October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
Anne Gatling Haynes has over 25 years of leadership experience in Community and Economic Development, Real Estate, Architecture and Planning. She has worked in large and small cities in both public and private positions, and has developed innovative public sector programs and strategies to support a variety of urban conditions. She is serving currently as the Chief Transaction Officer for the Austin Economic Development Corporation in Austin Texas, and served recently as the first CEO/President of the Houston Land Bank for the City of Houston. A native of Massachusetts, in 2014-2018 she was the founding Director of Transformative Development at MassDevelopment. She designed and led the Transformative Development Initiative [TDI], a place-based integrated approach to district development in the Commonwealth’s network of Gateway Cities. In prior public service positions, Anne led the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven CT (EDC) as CEO, and served the City of New York as the Design Director/Program Manager for Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a lead representative for the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development. Prior to public service, she was a Senior Associate at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects of New Haven where she led the design and construction of a variety of institutional and mixed-use buildings, as well as urban district development projects. Anne received her Masters in Architecture at Yale University, and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013, she received an MBA in the MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall, 515B
Historically, major highways in American downtowns have divided communities and resulted in racial and socioeconomic injustices. Now, they present opportunities to right past wrongs and achieve greater prosperity and equity. Many cities across the country are experimenting with the “cap and stitch” concept, which aims to shrink the footprint of the highway; cap the lowered highway; and stitch the bridges. Cap-and-stitch projects are major market makers for the real estate industry. First, improvements to infrastructure access and the public realm increase market demand. Second, through newly built caps, additional developable lands are provided. However, without careful planning, these new opportunities […]