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Professor Phil Richardson,  CD, BA, CRRP, CSM, CEO, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. "With over three decades of international commercial real estate experience, Phil Richardson‘s extensiveprofessional career includes the successful development of large-scale commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate properties. His role is to provide powerful strategic thinking to the master planning and feasibility evaluation of major retail and mixed use developments and then assist developers and investors to deliver their projects. Phil holds two senior professional designations awarded by the world wide International Council of Shopping Centres, Certified Retail Property Professional and Certified Shopping Centre Manager. He is also Professor, International Development, Asia, for Canadore College,Canada. Career Synopsis CEO, Richardson Group Inc, and Springbank Property Group Inc., successful property management anddevelopment companies, the first operating specialty hospitality centres and large regional malls for thirdparties and the second providing master planning, entitling, leasing, and project management for them.He also financed, built, owned and operated several high-rise residential properties and hotels in Canada and the United States. Senior Development Director, Retail  & Leisure Projects for ALDAR Properties PJSC, responsiblefor leading the development of $12 Billion USD Commercial Projects including Ferrari World and Warner Brothers Theme parks, superregional Yas Mall and 16 Ha WaterWorld water park -on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Managing Director, MENA & Asia, Chartwell Property Advisors, provided master planning andfeasibility studies for third party developers in the UAE, India and Mainland China. Senior Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield, a global property advisor, provided retail and investment advice to international clients wishing to invest in commercial properties in Canada and the USA. CEO, Black Opal Property Advisors Inc., an international consultancy which provides developers and investors with executive level advisory for project visioning, concept design, research, and analysis. As well, the company provides advice on the delivery and operations of projects     Please contact Phil at:  PhilR@BlackOpalPa.com