10/05/2016 | ||||
![]() | Awards Presentation & Real Estate Forum's 70th Year Recognition Join us as we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Real Estate Forum; honor Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Gail Ayers, CEO of CREW Network; and recognize Real Estate Forum’s Women of Influence honorees. | |||
![]() | Opening Cocktail Reception |
10/06/2016 | ||||
![]() | Networking Breakfast & Registration | |||
![]() | Opening Remarks | |||
![]() | Institutional Investor Insights: Where We Are Today and Where We’re Going The investment landscape has changed
considerably over the past year. Growth in deal volume has decelerated, pricing
gains have slowed and there’s a reduced appetite for riskier plays. Despite
this topsy-turvy market,
major institutions continue to allocate heavily to commercial property. Get
first-hand insights from some of the biggest players as they discuss real
estate strategy in an environment of continued moderate economic growth. Which
investment plays and property types are they emphasizing, which ones are they
moving away from, and do they expect to be net buyers or net sellers in the
near term? | |||
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![]() | Middle Market Makers Although mega-trophy property buys, national portfolio deals and entity-level acquisitions grab all the headlines, it’s the middle market activity that brings the liquidity and stabilization to the market. In fact, the bulk of recent transaction volume has consisted of deals priced between $5 million and $20 million. These players’ lower-profile, high-discipline approach to acquisition and financing has resulted in rock-solid portfolios with outstanding risk-adjusted returns. A cross-section of key players in the middle market will share some of the secrets of their success: how they identify opportunities and develop industry relationships, their preferred sources of debt and equity and why the current environment for deals may represent the best of all possible worlds for this tier of investors. Steve Moreira, CCIM (MODERATOR) Don Brenneman Steve Couts Yan Khamish Rick Lechtman
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![]() | Networking Break | |||
![]() | Inside the Real Estate Mind Larry Heard CEO Transwestern Interviewed by: Michael Desiato Vice President ALM's Real Estate Media Group | |||
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![]() | Big Deals, Big Transactions Although a few top-tier acquisitions
can be financed from cash on hand, the majority of them entail large amounts of
debt and equity financing. The commercial real estate landscape is seeing both
high volumes of loan originations and tightening standards on
underwriting, against a backdrop of global uncertainty and new regulations that
could make lenders even more cautious, especially for the biggest deals. Join
us as some of the premier names in commercial property lending talk
trophy-level transactions: what attracts them to a deal aside from the
sponsorship, macro influences on fundamentals, their tolerance for risk, what
it takes to structure these large, complicated packages and how they compete
against—or even partner with—other world-class lenders.
Constantine "Tino" Korologos David Lynn, Ph.D.
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![]() | Networking Lunch | |||
![]() | Real Estate Forum's Elite Investor Roundtable These elite investors have navigated the investment space nationwide and have excelled across multiple cycles. They’ve been dominators, influencers and innovators that have shaped the industry. A panel of these investment giants will share their insights on how they’re navigating today’s investment marketplace and predictions for what's next. Wayne D'Amico, CCIM - MODERATOR Victor MacFarlane Executive Vice President
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![]() | Special Keynote Presentation by Ethan Penner, Managing Partner, Mosaic Real Estate Investors | |||
![]() | Networking Break | |||
![]() | CMBS Report Card: Is The Upturn Ending? Plus! A Closer Look at Today's Special Service Providers After declining to multi-year lows
this past February, CMBS delinquencies have begun ticking upward again as the
wave of maturities from the previous cycle starts rolling in. With lower levels
of new originations and the forthcoming risk-retention rule weighing on CMBS,
special servicers are being called upon again. During the great financial
crisis, these experts who managed troubled commercial real estate loans did an
exceptional job working with borrowers and recapturing value for investors.
What do these professionals see on the horizon for the next 18 months? As
hundreds of billions in 10-year loans reach due their due dates, what
challenges do they anticipate in the current finance environment compared to
2008 and 2009, when “extend and pretend” became an industry catch-phrase? John Hamilton Mitchell Hunter Steve Kuritz William Mercer, CFA
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![]() | The Alternative Financing Universe With the Mortgage Bankers Association projecting another $500-billion year in commercial and multifamily originations, real estate debt remains plentiful. The question is whether the type, scale and terms of debt available from the largest commercial banks and life companies are a match for the individual borrower’s requirements. There’s a whole universe of alternative sources of capital; they range from credit unions and community banks to hard-money lenders and crowdfunding platforms. You’ll hear from a cross-section of capital sources on the types of borrowers and financing situations they’re seeing, what they consider their sweet spot for deals and whether the shortfall in CMBS originations is leading to more inquiries. Joshua Stein - MODERATOR AdaPia d'Errico Latasha Edwards Jason Hernandez Allen Shayanfekr
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