Stephen Friedman , FAICP, CRE leads SB Friedman Development Advisors, a 28‐year‐old, 25 ‐ person development advisory firm focusing on innovative public private partnerships and developmentstrategies. The work covers the broad spectrum of market and financial feasibility, development strategies, creating public-private partnerships, and structuring financing programs.
Mr. Friedman and the firm are deeply engaged in the use of TIF and New Markets Tax Credits for a wide range of projects resulting in $3.5 billion in public funding in over $11billion in projects over the past 15 years for a wide variety of redevelopment and community facility projects. The firm has done substantial work on value capture for transportationinfrastructure and was lead consultant to create a special Transit TIF for the Red & Purple Line Modernization program in Chicago generating over $600 to help match a Core Capacity Grant.
He is a Series-50- qualified Municipal Advisor Representative. He was CoChair of the Urban Land Institute Chicago District Council Infrastructure Initiative that resulted in the “Gamechangers Model.” He served as series chair of “An Agenda for Growth of the Chicago Region,” chair of the Chicago District Council, and chair of Urban Development Mixed Use Council – Purple, and is
currently a member of the Public Private Partnership Council Gold Flight leadership team. He recently chaired the committee that prepared the ULI publication "Successful Public-Private Partnerships: From Principles to Practices."
He also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of The Civic Federation and on the boards of other civic, professional, social service, and educational institutions. He holds the designation of Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) and is a fellow of the
American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP). Mr. Friedman holds a Bachelor’s degree from Goddard College and a MS from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Urban and Regional Planning.