URP 595, Section 1

Public Private Partnerships – Financing Equitable Development
Fall 2023
Instructors: Luke Bonner
Term: Fall 2023
Section: 1
Class Number: 595
Credits: 3
Required: No
Elective: Yes
Meets: Mon 5:30-8:30pm  2210 A&AB
Course Brief: Download

Public private partnerships are the method increasingly used to foster new development and promote revitalization. An array of policy, finance and regulatory structures have been put in place to create developments that serve a public purpose through incentivizing private actors. The course will explore the increasing shift to public incentives for private development and explore specific transactions which have created new ways of  tackling complicated projects. The course will survey innovative developments both nationally and internationally from a variety of angles. Investigating case studies from the perspective of the city agencies, developers, stakeholders, lenders, investors and foundations among others. Students will gain a multi-faceted knowledge of complex deals, learning the underwriting requirements, importance of public stakeholder engagements, working through complex public entitlement steps, and understanding  public financing sources.