Overview

Momentum is accelerating for GreenPearl Events’ Distressed Real Estate Summit – Florida, to be held next Thursday, January 27. Join us in Miami at Kovens Conference Center, for a powerful one-day informational and networking event that brings together c-suite and senior executives in commercial and residential real estate to discuss the opportunities and challenges of today’s real estate market. Included are additional networking opportunities on the 26th and 28th to connect with investors, banks, servicers, sellers, and other market participants. Register today.


Featured Session:

GreenPearl Exclusive: FDIC Special Asset Sales

  • Christopher Kallivokas, Chairman & CEO, RER Financial Group
  • Shawn Khani, Division of Resolutions and Receiverships, FDIC

Faced with the task of disposing of an overabundance of failed banks’ commercial real estate assets, the FDIC is selling some loans to investors in partnership with the agency and bundling other loans into commercial mortgage backed securities appropriate for investors with different risk tolerances. This panel will describe how investors of all sizes can capitalize on the approximately 300 bank failures that have taken place since 2007 by explaining:

* How to buy commercial loans at discount through the FDIC;
* The nature of the structured-asset opportunities that will become available to investors in the coming months;
* The outlook for the CMBS market and what it means for builders and developers.

Featured Speaker:

Bob Kline Bob Kline, Chief Executive Officer, RW Kline Companies

Mr. Robert Kline is CEO of R.W. Kline Companies. He is a savvy, experienced executive with over thirty years in the commercial, retail, hospitality and residential industries. His experience as a CEO, a developer, a workout specialist and his national team provide both the knowledgeable entrepreneurial perspective needed for a financial and professional resolve. His has experienced the challenging aspects of market fluctuations, which helped his own workout of $200,000,000 in Debt in the early 80’s. Mr. Kline provides asset solutions (including Balance sheet / CMBS workouts and restructuring), mergers and acquisitions (note sales) brokerage and development. His experience was gained as founder and owner of several companies, as the National Senior Vice President for Pulte Homes, as a RTC workout provider, his commercial and residential development experience. Mr. Kline is a guest speaker and panel member at real estate and financial conferences nationally. He provides quarterly updates to the Senate Advisory Committee and the FDIC. Mr. Kline recently closed on a $140 million note for only $81 million.

Agenda-at-a-glance:

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (Marenas Beachfront Resort)

  6:00 pm – Welcome Reception at Hotel

Thursday, January 27, 2011 (Kovens Conference Center)

  7:30 am – Workshop Registration Opens – Coffee & Pastries

  8:00 am – Pre-Conference Workshops (1 hour)
                – When Workouts Don’t Work Out: Dealing with borrower-lender litigation
                – Tax Liens: How they work; How to buy them; How to trade them

  8:15 am – Main Conference Registration Opens – Coffee & Pastries

  9:15 am – The Capital Markets: Where the debt capital is and how to get it

10:15 am – State of the Distressed Union: Where we are and where we are headed

10:45 am – Networking Break

11:15 am – Track A – Workouts & Recapitalizations: Rescue Financing & Restructuring Options
                – Track B – Distressed Retail: Creating Value Through Asset Repositioning

12:10 pm – Track A – Special Servicing: Unleash the Deal Flow
                    a discussion with Corvus, CW Capital, Midland, Ocwen, and Situs

                – Track B – Hot(el) Pursuit: Distressed Hospitality Properties

  1:00 pm – Networking Luncheon & Special Presentations
                – Luncheon Presentation: The Residential Market in Florida and the Southeast
                   a special presentation by Brad Hunter, Chief Economist, Metrostudy

                – Topic-Specific Round Tables: Office, Retail, Hotel, Multifamily rental, and more

  2:00 pm – Track A – Office Properties panel
                – Track B – Predicting and Navigating the Regulatory Landscape

  2:50 pm – Track A – Acquisitions: How Carnage Translates into Opportunity
                – Track B – Multifamily Properties: Distressed Opportunities in Rentals and Condos

  3:30 pm – Networking Break

  4:00 pm – GreenPearl Exclusive – FDIC Special Asset Sales

  4:30 pm – Working with and Buying Assets from Banks

  5:30 pm – Shuttles to Marenas Beachfront Resort

  6:00 pm – Reception at Marenas Beachfront Resort

Friday, January 28, 2011

   Golf and other networking activities (self-organized)

Speakers:

Over 50 speakers will join the Distressed Real Estate Summit – Florida on January 27, 2011, including:

