principals

ed starkie

Mr. Starkie has 25 years experience in real estate that includes moving complex projects from conception and feasibility analysis to financing and development. A particular career focus has been the economic structure of vital urban places, of downtowns and neighborhoods that are pedestrian and transit oriented environments. His work has received four awards from the American Planning Association in the areas of main streets and downtown revitalization, and he contributed to the current EPA guidelines for promoting Smart Growth. His recent work has also gained an award from the California Preservation Foundation and a Charter Award from the Congress for New Urbanism. Mr. Starkie is a financial advisor for private and public development who brings a unique, pragmatic approach that results in projects that are feasible, profitable, and contribute to community livability. Mr. Starkie holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a panel member of Urban Land Institute Advisory Services. Mr. Starkie also has also served on the faculty of the University of Oregon Urban Architecture Program and the Portland State University Urban Planning and Architecture programs.

glenn kellogg

Mr. Kellogg has 10 years of experience in financial and urban planning services, working in neighborhoods of large cities and small towns.  During this experience, he has learned to listen to the concerns of communities and help de-mystify the economic conditions that surround them. Through an understanding of the local economy, he assists communities with feasible, market-based strategies for neighborhoods to achieve their vision.

After graduating from the University of Virginia, Mr. Kellogg was a Lewis Mumford Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied real estate at Wharton and received a Master of City Planning from the Graduate School of Fine Arts (Penn Design). Mr. Kellogg serves as an Advisory Services Panelist for the Urban Land Institute,  a Juror for the Coalition for Smarter Growth, and was a 2005 Knight Fellow in Community Building through the University of Miami.