equity Ladder” (With Michael Zelin), ACSP, Crystal City,
VA, October 2009. The Effect Of Schools on Residential Property
Values. (with Youngme Seo) ARES meeting in Monterey, California April
2009. The Effect Of Churches on Residential Property
Values. (with Eugene Choi) ARES meeting in Monterey, California April
2009. The Effect of Green Policy on the Market
Penetration of Green Commercial Buildings (with Eugene Choi and Donna
Meister Simons), ARES meeting in Captiva Island, Florida April 2008.
AfRES Conference Wrap Up Session, presented in
plenary session to participants at the African Real Estate Society
meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2008. Residential Value Halos: The Effect Of A Jewish
Orthodox Campus On Residential Property Values. (with Youngme Seo) ARES
meeting in Captiva Island, Florida April 2008.
Adaptive Reuse of Historical Buildings:
determinants of Project Outcomes
(with Eugene Choi), ARES meeting in Captiva Island, Florida April
2008. Effect Of Rescinding Employee Residency
Requirements On Three Cities In Ohio.
(with Jesse Saginor and Pitt Curtiss), ACSP, Milwaukee, November
2007. Housing Satisfaction in Johannesburg, South Africa
(with Aly Karam), ERES meeting in London, UK June 2007.
The Effect of School Quality on Residential Sales
Price (with Youngme Seo), ARES meeting in San Francisco, CA April 2007.
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land:
Toward A Global Analysis Of
Indigenous Tribal Land Claims (with Rachel Malmgren) ACSP, Fort Worth,
TX, November 2006. Real estate Practices Among Indigenous Peoples in
South Africa: Pressure on the Urban Fringe” (with Francois Viruly) at
ARES, April 2006, Key West, Florida. Use of Contingent Valuation Analysis in A
Developing Country: Market Perceptions of Contamination on
Johannesburg’s Mine Dumps” (with Aly Karam and Jesse Saginor) at ARES,
April 2006, Key West, Florida. A Meta Analysis of the Effect Of Environmental
Contamination on Commercial
Property Values“ (with Jesse Saginor and Ron Throupe) at ARES, April
2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico. A Meta Analysis of the Effect Of Environmental
Contamination on Residential Property Values“ (with Jesse Saginor) 2004.
at ARES, April 2004, Captiva Island, Florida.
“The Impact Of Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks On Residential Property Buyers” (with Kimberly Winson-Geideman),
at ARES Monterey, CA April 2003. “Understanding the Outcomes Of Brownfield Cleanup
Programs” (with John Pendergrass and Kimberly Winson) ACSP, Baltimore,
Maryland, November 2002. “The Effect of Rapid Transit Stations and Railroad
Track Activity on Residential Property Values in Cuyahoga County, Ohio”.
(with Abdelaziz El Jaouhari), ACSP, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2002. “The Effect of Freight Train Activity on
Residential Property Values in Cuyahoga County, Ohio”. (with Abdelaziz
El Jaouhari), presented at the annual meeting of the American Real
Estate Society in Ft. Myers, Florida, April 2002. “The Equity and Efficiency implications of the
National Clean Air Act Acid Rain Program.” (with Kathleen Gaiser and
Kevin Snape), ACSP meeting, Cleveland, OH November 2001. “The Effects of An Oil Pipeline Spill on
Residential Property Values on the Patuxent River in Maryland” (with
Kimberly Winson and Brian Mikelbank), presented at the annual meeting of
the American Real Estate Society in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, April 2001. “The Effect of Railroad Track Activity on
Residential Property Values in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio” (with Abdelaziz El Jaouhari), presented at
the annual meeting of the American Real Estate Society in Coeur D’Alene,
Idaho, April 2001. "The Fiscal and Economic Impacts of Housing
Rehabilitation on the Local Economy," (with AJ Magner and Esmail Baku),
ACSP, Atlanta, Georgia November 2000. “The Effects of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
on Residential and Commercial Property Values: Statistical Issues” at
the MEALEY’S Publications meeting on UST Litigation, Phoenix, Arizona,
October 2000 “Reopeners in State Voluntary Clean Up Programs”,
at Brownfields 2000 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 2000 (with
John Pendergrass) "Brownfields In Israel", Organizer and Kick-off
Speech at ISRAEL BROWNFIELDS 2000, at the Technion University, Haifa,
Israel, January 2000. "Introduction to Brownfields", and "Local
Initiatives to Finance Brownfields: the Great Lakes Experience", at the
CUED Brownfields Workshop In Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1999. "Brownfields in Florida", Keynote speaker at 2nd
