Jeff Kingsbury

Managing Principal

Jeff Kingsbury is managing principal of Greenstreet Ltd., an Indianapolis-based real estate development, brokerage and consulting firm which specializes in leveraging sustainable strategies in the redevelopment of urban places. The firm's current engagements include a strategic plan for transit-oriented development, focusing on the land use and economic development potential of a Central Indiana regional transit corridor. In Fort Wayne, Greenstreet and EDEN Collaborative are working with Parkview Health System on the $50 million redevelopment of a 64-acre urban hospital campus. The catalyst project is the Life Science Education and Research Center of Northeast Indiana, a 200,000 sq. ft. adaptive reuse of medical office for education, research and new ventures in health and life sciences, in partnership with five educational institutions.

Jeff's experience includes over twenty years in the planning and development of thirty urban, suburban, rural and resort communities throughout the United States, encompassing over 35,000 acres. He has been a principal in the development and disposition of over 1,000 homes and $350 million in real estate, and consulted on planning, economic development and regulatory issues for private sector clients as well as cities, counties and non-profits in sixteen states. Jeff has been a senior advisor to Cherokee, the leading private equity firm investing capital and expertise in brownfield redevelopment, with more than $2 billion under management.

The repurposing of property and adaptive reuse of buildings to bring sustainable growth to communities is a central theme of his career. His experience goes beyond planning to investment and execution, with a project portfolio that includes the leading redevelopment models in the nation: the 4,700-acre redevelopment of Denver's Stapleton International Airport, the nation's largest urban redevelopment project (ULI Award for Excellence); Belmar, a 103-acre regional mall redevelopment in Lakewood, Colorado (ULI Award for Excellence); Lowry, an 1,866-acre redevelopment of the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver; and Homan Square, a 55-acre redevelopment of the former Sears, Roebuck and Co. world headquarters in Chicago (ULI Award for Excellence).

Jeff holds degrees in urban planning and development and environmental design from the College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University, where he has served as Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning. Active in education and community affairs, he has served on the governing boards of Ball State University; the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities; and the Golden Apple Foundation in Chicago. He is a co-author of the book Developing Sustainable Planned Communities (ULI, 2007) as well as a teacher and frequent speaker on sustainable development issues for such organizations as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Energy Efficient Building Association, the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, the National Town Builders Association, the National Association of Home Builders and the Urban Land Institute. Jeff is the former Chairman of the Sustainable Development Council of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Institute's Committee on Climate Change, Land Use and Energy, as well as Vice Chairman of ULI's Indiana District Council.