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Mr. Thomas Bradford
Tequesta Village Manager
Village of Tequesta
357 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Re: Village of Tequesta
Dear Tom:
This letter is in response to the Village's solicitation of
interest from potential developers regarding the area designated for
redevelopment under the Village's Downtown Master Plan. We
represent a development team organized and led by Joseph Benjamin
for the purpose of redeveloping the area which is the subj ect of the
Master Plan.
Mr. Benjamin has evaluated the Village's Master Plan and its
objectives, and has spoken to a number of people in Tequesta about
those objectives and the inability to date to achieve the desired
redevelopment. It is Mr. Benjamin's conclusion that a normal real
estate development approach will not be successful. He has devised
an alternate strategy which he would like to present to the Village
Council during the first week of March, if that would be convenient
for the Council. His redevelopment approach will require a true
public/private pa�tnership and, therefore, significant participation
by the Village . I believe that participation will be more than
justified given the central focus of the project on community
benefit and not-for-profit endeavors.
We would appreciate the opportunity to meet with the Village
Council to discuss this most important project. We shall provide
Mr. Thomas Bradford
February 2, 1994
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prior to a meeting with the Council.
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' February 25, 1994
Nf�ers af the Vllage Council of Tequesta
Tequesta, Florida
Dear Co�ma'I Mei'tnbers:
pn behalf of our dient, Mr. Joe Benjamin, I thank you for the opportunity to pre.sent to
you next Tuesday a master plan development concept for a new Vilage To�nm Center.
it is the intention af N�. Benjamin to bring the present members af his pianning and
developrrient team with him in order to desaibe the proposal fully and to answer such
questions as you may wish to ask.
Our dient requests ttrat you agree to appoint appropriate nepnesentatives to neyo�iate
tem�s whereby the development concept is fully and joinUy evaluated, and, assuming the
evaluation satisfies you, jantly implemented.
For your ir�fom�ation, you will find endosed badcground ir�formation on our dient's
planning and development team We look forward witt� great enthusiasm to the meeting
on Tuesday.
Sit�erely, .
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J R Brindell
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cc: Mr. Tom Bradford (w/end.)
N�. .loe Benjamin (w/o end.)
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BTATEMLNT COWCL�12N0 TBE ITEIi DEVELOPMENT CONCEpT
POR THE VILLl10Z OF TEQQESTA
BY 1dR. J. BENJAI�IIN, CHAIRMAN
CHRZBTOPH�'R'8 VILL710$ TOONDATZON.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for your invitation, qivinq me the opportunity to present
this proposal to you.
When, originally, you invited Developers to submit proposals to
implement the plan that you commissioned from your Advisory Group
in 1989, the response must have been very disappointinq. The
qeneral ideas expressed in that Master Plan were very qood.
Unfortunately, the reality of it's implementation, depended upon
the underlying commercial profitability of the project. To a
professional Developer, faced with the uncertainty, even, of beinq
able to acquire the land necessary, let alone at a reasonable
price, and needinq to show_substantial profitability in order to
justify the risks involved, the project was not just unattractive,
it was impossible. This, one can see with hindsiqht, but to you at
the tfine, it was tar lrom obvious.
whichever political shirt is worn, there is no doubt that the fall
in the level of economic activity over the last three years has
given many people an excuse to discard projects that vould
otherwise have been brought to fruition. Your dream of a new
Village Center has all but perished amonqst the debris of a
thousand and more projects like it. The lack of activity has
allowed the skeptics amongst us, and those who think that their own
interests might be adversely affected, to infuse public opinion
with the view that the plan will never, and possibly, could never,
be implemented.
I have yet to hear of any person, or group, that stopped to
consider whether it was the plan that was wrong, or the method by
which the Village tried to gain it's implementation. The Village
Center Plan was produced, after consideration, by an e.ducated and
informed body of architects, planners, educators, and interested
and involved members of the' community. It was then left to sink or
swim in the free enterprise pool. However, even in good times, it
is questionable if your plan could have found private developers
�rilling to do it.
The project that I present today can only be implemented by a
partnership ot public arid prfvate interests, workinq � for �� eir
common•qood. In that respect it may be dilferent to most pro ects
that have been contemplated. It : is also unique, in that _ ft vf ll
create an arts villaqe. It is even more unique, in that it strives
to carry out a modern commercial development, within the structure
of a full public charity, with a view to providinq a perpetual
toundation for the colleqe and in so doinq, maintain the lf�e of �
the villaqe center in a dyr�amic, and constantly developinq tors.
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The main criticism leveled against your master plan was that it
could not be implemented, because no Developer would find it
prof itable. Well, if the great buildings and developments of thie
country had been forced to wait until they satistied that criteria,
they would never have been built.
