VINCENT PAUL GAUTHIER PRESIDENT | URI + AUTHENTICITYCITY Vincent P. Gauthier is the Founder and President of Urban Realty Interests, Inc. and AuthenticityCity based in Kansas City, Missouri. Incorporated in 2003, Urban Realty Interests (URI) has provided services in developing private real estate portfolios, crafting amenities for public venues, offering past leasing brokerage, and consulting on incentive-based urban redevelopment projects. Mr. Gauthier has spent much of his career as an owner-developer overseeing the creation of affordable and market rate rental properties, as well as historic and new infill condominiums with mixed-use amenities and public green spaces. Among URI’s award-winning developments are several multi-milliondollar local projects, including 30 Gillham Row, the Historic Battery Lofts, Urban Coeur Offices & Showroom, 40 Penn Row, and Triangle Park featuring the Filling Station Café and sculpture garden. As sole proprietor of URI, Mr. Gauthier has concentrated on property acquisition, contextual new construction, public/private financing and heritage planning, all with a focus on community participation and education. Mr. Gauthier graduated from Harvard University with a master of design degree (dist.) in real estate development, and retains a Missouri real estate license. He also holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and Tulane University, in urban planning (M.S.P.) and humanities/architecture (B.G.S.), respectively. Among the boards on which he has served are the Land Bank Agency of Kansas City, American Planning Association Kansas City Chapter, American Institute of Architects–Kansas City, Preservation Action, the Kansas City Riverfront Heritage Trails. For over a decade he served on the board of the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, and as Chairman oversaw the museum’s large scale renovation and rebranding. In 2013, Gauthier was appointed Director of Planning for BNIM and played the prime leadership role in the Kansas City Streetcar extension analysis. Mr. Gauthier formerly served as the Executive Director of the Port Authority of Kansas City, a local redevelopment authority. In this capacity, he oversaw approximately 100 acres of land in Downtown Kansas City preparing it for redevelopment, and shepherded the conversion of the Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base into the CenterPoint/KCS Intermodal Center. Prior to this time, Mr. Gauthier crafted the heralded redevelopment of the Historic Maple Avenue Apartments in Independence, Missouri – 10 historically rehabilitated buildings on an adjoining property and block to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site. Gauthier’s other related activities, include serving 12 years as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design, co-leading a post-Katrina New Orleans studio on heritage tourism planning. He has held positions with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, National Park Service, and Harvard’s Center for the Study of Corporate Real Estate Strategy. His published works range from neighborhood redevelopment guidelines and local architectural histories to condominium structuring and built environment education for children.