2014 Fall Meeting Presentations

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The following is a list of presentations from sessions at the 2014 Fall Meeting in New York City.

Tuesday, October 21

The Changing World: A ULI Speaker Series

Data Centers: Big Data Meets Real Estate

  • Alan Razak
    Principal, AthenianRazak LLC
  • Christopher Strom
    Director of project development, AthenianRazak LLC

Small Scale Development Deals: perspectives from the Capital Sources

Reflections on Resilient Leadership: An Interview with Jamie Dimon (full session available on video)

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Wednesday, October 22

100 Years of New York Redevelopment and Revitalization (full session available on video)

  • Alexander Garvin
    President and chief executive officer, AGA Public Realm Strategists and former deputy commissioner of housing, New York City Planning Commission

Housing and Health: From Research to Real Deals

  • Edward T. McMahon
    Senior resident fellow, Charles E. Fraser Chair for Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Urban Land Institute

Repurposing and Repositioning: New Life for Obsolete Properties

The Creative Reuse of Aging Infrastructure

Water: Too Much, Too Little

Housing and Health: From Research to Real Deals

  • Edward T. McMahon
    Senior resident fellow, Charles E. Fraser Chair for Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Urban Land Institute

Learning in Real Time: Experts Share Their Forecasts for Real Estate in 3 Years

Disruptive Technology: Reshaping Commercial Real Estate

Green from Green: Creating Real Estate Value from Private Management of the Public Realm

  • Ommeed Sathe
    Director, social investments, Prudential Real Estate
  • Daniel A. Biederman
    President, 34th Street Partnership/Bryant Park Corporation
  • Tupper Thomas
    Executive director, New Yorkers for Parks
  • John L. Zogg Jr.
    Managing director, Crescent Real Estate Equities

Growing Food, Neighborhoods and Profits

  • Jonathan Butler
    Founder at Brownstoner Media LLC and co-founder of Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg
  • Margaret L. Cafarelli
    Founder and principal, Urban Developments LLC, developer of Santa Barbara Public Market

New Hospitality Concepts with the Millennials in Mind (full session available on video)

Brooklyn Renaissance: Transformation of an Outer Borough

  • Kathryn Wylde
    President and chief executive officer, Partnership for New York City
  • MaryAnne Gilmartin
    President and chief executive officer, Forest City Ratner Companies
  • Andrew H. Kimball
    Chief executive officer, Industry City
  • Marty Markowitz
    Vice president Borough Promotion and Engagement, NYC & Company, and former Brooklyn Borough President
  • Regina Myer
    President, Brooklyn Bridge Park and former director, Brooklyn office, New York City Department of City Planning

Building Healthy Places: Development Strategies that work for Health and the Bottom Line

Creating Healthy Places – Food and Beverage Experiences in Retail Real Estate

  • Peter Holland, director, Urbis
  • Rachael Holloway, development manager, Stockland
  • Jonathan Krieger, managing director, RKF and owner, Bluestone Lane Coffee
  • Caitlin Sandford, development manager, Stockland

Increasing Real Estate’s Bandwidth: Leveraging the Internet and Open Data Sources to Put the Right People in the Right Buildings (watch the full session on video)

Intergenerationalism and Its Impact on Community Development

  • Jeremy Newman Sharpe
    Vice president, community development, Rancho Sahuarita Company
  • Donna Butts
    Executive director, Generations United
  • Helen Foster
    Principal, Foster Strategy, LLC
  • Billy D. Pettit, III
    Senior vice president, Pillar Properties

Denser ‘Burbs by Market Demand: The Evolving American Dream

Thinking About the Workplace in Three Dimensions

Downtown Rebirth: How the Original Heart of New Amsterdam is Once Again the Most Sought After Area of NYC

  • Carl Weisbrod
    Director, New York City Department of City Planning and chairman, New York City Planning Commission
  • Dennis Friedrich
    Chief executive officer, Brookfield Office Properties
  • Bill Rudin
    Chief executive officer, Rudin Management Company, Inc.
  • Larry A. Silverstein
    Chairman, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
  • Mary Ann Tighe
    Chief executive officer, New York Tri-State Region, CBRE, Inc.

Is Crowdfunding Becoming Crowded? (full session available on video)
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Thursday, October 23

Global Cities: The Developer’s Perspective by Rob Speyer (full session available on video)

Best New Communities in 2014

Hudson Yards: Changing the Face of Manhattan’s West Side

  • Mitchell Moss
    Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, New York University
  • Jeff T. Blau
    Chief executive officer, Related Companies
  • L. Jay Cross
    President, Related Hudson Yards
  • Catie Marron
    Chairman, Friends of the High Line
  • Jeffrey Rosen
    Director, Real Estate, Metropolitan Transit Authority
  • Richard Wagman
    Managing partner and founder, Madison Capital

The Industrial Recovery Is Now! Get It While It’s Hot

  • Miquela Craytor
    Director, NYC Industrial and Economic Mobility, New York City Economic Development Corporation
  • John S. Hagestad
    Managing director, SARES-REGIS Group

It’s a Beautiful Day (Again) in the Neighborhood

Not the Last Resort: Rethinking the Future of Second Home Communities

  • Toni Alexander
    President and creative director, InterCommunications Inc.
  • Patrick K. Fitzgerald
    President and chief executive officer, Hualalai Resort
  • Harry H. Frampton, III
    Managing partner, East West Partners-Western Division
  • Carlos Hernandez-Garcia
    Chief executive officer, Pellas Development Group

Rental Multifamily Housing: New American Dream or Classic Bubble?

Trading Space for Place