ULI Central Florida: 2024 Real Estate Trends Conference

When

2024-03-11
2024-03-11T13:30:00 - 2024-03-11T18:00:00
America/New_York

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    Where

    University of Central Florida Will open in a new window 1 Central Florida Boulevard Orlando, FL 32816 UNITED STATES

    Pricing

    Early Pricing Until February 14 Members Non-Members
    Private $100.00 $150.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit $30.00 $55.00
    Retired $100.00 N/A
    Student $20.00 $40.00
    Under Age 35 $30.00 $55.00
    Standard Pricing Until March 8
    Private $125.00 $175.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit $65.00 $90.00
    Retired $125.00 N/A
    Student $30.00 $60.00
    Under Age 35 $65.00 $90.00
    Late Pricing Begins March 9
    Private $155.00 $210.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit $95.00 $130.00
    Retired $155.00 N/A
    Student $45.00 $90.00
    Under Age 35 $95.00 $130.00

    PLEASE NOTE: We are now in the late registration period. Badges have been pulled and printed. We still welcome registrants after Friday, March 8, capacity permitting. You may register online, but you should bring your email receipt to the event. You may also register onsite.

    The Real Estate Trends Conference is an annual half-day conference where the industry’s top experts present the most relevant economic factors, latest trends, and cutting-edge innovations impacting the future of land-use opportunities in Central Florida. We will conduct this conference live from the UCF Student Union Pegasus Ballroom with a cocktail hour at the conclusion of the day.

    This year’s conference promises to deliver thought-provoking insights and perspectives from multiple angles, with a mix of in-depth and quick hit presentations.  You won’t want to miss the opportunity to experience this dynamic event and network with the region’s top real estate professionals.

    Registration        1:30-2:00pm
    Program              2:00-4:50pm
    Cocktail Hour     5:00-6:00pm 

    Opening Keynote: Emerging Trends in Real Estate - The Great Reset - Chuck DiRocco, Director of Real Estate Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Chuck is the editor-in-chief for the annual PwC ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate Report, published recently as The Great Reset. He will reveal how he sees a slow but optimistic ride ahead for the industry, where the top investment markets will be, what national and global factors will shape opportunities and risks for the real estate industry 2024 - 2028 in the U.S and Florida.

    Unpacking Opportunities in Capital Markets
    A conversation on varied perspectives of the capital markets, and how factors like insurance, interest rates, and availability of capital are impacting real estate development. This session will highlight some hidden figures in the capital markets with takeaways including financing for sustainable development and the intimate relationship between what’s happening on the ground and at the banks.

    Speakers:
    • Mital Hall, Senior Director, RE Tech Advisors
    • Luke Wickham, IPA Marcus Milchap 
    The New Payoff in Sustainable Development: Materials Matter
    Materials now have a more important role when planning for real estate development. With rising insurance costs, labor shortages and a web of liabilities, future developers in a state like Florida are looking at materials alternatives that can contribute to a healthy bottom line and improved project sustainability. This session will illuminate emerging and proven materials like cold steel, mass timber, and other emerging green composite materials being applied to realize profitable, successful projects.
     
    Speakers:
    • Ryan Snow, Regional Director U.S. Market Transformation & Development, USGBC
    • Stanley Adwell, President/CEO, Intellisteel Group, LLC
    • Kenneth Smuts, President, RENCO USA, Inc
    Affordable Housing: Smart Planning+Policies = Private Sector Investment
    In this conversation-style session, you’ll hear how Osceola County exhausted all options to meet the demand for affordable housing and created an ecosystem that provided a foundation that is being built upon today. In this session, you’ll learn how the county built a framework for a private developer to leverage a vast array of affordable housing instruments like the Live Local Act, housing credits, and local policy changes to create affordable workforce transit-oriented multifamily housing adjacent to the SunRail Poinciana station.

    Speakers:
    • Susan Caswell, Osceola County, Sustainability Director
    • Melanie Greenwood, VP Development Programs, Birdsong Housing Partners
     
    The Great Reposition…Emerging Districts, Creative Reuse, and the Rise of Incremental Impact
    This session will delve into the reimagination of emerging districts of our region where our speakers Adam Wonus and Ryan Young will discuss their core drivers for success in their pursuits of creative adaptation of buildings and surrounding districts: Start up mentality, community impact, boutique design forward, and making the deal with the long game in mind…purpose passion and perseverance.  Patient money wins in the Great Reposition.

    Speakers:
    • Moderator: David W. Crabtree AIA NCARB, Principal, HiveWorkshop
    • Adam Wonus, Partner, Atrium Property Management
    • Ryan Young, AIA, CEO, Interstruct Design + Build

    Conference Takeaways - Lisa Dilts, President, Compspring
    Lisa Dilts will summarize the event insights and highlights before our closing Keynote.

     
    Closing Keynote: Greg Lindsay, Futurist & Urbanist - The Way We’ll Live Next
    Offices are empty. Downtowns are dead. The suburbs are the Millennials’ future. At least two of these truisms are wrong, but why? Employees may be grudgingly returning to the office, but work-from-anywhere is here to stay. That doesn’t mean the end of the work week, but new ways and patterns of living and working together closer to home, with more flexible real estate and employment to match. That, in turn, means rethinking who and what cities are for. Forget downtowns versus their suburbs; how can we imagine new uses for old high-rises and new districts to replace dead malls? Because behind the scenes, inflation and technology is quietly turning retail, groceries, and dining inside-out through data, delivery, and automation. And above all looms the threat of climate change and the opportunities of AI and spatial computing to transform the Internet — and the world — as we know it. Drawing on his research and foresight work for Cornell Tech, Climate Alpha, and MIT’s Future Urban Collectives Lab, Greg Lindsay explores the urban and real estate implications of our never-normal landscape and explains why the future will be less remote and more human than you might think.




