Join us for "A Site Selector's View." National Speaker, Consultant and Real Estate Developer - Sergio Fernandez, will be at the EDC for Central Illinois on Wednesday, September 30th to share "A Site Selector's View." Sergio, Principal of JBF Associates, LLC has a Masters in Architecture and over 30 years in the Development and Construction Industry.

Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Time: 9 - 11:30 am Real Estate Development
          1 - 3 pm Contractors - Surviving Tough Times

Location: The Heartland Partnership Board Room

Sponsored by:

To register for this event, contact Beth at 495-5973 or bkolowski@edc.h-p.org

Click here for more information on the speaker, Sergio Fernandez.

Following is a brief outline for for both segments of the workshop:

Real Estate Development

1. Corporate Strategy
2. Corporate Organization Structure
3. Criteria for Site Selection
4. Location and Site Analysis
5. Market and Demographic Data
6. Workforce, Wages and Productivity
7. Transportation
8. Energy and Utilities
9. Materials, Supplies and Services
10. Government Programs: National, State, Local
11. Environmental Impact/Ecological Factors
12. Climate
13. Specific Site Planning Factors
14. Facility Feasibility Analysis
15. Financing
16. Lease vs. Purchase
17. Implementation
18. Property  Management

Contractors

1. Overview
2. What Happened
3. Evaluation
4. Survival
5. Reorganizing
6. Marketing
7. Getting the Work
8. Review and Analyze
9. Getting it Done