Christopher Leinberger
Chris Leinberger is a land use strategist, developer, teacher, consultant and author. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, doing research and developing strategies to develop or redevelop “walkable urban” places and develop new strategy, management and financial models for the built environment. He is also a Professor of Practice and Director of the Graduate Real Estate Development Program at the University of Michigan. In addition, he is a founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a progressive real estate development firm which has active projects in Independence, Missouri and the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Finally, he is the president of Locus, Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors, which advocates for the upcoming transportation, climate change and energy bills before Congress. Chris has written award-winning articles for publications such as the Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Urban Land magazine, among others, and is the author or has contributed chapters to eight books. He has been profiled by national broadcast and print media. His most recent books are The Option of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream (Island Press, 2008) and Strategy for Real Estate Companies (Urban Land Institute, 2008).