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planning contributions over a sustained period
of time. Cramton also received the 2008 ULI-
Charlotte Legacy Award for positively influencing
the community, land use, and the environment
in the Charlotte region.
Cramton’s educational background includes a bachelor
of science degree in planning from Michigan
State University and a master of science degree in
political science from Portland State University.
Tom Hester
Tempe, Arizona
Hester is a senior urban designer at Parsons
Brinkerhoff Placemaking Group. Placemaking integrates
land use and transportation to plan and
design sustainable community development projects
with a sense of place. He has earned a national
reputation for his ability to help public and
private sector clients strategically position development
projects and improve their overall performance
and viability. His strong leadership and
management skills have helped diverse groups
build consensus and attain project goals. Hester
brings skills in zoning, design guidelines, public
and private partnerships, real estate finance and
development, community planning, and transportation
planning and design to his projects. Prior to
PB, he held senior positions at Canin Associates
in Orlando, Civitas, Inc. in Denver Colorado, and
EDAW in Australia.
Hester earned a bachelor of architecture from
California State Polytechnic University in Pomona
and a master of architecture in urban design
from Harvard University’s Graduate School of
Design, where he earned top honors for leadership
and academic studies. He has taught architecture,
graphic design, and computer imaging at Cal
Poly and Otis College of Art and Design, and has
lectured on the integration of information technologies
within architectural curricula. Hester is
a member of the Urban Land Institute where he
has participated in a number of forums and Advisory
Services panels, as well as taught at their
Real Estate School.
He has recently completed redevelopment plans
for a 350-acre superfund site outside of Salt Lake
City; a rezoning and transit-oriented development
plan in Denver; a Capitol District master plan in
Cheyenne; a downtown master plan in Olathe,
Kansas; and a riverfront redevelopment plan in
Des Monies, Iowa.
William C. Lawrence
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Lawrence brings more than 25 years of in-depth
background and experience in real-world problem
solving, strategy formation, feasibility assessment,
and project management for complex
real estate development projects. As principal,
Cityscope, Inc., he engages in development projects
for his own account and in providing contract
services in project management and consulting
to both public and private clients. Cityscope specializes
in value creation for client assets, including
strategic planning and assessment, asset positioning
and management, and public and private
financing.
Lawrence wrote the winning proposal and was
designated coproject manager for a $275 million
multiblock commercial development between a
new Amtrak station on the Northeast Rail Corridor
and the T.F. Green Airport as a joint venture
between the Bulfinch Companies, the city of
Warwick, Rhode Island, and the state of Rhode
Island. He has assisted a Boston community development
corporation in planning a large commercial
development on excess public lands. Prior
to this assignment, Lawrence was the contract
project manager to outsource the MBTA real estate
group with annual revenues in excess of $5
million.
Prior to starting Cityscope, as director of seaport
planning and development at the Massachusetts
Port Authority, Lawrence planned and developed
a diverse portfolio of public sector real estate assets
on 400 acres. Before that, he created and directed
public sector real estate consulting groups
in Los Angeles and Boston for the Kenneth Leventhal
& Company (now E&Y Kenneth Leventhal
Real Estate Consulting), a national CPA firm. Prior
to that, he founded and for twelve years managed
the William C. Lawrence Company, a market
feasibility and economic development consulting
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