Landscape Economics was started in 2006 to provide specialized, expert services in assessing and valuing landscapes, forests, and land improvements. Our staff has over 30 years of experience in the Green Industries. Land uses and property types assessed in projects include: Nurseries, tree farms, resorts, golf courses, homeowners associations, condominium associations, cities, counties, Right-of-Ways, malls, industrial sites, and residential properties. Our services are retained in real estate and real property sales, eminent domain cases, developer turn-overs, Statute 558 inspections, contractor negligence cases, storm damage claims (floods, fires, freezes, lightning, hurricanes, etc.), and insurance claims. Our staff have worked in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical ecosystems and urban areas in the United States, Caribbean and other international locations.

Project experience to highlight includes:

• Florida Attorney Generals Office; West Palm Beach, FL; 11/03- Present; Expert Witness for defense of Everglades Restoration Project land purchase Appraisals, research and defense for nursery stock valuations and calculation methods. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Tallahassee, FL; 8/98 - Present; Division of Forestry Office; Expert Witness research and testimony for defense of Citrus Canker Control Program, valuation of damaged trees, court testimony. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• South Florida Water Management District; West Palm Beach, FL; 4/97 - Present; Registered Tree and Landscape Appraiser for the District doing value appraisals for landscapes and nursery stock in Real Estate transactions. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Florida Department of Transportation; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; 12/95 - Present; Landscape Installation Work Audits and Specifications, Value appraisals for right-of-way expansion projects, recommendations for tree protection. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Advanced Insurance; Hollywood, Florida; 9/00 - Present; Landscape Appraisals for Landscape Insurance program, replacement cost estimates for determining insurable values. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Crawford Insurance Adjusters; Miami, FL; 4/98 - Present; Tree and Landscape Damage Appraisals, Restoration Plans, Replacement cost analysis, lightning damage verification. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; 6/92 - Present; Tree and landscape damage appraisals, assisting with the contracting of restoration work. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Allstate Insurance Company; Sunrise, Florida; 6/92 - Present; Tree and landscape damage appraisals, assisting with the contracting of restoration work. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance; West Palm Beach, Florida; 6/92 - Present; Tree and landscape damage appraisals, fire loss claim involving four separate properties and affidavit regarding cause and damages claimed for each property. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company; Omaha, Nebraska; 3/94 - Present; Tree and landscape damage appraisals. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• City of North Miami Risk Management Department; North Miami, FL; 5/97- Present; Tree and Landscape Damage Appraisals, Appraisal Reports and documentation, Expert Witnessing for damage claims by City to utilities, private businesses, residents for tree abuse, illegal removals, landscape damages. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• City of Miramar; Miramar, FL; 2/98 - Present; Tree Damage Appraisals for storm damages, Restoration Planning, Arboricultural Specifications. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• City of Plantation; Plantation, Florida; 6/94; Appraisal of damaged Right-of-Way trees, recommendations for remediation. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• City of Dania Beach; Dania, Florida; 12/94; Value appraisal for trees to be removed in a Right-of-Way expansion. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Burger King Corporation; Miami, FL; 1/93; Appraisal for damaged landscape and trees in developed site and natural woodlands for 105 acre campus, Expert Witnessing for claim resolution with insurer. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Hudson International, Inc.; Wayne, PA; 7/95 - 6/96; Expert evaluation and testimony for case with developer as insured against a plant nursery making flood damage claim. We provided site evaluation, valuation of nursery stock, costing of losses, witnessing for extent of damage and examining validity of claim. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Investors Research Associates; Coral Gables, FL; 6/98 - Present; Tree and Landscape Appraiser for valuations of residential landscapes, tree farms and nurseries in land purchase negotiations. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Coconut Grove Civic Club; Coconut Grove, Florida; 8/98 - 11/98; Tree Value Appraisal for Ritz-Carlton development site, Appraisal Report and Mitigation Plan, presentation to Board and City, Expert Witnessing for Appraisal values. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Boca Raton Resort and Club; Boca Raton, FL; 1/98 - 12/01; Value Appraisal of 300 acre nursery, Health and Condition Evaluation of nursery stock, Plant Maintenance Plan, Management of nursery stock liquidation. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Richard Buckheim; Big Pine Key, Florida; 4/99-5/99; Landscape damage appraisals for Hurricane George and Mitch for Hopkins Island, property on Cooks Island and property on Cudjoe Key- including natural areas and installed landscape areas. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• William Lenz; Sunrise, Florida; 6/94 - 12/94; Tree damage appraisal, case preparation and expert witness in court. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

• Rhonda Barone; Hollywood, Florida; 11/93; Tree appraisal of trespass damage, restoration work plan and Expert Witness in court. [Project done through Earth Advisors, Inc.]

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