Professional and commercial occupants today find adjoining
townsh�ps more attractive for their business activity; existing
traders find it more and more difficult to trade successfully in
centers that fail to attract new.tenants; landlords cannot hold
the tenants that they have. Vested interests need to be shown that
their fears ot linancial loss, are unfounded, and in fact their
interests are best served when the interests of the community as a
whole are most served.
The proposal that I put to you today is certainly different from
those that have come before you in the past. It seems apparent
that the real issue is not whether the plan can be implemented, but
what will happen to the commercial centers in your Village if
somethinq serious is not done to prevent it's further
deterioration. In three years, the Yillaqe has lost close to $50
million in taxable base. You have lost tenants for tens of
- thousands of square feet of retail shopping. You have lost tenants
for many thousands of feet of ccmmercial space. You have many
tenants trading in your central areas who wish that they were
elsewhere. You have left a large number of residents of your
community convinced that Tequesta has nothinq to offer, apart from
living facilities, and that nothinq can be done about it. That is
wrong, and you cannot, in fact, must not, allow this view to
prevail. You must f ind a way to bring back those traders and
tenants who have left, and you must attract new ones, so that the
area becomes, as it once was, an area in which people are proud to
do business, because it is prestigious to be there, and of course,
because they can make money in the process.
To believe that the project can be implemented by leaving the
development to the vagaries of the commercial market alone, is
both naive, and more importantly, unfruitful. You have the proof
of this in the dismal record of the past few years. A new plan has
to be produced that brinqs to Tequesta what the people want to see;
new commerce, new educational establishments, new cultural
establishments, and new homes. All of it needs to be in a vibrant,
dynamic, and comfortable settinq, apprcpriate to it's location in
one of the most desirable positions in the Southern United States.
At the same �ime, those _existinq cultural elements, so vital to
Tequesta �aust be strengthened so that they can become the
. foundation for a qrowinq vital artistic center. They, like the
rest of the Art World, struqqle alone, continually. I am sure that
History has shown that where cultural interests have been put to
one side, other aspects of civilization bave declined.
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The project needs to be the product of a union of the best
interests to be lound in the Lo�al Authority, or Governmental
worlds, with those of the cultural world, and those ot the
commercial world. The money needed must come in consequence of
the farsighted judgment of the business world, and from the
intelligent dispersement of the public funds by those authorities
that exercise jurisdiction, in one form or another, over Tequesta;
and lastly from the qenerous patronage of those wise persons and
Institutions that understand the necessity of ensurinq the success
of pro jects� such as this .
But money alone will not bring success. A stronq team of
Professionals is needed to ensure that the planninq, architecture,
management and faculty direction will be of a high order. Of equal
importance, however, is the determination of the Village itself,
throuqh it's elected members and staff, to stand firmly in support
of the project, with every intention of using all of it's powers
to ensure that each and every obstacle is overcome.
Z have formed the Christopher's Villaqe Foundation. The Foundation
is a"not for profit orqanization" with the followinq objects.
To secure the ownership of the land and buildingsgenerally bounded
by Bridge Road to the south, Old Dixie Iiighway to the west, County
Line Road to the north, and US1 to the east.
To establish and maintain a teaching Colleqe of performinq and
fine arts and architecture, within a cultural center.
To develop the land acquired to provide a new, modern, vibrant
center, and to encourage the revitalization and rehabilitation of
the existinq properties that will remain.
This Foundation is seeking full Charity status from the IRS, and Z
am advised of no reason why this will not be obtained later in the
year. Althouqh, initially, the project will not qive the returns
that a commercial developer would seek, I am satisfied that it will
not be a financial burden on the Villaqe. In fact quite the
reverse. What is more, it will produce an annual surplus, that
will steadily qrow, and give basic support to the Arts Center.
The Norton Foundation, has set an example for all to follov, by
puttinq up the sum of $250,000 to fund the initial expenses. They
have also aqreed to lead the establishment of the l�irts Colleqe.
This is o! particular value, since they do not no� operate in any
of the fields covered by existinq orqanizations, and so can nore.
easily help in the difficult task of brinqinq all those interests
toqether.
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Both The Liqhthouse Gallery and BRITT have qiven their unreserved
support and approval. It is hoped that when others see the benetit
of what we intend, they will join us. Zt is not our intention to
exclude any of the locally organized cultural orqani2ations, but
the time schedule up to date has not allowed us to speak to them.
We now welcome them to come forward, and join up with the new
Institution that we are founding.
It is intended that the Foundation Board will be joined by members
of the various Groups that will form a part of the new Institution,
as well as representatives of the Village Council, and members of
the private and commercial enterprises that will assist in bringing
the project to fruition.
The Foundation has appointed
Jim Brindell, of Gunster, Yoakley and Stewart as it's legal
Council.
Cope Linder Associates of Philadelphia, as the project Architect,
and Fred Preiss, as Consultant Architect in relation to the
Educational/cultural buildinqs.