Annual Florida Brownfields Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, May
1999. "The Effects of Pipeline Ruptures on
Non-Contaminated Residential Easement Holding Property in Fairfax
County" ARES meeting in Tampa, Florida April 1999.. The Long Road Ahead for Brownfields, and What’s in
it for US?: Public Investment in Brownfields, at the Brownfields 1998
conference in Los Angeles, California, November 1998. Home Building Forecast for 1999. Greater Cleveland
Homebuilders Association, November 1998. The Effects of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on
Residential and Commercial Property Values at the MEALEY’S Publications
meeting on UST Litigation, Jacksonville, Florida, June 1998 The Price and Liquidity Effects of UST Leaks on
Adjacent Contaminated Residential and Commercial Property (with William
Bowen and Arthur Sementelli), at the annual meeting of The American Real
Estate Society in Monterey, California, April 1998. "Brownfields in Northeastern Ohio" at the 1997
meeting of the Cleveland Engineering
Society, October 1997. "Economic Reality Check: Lessons From Brownfield
Redevelopment Cases", at the Brownfields '97 conference in Kansas City,
MO, September 1997. "Lessons From Brownfield Redevelopment Cases: 13
Deals in 7 Venues", at the annual meeting of The American Real Estate
Society in Sarasota, Florida, April 1997. "Supply and Demand for Brownfields in Great Lakes
Cities," presented at Cuyahoga County Brownfields Finance working Group,
and Ohio Land Use Conference, Columbus, Ohio, March 1997. "Contaminated Land: Do Property Registers Do More
Harm Than Good? An Analysis of the UK and USA Approaches to Public
Management of Brownfields". (with Paul Syms) at the Pacific Rim Real
Estate Society Meeting in Palmerston, North, New Zealand, January 1997. "Supply and Demand for Brownfields in Great Lakes
Cities: Implications for community Involvement." and "Financing
Environmentally Contaminated Land in the Great Lakes Empowerment Zones",
at the Small Cities Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, October 1996. "Supply and Demand for Brownfields in Great Lakes
Cities: Implications for Community Involvement." Brownfields '96
conference in Pittsburgh PA, September 1996. "Financing Environmentally Contaminated Land in the
Great Lakes Empowerment Zones", at the annual meeting of The American
Real Estate Society in Lake Tahoe, CA, April 1996. "Emerging Issues in Brownfields Finance and
Development", at the annual meeting of The American Planning Association
in Orlando, Florida, April 1996. "The Value Impact of Neighborhood Transition on
Residential Sales Price", (With Roberto Quercia and Ivan Maric).
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Collegiate Schools of
Planning in Detroit MI, October, 1995. "Negative Proximity Influence of Leaking
Underground Storage Tanks/Toxic Neighbors on Residential Property:
Issues of Information and Measurement." (with Rudy Robinson), at the
annual meeting of The American Real Estate Society in Hilton Head, SC,
April 1995. "Two Urban Environmental Real Estate Research
Issues in the United States of America: Brownfields and Underground
Storage Tanks" Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Property,
Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand, February, 1995. "Management Issues For Leaky Underground Storage
Tanks: How Are Property Transactions and Sales Prices Affected by
Regulation of Contamination?" (with Arthur Sementelli), Presented at the
annual meeting of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning in
Phoenix, AZ, November, 1994. "Economics, Finance and Budgeting Topics for the
AICP Exam." Presented at the
annual meeting of The American Planning Association in San Francisco,
CA, April 1994, and at the 1996 meeting in Orlando, Florida. "Using GIS to Make Micro-Level Real Estate
Decisions for Local Government:
A Financial and Environmental Analysis."
Presented at the annual meeting of The American Real Estate
Society in Santa Barbara, CA, April 1994. "The Effect of Underground Storage Tanks and Toxic
Emissions on Residential Sales Values."
Presented at the annual meeting of The American Real Estate
Society in Santa Barbara, CA, April 1994. "The Market for Quantitative and Research Methods
in Planning Practice: Do
Schools Teach What Practitioners Practice?"
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Collegiate
Schools of Planning in Philadelphia, PA., October, 1993. "Inner City Property Abandonment, Property Tax
Delinquency and Net Equity:
A Test of the Option-based Model in Cleveland, Ohio."
