In his role as Project Director, Ken helps identify, secure, and manage public and private financing opportunities for development and construction projects. He is currently managing financing for several Cleveland-area business expansions, real estate development deals across Ohio, and multi-state company headquarter searches. He is also assisting in procuring financing for several dozen other development projects, including headquarters relocations, historic building rehabilitations, warehouse and distribution centers, and mixed-use developments.
Ken can help clients through the predevelopment stage of their projects through incentive, land use, and market research; pro forma development; economic impact analyses; and property tax analyses. He specializes in structuring projects that require brownfield and asbestos remediation, green stormwater infrastructure improvements, technology and medical technology company expansions, and revitalization of vacant urban land. Ken has also assisted clients in obtaining New Markets Tax Credits allocations and Historic Tax Credit awards.
Prior to joining the firm, Ken was a graduate research assistant with the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University, where he evaluated economic development programs and best practices in economic development policy, performed studies on Historic Preservation Tax Credit funding and rental markets, and wrote case studies and employment/demographic impact analyses. He also served as a District Planning associate for the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and interned with University Circle Inc.
- Selected for Crain's Cleveland Business Twenty in Their 20s Class of 2018