University of Miami School of Architecture
Knight Program in Community Building

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT METHODS FOR URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION

INSTRUCTOR BIOS

Jay Juergensen (Lead Course Instructor)
Principal
Juergensen & Associates, Detroit, MI
Jay Juergensen is a National Development Council–certified economic development finance professional, a licensed residential builder in Michigan, and a principal with Juergensen & Associates. His firm has secured more than $15 million in private and public sources for clients and has managed a portfolio totaling $70 million of real estate projects ranging from new and restored homes to commercial facilities and housing for homeless families. In 1996 Jay helped turn around the Detroit Housing Commission as assistant general manager of Modernization & Development, where he oversaw an unprecedented $400 million investment in 9,000 units of public housing. He was appointed co-chair of Michigan’s Rehabilitation Code Committee, which created an alternative building code for the renovation of existing buildings, and in 2001 the Michigan Housing Trust Fund recognized him as an “Affordable Housing Warrior.” Jay often shares his insight and expertise in community and economic development at national conferences and in op-ed stories. He was the lead author of the April 2004 and February 2005 issues of the National Trust’s Main Street News. He has been a guest lecturer, visiting critic and adjunct professor at Columbia University, the University of Miami, Lawrence Technological University, and the University of Michigan. Jay earned his master’s degree in architecture and his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.

Lolly Barnes
program officer
Mississippi Gulf Coast Field Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Biloxi, MS
Lolly Barnes has worked in historic preservation for 13 years. She began her career with the City of Biloxi in collections management for municipal museums then became historical administrator. In this role, Lolly was responsible for design review in historic districts, educational outreach on preservation issues and the restoration of several historic properties, including the Saenger Theatre and the Biloxi Lighthouse. After leaving her job as historical administrator in 2004 she has been involved in the redevelopment of Biloxi’s historic White House Hotel. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Lolly served on the infrastructure and tourism committees of the Governor’s Commission for Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal, and worked with the Biloxi team for the Recovery Design Forum. In her current role as program officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Field Office, she promotes the restoration of historic buildings damaged in the storm. Lolly was a 2003 Fellow with the Knight Program for Community Building and serves as secretary of the Mississippi Heritage Trust.

Tony Goldman
chairman and CEO
Goldman Properties, New York, NY
For 30 years Tony Goldman, chairman and CEO of Goldman Properties, has recognized value in depressed, historical urban areas and transformed them into thriving destinations. Tony was a driving force behind the transformations of the Upper West Side, the Wall Street Financial District, and Soho in New York City and Center City in Philadelphia. In 1985 he discovered South Beach. Miles of oceanfront property were filled with rundown hotels and other buildings, yet he recognized their architecturally significant art deco style. He dove in, purchasing one property a month for 18 months. Tony has developed many South Beach properties, including The Hotel, which was known as the Tiffany Hotel. In 2004 he discovered Midtown Miami’s Wynwood, a low-density, blue-collar warehouse district. Acquiring more than 20 properties there, Goldman Properties is currently undergoing a master planning process to develop an exciting pedestrian neighborhood. Tony has served as chairman of Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive Association and is a member of the National Board of Trustees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He was the chairman of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and the chairman of the board of the Historic Hotels of America. Tony is a regular speaker at New York University.

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Dean, School of Architecture
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami.  She joined the faculty in 1979 after earning her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University and her Master of Architecture from Yale University. At the University of Miami, she founded the school’s graduate program in Suburb and Town Design in 1988 and has served as director of the Center for Urban and Community Design.  Working with faculty and students, she has organized and promoted numerous design exercises for the benefit of communities throughout South Florida.  She is a founder and board member of the Congress for New Urbanism and has served on the board of trustees of Princeton University.  In addition to her duties at the University, she is in practice with Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Company, Architects and Town Planners. She has co-authored two recently published books: Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream and The New Civic Art.
 

Donovan Rypkema
president
Place Economics, Washington, DC
Donovan Rypkema is president of Place Economics, which was founded in 1975 in Rapid City, South Dakota and was moved to Washington, DC in 1985. Donovan has consulted on real estate and economic development throughout the US for state and local governments and nonprofit organizations in a broad range of properties, from National Historic Landmark Structures to Main Street commercial centers. He frequently consults in community-based development; economic revitalization of downtowns and neighborhood commercial centers; and the rehabilitation of historic structures. Since 1983 he has provided ongoing consulting services to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and its National Main Street Center. Donovan has worked with the Urban Land Institute, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, the American Planning Association and hundreds of other organizations. He is currently working with the U.S. Army’s Office of Historic Properties to create strategies for the redevelopment of historic buildings on Army posts. He has lectured widely and has led courses and workshops for architects, bankers, developers, preservationists, planners, and downtown managers. His articles have appeared in numerous publications and his book, The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader’s Guide, was published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Donovan earned his master’s degree in historic preservation at Columbia University.