Both -of these architectural firms have considerable experience.
Fred Preiss desiqned the �Juliard School in New York, and the
Hirschhorn Museum in Washington, whilst, Gerald Cope is at this
moment workinq on the design and constructin of a new School of
Arts and Planninq at Rutqers University. .
Fred Landrum, is a planning consultant and Professor of Management
at Florida Atlantic University, and has been appointed to develop
the orqanizational structure and implement a process of strateqic
planning and management for the Foundation.
Zn addition to these people, you will 'see a number of good local
folks, who have been very helpful, and who have expressed every
intention of assistinq in putting together a strong body of staff
and volunteers.
It has not been possible to speak to all of the owners who will be
affected by the project, but we have managed to speak to some of
them, and even, �rith some of them, to aqree terms in principle .
There seems to be every reason to believe that all existing owners
and tenants on the site will find�that we can make a proposal to
them which will be, to put it at it's least, fair, but which in
nany cases will be advantaqeous_to them.
It is too early to make a�full apprnisal ot the costs involved, but .
enouqh has been done to lead us to believe that the pro j ect wf ll be
financially successful, and that it will certainly not be a
financial burden to the Villaqe. In fact, there will be a very
substantial leap in the taxation base.
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The request I make today, on behalf of the Foundation, is that the
Commission gives it's approval, in principle, to the venture, and
aqzees to appoint a committee to negotiate an agreement with the
Foundation that will enable the project to proceed. It goes
without sayinq, that the agreement will be such that the interests
of the Village of Tequesta will be well served by the project.
In the early part of 1993. Jim Brindell, our Legal Counsel, and my
very good friend, asked me to look into the central area of
Tequesta. He knew that my experience, prior to cominq to the
United States, was as a Developer, with particular reference to
the re-establishment of derelict and decayed central urban areas.
Although that was many years behind me, Z was intriqued, and atter
my initial shock, and sadness, at what has been allowed to happen,
I realized that there is something to be done. If one puts to one
side the well published notion that Tequesta is dying, and instead
concentrates on the attractiveness of Tequesta, it is hard to
believe that it cannot compete with the surrounding townships that
are attracting business people to set up there. The residential
parts of Tequesta are slowly beinq refurbished, because their
location is superb. The new areas are very attractive, and
certainly hold their own with competinq residential positions in
the surroundinq towns. Many people have qrown older here, but many
younger peop3e have moved in, and many more will do so when the
opportunity arises. The beauty of the area is constant, and can
only be spoiled by unplanned development.
The villaqe of Tequesta has lost close to $50 million of it's
taxable base in the last three years. The pride of Tequesta is as
strong today as it has ever been; and if it might have been
suggested that the energy of some of the older members has been
sapped a little, their experience has not; and if they can, and 2
believe that they will, be persuaded to devote that experience to
the project I propose today, the Village will, in years to come,
venerate them for their foresight and generosity, and those people
themselves will know the contentment of having done something
worthwhile.
THE CHRZSTOPHER'8 VILLAGE FOONDATION
The Christopher's Villaqe Foundation has been incorporated in the
State of Florida. Application is beinq made to secure the approval
of the Internal Revenue Service to it's operation as a Public
Charity.
LONG TERM OBJECTIVE8
1) To secure the ownership of the land and buildings generally
bounded by Bridge Road to the South, Old Dixie Highway to the
West, County Line Road to the North, and US Highway 1 to the
east.
2) To develop the land acquired to provide a new, modern, vibrant
center, and to encourage the revitali2ation, and
rehabilitation of the existinq properties that will remain.
3) To establish and maintain a teaching Institution for the
Performing and Fine Arts and Architecture, aspiring to
international standards. The center will maintain a
department tor lull and part time - Dniversity level
students, and it's work will emphasize the development of the
creative aspirations,and aesthetic sensibility of the
community, both younq and old.
4� To create and devote financial surpluses to the Institution in
perpetuity.
SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES
ij To secure the support of the Villaqe of Tequesta.
2) To secure the support and patronage of inembers of the
communities that surround the project.
3) To establish a Board and Faculty for the Institute, in
conjunction with those cultural organizations operatinq
locally, or within the region, who have expressed a desire to
participate, or wish to do so, and who have the ability to
make a worthwhile contribution to the project.
oRGANISATION See Appendix I.
The Advisorp Board to tbe Foundation will be appointed from
actively interested�members of the community, who wfll advise
qenerally on every aspect of the project. In particular,it will:-
1j Assist in securinq support for the project at all levels,
and assist the Foundation in raisinq the funds fn all ways.
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Z� Make recommendations concerninq the structure of the
Institute, rr ke b z ,° ecommendations as to he dis iplines t to a be
assist and ma
taught.
3 Seek out, and encouraqe the or wlshing operate in this
cultural institutions operating,
area.