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Real Estate
Society in Key West, Florida, April, 1993. "Public Real Estate Management and the Planner's
Role: The Experience in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio."
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Collegiate Schools of
Planning in Columbus, Ohio, October, 1992. "Public Real Estate Management."
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Real Estate
Society in San Diego, California, April 1992. "Borrower Net Equity as a Decision Variable in
Industrial Real Estate Mortgage Default."
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Real Estate and
Urban Economics Association Meetings in New Orleans, LA, January, 1992. Market and planning study for the Campus District Area near CSU Campus in Cleveland, Ohio (for CDI), Class Project spring 2013. Foreclosure Analysis in Inner Suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, (for First Suburbs Consortium) Class Project spring 2012. Regional Development Plan for Western Cuyahoga and
Eastern Lorain Counties, Ohio (class project) Spring 2008. Lower Big Creek Recreation Trail, Cleveland, Ohio
(class project) for Cleveland Metroparks, Spring 2006. Regional Government Alternatives for Greater
Cleveland, Ohio (class project) Spring 2005. Burke Lakefront Airport: Comprehensive land use and
Alternatives Analysis, For City of Cleveland, Planning Commission (class
project) Spring 2003. EcoVillage Cleveland: Comprehensive Planning and
real estate analysis, Ohio City, Cleveland, for EcoCity Cleveland and
Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization (class project)
Spring 2001. Housing Market Analysis for the NEC site in Ohio
City, Cleveland Ohio, for Cleveland Urban Properties, (Class Project)
Summer 2000. Financial analysis for the commercial and
industrial redevelopment in the Fairfax neighborhood, Cleveland, Ohio.
Client: Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation. (Class Project)
Spring 1997. Financial Analysis for the Retail Component of
Hispanic Village. Client:
Hispanic Business Association of Greater Cleveland.
(Class Project) Spring 1996. Market Development Potential for Retail and Local
Services for Hispanic Village.
Client: Hispanic
Business Association of Greater Cleveland.
(Class Project) Winter 1996. Financial Analysis of Low Income Housing Tax Credit
Sites in the St. Clair area of Cleveland, Ohio. Client: Enterprise
Foundation (Class Project) Spring 1995. Financial Analysis of Three Infill Housing Sites in
the Ohio City Neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
Client: Near West
Housing Corp. (Class Project) Spring 1994. Retail Leakage Analysis and Evaluation of
Alternative Retail Development Sites in Garfield Heights.
Client: City of
Garfield Heights, Ohio.
(Class Project) Winter 1994. Financial Analysis of Proposed Shopping Center at
152nd and St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
Client: City of
Cleveland, Department of Community Development.
(Class Project) Spring 1993. Market Redevelopment Potential for Retail and Local
Services at the Van Aken Rapid Station in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Clients: The Greater
Cleveland Regional Transportation Authority and Planning Department,
City of Shaker Heights.
(Class Project) Winter 1993. Financial Analysis of Converting the Noble School
Site to a Proposed Hotel Project at I‑90 and Babbitt Road.
Client: City of
Euclid, Ohio. (Class
Project) Spring 1992. Market Redevelopment Potential for Retail and Local
Services at the Windermere Rapid Station in East Cleveland, Ohio.
Clients: The Greater
Cleveland Regional Transportation Authority and Department of Community
Development, City of East Cleveland.
(Class Project) Fall 1991. Financial Analysis of Proposed Shopping Center at
131st and Miles Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
Client: Union Miles
Development Corporation.
