Kellenberg Studio

Steven Kellenberg is an urban planner and designer with over 40 years of experience in town planning, redevelopment, business park and town center design. He currently heads Kellenberg Studio, a boutique planning and urban design firm providing senior advisory services.

Prior to starting his own firm in 2017, he served for five years as Senior Vice President at the Irvine Company in Newport Beach as a leader of the company’s Urban Planning and Design department. Prior, he worked 15 years at EDAW/AECOM and 16 years at Phillips, Brandt and Reddick (PBR) where he consulted with new community developers in the southwestern U.S., as well as the Middle East, China, Singapore and South America. Projects included Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Valencia, Summerlin, Verrado and multiple villages on the Irvine Ranch.

Steve has on-the-ground development experience in the Sierra Foothills where he has developed two Conservation Development projects and has taught for 25 years in the USC Master of Real Estate Development program. In addition to co-authored two books with ULI and one with Harvard University he was inducted into the California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame in 2021.

Steve graduated from the Harvard University Masters of Urban Design program with Distinction and has a BS in Landscape Architecture/Urban Planning from Iowa State University.

Speaking at the Following:

Oct 31

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Dancing with the Governor: Redevelopment when the State is your P3 Partner

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall, 502B

In what has become the largest redevelopment project in state history, Utah released the 600 acre former state prison site in Draper, UT (Salt Lake City region) for development proposals in early 2022 after nearly 2 years of intense planning, study, and public engagement. Cities redevelop properties all the time, but it is rare when the redevelopment authority is a state agency. As a result, a new toolkit was created to plan, solicit development interest, finance the infrastructure, and manage the development agreement requiring state bonds, changes in state legislation, and ultimately, the Governor’s signature. This session will focus on […]