Paul Bernard

Served as Chairman for an ULI Advisory Services Panel, where the City of Rochester, NY engaged a collective of subject matter experts to advise on the redevelopment of the Bull’s Head Neighborhood. The panel was tasked with providing recommendations on revitalizing the Bull’s Head Neighborhood and ways to attract and sustain new small and local businesses to the area. Specifically, the panel provided strategic recommendations on:

• What commercial goods and services would be best for… Show more

Served as Chairman for an ULI Advisory Services Panel, where the City of Rochester, NY engaged a collective of subject matter experts to advise on the redevelopment of the Bull’s Head Neighborhood. The panel was tasked with providing recommendations on revitalizing the Bull’s Head Neighborhood and ways to attract and sustain new small and local businesses to the area. Specifically, the panel provided strategic recommendations on:

• What commercial goods and services would be best for the area while retaining its core character;
• Best practices for taking on a new identity within the city and region; and
• Creative ways to successfully recruit and sustain new small and local businesses in forthcoming commercial space. Show less

Served on a ULI Advisory Services Panel where Shaw University engaged ULI to convene a group of subect matter experts as the initial step in developing a more robust long-term vision to create campus and community consensus about how to tackle critical challenges and position the institution to evolve over the next 10 years. The panel’s charge was to take a wide-lens view of the market dynamics, identifying untapped links to nearby assets and opportunities to advance the academic and… Show more

Served on a ULI Advisory Services Panel where Shaw University engaged ULI to convene a group of subect matter experts as the initial step in developing a more robust long-term vision to create campus and community consensus about how to tackle critical challenges and position the institution to evolve over the next 10 years. The panel’s charge was to take a wide-lens view of the market dynamics, identifying untapped links to nearby assets and opportunities to advance the academic and university-wide mission through placemaking on and around Shaw’s core campus. Central to the panel’s directive was to identify land use and real estate property strategies that would support Shaw as it seeks to unleash the untapped potential of its real estate assets to meet its near- and long-term mission and strategic goals. Show less

Served on a ULI Advisory Services Panel where Volkswagen asked a group of subject matter experts to review extensive material, interview stakeholders, identify new opportunities, and recommend a strategy to help strengthen the partnership between VW and the City of Wolfsburg.

Specifically, the panel was asked to consider the following key questions:

1. How can the City of Wolfsburg and Volkswagen agree on a strategy to enhance their economic vitality, competitiveness, and… Show more

Served on a ULI Advisory Services Panel where Volkswagen asked a group of subject matter experts to review extensive material, interview stakeholders, identify new opportunities, and recommend a strategy to help strengthen the partnership between VW and the City of Wolfsburg.

Specifically, the panel was asked to consider the following key questions:

1. How can the City of Wolfsburg and Volkswagen agree on a strategy to enhance their economic vitality, competitiveness, and attractiveness to talent?

2. How can Wolfsburg become a “Capital of Mobility” and integrate e-mobility, digitisation,
multimodality, and autonomous driving into urban development?

3. How can Wolfsburg create a vibrant and attractive city centre, and propose urban
development strategies to prepare the city for future development?

4. How can the city overcome the physical barrier caused by the canal and rail, and
bridge this urban divide between the Volkswagen factory and the city’s urban core? Show less