(Class Project) Spring 1991. American Real Estate Society (ARES) (Distinguished
Fellow; member of board of directors; Director of Career Development and
Jobs website, 2004-2009; Vice program Chair for 2008-9; Vice President
and National Program Chair 2009-10; President-Elect in 2010-2011,
President 2011-2012, Immediate past president 2012-13. Advisory Board Member, Tiferet Village Project,
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 2007. American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP),
1983-2009. American Planning Association (APA), 1983-2009. Appraisal Institute, Academic Review Panel, The
Appraisal Journal (2001-2005). Clean Air Conservancy, Cleveland Ohio (Board Member
1997-2003) Corporate Real Estate Executives Network (CORENET),
Northeast Ohio Board Member (2000-2003) Cleveland Hillel, Board member 2002-2005 Urban Land Institute (ULI), Member, (National)
Sustainable Development Council (2004) Public use and public property in a parks context, for Hahn Loeser Law Firm (underway 2014) The effect of coal ash leakage on residential property in West Virginia and Pennsylvania (for Cochrane Law Firm), 2013. The effect of groundwater contamination from a trucking firm on city finances in Sauk Village, IL (for Levy Law firm, 2013) The effect of PCB contamination from Kuhlman Electric on city government property values in Crystal Springs, MS (for Cochrane Law firm, 2013) The effect of a pipeline rupture on a residential development project in Michigan, (for a Michigan law firm (2013, consulting expert) The effect of pollution from the Davis hog farm on residential property values in Benton, KY (for Speer Law Firm (2013, report) The effect of groundwater contamination from Birds-Eye Plant on property values (for Weitz-Luxemburg Law Firm), Fennville, MI, 2012- report and deposition) The effect of groundwater contamination from Conoco-Agrico Plant on property values (for Bearman Law Firm, Pensacola, Florida, (report, deposition) 2012) The effect of groundwater contamination from a Hess Gas station in Towson, MD on residential property values (for Roy Mason Law Firm, (2012- report) The effect of fly ash from a golf course in Chesapeake, VA on residential property values (for Girardi Keese Law Firm, (2012- underway) The effect of air pollution from the BP refinery in
Texas City, Texas on property values for Buzbee Law Firm (2011,
underway) The effect of salt mine subsidence on nearby
property values, Hutchinson, Kansas, for Bretz Law Firm (2010, report,
deposition, underway) The effect of PCB contamination on residential
property values, Pensacola FL, for Stewart Law firm, (2010 underway). The effect of mold contamination on one residential
property, Longport, NJ, Pitt and Meloff vs. Longport Seaview Condo
Assoc. for Basile & Testa
Law firm, (report, deposition, videotaped trial testimony, 2010,
underway). State of the Ohio economy with respect to demand
for to real estate, construction, and concrete products, Federal
Bankruptcy Court, Schwab Industries, Debtor, vs. Keybank. for
Thompson Hine Law firm, (videotaped trial testimony, 2010). The effect of PCB and related contamination on
residential property values, East St. Louis, IL for ELG
Law firm, (2010 underway). The effect of TCE and related contamination on
residential property values, Sarasota FL, for Motley Rice Law firm,
(report and deposition, 2009, underway). Cook vs. Shell, for Girardi Keese Law firm,
Sacramento, CA, (deposition). Contamination from CES plant. Litigation vs
CES , Houston, TX, also related Joy Tabernacle case with report,
for Hall Law firm The effect of contaminated soil on residential
property values, Port Richmond, PA, for Levin Fishbein Law (2008,
report, underway) Real estate property damages from a chemical plant
in Plant City, Florida for the Weitz Luxemburg Law Firm, (2008, report,
underway). Effect of a lead Smelter on residential property
values in Detroit, Michigan, for Doffermyre Shields law firm (2008,
deposition, trial). The effect of a LUST on residential property
values, Toms River, New Jersey for Levin Fishbein Law for, (2007,
report, underway) The effect of a flood on residential property
values, Fairfax County, Virginia, for Levin Fishbein Law for, (2007,
underway) Real estate property damages from coal gasification
waste contamination in Tiverton, Rhode Island for the Motley Rice Law
Firm, (2007) Real estate property damages from groundwater
contamination in Parkersburg, West Virginia for the Hill Law Firm,
(2007) Real estate property damages from a landfill site
in Canton, Ohio for the Weitz Luxemburg Law Firm, (2007, underway). Real estate property damages from leaking
underground storage tanks in suburban Baltimore, Maryland
(4 separate cases) for the Peter G. Angelos Law Firm, (2006,
underway). Deposed and
report and trial on Tevis Oil Case. Deposed and Report for Parkton Case,
report and deposition as consulting witness for Jacksonville case. Real estate property damages from a leaking
underground storage tank in Smithtown NY for The Armondo Light and Croft
Law Firm, (expert, report) Real property damages from a CITGO Oil Spill in the
Lake Charles Shipping Channel in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the Lundy
& Davis Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA (2006, underway, report, deposition,
trial testimony).
