Charles C. Bohl
Director, Knight Program in Community Building

Dr. Charles C. Bohl is a Research Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Miami, where he teaches the planning, design and development of livable communities and serves as Director of the Knight Program in Community Building. He is an expert on new town centers and main streets and is the author of Place Making: Developing Town Centers, Main Streets and Transit Villages, a best-selling book published by the Urban Land Institute. Dr. Bohl has lectured and consulted widely on planning, urban design and place making in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Bohl directs all aspects of the Community Building Program, which brings together outstanding community leaders, real estate professionals, policymakers, designers, and other professionals for seminars and workshops on real estate development, place making and community building. The Community Building Program offers executive education courses that blend the fundamentals of Real Estate Development with the School’s expertise in place making and livable community design, providing continuing education opportunities for professionals from the community building professions that lead to certificates and advanced degrees. Dr. Bohl has conducted research sponsored by a variety of foundations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and the Urban Land Institute. Prior to his academic career Dr. Bohl worked as an economic developer in upstate New York. Appointments Research Associate Professor Director, Knight Program in Community Building University of Miami School of Architecture (2000 – present) Chair of the Academia Committee and member of the Executive Committee for the Urban Land Institute’s SE Florida/Caribbean District (2004 – present) Instructor, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Dept of City & Regional Planning Instructor, North Carolina State University’s School of Design Senior Research Associate, UNC’s Center for Urban and Regional Studies Senior Fellow, Weiss Urban Livability Program at UNC Education Bachelors degree, New York University Masters degree in City and Regional Planning, University at Albany (NY) Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, UNC-Chapel Hill. Professional Affiliations Urban Land Institute Congress for the New Urbanism American Planning Association International Council on Shopping Centers National Main Street Program (Nat’l Trust for Historic Preservation)