7:30 – 8:30
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Registration and Networking Breakfast |
8:30 – 8:50
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Opening Remarks & Welcome Address
- Brendan Dugan, President, St. Francis College
- Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
- Ryan Slack, CEO, GreenPearl Events
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8:50 – 9:40
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Brooklyn is the New Manhattan: Attracting investment, buyers and tenants to Brooklyn
- Robert Hebron, Associate Broker, Ingram & Hebron (office)
- Tim King, Principal, CPEX Real Estate (retail)
- Ken Krasnow, Managing Director – Brooklyn, Massey Knakal (multifamily)
- David Maundrell, President, aptsandlofts.com (residential)
- Moderator: Lori Raphael, Director, Real Estate and Development at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
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9:40 – 10:30
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Capital Markets: Alternative and traditional lending sources
- Dan Hartman, Senior Regional Director of Fund Management, Wrightwood Capital
- Douglas Hercher, EVP & Principal, C&W Sonnenblick Goldman
- Michael House, Managing Director, Edgewood Capital Advisors
- Andrew Scandalios, Senior Managing Director, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
- Moderator: Adam Luysterborghs, Principal, Avant Capital Partners
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10:30 – 11:00
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The Big Picture: The state of infrastructure investment and development in New York City’s largest borough
- Keynote by Seth Pinsky, President, NYC Economic Development Corporation
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11:00 – 11:30
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Networking Break & Coffee (30 Minutes) |
| 11:30 – 1:00 |
Concurrent Sessions |
11:30 – 12:15
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Track A — Multifamily Investment: Who’s buying and who’s selling commercial multifamily (5+ units).
- Ben Bernstein, Principal, RedSky Capital, LLC
- Melissa Burch, Senior Vice President, Forest City Ratner
- Mitchell Shpelfogel, Principal, SG & Sons Realty; Attorney, Pinczewski & Shpelfogel PC
- Phil Wharton, Vice President – Development, AvalonBay Communities
- Moderator: J.D. Parker, New York Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap
- More speakers to be added
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11:30 – 12:15
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Track B — Brooklyn Residential: Assessing opportunities in the residential market sales and development
- Eric Brody, Principal & Founder, The Brody Group
- David Kramer, Principal, Hudson Companies
- John Reinhardt, CEO, Fillmore Real Estate; President, Brooklyn Board of Realtors
- Frank Tamayo, Senior Mortgage Loan Officer, Bank of America
- Greg Todd, Associate Broker, Corcoran
- Moderator: Chris Havens, Founder & CEO, Creative Real Estate Group
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12:15 – 1:00
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Track A — Multifamily Finance: Finance is loosening quickly for multifamily investment: Who are the active debt players in Brooklyn multifamily, and what are the trends in deal terms?
- Michael Muller, Vice President, Eastern Union Commercial
- Dan Harris, EVP & Chief Lending Officer, Dime Savings Bank
- Joel Leitner, Principal, Leitner Group
- Rick Wolf, Senior Managing Director, Greystone Servicing Corporation
- Moderator: Sean Mooney, Associate Director, Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp
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12:15 – 1:00
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Track B — Brooklyn in Distress? Where are the opportunities, what deals are getting done?
- Ofer Cohen, Founder and Managing Director, TerraCRG
- Michael Falsetta, Executive Vice President, Miller Cicero
- Boaz Gilad, President and Co-Founder, ORE International
- Brett Goldman, Director of Acquisitions, Triangle Equities
- Ben Thypin, Senior Market Analyst, Real Capital Analytics
- Moderator: Jack Rosenfield, Founder and Principal, Loan Resolution Advisors
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| 1:00 – 1:50 |
Networking Lunch (50 minutes) |
| 1:50 – 2:50 |
New Developments Panel Atlantic Yards / Barclays Center, Coney Island, Navy Yards; Brooklyn Economic Development and Public Sector Investment in the Near Future
- MaryAnne Gilmartin, Executive Vice President, Forest City Ratner Companies
- Andrew Kimball, President & CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
- Joe Sitt, Chairman & CEO, Thor Equities
- Moderator: Joan Bartolomeo, President, Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
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2:50 – 3:50
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New Frontiers in Brooklyn Retail Panel (no cost to attend — registration required)
The panelists will address the advantages of the Brooklyn market, strategies to attract and court potential retailers to lesser well known locations, and the general parameters that most retail clients seek when choosing a location. This workshop will inform retailers and brokers scouting new locations, BIDs and LDCs seeking to attract new retail, and developers seeking to fill their retail sites.
- Mustafa Coskun, President, Eden Grocery
- Joseph Getz, President, JGSC Group
- Miriam Harris, VP of Real Estate Transactions, NYCEDC
- Caroline Pardo, Director of Leasing, Two Trees Management
- Moderator: Larisa Ortiz, Owner, Larisa Ortiz Associates
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