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8:00 AM

Match Game: Foreign Capital Sources & Local Deal Sponsors Round Table ★

This closed-door breakfast session brings foreign capital sources (and their local representatives) together with local deal sponsors actively seeking capital.

8:00 AM

Breakfast Workshop: Issuing Bonds in Israel

During the last few years, prominent US based real estate owners are sourcing a new form of finance in Israel – unsecured corporate level bonds. It’s a creative concept, with benefits for both sides, and is also attractive for US listed Real Estate companies and trusts. As of today, more than 30 US based companies had issued over $6.5bn in the Israeli capital market. Those bonds are traded in between 2% and 7% yield – much more attractive compared to mezzanine or equity partners – who compete on the same level at the capital stack. Click here to view more

Yehonatan Cohen
CEO
InFin Capital

9:00 AM

Trendlines not Headlines: Data & Analysis on Key Retail Real Estate Indicators

Arrive early to take a deep dive into key analysis and trendlines in retail real estate, the most confounding and yet opportunistic property sector today. James Cook, Americas Director of Retail Research at JLL, will walk you through the latest data and thinking to inform your business decisions in this rapidly evolving market. Whether you are looking to defend your current portfolio against change or take advantage of the current disruption, do not miss this special presentation.

James Cook
Americas Director of Retail Research
Jones Lang LaSalle

9:30 AM

Keynote – The Art of Reinvention: How I Did It, with Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb

Hear from David Weinreb, CEO of Howard Hughes Corporation, in a special keynote to discuss key topics on leadership, placemaking and challenges in today’s real estate market. Themes and issues to be addressed include how to identify unique opportunities, ideas and solutions in space activation and retail, as well as benefits and costs of running a public company, and personal lessons in leadership.

Shahab Moreh
Partner – Real Estate Practice Leader
Mazars USA

INTERVIEWER

David Weinreb
Chief Executive Officer
The Howard Hughes Corporation

10:00 AM

CRE Investment Landscape: Multi-Product Multi-Geography Investors Perspectives

There’s no question that today’s commercial real estate market is undergoing a change from a frothy upward trending market to one where risks are higher and good deals harder to come by. With asset prices at all-time highs and rents moving sideways or down, locally and nationally, where to invest and what to do next are difficult questions to answer. Hear from top investors who put money to work locally and nationally across all property types as they discuss where they see opportunity today.

George Moffa
Partner
Mazars USA

MODERATOR

Brahm Cramer
Co-Head & Co-CIO Real Estate Investment
AllianceBernstein

Mark Hertz
Managing Director Head of U.S. Investments
AIG

Gary Jaye
Senior Managing Director
CBRE Global Investors

Nadeem Meghji
Head of Real Estate Americas
Blackstone Group

James Nelson
Principal
Avison Young

11:15 AM

Rethinking Retail: Falling Knife vs. Golden Opportunity

Retail is in a state of upheaval nationally, and New York City retail is not immune to the forces that are disrupting consumer behavior and causing an evolution in the winners and losers of street retail today and in the future. How do retailers big and small view NYC’s attractiveness, and what are the key factors that would cause them to expand further or possible reduce the number of stores? Which submarkets are they looking at? And how are retailers and retail space operators innovating to stay relevant today?

Joshua Beyer
VP – Real Estate & Development
Planet Fitness

Joseph Brady
Divisional Vice President – Real Estate
Walgreens

David Rabinowitz
Partner
Goulston & Storrs

Dan Shallit
Director of Store Development
Starbucks

Nedal Shami
Co-Founder
CityMD

11:15 AM

What Tenants Want: Office Property Round Table ★

This session includes real estate principals and corporate occupiers active in the office leasing market.

11:15 AM

The Rise of E-Commerce: Industrial Property Round Table ★

This session includes real estate principals and end users active in industrial, warehouse and distribution real estate.

12:05 PM

Battlefield Work: The Future of Office, and the Office of the Future

Recently, the NYC office market saw its first dip since the Great Recession, sparking fears that the tide that has lifted all boats may begin to ebb. How are demand and supply for office space affecting investment and development opportunities in office? In what ways are flexible office arrangements propping up or undermining the office leasing market? If a recession hits the economy, will highly amenitized office space still be a major selling point to attract and retain talent? Who wins and who loses, if the office leasing market softens significantly?