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John Given is a Principal, Development of CIM Group, LP. Prior to joining CIM
in 1997, he was the City Planner for Greeley, Colorado for four years before
returning to his native Los Angeles, where he served the city’s Community
Redevelopment Agency for seven years and Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Agency for five years. For over 30 years, Mr. Given has worked on
building partnerships between public development agencies and private real estate
development companies engaged in high priority redevelopment projects and
transit-oriented development. His accomplishments include catalytic redevelopment
projects in downtown Los Angeles and around the Hollywood METRO stations. Mr. Given
is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the International Conference of Shopping
Centers, and the American Institute of Certified Planners. He has served as a
founding board member of the Hollywood Entertainment District and was chairman of
the City of Santa Monica Housing Commission. Mr. Given received a B.A. degree in
Urban Planning from the University of Washington and a Masters in Regional Planning
from Harvard University.
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