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Overview:
The Mid-Atlantic Region of SCUP is hosting a one-day program focusing on the strategies and choices colleges and universities are making in order to move their campuses forward while meeting the needs of their students, faculty, administrators and the surrounding community.
To illustrate the creative strategies and collaborative choices colleges and universities are making, the program will include an overview on state and federal tax credit programs and how they can be alternate funding sources; recent examples of mixed-use development on campuses in Virginia; the role of a University's Foundation in building development on campus; and a discussion on development and creative funding strategies from a developer's perspective. Lessons learned will also be shared.
A special event is scheduled for lunch. A Thomas Jefferson impersonator from Colonial Williamsburg will provide Jefferson's perspective on higher education and the evolving role in its surrounding community.
Program:
8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM–10:00 AM
Opening Remarks and Plenary
New Funding Sources - Tax Credit Programs
Speaker: Brian Wishneff, president, Brian Wishneff & Associates
Brian Wishneff will launch our one-day event with a discussion of the use of state and federal historic tax credit programs; the new market tax credit program; and the renewable energy tax credit program to fund college and university development. Mr. Wishneff is recognized nationally as an authority on tax credits. His firm, Brian Wishneff & Associates, has successfully completed more tax credit projects for non-profits and governmental entities than any other consultant in the country.
10:00 AM–10:55 AM
The College of William and Mary New Town Development
Speakers: Jim Golden, associate vice president, Economic Development The College of William & Mary and Larry Salzman, managing director, New Town Associates, LLC
William and Mary's New Town is a mixed-use new-urbanism community involving 300 acres of land adjacent to the western side of the William and Mary campus, including an 80-acre town center (virtually complete) and a 65-acre business park (roughly half completed). The William and Mary Foundation has a half interest in the project. Golden will discuss the College's goals and evaluate outcomes to date and Salzman will describe the project's implementation and its current status.
11:00 AM–11:55 AM
Turning Public-Private Solutions into Reality
Speaker: John D. Keegan, vice president, Gilbane Development Company
Keegan will discuss real world examples of creative funding including real estate and capital planning methods utilized by three colleges to meet capital construction needs in times of shrinking traditional funds. Lessons learned will be compiled from the experiences at three colleges: Centenary College, Garrett College, and the Rhode Island School of Design.
NooN–1:00 PM
Lunch and Thomas Jefferson Speaker
1:15 PM–2:10 PM
The University of Virginia Foundation and the University of Virginia: A Distinct Relationship
Speaker: Fred Missel, director of design and development, The University of Virginia Foundation
The University of Virginia Foundation engages in real estate activities to support the University of Virginia's primary programs; provide an investment return; provide for the real estate needs of the University for the next 100 years; and improve the University's boundaries and entrances. Through a series of case studies of several development projects, the role of the Foundation in the design and development team will be explored and how each is distinct in its relation. Specific discussion of the role of the design and development team will be stressed through several case studies exploring the distinct relationship between the Foundation and the University.
2:15 PM–3:10 PM
Old Dominion University: Development of University Village
Speaker: Bob Fenning, Vice President, Administration and Finance, Old
Dominion University
Since 2000, Old Dominion University and its Real Estate Foundation have
initiated several larger scale developments, including the 13-city block
($320M) University village and several regional higher education
centers. These projects have been public, private, and public/private
ventures utilizing a variety of development and financing approaches,
including New Market Tax Credits. This presentation will review the
evolution of several projects as a way to identify a hierarchy of
issues, prerequisites, and strategies for successful developments of any
scale.
Location:
The map & directions: www.wm.edu/uc/mapparking.php
Pricing:
| SCUP Member |
$ 75 |
| Non-Member |
$ 80 |
Register Now!
Online registration is now closed. Limited on-site registration will be
available will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please
download and print the registration form (PDF) and bring it with you.
Advanced registration deadline is January 4, 2008.
Cancellation deadline is December 28, 2007.
Recommended Hotel:
The Williamsburg Hospitality House
415 Richmond Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757.229.4020
To make your reservation call: 757.229.4020
Room rate:
$70/night plus taxes of 10% and $2
Check in: 3:00 PM
Check out: 11:00 AM
Reservation deadline: January 5, 2008
Rate will be extended 3 days prior and after depending on availability.
All reservation requests require a credit card guarantee, or a one
night's deposit. Deposits will be refunded for rooms canceled more than
72 hours prior to arrival.
Learn more about The Williamsburg Hospitality House at:
www.williamsburghosphouse.com/
Questions:
Michelle Monnett
Conference Chair
DMJM Design
703.682.6114
michelle.monnett@dmjmhn.aecom.com
Marcia Harrington
SCUP Mid-Atlantic Regional Representative
Virginia Community College System
804.819.4965
mharrington@vccs.edu
Online Form or Website Contact
SCUP
April Pichlik
april.pichlik@scup.org
734.998.9172
Sponsorship
We'd like to thank our generous sponsors!
Partner
Structure Tone www.structuretone.com
Platinum
Gilbane Building Company www.gilbaneco.com
Silver
Ayers/Saint/Gross, Inc. www.asg-architects.com
Burt Hill www.burthill.com
CHA Sports www.cloughharbour.com
Cho Benn Holback + Associates www.cbhassociates.com
Design Collective www.designcollective.com
Gensler www.gensler.com
Glavé & Holmes Associates, www.glaveandholmes.com
Haley & Aldrich, Inc. www.haleyaldrich.com
Holder Construction www.holderconstruction.com
Hourigan Construction, www.houriganconstruction.com
KSS Architects, LLP www.kssarchitects.com
Marshall Craft Associates, Inc. www.marshallcraft.com
Moseley Architects www.moseleyarchitects.com
Mueller Associates, Inc. www.muellerassoc.com
Nason Construction, Inc. www.nasonconstruction.com
Skanska USA Building Inc. www.skanskausa.com
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company www.whiting-turner.com
UJMN Architects + Designers www.ujmn.com
Wilson Butler Architects, www.wilsonbutler.com
Bronze
DMJM Design/AECOM www.dmjmhn.aecom.com
KlingStubbins www.klingstubbins.com
Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, LLC www.psands.com
Strada Architecture LLC www.stradallc.com
WDG Architecture www.wdgarch.com
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Friday, January 11, 2008