GID is a privately held and fully integrated real estate company that develops, owns, and operates a premier portfolio of properties. It is involved in the development of approximately $7 billion of projects in various stages of planning, design, construction, completion, and lease-up. GID Development Group ( gid.com) creates luxury residential developments and iconic mixed-use projects throughout the United States. Linsley holds a BA in architecture and a BS in civil engineering from Lehigh University as well as an MS in Real Estate Development and an MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University. He has been a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute, the Urban Development Mixed-Use Council of the Urban Land Institute, and the Congress for New Urbanism. Earlier, he worked for Trump/New World Project Management (The Trump Organization and New World Development). He was previously a Senior Vice President with Related for 10 years. Prior to GID, he worked with several of the nation’s most high-profile real estate organizations. With 30 years of real estate experience, James Linsley also serves on the Executive Committee and the Investment Committee of GID.
