Eric has been involved in the re-use and redevelopment of environmentally-impacted properties since the 1980s. His primary areas of expertise are the intersection of real estate, environmental, and finance.
For real estate, Eric has deep knowledge of:
- Property valuation (with and without environmental impairments)
- Best and highest use determinations
- Complex deal structures and transactions
- Use of risk tools like indemnities and insurance
- Development of ProFormas and financial modeling
- Use of Urban Renewal Areas and Redevelopment Zones
- Entitlements – rezoning, municipal development approvals
- Private finance – equity and debt
- Public finance – tax increment financing and municipal districts
- Infrastructure design and installation
- Reuse of existing structures
- Asset and property management
- Divestitures
Eric’s earlier career as an environmental consultant, combined with working with the country’s foremost cleanup experts on his brownfield sites has given him extensive experience with:
- Determining appropriate cleanup techniques for given property uses/redevelopment
- Including environmental liabilities in financial modeling/ProForma creation
- Realizing efficiencies in combining cleanup tasks with development activities
- Administrative risk management tools such as deed restrictions, environmental covenants, and environmental insurance
Because financial expertise is critical to any real estate play, especially environmentally-impacted properties, Eric brings the following financial expertise to projects:
- Financial modeling of cleanup and development options
- Investment packages for private financing
- Brining debt and equity to projects
- Investor communications
- Adding tax increment financing, municipal districts, and other public finance vehicles to projects
Eric’s Company History has Included:
- Founder, Owner, and President of Legacy Land Stewardship
- Founder, Owner, and Managing Director of Colorado Legacy Land, a special purpose entity set up for managing former mining properties
- Founder and Managing Director of Tellurium Partners, an ecological mitigation banking company
- Founder, Owner, and CEO of Frontier Renewal, a brownfield redevelopment company
- Founder and Board Member of Frontier Environmental Management, a captive environmental services firm
- Executive Director of EnviroFinance Group, a specialty lender and asses manager for the brownfield industry
- Executive positions with ARCADIS and Harding Lawson Associates/MACTEC
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