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DEVELOPMENT TEAM Jason
Duckworth Rich
Wilson STAFF MAIN
OFFICE
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ABOUT ARCADIA Founded in 1997, Arcadia Land Company is a real estate development and services organization dedicated to the responsible and profitable development of land. Development Arcadia's founders were brought together by a single purpose - to create walkable neighborhoods in harmony with nature. Inspired by great old towns like Annapolis, Santa Fe, and West Chester and great new towns like Seaside, Celebration, and Kentlands, Arcadia develops "smart" communities in cities, suburbs and rural settings. Click here for more on development. Services As advisors, we enhance the value of our clients' real estate assets by creating and implementing market-driven and fact-based development strategies. We serve property owners, financial institutions, investors and developers in areas ranging from "smart growth" development techniques to real estate workouts to fee development. Click here for more on services. Team We are nationally renowned developers and real estate experts who have received some of the most prestigious awards in our field, ranging from National Builder of the Year to the ULI Award for Excellence. Our partners are industry thought-leaders who publish regularly, speak widely, and are even the subject of several books.
Robert Davis, a partner at Arcadia Land Company, is the developer and co-founder of Seaside, Florida, the first and most celebrated new urban community in the United States. With over 300 homes, a vibrant town center of stores and restaurants, a range of civic facilities, a theater, inns, and a charter school, Seaside is not only wonderful place to live and visit but it is also considered the most successful example of neo-traditional town planning today. Seaside’s success has inspired communities around the world and helped launch the movement now known as the new urbanism. Mr. Davis is a graduate of Antioch College and Harvard Business School and was a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. He is an experienced developer who has won industry recognition for projects such as Apogee, a townhouse community in Coconut Grove, Miami. Please visit www.SeasideFL.com to learn more about Mr. Davis and the Seaside Community.
During Jason’s tenure with Arcadia, the Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance has recognized Arcadia three times—more than any other developer—for its Bryn Eyre, The Dreycott, and Sadsbury Park developments. Jason and Arcadia’s work on the New Daleville traditional neighborhood was featured in author Witold Rybczynski’s 2007 book, Last Harvest. Prior to Arcadia, Jason had a career in private equity with Crosslink Capital in San Francisco. Earlier, he was an associate for management consultants McKinsey & Company in New York. He has an AB in Urban Studies from Princeton University, where he was elected student body president and named to Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.Litt. in geography from Oxford University, England, which he attended on a Daniel M. Sachs Scholarship. During his studies at Oxford, Jason was a university instructor of economic geography to undergraduates. Outside of Arcadia, Jason is active with the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), where he co-chaired CNU XV, the national gathering of the CNU held in Philadelphia in May 2007. Jason is also involved with the Urban Land Institute, where he is a member of the Residential Development Council. A frequent speaker on Smart Growth topics, Jason volunteers his time to progressive land use organizations throughout the Philadelphia region. He is a supporter and past board director of the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation. Jason resides in walkable Narberth, Pennsylvania with his wife, Angela, and daughters, Amanda and Lucy.
W. Joseph Duckworth is a partner at Arcadia Land Company, a leading Smart Growth Developer. Arcadia is creating new urbanist and conservation development communities in New Mexico, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Duckworth is also President of Bryn Eyre, Inc. the general partner of Bryn Eyre, LP, which has purchased 3000 acres in Morgantown, PA to create a new town which is planned to include 12000 homes and 5 Million square feet of commercial development. Bryn Eyre and Arcadia’s Sadsbury Park community, a new urbanist village expansion in Chester County have both won recognition from the Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance. Mr. Duckworth was named NATIONAL BUILDER OF THE YEAR for 1992 by Professional Builder magazine.
Mr. Duckworth was a member of the Chester County Planning Commission from 1992 to 2002 and served as its Chair for the most recent three years of his term. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Natural Lands Trust, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, the Franklin Institute, and The National Constitution Center (NCC). He serves on the Board of Overseers for the Penn Design, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design. He is the former Chair of the Residential Council of the Urban Land Institute (Blue Flight).
Mr. Duckworth has served as a faculty member of the Mayor’s Institute on City Design. He is a contributing author to Land Use in America, published in 1996. He has lectured professionally on development issues at the Wharton School and on urban design and planning at the Penn Design and at Temple University. Professionally, he has spoken at meetings of the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Home Builders and at national Smart Growth Conferences.
Mr. Duckworth is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and the Chief Executives’ Organization (CEO). He was the founding International Chairman of the Wharton Presidents’ Seminar for YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization). He is an Advisory Board member of Robertson Brothers, a community developer in Michigan. In 1993, he was named as Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Entrepreneur of the Year in Real Estate.”
