Summary: Rob Spanier will share his expertise and experience in the planning, implementation and development of mixed-use projects to help create vibrant, feasible, activated and personality-filled places, with a view toward long-term sustainable economic success. Rob will discuss mixed-use development and the movement that is happening across North America to revitalize cities, towns and communities. Rob is passionate about life and helping to provide places where people can connect to people, and to their environments and to create places where memories are born and will last forever. Rob Spanier is the Vice-President of LiveWorkLearnPlay, a cutting edge international urban development advisory firm dedicated to creating and redeveloping iconic mixed-use real estate projects and environments. Rob has over a decade of international hands-on experience in large-scale mixed-use project deal making, having helped develop over 30 projects in North America, Europe, Mexico and the Caribbean. During his 5-year tenure as a senior executive with Intrawest Corporation, Rob was instrumental in helping to create world class mixed-use destination resort towns; heading their international leasing team to complete over 300 mixed- use non-traditional retail, restaurant, entertainment, hospitality and service based deals. Rob Spanier is also the Vice Chair for Mission Advancement of The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Toronto District Council and actively supports organizations such as The Seaside Institute, The Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) and the National Town Builders Association (NTBA). Rob is a regular guest speaker throughout North America through his various affiliations and other commitments. LiveWorkLearnPlay has offices in Austin, Montreal and Toronto. With over 75 years of combined experience, LiveWorkLearnPlay focuses on large- scale mixed-use real estate projects, working with private developers, municipalities, landowners, college/universities, Public-Private Partnerships and financial institutions in bringing their projects to life.
