Brent E. Wittenberg is vice president of GVA Marquette Advisors, a Minneapolis-based firm providing comprehensive real estate consulting services to residential, retail, industrial, office, hospitality, gaming, entertainment and recreational developments.
Over his 10-year career, Mr. Wittenberg has experience both as a real estate consultant and in city and regional planning. Prior to joining GVA Marquette Advisors, he worked as a research analyst with Maxfield Research Inc., a Twin Cities real estate research firm. He has also worked in land use planning with Region Nine Development Commission in Mankato, Minnesota and in community development at the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Mr. Wittenberg has a diverse background and has completed numerous consulting assignments for income producing real estate developments. He has completed assignments in 14 states, including market analyses, feasibility studies, appraisals, and economic and fiscal impact studies. Brent is known as an expert in the field of real estate research. He has completed numerous consulting assignments related to single-family and multifamily housing developments, seniors housing, golf courses, casinos, hotels, industrial warehouse and manufacturing facilities, multi-tenant office buildings, medical office buildings, retail shopping centers and individual retail store operations, gas station/convenience stores, truck stops, community centers and health clubs, and aviation-related real estate operations such as corporate hangar facilities and FBOs. Brent has developed an expertise in providing feasibility studies for complex mixed-use projects, redevelopment projects, and downtown development.
Brent has also developed a specialty in providing affordable housing market analyses and needs assessments on behalf of cities, counties, regional and state planning agencies throughout the United States. Specifically, his studies have addressed the relationship between housing affordability and economic development. Recently, he has authored reports on this issue on behalf of clients in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Tallahassee, FL, Portland, OR and Beaufort County (Hilton Head), SC.
Brent has spoken at Urban Land Institute conferences and seminars sponsored by the Minnesota Multi-Housing Association and Institute of Real Estate Management. He has also been a guest lecturer at local universities. Mr. Wittenberg is regularly quoted in The Business Journal of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Real Estate Journal, Finance and Commerce, The Minneapolis Star and Tribune,The Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Heartland Business Real Estate, National Real Estate Investor, and Apartment Finance Today regarding for-sale and rental housing market trends, and has provided articles for several of these publications. Brent has also served as a “Best in Real Estate” judge on behalf of The Twin Cities Business Journal in 2002 and 2003. Brent recently served on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Multi-Housing Association and is currently active with several committees within that organization.
Mr. Wittenberg earned a Master of City and Regional Planning Degree (MCRP) from Clemson University, where he was recognized by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) for outstanding attainment in the study of planning. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Local and Urban Affairs at St. Cloud State University
