The Ratkovich Company - Key Personnel

Wayne Ratkovich
President & CEO

Wayne Ratkovich is the founder and President of The Ratkovich Company (TRC), a Los Angeles development firm focused on producing developments that improve the quality of urban life. Specializing in urban infill and rehabilitation projects, his firm’s accomplishments range from large-scale urban planning and entitlement endeavors to retail, office, entertainment and mixed-use projects. His Company engages in both new development and the imaginative reuse of existing buildings – including eight buildings of historic landmark status.

On behalf of The Urban Land Institute, Mr. Ratkovich has served on eight expert panels for ULI's Advisory Services Program, including six as the panel chairman. These panels were formed to tackle some of the country’s most difficult and now successful urban development challenges including redevelopment of Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois; Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, Georgia; and a plan for the Southwest Neighborhood of Washington D.C. More recently, Mr. Ratkovich served as chair of the ULI Advisory Services Panel formed to study and create a redevelopment plan for the neglected inner city Parkside neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Ratkovich is Vice Chairman and Trustee of The Urban Land Institute and is an Emeritus Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 1997, Mr. Ratkovich and his firm were the recipients of The Parkinson Award from the USC School of Architecture for contributions to the urban environment in Los Angeles. Recent awards include the Legends Award from The Los Angeles Downtown Breakfast Club, and the UCLA / Los Angeles Times 2001 Real Estate Forecast Award for exceptional contribution to the real estate industry and the community. Recently he was awarded with ULI’s prestigious Robert 0’Donnell Award for his outstanding contributions to the organization’s Advisory Services Program.

In his twelve years as a Trustee for the Urban Land Institute, Mr. Ratkovich has served as an officer, a member of its executive committee and as a Governor of the Urban Land Foundation. He has been a member of eleven ULI committees, Chairman of the Awards Jury, Chairman of an Urban Development/Mixed-Use Council, a member of the Inner City Task Force and Chairman of ULI’s Forum on Urban Neighborhood Revitalization. He has also served as Co-Chairman of the Urban Land Institute Los Angeles District Council’s Smart Growth Advisory Committee.

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