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Renata
Simril
Renata
Simril is senior vice president of Forest City Development
California a subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
Forest City is an owner, developer and manager of a diverse
portfolio of premier real estate located throughout the
nation, with approximately $8.4 billion in total assets.
Ms. Simril is responsible for managing and implementing
Forest City's residential businesses in the Southern California
region. Currently those businesses include the development
of market rate, affordable, student, mixed-use, adaptive
reuse and high-density urban housing. Simril has worked
in Forest City's Los Angeles office since 2005 and has
been extensively involved in the company adaptive reuse
efforts, including two condo-conversion projects. Ms. Simril has significant expertise in revitalizing urban
neighborhoods through public/private partnerships and
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communities in which Forest City works and has participated in many public policy forums.
Prior to joining Forest City, Ms. Simril served in the
Hahn Administration as his Deputy Mayor for Housing and
Economic Development. She played her part in keeping LA
running efficiently through the promotion of economic
investment, land use policy, housing, workforce development
and job growth. Ms. Simril has also held executive level
positions with the Genesis LA Economic Growth Corporation,
a not-for-profit organization that facilitates private
sector investment in underserved communities throughout
Los Angeles County, LCOR Public/Private Inc., where she
was responsible for directing and supervising all aspects
of the firm's commercial real estate development projects
in the greater Los Angeles County area, and with former
Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas where she
managed the implementation of all aspects of the District's
redevelopment policies and economic development priorities.
Ms. Simril holds an undergraduate degree in urban studies
from Loyola Marymount University and a Masters Degree
in Real Estate from the University of Southern California.
She is a member of the Urban Land Institute and serves
as an Executive Board member for the LA District Council.
She also serves on the boards of the LA Community Design
Center, the LA Free Clinic, and is an Executive Board
Member for LMU's Alumni Association. Simril is also an
adjunct professor for the gradate program in Real Estate
at USC's School of Policy Planning and Development, where
she teaches a course in Urban Infill Development and Introduction
to Real Estate to an undergraduate class. |
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