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Programming and events of special interest to Young Leaders:
Wednesday, November 4
SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS IN ULI'S REAL ESTATE ACADEMYAre you new to the business, changing careers, or looking to expand your skill set? ULI's Real Estate Academy includes workshops and session that will give you the how-to's and nuts and bolts you need to compete for new and different opportunities in today's market.
9:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Real Estate Academy Concurrent Sessions
- Real Estate Finance 101: The Basics
Learn the key components of the real estate deal and include real estate investment characteristics, investor issues, ownership and financing structures, and returns for various strategies. Participate in a focused deal structuring breakout session. Get a better understanding of financing throughout the development process and beyond.
Speaker:
Jay Rollins, President, JCR Capital
- Deal Making 101: How to Land Your First Deal
Hear sage advice from successful entrepreneurs on how they got started and landed their first deal. See how they indentified an opportunity with a high probability of success and parlayed that into a successful business. Get insights into raising capital in troubled times, selecting partners, surviving without cash flow, and more. Hear the lessons learned that can help you avoid common mistakes.
Moderator:
Jeff P. Helminski, Managing Partner, The Moravian Companies
Speakers:
Steve Dostart, President, Dostart Development Company, LLC
Steven R. Layton, Principal, LBA Realty
Tadd M. Miller, Principal, Milhaus Ventures
- Real Estate Development Workshop: Fundamental Skills for Real Estate Development Professionals I
Financial Analysis
Learn step-by-step the process for developing the skills necessary to critically analyze a development project. The session will cover projecting and analyzing return on investment, the use of leverage, mortgage types and uses, and pro forma building and analysis.
Instructor:
Alan Razak, Principal, Razak Company
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Real Estate Academy Concurrent Sessions
- Real Estate Finance 201: The Realities
This session builds upon Real Estate Finance 101 and goes into more depth. Learn about various sources and components of construction, mortgage, and equity financing. Understand the various stages of real estate mortgage financing, including special financing programs such as leases. Discuss in more detail a variety of debt and equity structures for developing and owning real estate. Get a better understanding of the financing alternatives and the price of debt and equity.
Speaker:
Stephen R. Blank, Senior Resident Fellow, ULI-the Urban Land Institute
- Dealmaking 201: Negotiations: What Works and What Doesn't
This accelerated mini-course covers the key points and highlights that are usually covered ULI's regular two day course. The instructor will provide a conceptual framework to effectively prepare for and participate in real estate workouts and related negotiations. This course begins with an introduction to core negotiation tactics and best practices and quickly moves into strategy and analysis. Highlights include: determining what is really being negotiated; knowing when and how to adjust negotiation strategy and style; examples to reinforce course concepts; and "cheat sheets" to help attendees who are naturally competitive or cooperative learn to understand the other party.
Instructor:
Joshua Kahr, Principal, Kahr Real Estate Services
- Real Estate Development Workshop: Fundamental Skills for Real Estate Development Professionals I (continued)
Site Selection and Due Diligence
The importance of insuring a sufficient due diligence period, securing the appropriate team members, and performing a thorough effort cannot be overstated. These steps provide the developer with the final opportunity to rescind the transaction before closing on the purchase. Learn how to avoid post-closing conditions that could destroy the viability and profitability of a project.
Instructor:
Charles A. Long, President, Charles A. Long Properties
Real Estate Academy Concurrent Sessions
- Real Estate Finance 301: Strategies and Deal Points in Today's Economy
Building upon Real Estate Finance 101 and 201, hear investors, lenders, and developers discuss strategies for raising capital given the challenges of today's economy. Learn how capital providers are working with borrowers who are revamping business models or starting new ventures in preparation for the turnaround. See actual term sheets and deal structures with institutional money sources and learn how they were negotiated.
Moderator:
Richard B. Peiser, Professor of Real Estate Development, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speakers:
Richard Caldwell, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, Pacific National Bank
Chip Douglas, Managing Director, Bay North Capital
Thomas J. Powell, Chief Executive Officer, ELP Capital M
John Protopappas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Madison Park Financial Corporation
- Using the Downturn to Become an Entrepreneur
The current economic crisis has created considerable financial challenges for many throughout the real estate industry, but has also provided tremendous opportunities for those willing to take the ultimate risk of branching out on their own. Has the downturn created the chance of a lifetime for you to become an entrepreneur? This timely discussion will focus on the decisions facing new entrepreneurs, including how to find your niche, source initial capital, balance life needs with entrepreneurial risk, and be successful.
