The Downtown Investment Authority will be asked to make many major decisions in 2020.
What will replace the Landing and the former courthouse? How should Shad Khan's Lot J plans be incentivized? How can a growing number of downtown employees be supplied with sufficient parking? What support do retailers need to create a vibrant downtown that is open outside of workday hours?
CEO Lori Boyer has been growing her team to handle this workload. Steven Kelley is the latest addition, starting his role as director of downtown real estate and development earlier this week. Kelley has a long career in community banking, with stints at TIAA, Iberia, SunTrust, Bank of America and Barnett.
Kelley discussed his new position in an interview with the Business Journal. This interview has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.
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