IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
WAYNE RATKOVICH, President
The Ratkovich Company ®
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Wayne Ratkovich is the founder and President / CEO of The Ratkovich Company (TRC), a Los Angeles development firm whose focus is to “profitably produce 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. Mr. Ratkovich has developed over 13.0 million square feet of office, retail, industrial and residential properties. Projects the company has to its record include: The James Oviatt Building; The Fine Arts Building; The Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre; Chapman Market; Ladera Center; an urban campus for the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising; the City of Glendale’s Alex Theatre; and a variety of high technology complexes including the Irvine Technology Center and the Von Karman Corporate Center. The firm is the developer of The Alhambra, a 45-acre and 1.0 million square foot urban community consisting of office, retail and residential uses in Alhambra, California. TRC is also the developer of the prominent landmark, 5900 Wilshire, a 30-story, 491,000 square foot high-rise office tower with panoramic views located directly across from BCAM and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles. BOMA recently awarded its prestigious 2009 T.O.B.Y. Award to 5900 Wilshire in recognition of the building’s outstanding renovation. The company’s work has been awarded on numerous occasions with recognition by the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Conservancy, UCLA, USC and several civic organizations for its contributions to the real estate industry and the urban environment in Los Angeles. In his thirty-three years as a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Mr. Ratkovich, through its Advisory Services Program, has chaired eight expert panels formed to tackle some of the country’s most difficult and now successful urban development challenges. Mr. Ratkovich is the recipient of the prestigious ULI Robert O’Donnell Award for outstanding contributions to its Advisory Services Program. Mr. Ratkovich has been a Trustee of The Urban Land Institute for twenty-one years, and is a Governor of the Urban Land Foundation. He has served on eleven committees and chaired the national ULI Awards of Excellence jury on three occasions. He recently completed two years’ service as Chair of the ULI Los Angeles District Council. Mr. Ratkovich is also an Emeritus Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
