Bryce A. Turner serves as President of BCT Design Group. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and has served in leadership positions with ULI in the Washington and Baltimore District Councils. He is currently a member of the National ULI Redevelopment and Reuse Product Council and has served on Advisory Services Panels (Redbird Mall, Houston) and Technical Advisory Panels (Annapolis City Dock, etc.). Bryce’s passion and talent are focused on the urban design of public spaces and architecture that promote socialization, community building, and economic development. Successful projects include National Harbor, (MD), Yard 56, Baltimore (MD), Eastgate Complex (Harare, Zimbabwe), Downtown Silver Spring, (MD), Fairfax Corner (VA), and Belvedere Square, Baltimore (MD). Turner's university thesis in the early 80's at Virginia Tech was entitled "Urban Infill in Main Street Communities" and involved the development of urban design and infill architecture to complement existing pedestrian scale communities. Much of BCT’s work today involves commercial and mixed-use developments that have evolved from that original thesis. Turner is recognized as the energetic force behind the firm's emergence from a small design consulting firm to a globally recognized architecture and planning firm. The firm is currently exploring and designing multi-generational communities that integrate food, health & wellness, retail, workplace and housing in communities in China, the U.S., and around the world.. He is the former Chair of ULI Baltimore District Council and credited with completing the successful Reality Check Plus visioning initiative across the State of Maryland in 2004. Turner has been recognized by Maryland for his work with ULI as being instrumental in increasing the awareness of "Quality Growth Principles" and the need for greater density in urban areas and inner suburbs. In 2011, Mr. Turner was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission and was reappointed by Republican Larry Hogan in 2015. After serving as a VP at DDG (Development Design Group), Turner joined BCT in 1994, and became President and CEO in 2002. In 2016, Turner and his Partners acquired DDG and were able to expand the practice beyond the U.S. BCT rebranded to BCT Design Group in 2020. Bryce is a registered architect in more than twenty U.S. states and has directed the design of projects in five countries within Europe, North America, and Asia. Hi ability to build consensus with stakeholders, and present development vision to communities has been a major force in obtaining entitlements and approvals for the firm's complex retail, commercial, housing and mixed-use projects. Turner frequently testifies before public commissions and agencies regarding the merits of the firm's mixed - use projects, and is an asset to a development team.