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RICK ABELSON
Rick Abelson is a recognized leader in creating culturally significant land planning & urban developments worldwide. His peers regard him as an original thinker and an internationally respected designer of sustainable destination attractions, mixed-use town centers, urban infill, new communities and green industrial parks.
Rick has planned an estimated US$28B of new projects worldwide and as a result of these experiences, he has identified and reduced the inefficiencies and lower the costs of the land planning and urban design process by nearly 40%.
His expertise includes affordable and sustainable community design solutions using renewable energy, SMART Home energy efficient technologies, neighborhood based health care, workplace transformation, integrated public education and transportation demand reduction.
Work Experience
Online Land Planning, LLC
1/2008 - Present
Aperion Companies
Gensler Worldwide
CT Hsu International
Gruen Associates
UCLA Extension, Dept. of Landscape Architecture
Education
Master
Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
Entrepreneurial Management; Competitive Decisions
Bachelor
Landscape Architecture
Urban Planning
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