Tbe Tequesta Institute tor Arts will be set up as a separate
corporate entity by the Foundation. It will have it's own Board
and Faculty. Zt is intended that those existinq artistic
organizations that have, and/or will aqree to become a part oi the
project, will be represented on this Board.
Faculties to be inaugurated will include art, music and sculpt and
and drama, but may include computer graphics, pottery
jewellery, design, dance, film studies, and architecture.
It is expected that where it is appropriate, certain Faculties will
set up Departments to securt adult, part time and children's
education, and to encouraqe their development. It is intended that
work at present carried on by existing organizations will be
integrated by those organizations, without those organizations
losing their identity.
The Executive Committes ot the ivadati�n lili 9��m de up of
af the Foundation. Initia y,
representatives of Consultants of the main firms providing services
to the Foundation. � e�e p��ciple po itionsronger, it will
appoint permanent
Executive Team. See Appendix IZ
Founder aad Chiet Executive
Joe Benj amin, FRICS . Resident of Jupiter .
Leqal Counsel
Jim Brindell, Attorney. Partner in Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart,PA.
Architectural Counsel
Roland Lancon,.FRIBA B�c�a�q1eepartnershipConsultant) the
Chsirman ot i►rt.:Iastitute Comaitte�
Robert Denr►inq Ghain�an °f, the Norton Foundation.
Deputy Chairmante�Art Ins�t�tniseChapmant&eCompany.
Richard E. Kris
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Executiv� Director, Blannp=otessoriofsStrateqic Studies,
Fred Landrum
Florida Atlantic University.
project Architect
Gerald Cope, FAZA RZBA Philadelphia,Cope Linder Associates,
Consultant Architect
Fred Preiss, FAIA Preiss Breismeistez PC.,
Stanford, Connecticut
gcundation Finance will be raised from the followinq sources.
(a) Contributions from the Village of Tequesta and other
governmental bodies, in the form of cash, cash
guarantees, or acts in kind.
(b) Grants from all available sources, including the
County, the State, the Federal Government.
(c) Donations from public and private sources.
(d) The issuanc4 ot Bonds.
(e) Conventional bank and institutional lendera.
Tbe Development represents a positive opportunity to change the
civic, arts and commercial center of Tequesta, from a fragmented
collection of buildinqs and open space, to a connected and orderly
Village Center. This opportunity will enable a new identity to be
established. It will incorporate the various uses set out below,
some of which exist, and some of which are new, and which together
will create a place of identifiable character and scale.
The concept diaqram allows for the retention of certain buildings,
and sensitively integrates the new alongside. The principal
throuqh route forms a spine along which all community activities
are placed. They are all within easy walking distance of each
other, in an environment designed predominently for pedestrians.
Along Old Dixie Highway, and US Highway 1, the boundaries will be
heavily lan �tal 1 qhti g for Tequesta D ive and Village Boulevards
and entry p
will give emphasis to this effect.
Parking, generally, will be sited,on the perimeter, in moderately
landscaped lots. Convenient short term street parkinq will be
provided alonq the principal Boulevards.
The landscaped north south Boulevard will connect the commercial
uses on Tequesta Drive, to the south, vith the Villaqe Green;'��the
ECO Park and the residential uses_to the north...The Boulevard will
be f lanked to the south with three storey buildings of retail,
office and residential, together with an hotel, and will lead to
� the Arts Institute and Civic Buildinqs frontinq the Villaqe Green,
and � i� atrs will provide a fittinq setti q outdoor
and p
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perPormances and festivals, and will also form a unitying
It will
trontspiece tor the surroundinq civic and art bu bothnpermanently,
also provide nn opportunity to di�play sculpture,
and Por shows, in a variety o! settinqs. Saint Jude's Church will
lie to the north and east, alongside the Eco Park and lakes. To
the north, on the westerly side will lie the new medical and aged
care f acility buildings. Provision will also be made here for a
Kindergarten.
At the end of the Boulevard, the qently curved edqe of the Club
House will signal the residential single family neighbourhood to
the north, and across the open spaces of the in k tuzn, t will s be
the mixed level apartment complex. This,
connected passed Saint Judes Church, to the Arts Center and Village
Green.
The overall desiqn for the Center of Tequesta will conform to rigid
Urban and Architectural Standards. It will emphasize the
integration of pedestrian and controlled vehicle circulation. The
mood of the architecture will be consistant and small in scale.
The buildinqs will be constsvcted o! indiqinous matezials, rich in
textures and in harmony with the best Floridian tradition.
- The combination of Public, Institutional and Private uses in the
plan will reaffirm the principles of the qreat master planners, and
will provide Tequesta with a new heart, and "pride of place" for
the surroundinq community.
1. Iastituts
Approximately 100,000 sq.ft., includinq
Theater seatinq 450 + suitable for the production
of dramatic and musical productions.