Moderator:
Joshua Myerberg, Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Speakers:
Everett R. Dowling, President, Dowling Company, Inc.
Jeffrey A. Dritley, Managing Partner, Kearney Real Estate Company
Louis Dubin, President and Chief Executive Officer, LMD Worldwide
Matthew B. Slepin, Managing Partner, Terra Search Partners
- Real Estate Development Workshop: Fundamental Skills for Real Estate Development Professionals II
Structuring the Deal to be Profitable
The way a transaction is structured at the outset has a direct impact on the profitability of a project. The probability of achieving the project's financial goals can be enhanced by the way in which the deal is structured. This session will teach you the key elements involved in structuring the successful development project.
Instructor:
Wayne Falbey, Associate Professor and Program Chair, Huizenga School of Business
Real Estate Academy Concurrent Sessions
- The Horizontal Shuffle: Repositioning to Profit in Turbulent Times
As real estate continues to deleverage at an unprecedented rate, uncertainty abounds and many prominent companies and seasoned real estate professionals are reinventing their respective business models and incorporating existing skill sets into new forms of commerce. With change, outside-the-box opportunities emerge. Learn from industry leaders as they share how they are reinventing themselves to 'survive and thrive' in turbulent times. Learn how this group of financiers and developers are successfully making the 'horizontal shuffle.'
Moderator:
Patricia R. Healy, Principal, Hyde Street Holdings, LLC
Discussion Leaders:
Jesse Blout, Managing Principal, Strada investment Group
Steven N. Fayne, Managing Director, Citi Community Capital
Stuart Z. Shiff, Principal, DivcoWest Real Estate Services
- Real Estate Development Workshop: Fundamental Skills for Real Estate Development Professionals II (continued)
Project Entitlement
Entitlement includes project permitting, growth management and land use regulations, as well as such concepts as sustainable development, smart growth, green development, and compact urban mixed-use development. The entitlements process may be the most rapidly changing part of the real estate development process today. Everyone in the development field, regardless of their experience, needs updating on a regular basis.
Instructor:
Daniel B. DeLisi, Principal, DeLisi Fitzgerald, Inc.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN THE EXPO
Thursday, November 5
Hear About Trends from the People Shaping ThemULI Stan Ross Real Estate Trends Conference
Get a "big picture" view of what is happening in the real estate industry. General Sessions and programs are designed to give attendees a front-row perspective of what is happening in the industry today and the trends they can expect for the future.
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
Morning General Session
- Is That a Light I See at the End of the Tunnel? Economists, Investors and Developers Talk about What's Going on Today and Thoughts for Tomorrow
Leading economists, developers and investors will engage in a lively discussion of short-term outlook for the real estate industry and what that means to the various players. The session will build on Bill Emmott's comments the previous evening, bringing it down to real estate and how one will survive and prosper during the next two to three years.
Introduction:
Joel Cohn, Managing Principal, Reznick Group, P.C.
Moderator:
Gadi Kaufmann, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, RCLCO/Robert Charles Lesser & Co.
Presenters:
Kenneth T. Rosen, Chairman, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Raymond G. Torto, Chief Economist, Research and Consulting, CB Richard Ellis
Discussion Leaders:
Michael Fascitelli, Chief Executive Officer, Vornado Realty Trust
Charles B. Leitner, Global Head, RREEF Alternative Investments
George Marcus, Chairman, Marcus & Millichap; Chairman, Essex Property Trust
Concurrent Sessions
- The Demographics of the Next Decade: Pent Up Demand is Building: How Will the World Be Different After the Downturn?
Demographics are the foundation of real estate decision making. Population, household income, migration characteristics and trends determine the level and location of demand for new housing and retail space. Growth and composition of the labor force strongly influences the success of office and industrial properties. This session will explore changing demographic trends and their implications for real estate. Learn how these important changes in demographic and consumer preferences will impact the quantity, type and location of emerging needs for new real estate development as the economy resumes growing.
