Overview

Over 400 attended our The Brooklyn Real Estate Summit on June 16, 2010. We are thankful to everyone who attended, spoke, and sponsored the event, or otherwise contributed to make it a stellar success. See who attended.


GreenPearl Events, in association with the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, and the Brooklyn Chamber’s Real Estate Development Committee, held…

THE BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE SUMMIT

Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 8 am – 2:50 pm
at St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street, Downtown Brooklyn

Followed immediately by:

New Frontiers in Brooklyn Retail Panel (2:50 – 3:50 pm)

Andrew Kimball Featured Speaker: Andrew Kimball, President & CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation

Andrew Kimball is President and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, which recently inked a deal with ShopRite to anchor the retail portion of a $60 million plan to redevelop the six-acre Admirals Row site at the Yard. The Brooklyn Navy Yard project, which is expected to create 1,200 new jobs, includes the development of a 220,000-square-foot silver LEED-certified manufacturing center and the city’s first building-mounted wind turbines. The development is expected to take three years to complete. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) is a not-for-profit corporation that manages the Navy Yard under a contract with the Yard’s owner, the City of New York. BNYDC is responsible for leasing space in the Yard, for developing the underutilized areas of the Yard, and for overseeing the ongoing modernization of the Yard’s infrastructure.

 
THE BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE SUMMIT drew together active regional investors, owners, developers, fund managers, traditional and alternative lenders, brokers, attorneys and industry service providers, with emphasis on Brooklyn investment and development opportunities.

THE BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE SUMMIT presented over 30 speakers including (see speakers page):

  • Joan Bartolomeo, President, Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
  • Ben Bernstein, Principal, RedSky Capital, LLC
  • Melissa Burch, Senior Vice President, Forest City Ratner Companies
  • Ofer Cohen, Founder and Managing Director, TerraCRG
  • Mustafa Coskun, President, Eden Grocery
  • Brendan Dugan, President, St. Francis College; former CEO/Chairman, Sovereign Bancorp
  • Michael Falsetta, Executive Vice President, Miller Cicero
  • Joseph Getz, President, JGSC Group
  • Boaz Gilad, President and Co-Founder, ORE International
  • Brett Goldman, Director of Acquisitions, Triangle Equities
  • MaryAnne Gilmartin, Executive Vice President, Forest City Ratner Companies
  • Dan Harris, EVP & Chief Lending Officer, Dime Savings Bank
  • Dan Hartman, Senior Regional Director of Fund Management, Wrightwood Capital
  • Chris Havens, Founder and CEO, Creative Real Estate Group
  • Robert F. Hebron IV, Associate Broker, Ingram & Hebron Realty
  • Douglas Hercher, Principal, C&W Sonnenblick Goldman
  • Michael House, Managing Director, Edgewood Capital Advisors
  • Andrew Kimball, President & CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
  • Tim King, Principal, CPEX Real Estate
  • David Kramer, Principal, Hudson Companies
  • Ken Krasnow, Managing Director — Brooklyn, Massey Knakal
  • Joel Leitner, Principal, Leitner Group
  • Adam Luysterborghs, Principal, Avant Capital Partners
  • Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
  • David Maundrell, President, aptsandlofts.com
  • Sean Mooney, Associate Director, Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp
  • Michael Muller, Vice President, Eastern Union Commercial
  • Larisa Ortiz, Owner, Larisa Ortiz Associates, LLC
  • Caroline Pardo, Director of Leasing, Two Trees Management
  • J.D. Parker, Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap
  • Seth Pinsky, President, NYC Economic Development Corporation
  • Lori Raphael, Director, Brooklyn Chamber’s RED Committee
  • John Reinhardt, CEO, Fillmore Real Estate; President, Brooklyn Board of Realtors
  • Jack Rosenfield, Founder and Principal, Loan Resolution Advisors
  • Andrew Scandalios, Senior Managing Director, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
  • Mitchell Shpelfogel, Principal, SG & Sons Realty; Attorney, Pinczewski & Shpelfogel PC
  • Joe Sitt, Chairman & CEO, Thor Equities
  • Ryan Slack, CEO, GreenPearl Events
  • Frank Tamayo, Senior Mortgage Loan Officer, Bank of America
  • Ben Thypin, Senior Market Analyst, Real Capital Analytics
  • Greg Todd, Associate Broker, Corcoran
  • Phil Wharton, Vice President – Development, AvalonBay Communities
  • Rick Wolf, Senior Managing Director, Greystone Servicing Corporation

THE BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE SUMMIT covered the following agenda (see full agenda):

  • Brooklyn Opportunities in a Distressed Real Estate Climate
  • Attracting and Retaining Tenants in Brooklyn Retail, Industrial and Office
  • Atlantic Yards, Navy Yard and Coney Island: Riding the Coattails of Large Developments
  • Brooklyn Residential: State and Future of Sales and Development
  • Multifamily and Mixed Use Investment and Financing
  • Economic Development and Public Sector Investment
  • Distressed Condo Deals: Disposition, Acquisition, and Management of For-Sale Housing Assets
  • Special Retail Panel – no cost to attend retail session from 2:50 – 3:50 pm

See GreenPearlEvents.com for more details on our entire series of conferences and events or call us at (646) 862-6136.