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S. B. Friedman & Company is a specialized real estate and development advisory firm based in Chicago. Founded in 1990, it has assisted developers, corporations, not-for-profits, universities, health care institutions, economic development organizations, transit agencies, lending institutions, and government agencies with development planning, finance and strategy. We have completed multiple assignments for many of our clients. The firm has worked with clients throughout the country with an emphasis on the Midwest.
 
 
Services                                                
Development Advisory Services                              
Real Estate Economics
Fiscal, Economic and Tax Studies
Public-Private Partnerships
Community and Economic Development
Public Financing and Bond Projections
Housing Strategies and Affordable Housing
Work-out and Portfolio Transaction Capabilities
 
General Information
Tax Increment Financing
Special Service Areas
Business Districts
Responsibilities of a Developer
Transit-Oriented DevelopmentPlanning Magazine, January 2001

Current Projects
City of Lake Forest, Illinois: Central Business District Acquisition and Development Opportunity

Published Articles by Staff Members

"Market Analysis: A Zoning Necessity," Zoning Practice, Feb. 2006
(more information on Zoning Practice magazine can be found by clicking here)
Sections from "Planning and Urban Design Standards," APA, 2006
"Developer Solicitation for Publicly Owned Land," Public Management, July 2005
"Public Incentives for Development: Responding to Fiscal Restraints," Real Estate Issues, Aug. 1995
 
Awards
2008 - IL-APA Gold Award- Park Ridge Uptown Redevelopment
2008 - Ill. Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism Award - Park Ridge Uptown Redevelopment
2007 - ULI-Chicago Community Vision Award - Bartlett Town Center
2007 - Ill. Chapter of the Association of Landscape Architects Honor Award - Aurora River Edge Park
2007 - Association of Licensed Architects Design Award - Aurora River Edge Park
2002 - IL-APA Honorable Mention Award - Des Plaines Library Plaza

 

 


Presentations

"Regional Growth and Restructuring Suburban Development" - AIA Chicago - May 2009

"Transit-Oriented Development and TIF" - ITIA Spring Conference - April 2009

"Shifting Markets & Demographics: Redefining TOD" - APA-IL State Conference - October 2008

 

"Creating a Policy Framework for Well-Structured TIF Deals" - CDFA - July 2008

 

"Integrating Market Analysis Into the Planning Process" - APA-CMS - January 2008

 

"TIF For Affordable Housing" - Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing - December 2007

 

"Back to the Home" - Small Business Times Commercial Real Estate & Development Conference - November 2007

 

"New Markets Tax Credits" - Lorman Educational Services - August 2007

 

"Corridor Land Use: Strategies for a Suburban Ring Line" - Rail-Volution - November 2006

 

"Relating Stations to Neighborhoods" - Rail-Volution - November 2006

 

"Transit-Oriented Development" - Lorain County, OH - October 2006

 

"The Art of the Deal: Negotiating Win-Win Redevelopment Agreements" - ITIA - Fall 2006

 

"Economic Feasibility Analysis in Master Planning" - APA National Conference - April 2006

 

"Land Use Decisions and Financial Health of Communities" - Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development - October 2005

 





 






 

 



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