Charley Freericks is senior vice president, Catellus Development Corporation, leading Catellus development activities in Arizona. Catellus is master developer of the Novus Innovation Corridor, a 355-acre redevelopment of Arizona State University’s Athletic Facilities District. Novus is integrated into ASU’s Tempe Campus, converting older athletic venues into a vibrant, pedestrian oriented, mixed-use commercial development, while working with ASU to relocate athletic venues to new, innovative, world class facilities in a master-planned Athletics Village within Novus.

For nearly two decades, Freericks was an executive with Scottsdale based DMB Associates, Inc., serving as president from 2012 to 2016. Prior to DMB, he served as president of Talley Realty Group, the real estate development and finance division of Talley Industries, Inc. (NYSE). His background in the land use and real estate development industry began in 1983 at Grubb & Ellis commercial brokerage services in Phoenix.

A Full Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Freericks currently serves as Chair of the ULI Arizona District Council Governance Committee. He is chairman emeritus of Fighter Country Partnership and Fighter Country Foundation, the premier community support organizations for Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona. He currently serves on the board of the Arizona Community Foundation.

He holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in Business Administration from Arizona State University.