Development Team
Jaydean Boldt RPP, CIP
Director of Development & Planning (N. America)
Principal, Owner
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Offering an 18 year career history in strategic land development management and operational and design consulting for domestic and international clients. His Industry expertise is coupled with exceptional strategic and visionary leadership skills, market insight and effective marketing initiatives. Jaydean is also a Certified Smart Code Planning Professional and a Registered Professional Planner with the Canadian Institute of Planners. He enjoys teaching and has been a guest speaker and subject matter expert for various conferences and presentations across North America, to conduct lectures on sustainable land development practices and market insight from conception to completion.
Jaydean's strong background in Real Estate Development has included working on land development and building projects ranging from small infill sites upwards of 1,100+ acres. Project values ranging from $5M upwards to $600M. In total he has master planned over 85,000 acres of land development projects across N. America and Europe.
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He speaks fluent English and German, is a Certified Smart Code Planning Professional, a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Professional Planner.
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Terry Belcher
Development Management & Civil Engineering
Team Affiliate
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Terry brings over 25 years of Civil Engineering and Project Management experience in Land Development servicing, project costing and out of the box thinking to each project. He has a desire is to continually innovate and provide Solutions Oriented Engineering to each Development project. His Industry experience includes managing the design and construction of a variety of projects ranging from Public Infrastructure projects to large scale Private Land Development projects in Alberta and Texas.
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Benjamin Behnke
Associate Director
Europe Affiliate Office
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With over 11+ years as an established Urban Designer and Development Management Consultant, Benjamin is passionate about sustainable, human scale design and development. His background in Master Town Planning has included working on prestigious projects such as the Newquay Master Plan in collaboration with HRH Prince Charles the Duchy of Cornwall for his Foundation for the Built Environment. Moreover his background as the principal Urban Design and Development Consultant for Robert Adam Architects in England UK included various award winning projects such as the "Making Cities Livable (IMCL) Award in 2015.
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Benjamin currently resides in Switzerland and manages the New Urban Design Group affiliate office for all European Real Estate Design and Development projects.
He speaks fluent English and German, is a Certifed Smart Code Planning Professional, and a chartered member of INTBAU.
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Sonja Lilaj
Licensed Architect & Designer
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Sonja brings 10+ years as an licensed Architect and oversees the Architectural design team. Her Architecture background is well established in Europe and North America with a fair amount of work in Florida and California. She is also a registered Architect in Italy and speaks fluent Italian, English, Spanish and Albanian.
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