Jake Chidester

About Jake Chidester

Jake Chidester is a creative problem solver and educator with a 20-year varied background in most areas of real estate development, inclusive of urban planning, commercial and multifamily design, pre-development due diligence, community engagement, marketing, commercial leasing, and economic/ business development.Jake is the VP of the Office of Urban Strategy and Innovation, a Think Tank within Bedrock tasked with exploring innovative urban strategies, partnerships, and creative ventures to address long-standing challenges in our Cities.Since joining Bedrock in 2015, Jake has held multiple roles within the enterprise, including Design Director, where he was responsible for master planning, asset positioning, historic preservation, and creative storytelling across the portfolio.Prior to joining Bedrock, Jake worked in architecture practice for over a decade specializing international mixed-use development and served as adjunct faculty at the Collage of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University, his alma mater.

Experience

1. Fellow

   World Economic Forum

   Jan 2023 — Present · Davos, CH

   Fellows bring leading industry and domain expertise in trends and transformations impacting business and society to the World Economic Forum. They contribute to shaping the strategic direction of Forum projects and work to accelerate Forum impact.

Education

• Lawrence Technological University

  BS Arch, Architecture

  2003 — 2008

• Lawrence Technological University

  M. Arch, Architecture

  2010 — 2013

Skills

• Revit
• Mixed-Use
• Concept Design
• Autocad
• Submittals
• Interior Design
• Sustainable Design
• Leed Ap
• Adaptive Reuse
• Model Building
• Indesign
• Rendering
• Dreamweaver
• Illustrator
• Architectural Design
• Flash
• Furniture
• Photoshop
• Cinema 4d
• Autocad Architecture