ORLANDO- John Crossman, president of Crossman & Company, will join the City of Orlando’s Davon Barbour, assistant director of the Downtown Development Board Community Redevelopment Agency to co-chair a course at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) University of Shopping Centers Symposium March 10 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Crossman, whose Orlando-based commercial real estate firm ranks as one of the largest third party retail leasing and management companies in the southeast, is partnering with Barbour to co-teach a course entitled, Challenges and Opportunities for Community Success: The Shift to a New Economy.
“With the pressure of a tightening economy, budget deficits and infrastructure costs, the work of planners has become more challenging than ever before,” Crossman explained.
“We will be emphasizing local economic development initiatives and strategic plans that comprise the next frontier of retail development,” he said.
Crossman said the course will focus on new trends in retail development and renovation, the challenge of filling vacant retail spaces, using special incentives for new retail development, and establishing a successful long-term retail development plan for a community.
“Our course will give planners, retail property developers and community activists a competitive advantage, arming them with the knowledge to help position their community optimally in the future,” he said.
The course is sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers, the world’s largest professional association for retail property developers and planners.
For more information, contact:
John Crossman, CCIM, President, Crossman & Company, 407-581-6218, Jcrossman@crossmanco.com;
Justin Greider, Senior Associate, Crossman & Company/ICSC Florida Next Generation Chair, 407-581-6225; jgreider@crossmanco.com