Moderator:
Lynn Thurber, Chairman, LaSalle Investment Management
Discussion Leader:
Deborah L. Brett, President, Deborah L. Brett & Associates
James Chung, President, Reach Advisors
James H. Johnson, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
- Making the Best from Distressed Opportunities
A wave of bad loans and foreclosures may be on the horizon, but, for the astute investor, this may also be the time during which fortunes are made. Explore many of the potential opportunities that are or may soon be available, including the acquisition of distressed loans, real estate owned (REO) properties and pools of residential mortgages, potential opportunities that may present themselves in connection with Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities and the impact of governmental programs such as the Public-Private Investment Program.
Moderator:
Bruce E. Prigoff, Partner, Cox Castle Nicholson
Speakers:
Donald P. Coleman, Senior Vice President, Midland Loan Services, Inc.
Richard K. Hollowell, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services, LLC
Shlomi Ronen, Managing Director, Carlton Advisory Services, Inc.
- The Obama Stimulus Plan: An Engine for Urban Development
An unprecedented amount of Federal funding was authorized by Congress earlier this year to generate jobs, stimulate our economy and make strategic investments in technology to reflect a new economy hat increasingly focuses on "green" jobs and sustainable activities. How is this money being invested in the private and public sectors? What is the short- and long-term impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and subsequent investment on infrastructure projects, real estate, livability and sustainability.
Moderator:
Jennifer Hernandez, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP
Speakers:
Jeffrey F. Boothe, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP
Kate Howard, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst, Mayor's Office, City of San Francisco
David S. Kim, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Government Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation
Daniel C. Maldonado, Senior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight, LLP
- Understanding Regional Growth Patterns and Their Impact on Planning and Development
Planners and developers constantly try to predict where regional growth will occur, aiming to channel the appropriate land use policy and infrastructure investment resources to facilitate responsible, sustainable, well-balanced growth. This case study-based session will explore state-of-the-art methods to predicting where, when and how regions will grow. Indeed, the research suggests that it is possible not only to predict when a new core will be needed in a region, but also the character of that core, paving the way for effective regional planning to efficiently and responsibly accommodate the employment, housing, educational, recreational, and civic needs of the growing region.
Moderator:
Gregg T. Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO/Robert Charles Lesser & Co.
Speakers:
Glen Bolen, Vice President, Fregonese Associates, Inc.
Robert J. Grow, President, Grow & Bruening, PC
Eneas Kane, Chief Executive Officer, DMB Associates, Inc.
Mark Winkleman, President, MGS Realty Partners
- Western Trailblazers Dialogue: How Industry Leaders are Dealing with Today's Economic and Political Realities
The ongoing growth in the western United States has brought new opportunities and new challenges-from the megalopolis world city of Los Angeles to rural Montana to the Desert Southwest. This panel of western experts discusses what's ahead for the West and how states and regions fare in the areas of water, energy, population growth, and sustainability.
Moderator:
Will Rogers, President and CEO, The Trust for Public Land
Discussion Leaders:
Michael Kinsley, Senior Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Role of Green In Real Estate: Managing Risk and Finding Rewards In Green Building
Green building and sustainable development intuitively seems like the right thing to do but does it make financial sense, especially in today's economy? Learn how to evaluate the value added aspects of green building, analyze emerging performance metrics, avoid unnecessary and costly pitfalls and ensure your next project outpaces the competition for years to come by effectively incorporating green characteristics without breaking the bank.
Moderator:
Jeffrey D. Masters, Partner, Cox Castle & Nicholson
Speakers:
Scott R. Muldavin, Executive Director, Green Building Finance Consortium
Philip S. Payne, Chief Executive Officer, Babcock & Brown Residential, LLC
Kirk A. Sykes, President, Urban Strategy America Fund
- The Presidio Trust: A Model for Leveraging Public Funds
The Presidio Trust was established in 1998 with the mission of investing federal funds to convert a former army base into a financially self-sufficient community and national park by 2013. Learn about the reasons for the creation of this unique federal agency, its strategies, successes and lessons learned that have resulted in a positive NOI. Be part of the discussions on the applicability of the Presidio model, in whole or in part, for other public properties and public/private partnerships.
Moderator:
Jeffrey Deis,
Chief Operating Officer, The Presidio Trust
Speakers:
Adam G. Engelskirchen, Director of Real Estate, The Presidio Trust
Craig Middleton, Executive Director, The Presidio Trust
Discussion Leaders:
James R. Musbach, Managing Principal, Economic Planning Systems, Inc.