Mr. Duckworth is the former President and CEO of Realen Homes, a prominent builder of residential communities. Under his stewardship, Realen grew to $100 million per year and expanded from its Philadelphia base into the Chicago market. He was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Toll Brothers. He has a BS degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Joe and his wife, Loretta, have four grown children and reside in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
Christopher B. Leinberger is a land use strategist, teacher, researcher, consultant, developer and author. Mr. Leinberger has three current professional responsibilities. He is a founding partner of Arcadia Land Company. Arcadia has or has had projects in Independence (Missouri), Chester County (Pennsylvania), Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) and downtown Albuquerque (New Mexico). He is also a Fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, where he is focused on downtown and suburban town center development, strategic planning and management. Finally, Mr. Leinberger is a Professor of Practice and Director of the Graduate Real Estate Program at the University of Michigan. A joint venture of the business, law and architecture/urban planning graduate schools, the program focuses on “progressive” real estate; downtown and suburban town center revitalization, transit-oriented development, new urbanism, conservation development, etc. He is writing a book with the working title of On Growth; The Next American Dreams, to be jointly published by Island Press and Brookings Press.For 20 years, Mr. Leinberger was co-owner and Managing Director of Robert Charles Lesser & Co., the country's largest independent real estate advisory firm. His consulting work focused on corporate strategic planning for real estate companies, metropolitan development trends and strategic planning for downtowns. He has been on numerous publicly traded and privately owned corporate boards of directors, including AvalonBay Communities, traded on the NYSE and one of the most highly valued rental apartment REITs in the country. As an award-winning author, Leinberger has contributed chapters to and written a number of books, such as Strategic Planning for Real Estate Companies, Sustainable Development, Urban Parks and Open Space and The Transformation of Suburban Business Districts, all published by the Urban Land Institute. He has written numerous articles for national magazines, trade journals and academic journals regarding land use and real estate issues, including The Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Urban Land, Brookings Review, among others. His articles have been awarded the Apgar Award for the best pieces in Urban Land magazine in 1995 and 2003, as well as other national awards. In addition, he and his work have been profiled by CNN, National Public Radio (Morning Edition, Prime Time, Smart City), The Today Show, Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico Business Weekly, Architectural Record, Shopping Centers Today, among others. Leinberger was Co-chair of the New Mexico Governor Richardson's Task Force on Our Communities and Our Future and served on the Planned Growth Strategy Implementation Task Force and the Impact Fee Task Force in Albuquerque. He also serves on the advisory boards of The Conservation Fund and the Enterprise Foundation. Mr. Leinberger received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, where he majored in Political Science and Sociology. He received an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Leinberger and his wife, Lisa, live in the DuPont Circle/Kalorama area of Washington, DC, within walking distance of Brookings, Metro, his publishers and his wife's work at The Phillips Collection.
Rich Wilson, Vice President joined Arcadia's Wayne office in May of 2007 as a development associate and is involved in a variety of projects across the Delaware Valley region. Prior to joining Arcadia, Rich worked for
five years in an urban design and planning consulting firm and is a
registered landscape architect. He graduated with a Bachelor's
degree in Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University, and
attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. At
Penn, he studied planning and real estate development at the School of
Design and the Wharton School, receiving a Master of City
Planning degree, concentrating in urban development with a Certificate in
Real Estate Design and Development. Rich is a member of the
Urban Land Institute (ULI) and
the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). Greg
Berman is a project director at Arcadia Land Company where he consults
for Arcadia Development Services. Greg brings seven years of real
estate experience to the team, starting at Arcadia where he was
responsible for many aspects of Arcadia’s 3,500 acre Bryn Eyre project
including environmental due diligence, financial modeling, coordinating
planning and engineering firms, and working with various state agencies
to secure utility and other permits. During his time at Arcadia,
he also worked on several other communities, including Woodmont,
Sadsbury and the Dreycott condominium project. Prior to joining Arcadia, John was a land manager for six years with the Pulte Home Corporation. John was part of a land department team that grew throughout the real estate boom and helped manage and approve tens of thousands of lots across the Delaware Valley. While there, he managed teams of consultants throughout the entire acquisition, entitlement, construction, and dedication process. John has a range of experience from working closely with land sellers, elected officials, real estate professionals and home buyers, to offering strategic insight on engineering, site design, architecture, marketing and contract negotiation. John graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and is a recent LEED AP under the US Green Building Certification Institute. John lives in Center City Philadelphia, which is known to have the highest number of commuter cyclists and remains among the top most walkable cities in the United States. John continues his passion for racing and competition through running marathons, climbing mountains and being active member of the UBC rowing club on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. Contact John ANDY WRIGHT Andy Wright, AICP is a project
manager/consultant with Andy’s fourteen years of expertise includes management of the due diligence process, environmental remediation, estimation/value engineering of site improvements and the procurement of complete land entitlements for residential, commercial and mixed use projects throughout the Eastern and Midwestern United States. Andy has also served as a land planner in both the public and private sectors. Additionally, Andy is the president and owner of the land development consulting company, Wright Consulting Partners. Andy is a certified land planning
professional (AICP) with the American Planning Association. He is also a
member of the Urban Land Institute and the PA Chapter of the APA. Andy
graduated from Andy resides in
 Eric Carlson joined
Arcadia Land Company as a Development Associate in September of 2009
and is primarily involved with Arcadia’s Development Services division.Prior to joining Arcadia, Eric held a number of internships, most recently with the Delaware County Planning Department, and Historic Charleston Foundation. In 2008, Eric graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor’s degree in Growth and Structure of Cities. At Haverford College, Eric played four years of lacrosse and during his senior year the team was invited to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the program’s history. Eric has also coached at the high school level, most recently at Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Eric resides in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and is a member of the Urban Land Institute.
Jeanne Coburn is the executive assistant and office manager in our Haverford office. Before coming to Arcadia, Jeanne worked for a large commercial real estate service provider and for many years prior to that with an environmental consulting firm. She has a BA from the College of New Rochelle and graduate courses in management and accounting from Villanova University. Following college, she served in the Peace Corps in Nigeria and has loved to travel ever since. Jeanne has three grown children and lives in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Jean D’Eliso is the executive assistant and office manager for the San Francisco office, where she began work in 2002.
Jean resides in San Francisco with her husband and two daughters.
Sue Keith is the financial manager of Arcadia Land Company. She is responsible for maintaining the financial records for Arcadia Land Company and all of its projects. Sue has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in accounting, from the University of Connecticut. Sue lives in Upper Uwchlan Township, Downingtown, Pennsylvania with husband Dennis and two children, Danny and Jessie.
Sean Hardgrove is the executive assistant for Christopher Leinberger. Sean lives and works in the Washington D.C. area.
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Jason
Duckworth
is President of Arcadia Land Company where he leads development
efforts in Pennsylvania and oversees 
