William Lawrence

Biography: William C. Lawrence President Cityscope, Inc. Wakefield, RI Mr. Lawrence brings more than 30 years of in-depth background and experience in real-world problem solving, strategy formation, feasibility assessment and project management for complex real estate development projects. Founded in 1995, Cityscope, Inc. is a real estate consulting, brokerage, property management and development company. It specializes in evaluating the market and financial feasibility of larger-scale projects of all types. When project potential looks particularly attractive, the firm assembles multi-disciplinary teams to implement a development program and acts as the project developer. Prior to restarting Cityscope in 2013, Lawrence was the Managing Director, Consulting Services for TR Advisors (TRA) for five years, a Boston based boutique real estate consulting and asset management firm with specialized expertise in the disposition and management of transportation-related and publicly-owned real property. TRA is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority designated real estate representative in the greater Boston area. With Jones, Lang, LaSalle, TRA is also managing different aspects of the Chicago Transit Authority’s real estate assets. Lawrence managed numerous market and financial feasibility studies for communities with TOD and intermodal transportation facilities. Prior to starting Cityscope, as Director, Seaport Planning and Development at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Lawrence planned and developed a diverse portfolio of public sector real estate assets on 400 acres. Before that, he created and directed public sector real estate consulting groups in Los Angeles and Boston for the Kenneth Leventhal & Company, a national CPA firm. Prior to that, he founded and managed for twelve years the William C. Lawrence Company, a market feasibility and economic development consulting firm located in Pasadena, CA, and, for three years, he managed environmental policy planning at The Irvine Company, a large new community developer in Orange County, CA. Lawrence has a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University, Malibu, and a BA in Political Science from Trinity College, Hartford. He also was awarded the Thomas J. Watson Traveling Fellowship to study new town planning in Europe and India after college. He is currently a full member of the Urban Land institute and has been a full member of NAIOP and the Council on Urban and Economic Development. Interested in regional planning issues, Lawrence was a gubernatorial appointment to the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning. He has his real estate broker’s licenses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. May 2014