LandMarkers Development Group
Leadership profile
Richard L. Ragatz, PhD
Managing Director, Development Group
| Market Analysis | Financial Feasibility | Product Structure |
Resort market research and financial feasibility
Richard L. ‘Dick’ Ragatz, Ph.D., is President of Ragatz Associates. He has achieved international recognition as a leading feasibility analyst and market researcher in the resort real estate industry. He has been involved in more than 2,500 studies in virtually every U.S. state and over 70 countries, serving clients that include most major developers and lenders in the resort industry.
His specialties include feasibility analysis, consumer and product research, economic impact analysis and project evaluation.
Dr. Ragatz joined the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) in 1969, the year it was formed. He received special awards from ARDA in 1987, 1989, 1995 and 2006 for outstanding contributions to the resort industry. These include Industry Leader of the Year in 1995 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He has also been a member of the Urban Land Institute since 1972 and collaborated with the organization on a major national study of resort real estate in 1974.
Since 1969, Dick has published more than 100 articles on resort development in academic journals and trade magazines. He has also delivered more than 350 speeches on resort development at conferences worldwide.
His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree (1961) and a master’s degree (1963) from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning (1969) from Cornell University.
Dick has entrusted much of the analysis and feasibility work to his daughter, Tracy Ragatz. LandMarkers Group has maintained a strong working relationship with Tracy for more than 20 years.