  • Matthew L. Adler, Chief Investment Officer, The Adler Group, Inc.
  • Suzanne Amaducci-Adams, Partner, Bilzin Sumberg
  • Eric Anderson, Principal, Tamarkin Anderson LLC
  • Jerry Anderson, Executive Managing Director, Sperry Van Ness
  • Rogerio Basso, Latin American Hospitality & Leisure Practice Leader, Ernst & Young
  • Stuart Bern, Head of CRE Sales, Bloomberg LP
  • Tere Blanca, President & CEO, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
  • Trish Blasi, President, Borghese Investments
  • Bob Breslau, President, Stiles Retail Group, Stiles Corporation
  • John Burpee, President, NAI Tampa Bay
  • Dennis Carson, Senior Vice President, Retail Properties Group, CBRE
  • Mukang Cho, Chief Executive Officer, In-Rel Properties
  • Steve Cohen, SVP, American Momentum Bank
  • Patrick Connell, Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis
  • Robi Das, Director, Acquisitions, Liberty Group of Companies and Managing Director, Newmark Night Frank
  • Jim Dockerty, VP, Commercial Lending, Sabadell United Bank
  • Robert Dorfman, Senior Vice President, Related Group of Florida
  • Chuck Ernst, Vice President, Paradise Ventures
  • Michael T. Fay, President, South Florida, Colliers International
  • Brett Forman, Founder & CEO, Forman Capital
  • James Fried, President, Sandstone Real Estate and Host, Fried on Business
  • David Garfinkle, Managing Member & CEO, Biscayne Atlantic
  • Lewis Goodkin, Chairman, Goodkin Consulting
  • Mark Grant, Shareholder, Ruden McClosky
  • Adam Greenberg, Managing Director, BayBridge Real Estate Group
  • William Hoffman, President & CEO, Trigild
  • Lunch: Brad Hunter, Chief Economist and National Director of Consulting, Metrostudy
  • Jay Jacobson, Director, Wood Partners
  • Christopher Kallivokas, Chairman & CEO, RER Financial Group
  • Shawn Khani, Division of Resolutions and Receiverships, FDIC
  • Bob Kline, CEO, RW Kline Companies
  • Robert Knakal, Chairman, Massey Knakal
  • George Kruse, Managing Director, Vesta Equity
  • Jeremy Larkin, President, NAI Miami
  • Steven Libert, Managing Director, Capital Markets, The Corvus Group
  • Howard Liggett, President, Distressed Real Estate Consulting Services, Inc.
  • Jay Massirman, Prinicipal, Asentus Real Estate (formerly President/CEO, Rivergate Residential)
  • Steve McCraney, President & CEO, McCraney Property Company
  • Tom McOsker, Head of Tax Receivables, GFI Group
  • Peter Monroe, Chairman & CEO, National Real Estate Ventures and Chairman & CEO, Value Added Receivers & Asset Managers LLC
  • David Moret, Principal, Continental Real Estate Companies (CREC)
  • Bruce Nelson, Principal, The Situs Companies
  • Keith O’Donnell, Senior Managing Director, Flagler Real Estate Services
  • Harry Payton, Managing Member, Payton & Associates, LLC
  • George Pincus, Shareholder, Stearns Weaver
  • Stanley Price, Partner, Government Relations Chair, Bilzin Sumberg
  • D. Rand Roan, Principal & Founding Partner, Apogee Partners
  • Dana Rowan, Managing Director, Paradigm-Exeter Advisors
  • Jeff Schwartz, Partner, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
  • Kent Schwarz, Senior Managing Director, Colliers International
  • Lawrence J. Selevan, CEO & Chairman, NAI Chesterfield Capital Advisors, LLC
  • Donald Shapiro, President / CEO, Foresite Realty Partners
  • Tom Shearer, VP & Senior Asset Manager, CW Capital
  • Margaret Smith, Partner, GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC
  • Jeff Spear, President, The Spear Group
  • James Stine, Chief Investment Officer, Ram Real Estate
  • William Stolberg, Director, Commercial Real Estate, Ocwen Financial Services
  • Howard Taft, Sr. Managing Director, Aztec Group, Inc.
  • Guy Trusty, President, Lodging & Hospitality Realty
  • Julian Wise, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
  • Samir Yajnik, Head of Underwriting, DeBartolo Development
  • Peter Zalewski, Principal, Condo Vultures

For speaking opportunities, contact:

Ryan Slack
Chief Executive Officer
(646) 862-9389
ryan@greenpearlevents.com

Testimonials:

I want to personally thank GreenPearl Events. In the last two days, I received two new clients that have hired us as a result of speaking at your event. Please circle back with me to speak at your next NYC event.
— Lawrence Selevan, Chief Executive Officer, CHESTERFIELD FARING LTD.