Gallery suitable !or the display of permanent,
temporary and travelling exhibits.
Suitable accommodation for the use of all faculties.
An ampitheatre.
Z. public Buildinqs which will include
New administration Offices for the Village of
Tequesta.
Community Hall with Banqueting facility
New Police Station
New Fire and Ambulance Station
New Post Office
Nev Library
3. Commercial Buildings to include
New Bank premises
New Medical Buildinq
2iew Professional Buildinq
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New retail premises, to replace buildings to be
demolished.
Diverse premises !or craft, computer and other uses
ancillary or compatible with the new colleqe.
A new Inn
4. Rail Station subject to obtaining the consent
and approval of the necessary authorities.
5. Resideatial buildinqs
250 moderate priced rental housing, and
accommodation for students,faculty members and
sta!!.
125 homes for sale.
6. �iaderqartea
Children's facility to be sited close to the
residential buildinqs and church.
�� �n ]►ssist�d �q�d Car• p:aility.l00 units.
e. Existinq Buildinqs.
Negotiations will take place vith all owners of properties affected
by the project. In particular, businesses of existing retailers,
bankers, restauranteurs and professional practitioners will be
maintained throuqhout the development, and will be offered suitable
new alternative accommodation, where appropriate.
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1L712d110Y.MENT TF•71M
Joseph Benjamia,FRICB.
Mr. Benjamin, is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors(FRZCS). This is a multi-disciplined proressional body
that traditionally takes the lead in all matters of property and
land economics and management in the British Isles and
Commonwealth.
He has had extensive experience of all aspects of property
development. Durinq the early part of his career he was Joint
Chief Property Executive ot the Hammerson Group of Companies, one
of the larqest property organizations in the United Kinqdom. He
specialized in the revitalization and redevelopment of bliqhted
downtown areas, and worked closely with Local and Central
Government executives in achievinq the implementation o! thsse
projects.
In 1966 he founded the Bradford and Northern Housinq Group, which
he developed into one of the largest charitable housinq groups in
the north of England.
In 1970, he conceived and commenced development of the Heywood
Industrial Estate, the largest planned distribution park to be
constructed at that time since World War Two.
Mr. Benjamin retired in 1983, and after a short period in France,
came �ith his wife, in 1987 to the United States, where he now has
a home in Jupiter. ._ .
In the Iate seventies, he acted as Executive Trustee in the
establishment of the London International Festival of Theatre. He
was also Executive Trustee of the Znternational Musical Seminar, an
organization qiving master classes to young professional musicians
in Cornwall, Enqland. In 1978, he sailed his yacht, Illusion, for
England in the World Championship for the One Ton Cup in Flensberq,
Germany.
� Mr. Benjamin is a member of the Worshipful Company of Glovers, and
was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London in 1972.
He is the Founder and Chairman of the Christopher's Village
Foundation, and will act as Chief Executive of all operations.
� Roland Lancoa, FRIBA. �
1rir. � Lancon. is an Architect, and the retired senior �partner ot, and
is nov Consultant to, Sernard Enqle Partnership in the United �
Rinqdom. He is also the Overseas Consultant to Cope Linder
Associates, dealinq with their Enqlish and European ventures.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects FRIBA).
Mr. Lancon's special responsibility in the practice was to deal
with the redevelopment ot To�n and City Centers in the United
,
Kinqdom, and he carriqd out thirty tive �uch projacts durinq his
tenure. Principally, he was much concerned vith construction in
sensitive conservation areas, consequently he had considerable
dealings with the Royal Fine 11rts Commission of Great Britain, and
worked on many projscts where buildinqs were listed as beinq o!� .
National, or Historie interest.
Mr. La ncon established otfices tor the practice in Madrid, where
among other things his firm was Honorary Architect to The British
�bassy. He undertook redevelopment and design studies in Belgium,
Canada, Iceland, Italy, Zran, Lebanon, Saudia Arabia, and
Switzerland.
Mr. Lancon will be responsible as liaison to the Chairman on all
technical matters.
Gerald K. Cops BAS71
rir . Cope is the Senior Partner and Founder of the f irm of Cope
Linder and Associates of Philadelphia. He is noted for the unique
blend of environmental sensitivity and human understandinq that he
brings to his projects.
Mr. Cope qraduated with honcurs from architectural school in London
and gained'his Masters deqree, in Landscape architecture, at the
University ot Pennsylvania Graduata School o! �Fina l�s�ts. �
sesides beinq an Associate of the Royal Instituta �o! British
Architects,•Mr. Cope is a Fellow of the American Institute of
Architects, and is registered to practice in eiqhteen States, as
well as in Florida.
