
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.

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.

Oklahomans fear eviction spike as federal moratorium expires
July 26, 2021. David Chapman, a landlord and vice chairman of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission, said it was unrealistic to relieve renters from their payments and expect landlords to stay current on mortgages.

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.

‘Curveball’: Edmond council delays sales tax idea over referendum, contract concerns
May 10, 2021. Monday, however, Councilman David Chapman made a motion to delay the council’s vote until May 24.
“I don’t think that we have a contract,” Chapman said. “Or at least we haven’t seen one as a council.”

‘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?”

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.

VIDEO: Thank you to our veterans
November 11, 2020. Veterans Day Video. Chapman’s comments.

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.

UCO to establish scholarship through partnership with homebuilder
August 4, 2020. “We are grateful to have one of our alumni invest in UCO and real estate students,” Chapman said.

VIDEO: UCO Distinguished Alumni - Jack Evans (Chapman discusses Evans’ success)
October, 2019. Jack Evans- UCO Distinguished Alumni.

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.

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.

AUDIO: The Edmond Way: Edmond Voices January 2023 - David Chapman, Ward 1 City Councilman
In our first episode of 2023, our guest is City Councilman David Chapman. David, in his final months on the council, brings us up to date on the Visual Arts Commission, Edmond Transportation Commission, and what is happening in Edmond.

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.”

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.”

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.

Cheat Sheet: Five seek Edmond Ward 1 City Council seat
February 9, 2019. Chapman wants to push for smart development that has a low impact on the environment and is sustainable in the future.

VIDEO: NewsOK (Oklahoman) Video “Downtown Edmond is … cool”
2108. Downtown Edmond is very cool!

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.