THE BUSINESS OF GREEN BUILDING
About the Course
The future of our built environment is being redefined, we invite you to join our upcoming Webinar, Zoned for Opportunity: Regional Development and Zoning Deregulation. The "Zoned for Opportunity" momentum serves as a dynamic resource connecting developers, investors, and stakeholders with high-impact zoning and development opportunities.
The webinars serve as a vital prelude to our upcoming Regional Unified Development and Transportation Summits. Seats are limited, please RSVP promptly to secure your place in this important discussion.
Part One: H.R. 1 (“One Big Beautiful Bill Act"), and the Trajectory of Opportunity Zones: Understanding tested models and documented investment behaviors in Transitional and High-growth Markets, Series
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 pm (Virtual)
Key Talking Points & Highlights:
This session will explore how H.R. 1 can create alignments for developers, investors, and formerly overlooked communities can realize long-term value creation.
We’ll explore how institutional investors, mission-driven developers, and local governments can leverage this moment to generate both returns and resilience—especially for underserved and transitional markets.est Practices 2025: What’s Working Now
Part Two: Zoning Flexibility and Market Readiness for Energy-Adjacent Real Estate, Series
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 pm (Virtual)
Key Talking Points & Highlights:
This session will explore how jurisdictions are using case-aggregated findings to make energy-adjacent sites development-ready. We’ll spotlight emerging markets where local land use reform aligns with federal energy priorities, examine case studies where zoning adaptations have catalyzed investment, and provide insights into how developers and investors can position themselves at the forefront of this rapidly shifting terrain.
Your Instructor
L. Charlie Oliver
From the Bronx to boardrooms, Charlie is the powerhouse behind the Zoned for Opportunity Summits, where policy meets profit and zoning becomes opportunity. As founder of the Economic Infrastructure Group, CEO of Green Building Worldwide, and architect of the Oliver Bennett Agency, Charlie is turning deregulation into a strategy, summits into deal flow, and overlooked neighborhoods into investment.
With a sharp eye for transit-oriented development, a pulse on Opportunity Zone 2.0, and an unmatched ability to convene C-suite leaders, policymakers, and developers, Charlie is reshaping how we talk about affordability, infrastructure, and the business of zoning. Whether it's faceless videos, summits, or CEO-to-CEO engagement, everything points to one thing: a vision too big for the old rules.
The Zoning Strategist, TOD Evangelist, and Dealmaker-in-Chief
Chair Oliver is a recurring speaker before the World Economic Forum, the Global Power and Energy BlockChain Conference, and the Equity Forum.
Charlie holds advanced certifications in Real Estate Finance & Investment, Development & Land Use, Property Valuation, and Negotiations from New Your University's Schack Institute, Executive Education Division.