Sioux Falls, SD: On-going real estate advisory services to the University of South Dakota Discovery District, including preparation of the park’s initial CC & R’s and other key development and operating guideline documents, and advisement on developer selection and negotiation. Previously Spalding collaborated as part of a Perkins+Will engagement to test the feasibility of the District’s first proposed buildings. He conducted a high-level review of University research strengths and commercialization potential, and helped assess tenant demand.

Tucson, AZ: real estate advisory services and recruitment of developers to Tech Parks Arizona, the University of Arizona’s research park management entity overseeing development of 1600 acre UA Tech Park and the new 60-acre UA Tech Park at The Bridges.

Meridian, ID: Spalding co-led a team that created a strategy for commercializing the region’s emerging “ag-tech” opportunities; the study included a recommendation to establish a new Agriculturally-focused incubator as well as a workforce component in partnership with the Community College and public school system.

Moorefield, WVA: West Virginia Community and Technical College (WVCTC) commissioned a strategic plan for ways to promote entrepreneurship across the eight-county region it serves, focused on the areas strengths in agriculture, tourism, alternative energy and information technology. Point A Consulting co-led the effort, and crafted the action strategy for Agricultural entrepreneurship.

Albuquerque, NM: As part of a planning effort led by Perkins+Will, Spalding carried out stakeholder interviews to assess how the region’s entrepreneurial and technology commercialization assets could support a proposed downtown innovation district; he also recommended governance and implementation strategies for a new catalytic development organization, Innovate ABQ. Point A and Perkins+Will later conducted the Developer RFP selection process for Innovate ABQ’s first building.

Lincoln, NE: For the University of Nebraska, Spalding worked within a multi-disciplinary consultant team to assess external (non-university) market demand as an element of the business strategy for converting the 150-acre Nebraska State Fairgrounds into a live-work-play Innovation Campus.