Public Purpose and Blight Analysis for the Flats
East Bank Project in Cleveland, Ohio. (through CSU Urban Center), for
Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Port Authority (deposition, 2006) Analysis of the effect of removing the city
employee residency requirement on a City in Ohio, for the Chandra Law
Firm, (2006, expert, report) Analysis of the effect of removing the city
employee residency requirement on the City of Akron, Ohio, for Akron
City Law Department, (expert, report) Analysis of the effect of removing the city
employee residency requirement on the City of Cleveland, Ohio, for
Cleveland City Law Department, (expert, report) Real property damages from a groundwater
contamination from PFCs from landfills in Oakdale and Lake Elmo,
Minnesota for Beasley Allen Law Firm and other attorneys, (deposition
and testifying expert, trial testimony).
Real property damages to the Twee Jonge Gazellen
Winery in Tulbagh, South Africa related to contaminated bottling
problems, for The Mason Law Firm, (expert, 2005).
Real property damages from a TCE groundwater Plume
on residential and commercial property values in Endicott NY, For Phil
Johnson and other attorneys (expert, 2005 underway) Real property damages from a rail yard spill
contamination on residential property values in Lake Charles, Louisiana,
For Lundy Davis Law firm (expert, mediation presentation) Real property damages from creosote contamination
on residential property values in Alexandria, Louisiana, For Lundy Davis
Law firm (expert, underway) Real property damages from creosote contamination
on residential property values in Pineville, Louisiana, For Lundy Davis
Law firm (expert, underway) Real property damages from environmental
contamination on residential property values in Crystal Springs,
Mississippi Williams et al vs. Kuhlman Corp. et al
(expert 2005). Real property damages from dioxin environmental
contamination on residential property values on Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas
Anderson et al vs. Abitibi et al. (deposition and testifying
expert 2005). Real property damages from DDT contamination on
residential and commercial property values in McIntosh, Alabama
Adams et al vs. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp et al.
For Lambert & Nelson Law firm, (underway)
Real property damages from water contamination on residential and
commercial property values in Moss Point, MS.
Hulbert et al. vs. Morton International, Rohm
& Hass et al. For Mithoff Jacks Law firm, (underway).
Real property damages from creosote contamination
on residential property values in Grenada Mississippi, Ellis et al.
vs. Koppers et al For
Lundy Davis Law firm (deposition and testifying expert, underway) Real property damages from groundwater
contamination on residential property values in Columbus, Mississippi, Vaughn
et al vs. Johnson Electric Automotive et al
For Lundy Davis Law firm (testifying expert) Real property damages from a pipeline leak in
Kankakee, Illinois, Quick et al vs. Shell et al. for the Cashion
Law Firm, Chicago, IL (deposition, 2004). Real property damages from a superfund landfill in
Jacksonville, FL, Williams et al vs. City of Jacksonville et al.
for Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles & Devine LLP, Atlanta, GA (2004,
testifying expert and deposition, Doeboy sub-case deposition and trial
testimony, 2010, underway). Impacts of relocation of a Buick dealer in Lorain
Ohio, for Nick Abraham Dealership, Elyria, OH (2004, underway,
deposition) Real property damages from a BP refinery in
Neodesha, Kansas (2004, expert, underway). Real Property Damages caused by mercury
contamination in McIntosh, Alabama, Dorothy Reed et al vs. Olin
Corporation et al. (testifying expert, 2004 underway, deposition). Real Property Damages caused by lead contamination
in Picher/Cardin Oklahoma, Cole et al vs. Asarco Inc. et al.
(testifying expert, 2004 underway, deposition, updated reports 2007 and
2010). Real property damages from environmental
contamination on residential property values in Crystal Springs,
Mississippi Kellum et al vs. Kuhlman Corp. et al
(consulting expert 2004, testified at Daubert heating). Analysis of land rent increases and associated real
estate losses at Columbia Park, in Olmsted Township, Ohio, for Columbia
Park Homeowners Association and Kirk
Stewart, Attorney, Pojman et al vs. Columbia Brook Park Management
LLC et al (2003, underway, consulting expert).
Real property damages from chicken farms to
residential and commercial property values for littoral property owners
on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in Oklahoma. Thompson et al vs. Tyson
Foods et al (2003,
testifying expert and deposition). Real Property Damages caused by a leak from a
Pipeline in Parker County, Texas, (2003, underway). McCauley vs.
Chevron Pipe Line Company (testifying expert). Real property damages from leaking underground
storage tanks in Erie County, Ohio,
VanRaepenbusch et al v.
