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About Robert A. Simons

Robert Simons is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Studies at Levin College. He was the College's former director of the Master of Urban Planning, Design and Development program. He is also the faculty advisor for the Certificate Program in Real Estate Development and Finance, offered in conjunction with the Nance College of Business at CSU.  During Fall 2005, Dr. Simons was a Fulbright Scholar at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Dr. Simons received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in City and Regional Planning, with an emphasis in real estate. He also holds a Master of Regional Planning and a Master of Science in Economics, both from U.N.C. His undergraduate degree in anthropology was earned at Colorado State University. He has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) since 1983. Dr. Simons is in the inner leadership group of the American Real Estate Society (ARES), and will be program chair in 2009-2010 and President in 2011-2012.   

At the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Dr. Simons teaches courses in real estate development, market analysis and finance, public economics, Ph.D. research methods and environmental finance. Dr. Simons has published over 45 articles and book chapters on real estate, urban redevelopment, environmental damages, housing policy and brownfields redevelopment. He authored a book entitled Turning Brownfields into Greenbacks, (published by Urban Land Institute), and When Bad Things Happen to Good Property, (published by Environmental Law Institute in 2006), and was the lead editor for an international research monograph on Indigenous Property and Valuation (2008, ARES). Another Adaptive Reuse book by ULI on New USes for Religious Buildings and Schools is due out in 2010. Dr. Simons has an active consulting practice, and has served as an expert witness in over 50 matters related to real estate, housing markets, and environmental contamination.

Positions

Present Professor, Cleveland State University
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