Ex-Ahmanson Exec to Head ULI’s L.A. Council

The Urban Land Institute has named architect and former Ahmanson Land Co. President Donald Brackenbush head of the organization’s Los Angeles district council. He succeeds Richard Lawrence as chairman of the land use and planning group.

Brackenbush, formerly vice chair of programs for the ULI, is a principal in the real estate advisory firm Goodell Brackenbush and is managing and design partner for a 4,500-acre resort development near LaPaz, Mexico. In his position at Ahmanson Land Co., he was responsible for the development of the 5,500-acre Ahmanson Ranch in Ventura County.