He is a Member of Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, a Trustee of
the Walnut Street Theatre,( Philadelphia), A Trustee of the Carson
Valley School, �Flourtown, Pennsylvania), and a member o� the
Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate
School of Fine Arts.
rsr. Cope's aa�or assiqnments include
Offices: The Stock Exchanqe Buildinq, The �itrium, The ARA
Corporate Headquarters, the TriPoint Office Center, The Graham
Building, all in Philadelphia. The Bahamas Financial Centre in
Nassau, the Himont Corporate Headquarters, New Castle County DE.
Mixed - use Projects: The Capital Center, Trenton N.J.,Market
Street Urban Development/Gallery II, and also Penn's Landinq Master
Plan and Great Plaza in Philadelphia, and Sesame Place, Bucks Town
Center, Pennsylvania.
Retail Projects: The Galleria, White Plains, N.Y. South Aills
Village, Pittsburqh, Pennsylvania, Landmark Center, Alexandria,
Virqinia, Park City Center, Lancaster ,Pennsylvania, Columbia Mall,
Waterfront and To�ar► Center, Columbia, Maryland, Governor's Square,
Talahassee, Florida, Tampa Bay Center, Tampa, Florida, Treasure
Coast Square, Stuart, Florida, Waterside, North Miami Beach,
Florida • - - i �i i � - . •. • � • - . ,
Residential Projects: The Reqency, atlantic City, New Jersey,
Riverwatch, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Currently Mr. Cope is workinq on the desiqn of the Center for Arts
and Planninq at Rutqers Dniversity.
Mr. Cope is the Foundation'a Project architect. .
Fr•e pr.iss, �Za
Mr. Preiss is the Senior Partner ot Preiss Breimeister PC, oP
Stanlord Connecticut, and one o! America'� toremost Architsctural
Authorities.
He has been an award winninq Architoct !or the University ot New
York in many instances. He is a Fullbright Scholar in Architecture
to the Country of Sweden.
Mr. Preiss is particularly known as the Oesigner of the Julliard
School of Music in New York,and ot the Hirschhorn Museum in
Washington, D.C.
� ection ith The Colleqe �of F�e h and t Performinq u Arts and
conn
Architecture. •
Robert Denniaq
Mr. Denninq is recently retired, but spent most of his workinq life
with the State University oP New York. He attended Cornell
University, and then went on to Harvard Business School for Post
Doctoral Studies in Education Manaqement.
Durinq the period ot Nelson Rockefeller's Governorship of the State
o! New York, Mr.�Denninq was invo2ved in the massive sxpansion ot
the Higher Educaition System �rhich had a budget o! S50 billion.
During a period.of ten years, the University expanded to three
times it's original size, and developed to over seventy campuses.
As a member of Actor's Equity Association,he has acted, directed
and produced. He has also founded three theaters, and taught
History of Theater and Oral Interpretation of Dramatic Literature
at the State University of New York.
Mr. Denning has been the Chairman of The Christopher D. and Elka P.
Norton Foundation for the Arts since it's formation in 1988.
He is the President of the Foundation Committee that �rill establish
the nea Col2eqe ot Fine and Perlorminq Arts, and l�irchitecture.
Richard E. Rristenson.
Mr. Rristensan, Management Consultant, is a Foundinq Partner of
Harris Chapman & Company, �here his principle activity is to help
pub2ic sector clients to apply private sector techniques to improve
service, and reduce costs.. He is currently recognized as one of
the top practitioners of applied behavioral science techniques to
generate improved performance. He was a Senior Associate at the
Behavioral Science Center of Sterlinq Institute at Harvard
IIniversity.
His consultinq experience over twenty five years has included
advisinq�nany multinational firms, as well as many public sector
.. _ �.: .:.
orqanizations. �: -
1Kr. Rristenson ��nis an Instructor at .the Harvard Business School, _--. --
and was a member of the Faculty of the USDA Graduate School:
Today, he is a lifetime member of the American Sxiety for Traininq
and Development, a professional member of the American Manaqement
Assxiation and the Association of Behavioral Analysts. 8e is the
Author of a considerable number ot professional articles.
Mr, Kristensen was also a resident ot Tequesta Country Club for
Pive years..
Mr. Kristensen's special responsibility will be in connection with
the committee !or the Art's Center.
Fr�d Landrum
Mr. Landrum is the President of Business Planning Associates in
Hobe Sound. His firm has advised many Public Authorities, and
Companies on orqaniZatio�al planning matters. In particular, he
advised Lee County on it's water effluent problem, and carried out
the f irst audit of strateqic planning procedures for the
Commissioners of Palm Beach County.
For the past 12 years he has been the Professor of Manaqement and
International Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Prior to
that he was Manaqer of Corporate Strateqical Planninq for United
Technologies, worldwide, and it was there that he developed his
concept of strateqic manaqement and control which, subsequently,
has been taken up by numerous companies in the private and public
sector. It has also proved itself successful2y in "not for protit"
Corporations.
His special responsibility to the new Foundation �ill be to set up
and overses the manaqement and linancfal aspects ot the
orqanizatfon.
