Economic impact of Revitalization Impact of the economic revitalization currently underway in the North Shore of Staten Island, on home owners and renters?
Donovan Rypkema is principal of Place Economics, a real estate and economic development consulting firm in Washington D.C. that specializes in assisting public and non-profit clients with downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of historic structures. His specific fields of consultation include feasibility analyses for real estate development, economic revitalization of downtowns and neighborhood commercial centers, and the rehabilitation of historic structures. Since 1983, Rypkema has provided ongoing consulting services to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and its National Main Street Center.