About
CARE provides strategic and comprehensive real estate services and management that align with and support the university's strategic plan and institutional goals, while considering the economic development and engagement activities coordinated with the university's leadership. Vital to the success of the university's real estate development is the university's role in liaising and collaborating with facilities planning, academic, and administrative units to ensure critical communication and coordination.
Included in the services are negotiations for acquisitions, leasing, property management, developing agreements for facility use, easements, collaboration on development projects, and general disposition for university and real estate foundation holdings.
CARE takes great pride in its work to ensure the university's real estate needs are met, thereby fulfilling its mission as the premier urban, public research university in Virginia, and providing for future growth and expansion of the university.
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Overview
CARE negotiates real estate transactions and oversees the administrative management of the transactions and aspects of the university's real estate portfolio management, providing services to VCU for all of the following types of matters:
- Acquisition
- Sales
- Disposition
- Commercial leasing
- Property management
- General support and consultation for university real estate needs and development
- Maintenance of real estate records
- Lease administration, audit, and analysis
- Residential leasing for visiting faculty and students, including VCUarts Qatar
- Management and disposition of real estate gifts
- Easements
- Access and license agreements
CARE focuses on the use of best practices in its management activities and is always open to innovative ideas to meet the strategic objectives of the university best, whether for university matters or those of the VCU Board of Visitors or VCU Real Estate Foundation, as applicable.
CARE Facts
- Approximately 765 acres owned by VCU
- Monroe Park Campus: 94 acres
- MCV Campus: 53 acres
- Virginia BioTechnology Research Park: 35 acres
- VCU Rice Center: 494 acres
- Hanover Farm: 89 acres
Staff
Jeff Kidd
Associate Vice President for Campus Enterprises and Chief Real Estate Officer
(919) 883-7136
kiddj3@vcu.edu
Karl Saimre
Director
(757) 206-3455
saimrek@vcu.edu
Larry Medina
Director of Administrative Services for Campus Enterprises
(804) 827-2823
medinal@vcu.edu
Clarissa Laws
Asset Manager, Leasing
(804) 878-0233
lawscr@vcu.edu
Debra Montgomery
Records Analyst
(804) 828-
montgomerydl3@vcu.edu