urban advisors ltd
principals
 
Ed Starkie
 
Mr. Starkie has 25 years experience in real estate that includes moving complex projects from conception and feasibility analysis to financing and development. A particular career focus has been the financing and feasibility of Smart Growth, both as part of the State of Oregon Transit Growth Management process and for a series of built transit-oriented projects.  His work has received three awards from the American Planning Association in the areas of main streets and downtown revitalization, and he contributed to the current EPA guidelines for promoting Smart Growth. Mr. Starkie is a financial advisor for private and public development who brings a unique, pragmatic approach that results in projects that are feasible, profitable, and contribute to community livability. Mr. Starkie holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a panel member of Urban Land Institute Advisory Services. Mr. Starkie also serves on the faculty of the University of Oregon Urban Architecture Program teaching the interface between economics and urban design.
 
 
Glenn Kellogg
 
Mr. Kellogg  he has 9 years of experience in financial and urban planning services, working in neighborhoods of large cities and small towns.  In this time he has completed many projects serving as the project manager or as a member of interdisciplinary teams.   Through this experience, he has learned to listen to the concerns of communities and help de-mystify the economic conditions that surround them.  Through an understanding of the local economy, he assists communities with feasible, market-based strategies for neighborhoods to achieve their vision.
 
After graduating from the University of Virginia, Mr. Kellogg was a Lewis Mumford Scholar at  the University of Pennsylvania where he studied real estate at Wharton and received a Master of City Planning from the Graduate School of Fine Arts (Penn Design).  Mr. Kellogg serves as an Advisory Services Panelist for the Urban Land Institute and was a 2005 Knight Fellow in Community Building through the University of Miami.