Sunoco, Inc., et al. (2003, testifying expert, deposition). Real property damages from natural gas explosion in
Hutchinson, Kansas. Dodge, Schmidt et al v. Kansas Gas Service Co.,
ONEOK, Inc. et al. (2003, testifying expert, deposition and trial). Real property damages from a FUDS on residential
property values in The District of Columbia Jach et al v. American
University. (2003, expert) Real property damages from leaking underground
storage tanks in the District of Columbia Nnadili et al vs.Chevron
(2002, testifying expert and deposition expert). Real property damages from leaking underground
storage tanks in South Carolina Fairey vs. Exxon class action
suit (2002, testifying expert and deposition). Real Property Damages caused by a Pipeline Rupture
in Hunt County, Texas, (2002, underway). Abundiz et al v Explorer
Pipeline et al. (testifying expert and deposition). Real Property Damages caused by a Pipeline Rupture
in Hunt County, Texas, (2002, underway). Browning et al v Explorer et
al (testifying expert and deposition). Real property damages caused by Styrene releases on
the surrounding neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky class action suit
Wilson v Interplastic Manufacturing Corp. (2001, underway,
testifying expert and deposition). Real property damages caused by PCB releases on the
surrounding neighborhood in Anniston, Alabama, Owens v Monsanto
Corp., multi-plaintiff lawsuits (2001, testifying expert and
deposition). Real Property Damages caused by PCB spills on
contaminated property in Pennsylvania, (2000, underway, expert). Real Property Damages caused by a Pipeline Rupture
in Maryland, In Re Swanson Creek Oil Spill Litigation, (2001,
testifying expert and deposition and testimony as an expert in real
estate environmental damages in federal court on class certification). Glen Willow Nursing Home Certificate of Need
Analysis: Highest and Best use study of two existing Nursing Homes, for
Roth, Rolf and Goffman (1997, testifying expert at administrative
hearing in Columbus, OH). Real Property Damages caused by Leaking Underground
Storage Tanks, class action suit Peters et al vs. Amoco et al.,
(1997, underway, testifying expert and deposition). Real Property Damages caused by Pipeline Ruptures,
class action suit Wesley et al. vs. Colonial Pipeline Co., 1997. Fair Housing Program needs, based upon residential
location decision making and newspaper activity,
Buckeye Hope et al. vs. City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio,
(1997, testifying expert and deposition). Real Estate analysis of suitable uses for a 29 acre
property near Lost Nation Airport, Slyman
vs. City of Willoughby, Ohio County Court of Common Pleas, Case #
98CV000619 (1999, expert) Bio: Robert A. Simons, Ph.D. Robert A. Simons is a Professor and former director
of the Master of Urban Planning, Design and Development program at the
Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University in
Cleveland, Ohio. He is also
the faculty advisor for the Certificate Program in Real Estate
Development and Finance, offered in conjunction with the Nance College
of Business at CSU. During
Fall 2005, Dr. Simons was a Fulbright Scholar at Wits University in
Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also been a Lady Davis Scholar at the
Technion (1999 and 2010-11). Dr. Simons received his Ph.D. from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in City and Regional
Planning, with an emphasis in real estate. He also holds a Master of
Regional Planning and a Master of Science in Economics, both from U.N.C.
His undergraduate degree in anthropology was earned at Colorado State
University. He was a member of the American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP) from 1983-2009. Dr.
Simons is in the inner leadership group of the American Real Estate
Society (ARES), and was program chair in 2009-2010 and is President in
2011-2012. At the Levin
College of Urban Affairs, Dr. Simons teaches courses in real estate
development, market analysis and finance, public economics, Ph.D.
research methods, environmental finance and megacities of Asia. Dr.
Simons has published over 50 articles and book chapters on real estate,
urban redevelopment, environmental damages, sustainable real estate,
housing policy and brownfields redevelopment. He authored a book
entitled Turning Brownfields into Greenbacks, (published by Urban
Land Institute), and When Bad Things Happen to Good Property,
(published by Environmental Law Institute in 2006), and was the lead
editor for an international research monograph on Indigenous Property
and Valuation (2008, ARES). Another Adaptive Reuse book has been
completed. He serves as Associate
Editor for the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate.
Dr. Simons has an active
consulting practice, and has served as an expert witness in over 60
matters related to real estate, housing markets, and environmental
contamination, including over 30 depositions and several trial
appearances.
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