You and your associates at GreenPearl Events are an incredibly talented marketing force!
— Paul Massey, Chief Executive Officer, MASSEY KNAKAL REALTY SERVICES

GreenPearl Events’ Distressed Real Estate Summit: New York unexpectedly became a great networking opportunity for me. My primary purpose for attending was as a guest speaker in a panel discussion. I ended up speaking with attendees for over an hour after the discussion ended, which resulted in three new clients.
— Robert Shakman, Principal, REGENTS PARK, LLC

Distressed Real Estate Summit: California is a conference designed by and for commercial and residential real estate executives in California and southwest regional markets. The agenda will speak to the issues unique to the west coast: an abundance of distressed hotels and broken condo deals, and the myriad of opportunities in office, retail, multifamily and retail properties and debt. If you work in this region, make plans to attend February 4th to find out how who is selling, and what it takes to get deals done in a distressed environment.
—Fred B. Córdova, III, Senior Vice President, COLLIERS ASSET RESOLUTIONS TEAM

I participated in GreenPearl’s New York Distressed Real Estate Conference, and was impressed with the overall turnout and content. I’m attending their February 4th conference in LA as it promises to provide an objective analysis and review of the new state of our industry.
—Leslie Lundin, President and Managing Partner, LBG REALTY ADVISORS LLC

In these trying times, I always find it beneficial to use all the tools available including meeting with fellow professionals and learning first-hand how to deal with challenges, recognize opportunities and learn what is truly happening in the market.
—Bert Haboucha, Senior Vice President, ISTAR FINANCIAL INC.

“This may the best time in your lifetime to truly help clients take advantage of the current commercial real estate market. If you don’t believe me, attend the Distressed Real Estate Summit–New York City–Sept. 23 and keep your eyes and ears wide open.“
—Jerry Anderson, SPERRY VAN NESS ASSET RECOVERY TEAM

“Many, if not most, real estate professionals have not experienced a real market down cycle. Many of the issues that will be confronted, and have to be dealt with, in resolving current market challenges are being encountered for the first time and will be addressed at the Distressed Real Estate Summit.“
—Aharon Friedman, WILDWOOD CAPITAL GROUP

“This year through at least the fourth quarter of 2010 heralds the onset of a truly historical time in the acquisition opportunities presented by the distressed real estate market. The executives at GreenPearl.com have recognized this moment in real estate history and are producing a conference that every serious opportunity fund manager should attend. I will be there!“
—Howard C. Liggett, DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.

“Thank you for asking me to speak at the recent Distressed Real Estate Summit. I have spoken at many events over the years and must congratulate your organization, not only for your fine turnout but your organizational ability. At every stage, the event worked like a fine watch: accurate, acutely tuned, and well-oiled.”
—lan J. Schnurman, ZALMAN & SCHNURMAN

“Kennedy Funding has sponsored and attended numerous Greenpearl events. Each event continues to surprise us and bring great connections and business. I highly recommend each event to any company who wants to see a fast return on investment.”
—Stephen Bienko, Director of Marketing & Business Development, KENNEDY FUNDING

“It was great to see everyone and great to shake hands with the best and brightest in the industry. The Distressed Real Estate Summit just puts everything in perspective. Although we read a lot and go to a lot of conferences, the Distressed Real Estate Summit puts it all together.”
—Joe Berko, President, BERKO & ASSOCIATES

“We are very happy. The GreenPearl team put on a great event. We met a lot of very qualified clients that we’re looking forward to doing business in the future. We look forward to more GreenPearl events in the future.”
—Brian Tormey, TITLEVEST / 1031VEST / INSUREVEST

Most real estate professionals excel in a strong market, but those who understand the challenges and complexities of a distressed market are best educated to excel in future up and down cycles and are better prepared to implement the foundations of preserving, maintaining and maximizing the value of their real estate assets. Don’t miss the May 2010 GreenPearl Events’ DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CHICAGO to better position yourself in a troubled market and successfully navigate through tougher times.
—Don Shapiro, President / CEO, FORESITE REALTY PARTNERS

“Networking is a key ingredient in the success of any service provider and the GreenPearl platform is one of the best of its kind. I was a speaker at a recent event and met some people which resulted in my being retained to assist with the sale of a 25 building portfolio. GreenPearl Events provide access to key participants in the marketplace.“
—Robert Knakal, Chairman, MASSEY KNAKAL REALTY SERVICES