Valerie Santos, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, District of Columbia
NETWORKING BREAK IN THE EXPO
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
- The Evolution of Healthcare Real Estate
Over the past decade, healthcare real estate has evolved into an institutional asset class within the context of commercial real estate. As hospital systems and life science companies have looked to monetize existing real estate assets (hospitals, medical offices, and life science/R&D offices) and expand into new facilities, they have turned to the commercial real estate industry as a partner and facilitator of transactions. This session will provide you insights on investments and developments in the healthcare real estate sector, the unique needs of the tenancy that occupies these buildings, and the factors that will continue to influence the growth of the sector in the future.
Moderator:
Jeffrey H. Cooper, Executive Managing Director, Savills Granite
Discussion Leaders: Gig Codiga, Associate Director, Real Estate, Genentech Inc.
James F. Flaherty, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HCP, Inc.
Todd Lillibridge, President, Lillibridge Development Company
Ross J. Raneri, National Director of Healthcare Design Design and Corporate Vice President, Leo A Daly
- The New Consumer Part I: Resorts and Leisure
What is happening to the psyche of resort, second home and hospitality consumer, and what will they want, expect and demand on the other side of the downturn? How is the loss of so much of their wealth during the market's meltdown likely to impact their long-term views and attitudes about vacationing in general, and the purchase of resort second homes? Who is the consumer going to be once this depressed stage of the business cycle is over? Experts will share their data and predictions regarding future demand for resort second home and hospitality segments. They will dissect demographic data and delve into changing consumer preference and behavior patterns of Baby Boomers and Generations X and Y to offer a peek into the future of resort and leisure real estate.
Moderator:
Peter S. Rummell, Principal, Rummell Company, LLC
Speakers:
Diana B. Permar, President, Permar, Inc.
Michael S. Shannon, Managing Director, KSL Capital Partners
Jim Taylor, Vice Chairman, Harrison Group, Inc.
- All Talk? Where are the REAL Land Deals?
The downturn in residential real estate and the broader economic recession has provoked feverish talk about opportunities in distressed residential land. With few transactions and seemingly unending economic turmoil, has the opportunity been more talk than reality? How are land transactions being accomplished in today's tough economic environment, and how might this change in the near- and long-term? Who are the buyers and sellers that will make the market? What are current and prospective deal terms for equity and (elusive) debt? Where are the money-making opportunities today in residential land? This session will explore a variety of perspectives from investment, development and home building sectors and provoke alternative approaches to the debate.
Moderator:
Richard M. Gollis, Principal and Founder, The Concord Group
Speakers:
Peter J. Fioretti, Chief Executive Officer, Mountain Funding
Steven Magee, Senior Vice President of Land Management, iStar Financial Company
Laurence K. Pelosi, RBC Capital Markets
Albert Z. Praw, Chief Executive Officer, Landstone Communities, LLC
Gregory J. Vogel, Chief Executive Officer, Land Advisors Organization
- Global Power City Index-2009: Ideas for Attracting Business and Investment to Cities
The Global Power City Index ranks the strengths and weaknesses of 35 global cities and reveals the key indicators that attract global companies and creative people to cities. Hear more about this new tool that could revolutionize urban redevelopment around the world and learn how it can apply to your business.
Moderator:
Takayuki Kubo, Researcher, Institute for Urban Strategies, The Mori Memorial Foundation
Speakers:
Richard Bender, Professor Emeritus, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
Hiroo Ichikawa, Dean, Professional Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University
Sina Kim, Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute
Yasuyuki Miwa, Senior Researcher, The Mori Memorial Foundation
David Malott, Senior Associate Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Hiroo Mori, Senior Managing Director, Mori Building Company, Ltd
- Demographics; Repositioning for Today's West
The national recession and real estate downturn are leading to uncharted territory for some regions accustomed to decades of rapid population growth. What does it mean for a real estate recovery if population growth is slowing or possibly reversing in markets like Phoenix, Las Vegas, and California's Inland Empire?
Moderator:
Laudan S. Raissi, Partner, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Discussion Leaders:
Hans P. Johnson, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Jeffrey S. Meyers, Principal, Meyers Builder Advisors
Ioanna T. Morfessis, Ph.D., President and Chief Strategist, IO.INC
- Green Retrofit: What Is Making This the Wave of the Future?
