Resume -  Stuart L. Rider

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Thirty years experience as the managing principal for land acquisition, project entitlement, project design, financial feasibility & valuation, contract negotiation, contract administration, construction management, lease negotiation and administration, budgeting and  reporting to financial investors, loan negotiation & administration, and project management. 

RL&D  LLC.                                                                                                  Since 1975

Managing Member and CEO, CFO.

Primary duties included the creation and supervision of various commercial and master planned projects, from land acquisition & zoning through construction and sale, with particular emphasis on the origination and supervision of all contracts, accounting and reporting to over 44 limited partnerships and LLC's.  Also served as an independent contractor/consultant to Princeton Development, Inc., The Lyle Anderson Company,  Chevron Land & Development Co., and other development companies and contractors.

Author : Six books since 1998

Panelist: CNBC Business in Review, Real Estate - May, 2003

Seminars : Real estate development and investing 2000 - Current

Expert Witness Services; 2003 - Current

 

Coldwell Banker Management Corp.                                                               1973-1975

Development Services Division  Project Manager

Developed in conjunction with Aetna Properties, a 250 acre Business Park ,  Completing, in addition to the site development work, one 120,000 s.f. shopping center and one mid-rise 160,000 s.f. suburban office project. Both projects exceeded original pro formas. The park is fully absorbed.

 

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance CO, Inc.                                                             1971-1973

Real Estate Investment Department  Real estate analyst

Responsibilities included originating and supervising new joint ventures in the sun belt states, and managing and disposal of the REO portfolio.  Results included six profitable joint ventures and increased the yield on the REO portfolio from 2% cash on cash to 13% cash on cash, within 18 months.

 

Credentials

 

Commercial licenses :

Licensed B-1 Commercial and residential                      State of Arizona .

Licensed Real Estate Broker                                        States of Arizona and California [Inactive]

Accredited Mortgage Banker                                       State of Arizona

Languages: French and Spanish. [both rusty]

 

Education:

Grammar schools:                     Venezuela , Barbados , WI, Australia and Switzerland .

Secondary School:                    The Choate School , Wallingford , Conn.

University:                                CE Syracuse University, Syracuse , NY [3 Years]

                                                B.BA. Acctg. & Admin. WNEC, Springfield , Mass.

Continuing Education:   International Council of Shopping Centers.

                                                Urban land Institute

Adjunct Faculty                        Maricopa County Community Colleges , Business & Real Estate

 

Publications :

 

From Dirt to Dollars Real Estate Development for the new Entrepreneur   Copyright 1998 – The Rider Press

The complete Idiots’ Guide To Commercial real Estate Investing   Copyright 2000 Third edition March 2006, Alpha Books – Macmillan USA  

The Complete Idiots’ Guide To Investing in Fixer Uppers    Copyright 2003 Alpha Books – Macmillan USA  

The Great Big Book of real Estate Investing   Copyright 2005 - Entrepreneur Press

The great Big Book for Landlords and Managers  Copyright 2006 - Entrepreneur Press

The millionaire homeowner  Copyright 2005 - Entrepreneur Press

 

Current Projects

Phase III – The Colonnade – 400,000 Sf Power center, Kennewick , WA SOLD 2006

46 Acre Mixed use Development, Mesa , AZ  80% Sold out 2006

9 +/- Acre Retail Center – Casa Grande, Arizona

2.61 Acre Office / retail project Fountain Hills , Arizona SOLD 2005

 

Completed Projects

 

Commercial Real Estate Developments

 

   The Colonnade -                      Kennewick Washington – 300,000 Shopping center

            17100 E. Shea Blvd. -              Fountain Hills , AZ 30,000 s.f. Office / retail

            1000 Ainsworth Drive -            Prescott, AZ. 20,000 s.f. office complex.

            Country Faire Shopping Center - San Ramon, Ca. 160,000 s.f. neighborhood center

            Woodbridge Office Park -        Sacramento , Ca. 160,000 s.f. suburban office

            Danville Center -                      Danville , Ca. 45,000 s.f. office park

            Airpark Plaza -                         Oakland , Ca. 45,000 s.f. office center

            El Cerrito Center -                    El Cerrito , Ca. 35,000 s.f. Strip shopping center.

            91 Quail Court -                       Walnut Creek , Ca. 35,000 s.f. Professional Center .

              One Walnut Creek Center -      170,000 s.f. Office high rise

            Heritage Park -                         Dublin , Ca. 120,000 s.f. office park

            Bayhill Shopping Center -         San Bruno , Ca. 120,000 s.f. shopping center

            Lake Amir -                             San Bruno , Ca. 170,000 s.f. Office Park.

 

Commercial Land Subdivisions

           

Scottsdale Rd. and Joan of Arc -          Scottsdale , AZ. 20 acre office park.

            I 10 and Broadway -                              Tempe , AZ. 5 acre professional center.

            64th and Greenway -                              Phoenix , AZ. 12 acre shopping center.

            7th and Bell rd. -                                  Phoenix , AZ. 20 acre K-Mart and Safeway center.

 


Master Planned Communities - Planning And Zoning

Superstition Foothills -              1800 Residential units two golf courses. Gold Canyon Arizona .

Lynx Creek -                            2400 Residential units. Prescott Valley AZ.

Mission Hills -                          63 Single family lots. Prescott , AZ.

           

Redevelopment / Reconstruction  Projects [REO’s]

              Candlelight Lane -                                 110 apartments, Syracuse , NY

            Trafalgar Square -                                68 Apartments, Houston , TX .

            Towne Square -                                   60 Apartments, Atlanta , Ga.

            Harvard Park -                                   75 Luxury Condominiums, Tulsa , OK .

            Berkshire Center -                              Community Shopping Center , Pittsfield , Ma.

              Nine Story Office -                               Multi tenant office Bldg. Norfolk, Va.

 

Construction Management Projects

            17100 E. Shea Blvd.                   Fountain Hills AZ. 35,000 SF Commercial complex.

            1000 Ainsworth Dr .                  Prescott , AZ   Commercial complex 13,000 SF.

              Mission Hills -                              Prescott, AZ. 36 Condominiums, 27 Single family lots.

              Various Friendly Ice Cream Stores       NE USA .

              North Point Surf Resort -              Barbados , WI 

              Experimental Agricultural Complex -     Granada , Spain

              Butler Buildings -                           Design build  various buildings in Canada , USA

              Texon Inc. -                                  Design / build  paper processing plant, South Hadley , Ma.

 

Expert Witness Services

 

Contact Information

Rider Land & Development LLC.  15705 E. Richwood Avenue   Fountain Hills, Arizona 85268

480.980.0262 Office     480.837.8154  Fax       slrider@riderland.com