James R. Brindell
Mr. Brindell is a partner in the law firm of Gunster, Yoakley and
Stewart, P.A., headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is
Head of the firm's Land Use and Environmental Practice Group. 8e
has represented numerous clients undertakinq mixed use
developments, many of which were developments of reqional impact.
He has served as the Chairman of the Downtown Development
1�luthority, and also as a member of the Camnunity Redevelopment
Aqency in West Palm Beach.
Mr Brindell is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, and is
the former Chairman of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section
of the Florida Bar. He is the author of numerous publications
concerned with zoning, development and land use.
Mr. Brindell was a resident in the Country Club of Tequesta for
five yea=s.
Mr. Brindell is the Legal Counsel to the Foundation.
Note
It is the intention of the Foundation to appoint the firm of Post
Bucklep 8chnh and Jerniqan as the Consultant Environmental and
Civil Enqineers. - They are a very �substantial interr�ational firm; �
�ith a local of�ice in West Palm Beach, and are noted for the biqh
. quality of their work. �.
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Appendix II
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Joseph Benjamin,FRICS.
Mr. Benjamin, is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors(FRICS). This is a multi-disciplined professional body
that traditionally takes the lead in all matters of property and
land economics and management in the British Isles and
Commonwealth.
He has had extensive experience of all aspects of property
development. During the early part of his career he was Joint
Chief Property Executive of the Hammerson Group of Companies, one
of the largest property organizations in the United Kingdom. He
specialized in the revitalization and redevelopment of blighted
downtown areas, and worked closely with Local and Central
Government executives in achieving the implementation of these
projects.
In 1966 he founded the Bradford and Northern Housing Group, which
he developed into one of the largest charitable housing groups in
the north of England.
In 1970, he conceived and commenced development of the Heywood
Industrial Estate, the largest planned distribution park to be
constructed at that time since World War Two.
Mr. Benjamin retired in 1983, and after a short period in France,
came with his wife, in 1987 to the United States, where he now has
a home in Jupiter.
In the late seventies, he acted as Executive Trustee in the
establishment of the London International Festival of Theatre. He
was also Executive Trustee of the International Musical Seminar, an
organization giving master classes to young professional musicians
in Cornwall, England. In 1978, he sailed his yacht, Illusion, for
England in the World Championship for the One Ton Cup in Flensberg,
Germany.
Mr. Benjamin is a member of the Worshipful Company of Glovers, and
was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London in 1972.
He is the Founder and Chairman of the Christopher's Village
Foundation, and will act as Chief Executive of all operations.
Roland Lancon, FRIBA.
Mr. Lancon is an Architect, and the retired senior partner of, and
is now Consultant to, the Bernard Engle Partnership in the United
Kingdom. He is also the Overseas Consultant to Cope Linder
Associates, dealing with their English and European Ventures.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects FRIBA). I
Mr. Lancon's special responsibility in the practice was to deal
with the redevelopment of Town and City Centers in the United
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Kingdom, and he carried out thirty five such projects during his
tenure. Principally, he was much concerned with construction in
sensitive conservation areas, consequently he had considerable
dealings with the Royal Fine Arts Commission of Great Britain, and
worked on many projects where buildings were listed as being of
National, or Historic interest.
Mr. Lancon established offices for the practice in,Madrid, where
among other things his firm was Honorary Architect to The British
Embassy. He undertook redevelopment and design studies in Belgium,
Canada, Iceland, Italy, Iran, Lebanon, Saudia Arabia, and
Switzerland.�
Mr. Lancon will be responsible as liaison to the Chairman on all
technical matters.
Gerald M. Cope FAIA
Mr. Cope is the Senior Partner and Founder of the firm of Cope
Linder and Associates of Philadelphia. He is noted for the unique
blend of environmental sensitivity and human understanding that he
bring to his projects.
Mr. Cope graduated with honours from architectural school in London
and gained his Masters degree, in Landscape Architecture, at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Art.
Besides being an Associate of the Royal Institute of British
Architects, Mr. Cope is a Fellow of the American Institute of _
Architects, and is registered to practice in eighteen States, as
well as in Florida.
He is a Member of Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, a Trustee of
the Walnut Theatre,( Philadelphia), A Trustee of the Carson Valley
School, (Flourtown, Pennsylvania), and an Associate Trustee of the
Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate
School of Fine Arts.
Mr. Cope's major assignments include
Offices: The Stock Exchange Building, The Atrium, The ARA
Corporate Headquarters, the TriPoint Office Center, The Graham
Building, all in Philadelphia. The Bahamas Financial Centre in
Nassau, the Himont Corporate Headquarters, New Castle County DE.
Mixed - use Projects: The Capital Center, Trenton N.J.,Market
Street Urban Development/Gallery II, and also Penn's Master Plan
and Great Plaza in Philadelphia, and Sesame Place, Bucks Town
Center, Pennsylvania.
