Eviction issues, McGirt among real estate summit topics
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Eviction issues, McGirt among real estate summit topics

August 27, 2021. COCAR has partnered with the UCO Real Estate Program and David Chapman, a UCO associate professor of real estate, in planning the seminar, which will benefit the UCO Real Estate Foundation Scholarship Fund.

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Commercial real estate summit planned in Edmond
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Commercial real estate summit planned in Edmond

August 12, 2021. Single Family Built-for-Rent Multifamily Projects by David Chapman, a professor of real estate at UCO. He will discuss pros and cons of single-family communities that many developers are now building rather than typical apartment projects.

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TIF financing opens new doors for Edmond
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

TIF financing opens new doors for Edmond

July 13, 2021. Councilmember Chapman said the council is “acutely aware of our attainable housing issue.”

The Silos doesn’t address that need, he said, but officials are working on other models that would be subsidized in part by federal grants.

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‘Either-or’: Edmond council moves toward special election on land near Hafer Park
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

‘Either-or’: Edmond council moves toward special election on land near Hafer Park

April 26, 2021. “I don’t like our city competing with developers for land. I think it’s a terrible idea. And that looks like this,” Chapman said. “I do like that we are being very transparent by asking the city of Edmond if that is how they would like to spend their money. We would be buying a piece of land that we have no plans for. Understand that.”

O’Neil emphasized that he wants the draft ballot language to specify that the land would be purchased “for the purpose to expand or protect Hafer Park.”

“I don’t know what that means,” Chapman said. “Does that mean we can put a water tower there? Does that mean we can put a communications tower there? Does that protect it?”

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Edmond city elections: Dead Lamb, living O’Neil advance
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Edmond city elections: Dead Lamb, living O’Neil advance

February 12, 2019. University of Central Oklahoma professor David Chapman led all candidates with 40 percent in the Ward 1 primary. Emergency room nurse Devyn Denton finished second with 19 percent, edging attorney Clay Booth by two percentage points.

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Saving The Little Old Houses
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Saving The Little Old Houses

Septmber, 2020. He specializes in historic real estate, but his niche is unique, because he and his wife, Julie, love to restore “little old houses” that are old, neglected and unnoticed—places that most people would demolish and rebuild.

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Commercial Real Estate Summit set
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Commercial Real Estate Summit set

September 9, 2019. David Chapman, associate professor of finance in the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Oklahoma, who will highlight the unintended consequences of medical marijuana laws for the real estate industry.

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VIDEO: KOCO-TV Story “What Would Make Edmond Better?
Sonya Mueller Sonya Mueller

VIDEO: KOCO-TV Story “What Would Make Edmond Better?

““There are a lot of people that have created that urban fabric in their downtown successfully without having a big impact on the rest of the community and I think that’s what we need to try and do.””

— Quote Source David Chapman, Edmond resident, University of Central Oklahoma professor and Ward One councilman.

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Edmond elects new mayor, Ward 1 and Ward 2 councilmembers
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Edmond elects new mayor, Ward 1 and Ward 2 councilmembers

April 2, 2019. David Chapman, a college professor, beat Devyn Denton, a trauma nurse, to secure Edmond’s Ward 1 seat Tuesday night. Chapman received 72.2 percent of the vote.

“We’ve seen some improvement but we have to complete the transportation projects including the intelligent streetlights that we need to have throughout the city,” Chapman said in a previous interview with NonDoc. “We also have some wastewater and street projects that need to be finished. We can’t continue to grow unless we do it properly.”

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Trauma nurse, professor seek Edmond City Council Ward 1 seat
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Trauma nurse, professor seek Edmond City Council Ward 1 seat

March 28, 2019. “I have a unique set of qualifications you don’t normally find on a city council. I have advanced degrees in real estate construction management and policy studies and I’ve run several businesses. I understand water and sewer systems to the degree I can vote and talk about them and ask questions.”

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Commercial real estate industry expected to benefit from tax changes
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Commercial real estate industry expected to benefit from tax changes

February 16, 2018. J. David Chapman, associate professor of finance and real estate at the University of Central Oklahoma, concurred.

“The shorter depreciation schedules will help save tax money on the commercial side,” Chapman said.

The preservation of the 1031 exchange is another aspect of the legislation that has a positive impact on investors.

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UCO studio inspires innovation, collaboration
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

UCO studio inspires innovation, collaboration

When news of the new studio reached David Chapman, finance and real estate professor, he scheduled a meeting with one of England's pioneers in the FabLab industry and she came to UCO to speak.

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