Historic Preservation Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit Workshop-School of Architecture - Carnegie Mellon University

Historic Preservation Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit Workshop

Tuesday, July 16th - 8:30am – 4:30pm 
William Penn Hotel – Pittsburgh, PA

Rehabilitation of historic buildings is a key element of sustainable development and economic opportunity for communities, property owners and developers. The federal rehabilitation investment tax credit program (RITC) is a key tool in financing many historic rehabilitation projects. Additionally, as of July 1, 2013, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will provide a state rehabilitation tax credit that mirrors the RITC. 

To assist design professionals in providing relevant services to clients and to provide crucial information to property owners and developers, this workshop will teach the requirements of the RITC and new state tax credit programs. This course will provide participants with the appropriate state and federal agency contacts, basic program requirements, the process of program application and project design considerations. Workshop participants will learn fundamental aspects of federal and state tax considerations of the RITC as well as how applying the RITC to development projects works in practice.

Presenters:

Karen Arnold, PHMC - Bureau of Historic Preservation
Joel Cohn, CPA, Cohn-Reznick
Scott Doyle, PHMC - Bureau of Historic Preservation
John F. Markey, The Huntley Group
John Panno, NGP Capital LLC
William R. Taxay, Esq., Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
Shelby Weaver Splain, Keystone Preservation Group
Jennifer Westerbeck, U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation

Moderators:

Bill Callahan, PHMC - Bureau of Historic Preservation
Bonnie Wilkinson MarkDelta Development Group, Inc.

This workshops will be held as part of the annual Statewide Conference on Heritage at the William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Workshop registration is $65. To register, please visit: www.pennbyways.org and click “Register.”  This workshop has been approved for 6.5 LU/HSW AIA Continuing Education Credits.  

The workshop is sponsored by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) and the City of Pittsburgh Planning Department.