Bob Lewis

Biography: Bob Lewis Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Development Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO Bob presently teaches full time in the Urban Planning & Development master's degree program at Saint Louis University, starting there in August 2018. For 30 years prior to that, he directed redevelopment planning, economic planning, market analysis, and implementation consulting assignments at Development Strategies, based in St. Louis. He was part of the team that created Development Strategies in 1988 after ten years with Team Four and two years with the St. Louis County Department of Planning. The focus of his professional work was analyzing the market, economic, and organizational forces that influence urban planning, economic growth, and real estate development. His consulting services yielded strategic recommendations for clients seeking to maximize economic value. Clients included local governments, private property owners, corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and institutions all around the USA. Development Strategies has served clients in 42 states since 1988. A native of Glencoe, Illinois, in the Chicago area, Bob holds a master's degree in city and regional planning from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (1976) and a bachelor's degree in business economics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1973). He is a member of the Leadership St. Louis class of 1986-1987. He is a certified economic developer (CEcD) within the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP) of the American Planning Association (APA). He is also a former president of APA’s Missouri Chapter and is a past chair of the Economic Development Division of the APA. He teaches the real estate redevelopment and reuse certification class for the IEDC each year. Bob has served on five previous ULI Advisory