Hear the epic story behind the efforts to retrofit the Empire State Building, where owners and managers have reduced operating costs, raised property value, increased energy efficiency, and reduced carbon emissions. Hear how a unique team of stakeholders helped redefine the boundaries of feasibility and proactively re-shaped the way retrofit deals get done.
Discussion Leaders:
Caroline Fluhrer, Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute
Robert C. Lieber, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York
Anthony E. Malkin, President, Malkin Holdings
Ray Quartararo, International Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Paul H. Rode, Project Executive, Solutions, Johnson Controls, Inc.
- (Public Officials Only Program) Roundtable Discussion: Green Tools for Government
The current political and cultural landscape brings myriad regulations and tools to impact how local and regional governments address climate change. Attend this session to discuss new tools with experts and get a grasp on some of the key legislation, incentives, technical assistance, and recognition programs that can help your community proactively address climate change impacts.
Discussion Leaders:
Lynne Barker, Program Director, STAR Community Index, ICLEI-USA
Gary Binger, Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley
Kathleen A. Garcia, Principal, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Sophie Lambert, Director, LEED for Neighborhood Development, U.S. Green Building Council
Aaron Lande, Advocacy and Policy Coordinator, U.S. Green Building Council
John F. Williams, National Director, Management Consulting, HDR
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Concessions will be available in the Urban Land Expo
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
General Session
- Capital Markets
Hear the views of our outstanding panel of experts on the current status of the global real estate investment sales, debt and equity markets. Are the markets turning for the better? What are the impediments to recovery and where are the opportunities?
Introduction:
Jeffrey A. Barclay, Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions, ING Clarion Partners
Moderator:
Joseph F. Azrack, President and Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Global Real Estate
Discussion Leaders:
Roy H. March, Chief Executive Officer, Eastdil Secured
Hamid Moghadam, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AMB Property Corporation
Alexander Otto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ECE
Ronald R. Pressman, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Capital Real Estate
Darrell Wheeler, Managing Director and Head of Global Securitized Strategy, Citigroup Global Markets
- (Public Officials Only Program) Roundtable Discussion: New Partners, Real Projects: Lessons Learned from Partnering with Private Developers
How can your community creatively leverage private investments, even in a challenging market? Are there ways to support private development investment in your community without "giving away the store?" How can you best position your community for the economic recovery? Join a discussion with public and private project managers who have been there and made projects work.
Discussion Leaders:
Adam Engelskirchen, Director of Real Estate, The Presidio Trust
William K. Fleissig, President, Communitas Development, Inc.
A. Jerry Keyser, Chairman of the Board, Keyser Marston Associates, Inc.
Charles A. Long, President, Charles A. Long Properties
Amy Neches, Manager Project Area Planning and Development, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Robert A. Thompson, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP
Concurrent Sessions
- Four Forecasts for Real Estate Markets
Hear from the leading research companies about their views of how market fundamentals, vacancy, and rent growth will unfold. A lively debate about the consensus and the outliers.
Moderator:
Douglas M. Poutasse, Executive Director, NCREIF
Speakers:
Asieh Mansour, Chief Economist and Strategist, RREEF Alternative Investments
Kenneth T. Rosen, Chairman, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Jon Southard, Principal, Torto Wheaton/Research
Bret R. Wilkerson, Chief Executive Officer, Property & Portfolio Research
- The New Consumer Part II: Primary Housing, Multifamily and Master-Planned Communities
The housing market downturn, now in its third year, has been the most punishing cycle since the great depression. Those who will survive the downturn have made the necessary adjustments and are now turning their attention to forward planning — what will the new customer look like. How has the downturn shaped consumer preferences and needs, and how have consumers' buying and renting patterns shifted during the downturn? This session will delve into demographic and preference changes that will shape homebuyers' and renters' view of the world and attitudes . . . what will they want, expect and demand from housing providers on the other side of the downturn?
Moderator:
Randall W. Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Group of Companies
Discussion Leaders:
Mitchell Brown, Executive Vice President, Kisco Senior Living
Shyam Kannan, Vice President and Director of Research and Development, RCLCO/Robert Charles Lesser & Co.
