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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Can anyone recommend an online course on real estate development and reuse that would be suitable for gateway cities/suburban/rural settings? I’m considering registering for a course with IEDC but given the
high price tag and the organization offering it, I’m unsure if it’s appropriate to our context in Berkshire County. See description below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:17.4pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#022D57">Real Estate Development and Reuse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#444444">Price</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">660.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">5/12/2022 - 5/13/2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">This course clearly articulates the eight-stage process for real estate development and reuse from conception to realization. Learn a wide variety of financing tools that are available at the
local, regional, and state levels, including tax increment financing, bond financing, tax credits, tax abatements, land assembly, and brownfield redevelopment. Multiple in-class case studies will be used to help participants work through actual financial and
regulatory problems.<br>
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<b>Course Highlights</b><br>
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- Housing, retail, office, industrial, hotel, and mixed-use development<br>
- Regulatory and approval process including zoning and permitting<br>
- Assessing community involvement and political feasibility<br>
- Public, private, and nonprofit financial modeling<br>
- Understanding the pro forma operating statement structure<br>
- Property valuation and capitalization rates<br>
- Brownfield redevelopment phase structure and liability<br>
- Request for qualification/proposal process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">Ms. Wylie Goodman, M.R.P., Senior Planner – Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">1 Fenn St., Suite 201 | Pittsfield, MA 01201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">O: 413.442.1521x16
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:wgoodman@berkshireplanning.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">wgoodman@berkshireplanning.org</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.berkshireplanning.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.berkshireplanning.org</span></a>
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