If you are considering becoming an urban planner, you already know that you need a college degree. A bachelor’s degree […]
Author: Ben Oberg
Ben Oberg has nearly 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, real estate acquisitions, entitlements and development. He began his career with The Lomas Santa Fe Group in Solana Beach, California, moving later to AECOM working in financial feasibility, acquisitions, infrastructure and development. Between 2001 and 2011, he worked primarily on large scale developments including hotels, resorts, shopping malls and master planned communities. In addition to a number of domestic projects, large international developments included projects in Japan, Dubai, The Philippines, Mexico and Brazil. In 2011 Ben returned to the US, focusing briefly on real estate debt acquisitions at its height before moving to a CFO role for Optimist Inc, a creative agency and later for Comexposium US, opening and managing the North American business for an established French private equity firm ultimately focused on revenue producing investments. Ben received undergraduate and graduate degrees from UC San Diego focused on economics, international political economy and econometrics. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, San Diego County Big Brothers/Big Sisters and UCSD’s School of Global Policy & Strategy. He speaks Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese and he's also an avid surfer.
How Urban Highways Can Become a Fixable Mistake
The interstate highway system in the U.S. that was started in the 1950s traversed 48,000 miles and cost $425 billion. […]
How Does Urban Planning Improve Quality of Life?
When people hear the term “urban planning,” they often think of the sprawl of cities or of uncontrolled growth. This […]
What Can I Do With an Urban Planning Degree?
If your ambition is to work in the field of urban planning, you most likely know that, optimally, you will […]