Sandra Kulli, President, Kulli Marketing
J. Walker Smith, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chairman, The Futures Company; President, Yankelovich MONITOR
Chris Waugh, Practice Lead, Consumer Experience Design, IDEO
- Beyond the Highway Trust Fund: How We Will Fund Infrastructure and What It Means for Real Estate
With traditional methods of paying for new transportation infrastructure hitting the skids, developers will be more involved than ever in helping to bridge the gap between needs and resources. This panel will explore evolving approaches to paying for infrastructure, and examine how to put real estate and infrastructure deals together to work for both sides.
Moderator:
David L. Leininger, Chief Financial Officer, DART
Speakers:
Gregory B. Carey, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
James J. Curtis III, Managing Partner, Bristol Group, Inc.
Stanton C. Hazelroth, Executive Director, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Steven O. Palmer, Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc.
- What Makes a World-Class City: Investment Opportunities for the Future
Leading west coast planning directors share the vision, strategies and priorities that have helped position their cities as leaders in public/private investment, innovative neighborhood planning, transit-oriented development, and implementable sustainability programs. The presentation is followed by an interactive discussion where the development community can learn about the next generation of urban opportunities.
Moderator:
Amanda Burden, FAICP, Chair, New York City Planning Comission, and Director, Department of City Planning
Discussion Leaders:
Susan Anderson, Director, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
William R. Anderson, Director of City Planning & Community Investment, City of San Diego
John S. Rahaim, Planning Director, City of San Francisco
Diane Sugimura, Director of Planning and Development, Department of Planning and Development, City of Seattle
- Sustainable Communities in the West -Challenges on the Edge
Is the new focus on climate change and sustainability changing the exemplar for future master-planned communities? The Center for the West asked 60 of the West's brightest developers, designers, scientists, and conservationists to envision new forms of edge communities, taking into account climate change, sustainability, lifestyle preferences, transportation, financial viability, etc. Those four regional visions and other issues of sustainable communities will be presented.
Moderator:
Gayle Berens, Executive Director, ULI-Center for Balanced Development in the West
Discussion Leaders:
Bert Gregory, FAIA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mithun
James Heid, Founder, UrbanGreen, LLC
Respondent::
James B. Hogan, ASLA, General Manager, ValleyCrest Design Group/HRP Studio
- The Impact of "Green" Regulation on the Real Estate Community
Whether related to the stimulus or to climate change, cities and states have continued to pursue legislation which reshapes entitlements and redefines building regulations. Energy benchmarking, revolving loan funds, and zoning regulations are creating a new investment landscape. What do these requirements mean for existing properties? Do the sticks come with carrots? Do these regulations effectively move the sustainability needle? Moderator:
Jonathan F.P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies
Discussion Leaders:
Rohit T. Aggarwala, Director, Office of Long-term Sustainability, City of New York:
James F. Murley, Director, Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, Florida Atlantic University and Chairman, State of Florida Energy and Climate Commission:
Johanna Partin, Director of Climate Protection Initiatives, City of San Francisco:
Roger Platt, Senior Vice President, Global Law and Policy, U.S. Green Building Council:
Phillip M. Williams, Vice President of Technical Systems and Sustainability, Webcor Builders
NETWORKING BREAK IN THE EXPO
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
General Session
- Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2010
What does the future hold for real estate investment and development? Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is a trends and forecast publication, now in its 31st edition, that addresses this question using insights from hundreds of industry leaders. Emerging Trends, undertaken jointly by the urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers, is the most highly regarded and widely read forecast report in the real estate industry. Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2010 provides an outlook on U.S. investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues. The report will be released at the ULI Fall Meeting in San Francisco, and this session will provide an overview of the findings and a lively discussion on trends and issues from a response panel of top industry leaders.
Introduction:
Robert K. Ruggles, Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Moderator:
Stephen Quazzo, Chief Executive Officer, Transwestern Investment Company
Presenters:
Stephen R. Blank, Senior Resident Fellow, ULI-the Urban Land Institute
Charles H. Fedalen, Jr., Executive Vice President and Group Head, Real Estate Banking Group, Wells Fargo
John S. Hagestad, Managing Director, Sares-Regis Group
Jonathan Miller, Principal Author, Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2010; Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Constance Moore, President and Chief Executive Officer, BRE Properties, Inc.
David J. Reilly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers
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