Lyneir Richardson
Professor and Practitioner. Leading entrepreneur capacity-building programs and forming community ownership vehicles that drive inclusive economic growth for people, universities, cities and foundations.
- Role
- Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Executive Director at Rutgers Business School
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lyneir Richardson
I am an entrepreneur and a professor working to empower entrepreneurs and strengthen economic conditions in urban areas across the United States. I see value in people and places that others overlook or undervalue. My work includes developing commercial real estate, largely in African American communities. I have completed $800M+ in urban real estate transactions. Through my current efforts at the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and the Chicago TREND Corporation, I advise, lecture, research and write on urban entrepreneurship, I help start and grow businesses and lead an angel investment fund providing equity capital to urban entrepreneurs. I am a real estate fund manager with committed capital from institutional investors. I am also proud to co-own six shopping centers with over 460 residents of low- and moderate income neighborhoods and small impact investors.#WEOwnThis! Strategic competencies: economic development, entrepreneurship, real estate acquisition and development, deal structuring and obtaining grants, tax incentives and subsidies for programs and initiatives. Seeking an opportunity to serve as a Corporate Board Director. Certified by NACD. Contact me: l••••••••@business.rutgers.edu or l••••••••@chicagotrend.com
Experience
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Executive Director
Mar 2014 — Present · Newark, NJ, US
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Business School. Highly rated teacher of entrepreneurship and economic development courses. Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CUEED). Provides strategic leadership and annual fundraising for research and community-oriented small business capacity building programs. Manages partnerships, staff, affiliated faculty and fellows.CUEED is the first center of its kind in the nation to integrate scholarly works with private industry, government and non-profit sectors to stimulate entrepreneurship, economic growth and vitality in urban environments. CUEED promotes and fosters a new generation of entrepreneurs who actively seek to start and grow socially conscious ventures affecting urban renaissance.
Education
Bradley University
BS, Communications
University of Chicago Law School
J.D.
Skills
- Affordable Housing
- Contract Negotiation
- Selling
- Start-Ups
- Loans
- Acquisitions
- Fundraising
- Crm
- Shopping Centers
- Strategy
- Real Estate Development
- Disposition
- Location Intelligence
- Economic Development
- Residential Homes
- Business Strategy
- Retail
- Financial Analysis
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate Transactions
- Entrepreneurship
- Due Diligence
- Program Management
- Leases
- Management
- Investments
- New Business Development
- Entitlements
- Real Estate
- Negotiation
- Market Analysis
- Asset Management
- Sustainability
- Leadership
- Commercial Real Estate
- Mixed-Use
- Investment Properties
- Valuation
- Zoning
- Brokerage
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