CU Sponsoring Sustainable Resort Development Conference

Leeds executive development programs and the CU Real Estate Center have teamed up with leading resort developers to present the conference at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to compare notes--to talk to others in the development and legal industry and share our successes in sustainability," says Jeff Temple, president of Storm Mountain Ranch Development and president of Maytag Mountain Ranch Development.

Conference participants will address some of the issues, including sustainable resort development; solutions to public and private conflicts; insights into the market for residential properties in resort communities; the impact of growth controls on resort markets; the impact of second homes on resort communities; the possibility of a real estate price bubble; as well as several other issues.

Attendees will hear about past, present and future resort developments, in addition to attending panel sessions, formal presentations and discussions. The conference also includes a tour of Storm Mountain Ranch in Steamboat Springs, a working ranch that features 14 home sites and hundreds of acres dedicated to the preservation of wildlife.

"This is a unique opportunity to talk one-on-one with leading resort developers," says Byron Koste, director of the Leeds School's Real Estate Center. "Among other things, participants will get a first-hand tour of one of the more unique resort projects and they will get to see what's on the drawing board for a number of the foremost resort developers."

Speakers and panelists will include Temple; Stan Zemler, Vail town manager; Gerry Engle, the Atira Group; Rod Slifer, Vail mayor and principal in Slifer, Smith and Frampton Real Estate; Beth Slifer, president of Slifer Designs; and Harry Frampton, East West Partners and the immediate past chairman of the Urban Land Institute.