Retail Projects: The Galleria, White Plains, N.J., South Hills
Village, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Landmark Center, Alexandria,
Virginia, Park City Center, Lancaster ,Pennsylvania, Colombia Mall,
Waterfront and Town Center, Columbia, Maryland, Governor's Square,
Talahassee, Florida, Tampa Bay Center, Tampa, Florida, Treasure
Coast Sguare, Stuart, Florida, Waterside, North Miami Beach,
Florida.
Residential Projects: The Regency, Atlantic City, New Jersey,
Riverwatch, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Currently Mr. Cope is responsible for the design of the Center for
Arts and Planning at Ruttgers University.
Mr. Cope is the Foundation's Project Architect.
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Fred Preiss, AIA
Mr. Preiss is the Senior Partner of Preiss Breimeister PC, of
Stanford Connecticut, and one of America's foremost Architectural
Authorities.
He has been an award winning Architect for the University of New
York in many instances. He is a Fullbright Scholar in Architecture
to the Country of Sweden.
Mr. Preiss is particularly known as the Designer of the Julliard
School of Music in New York,and of the Hirschhorn Museum in
Washington, D.C.
Mr Preiss is the Foundation's Architectural Consultant in
connection with The College of Fine and Performing Arts and
Architecture.
Robert Denning
Mr. Denning is recently retired, but spent most of his working life
with the State University of New York. He attended Cornell
University, and then went on to Harvard Business School for Post
Doctoral Studies in Education Management.
During the period of Nelson Rockerfeller's Governorship of the
State of New York, Mr. Denning was involved in the massive
expansion of the Higher Education System which had a budget of $50
billion. During a period of ten years, the University expanded to
three times it's original size, and developed to over seventy
campuses.
As a member of Actor's Equity Association,he has acted, directed
and produced. He has also founded three theaters, and taught
History of Theater and Oral Interpretation of Dramatic Literature
at the State University of New York.
Mr. Denning has been the Chairman of The Christopher D. and Elka P.
Norton Foundation for the Arts since it's formation in 1988.
He is the President of the Foundation Committee that will establish
the new College of Fine and Performing Arts, and Architecture.
Richard E. Rristenson.
Mr. Kristenson, Management Consultant, is a Founding Partner of
Harris Chapman & Company, where his principle activity is to help
public sector clients to apply private sector techniques to improve
service, and reduce costs.. He is currently recognized as one of
the top practitioners of applied behavioral science techniques to
generate improved performance. He was a Senior Associate at the
Behavioral Science Center of Sterling Institute at Harvard
University.
His consulting experience over twenty five years has included
advising many multinational firms, as well as many public sector
organizations.
Mr. Kristenson was an Instructor at the Harvard Business School,
and was a member of the Faculty of the USDA Graduate School.
Today, he is a lifetime member of the American Society for Training
and Development, a professional member of the American Management
Association and the Association of Behavioral Analysts. He is the
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Author of a considerable number of professional articles.
Mr, Kristensen was also a resident of Tequesta Country Club for
five years.
Mr. Kristensen's special responsibility will be in connection with
the committee for the Art's Center.
Fred Landrum
Mr. Landrum is the President of Business Planning Associates in
Hobe Sound. His firm has advised many Public Authorities, and
Companies on organizational planning matters. In particular, he
advised Lee County on it's water effluent problem, and carried out
the first audit of strategic planning procedures for the
Commissioners of Palm Beach County.
For the past 12 years he has been the Professor of Management and
International Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Prior to
that he was Manager of Corporate Strategical Planning for United
Technologies, worldwide, and it was there that he developed his
concept of strategic management and control which, subsequently,
has been taken up by numerous companies in the private and public
sector. It has also proved itself successfully in "not for profit"
Corporations.
His special responsibility to the new Foundation will be to set up
and oversee the management and financial aspects of the
_ organization.
James R. Brindell
Mr. Brindell is a partner in the law firm of Gunster, Yoakley and
Stewart, P.A., headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is
Head of the firm's Land Use and Environmental Practice Group. He
has represented numerous clients undertaking mixed use
developments, many of which were developments of regional impact.
He has served as the Chairman of the Downtown Development
Authority, and also as a member of the Community Redevelopment
Agency in West Palm Beach.
Mr Brindell is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, and is
the former Chairman of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section
of the Florida Bar. He is the author of numerous publications
concerned with zoning, development and land use.
Mr. Brindell was a resident in the Country Club of Tequesta for
five years.
Mr. Brindell is the Legal Counsel to the Foundation.
Note
It is the intention of the Foundation to appoint the firm of Post
Buckley Schuh and Jerniqan as the Consultant Environmental and
Civil Engineers. They are a very substantial international firm,
with a local office in West Palm Beach, and are noted for the high
guality of their work.