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PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. Airport Development Strategies. Randy Forister A.A.E. CCIM. Overview. ♦ Planning ♦ Funding ♦ Construction ♦ Marketing. Planning. ♦ The airport is first priority ♦ Take a long-term view, the airport will be there forever ♦ Bring in the stakeholders
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PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Airport Development Strategies Randy Forister A.A.E. CCIM
Overview • ♦Planning • ♦ Funding • ♦ Construction • ♦ Marketing
Planning • ♦ The airport is first priority • ♦ Take a long-term view, the airport will be there forever • ♦ Bring in the stakeholders • ♦ You may find supporters you did not know you had • ♦ Cover all the bases even the ugly ones • • Water, sewer, gas, electric, communications and traffic • • Part 77, environmental barriers • ♦ Develop design standards • ♦ Understand your place in the market (Lease vs. Sell) • ♦ Be realistic, the market is always stronger than you are
Planning • ♦ What is the Airports role? • • Land Owner Leasing/Selling as-is where-is • • Land Owner Leasing/Selling “Improved Property” • • Land Owner/Developer leasing a completed building • ♦ Can you bring value that improves your ROI?
Funding • ♦ Think like an Economic Development Agency • ♦ Do your due diligence • • Market Factors • • Physical Factors (soils, wetlands, Part 77) • ♦ Jobs Jobs Jobs • ♦ Talk to the State and Local development agencies • ♦ Grants, Loans, Loan Guarantees • ♦ TIF Programs, CRA Programs, Earmarks
Construction • ♦ Plan like a developer • ♦ Don’t build more than the market can handle • ♦ Have a flexible plan • ♦ First class is always better than no class • ♦ WHMP
Marketing • ♦ Should start in the planning phase • ♦ Don’t build anything you cannot carry for a long period of time • ♦ Look locally first • ♦ Join the local trade groups and be active
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