    Sponsorships available: 

    Presenting Sponsor - $5,000 Industry Exclusive opportunity; Includes Two VIP Tables; Opportunity to introduce segment; Display a standup banner at registration and reception area; Logo on intro slides and all promotional materials; Recognition on social media; Distribute promotional materials at registration; and additional attendees added at early bird rate. 

    Major Sponsor - $3,000 Includes One VIP Table; Display a standup banner at registration and reception area; Logo on intro slides and all promotional materials; Recognition on social media; Distribute promotional materials at registration; and up to four additional attendees added at early bird rate

    Contributing Sponsor - $1,500 Includes four complimentary registrations in reserved seating; Display a standup banner at registration and reception area; Logo on intro slides and all promotional materials; Recognition on social media; and up to two additional attendees added at early bird rate

    Friend Sponsor - $750 Includes two complimentary registrations in reserved seating; Name on intro slides and on all promotional materials; Recognition on social media; and up to one additional attendee added at early bird rate. 

    VIP Table - $1,750 Includes eight complimentary registrations at a reserved and preferred table. Early bird rate of $1,750 ends on 2/14 and starting on 2/15 all VIP Tables are $2,250. No additional discounts for VIP Tables.

    Contact [email protected] for details or commitment. Annual Sponsors receive event sponsorship discounts.

    University of Central Florida 1 Central Florida Boulevard Orlando, FL 32816 UNITED STATES

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    Speakers

    Stanley Adwell

    President & Co-Founder, Intellisteel

    Stanley is the CEO & Co-Founder of Intellisteel, a provider of mobile, on-site, steel framing solutions for the construction industry which achieves design flexibility and reduces production time with quality end results. Adwell has more than 18 years of experience building and scaling start-ups and established businesses across various industries and international markets, most recently serving as the Managing Director of a steel frame design and build system manufacturer based in New Zealand that is utilized in Intellisteel’s proprietary process.

    Adam Wonus

    Atrium Management Company

    Adam Wonus is a Partner at Atrium Management Company, where he brings his experience in real estate finance and capital markets to lead a growing property management and development platform. With a background that includes working with industry leaders such as Wells Fargo Bank and CBRE Capital Markets, Adam has focused on building strong relationships with clients and industry partners and utilizing his expertise to help them achieve their goals. Adam began his career in banking, having formerly worked with Wells Fargo Bank and CBRE Capital Markets. During this time he was focused on financing commercial real estate as well as structured and financed business acquisitions for businesses all over the nation. His efforts earned him state-wide and national recognition for loan volume. He also developed a passion for franchised concepts and in 2008 Adam purchased his first franchise. He quickly grew a niche, membership-model barbershop concept to several locations and increased revenues enough to provide a profitable exit strategy for his investors within four years. In 2014 Adam purchased Atrium Management Company, in which he saw near limitless potential. Atrium currently manages over 5 million square feet of property across three states and has a growing development pipeline set to deliver millions of square feet of multifamily and commercial space. The company has received “Best Places to Work” honors from the Orlando Business Journal multiple consecutive years, and Adam has received its “Community Impact Award” in addition to being named to “Orlando’s 40 Under 40” and “Fast 50” lists. With a deep understanding of the industry and a commitment to excellence, Adam continues to leverage his skills and experience to help clients succeed in the ever-changing world of real estate.

    Dori Madison

    AXON2

    Known for seizing evasive market opportunities and providing surprising value to C-Level strategic planning. Humbled to have driven growth, created lasting corporate communications programs and protected reputations for 75+ organizations including Fortune 100, small and non-profit organizations. Passionate about working with talented teams to generate thoughtful, engaging and clutter-proof content via hyper-personal digital reach.

    Greg Lindsay

    Futurist & Urbanist,

    Greg Lindsay is a generalist, urbanist, futurist, and speaker. He is a 2022-2023 urban tech fellow at Cornell Tech’s Jacobs Institute, where he leads The Metaverse Metropolis, exploring augmented reality at urban scale. He is also a senior fellow of MIT’s Future Urban Collectives Lab, a senior advisor to Climate Alpha, and a non-resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Strategy Initiative. He’s been cited as an expert on the future of cities, technology, and mobility by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, USA Today, CNN, NPR, and the BBC. He’s a partner at the advisory firm FutureMap, and has advised Intel, Samsung, IKEA, Starbucks, Audi, Hyundai, Tishman Speyer, British Land, André Balazs Properties, Aldar, Emaar, and Expo 2020, along with numerous G20 government entities. He was previously the urbanist-in-residence at URBAN-X — BMW MINI’s urban tech accelerator — the director of applied research at NewCities, and founding director of strategy at its mobility-focused offshoot CoMotion. Greg speaks frequently about cities, mobility, innovation, and globalization, including appearances at 10 Downing Street, the United States Military Academy, Sandia National Laboratories, the OECD, Harvard Business School, the MIT Media Lab, and the Aspen Ideas Festival. His work with Studio Gang Architects on the future of suburbia was displayed at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 2012. His work has also been displayed at the 15th, 16th, and 17th Venice Architecture Biennales, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, and Habitat III. He sits on the board of CREtech Climate, and was guest curator of the 2018 and 2019 editions of reSITE. He was previously a contributing writer for Fast Company and Fortune, and an editor-at-large for Advertising Age. He is co-author of the 2011 critically acclaimed international bestseller Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, McKinsey Quarterly, Time, Wired, The Atlantic, The New Republic, New York, Slate, Quartz, Inc., Politico, The Economist Group, The World Economic Forum, The Nikkei Asian Review, World Policy Journal, Next City, Marie Claire Italia, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, and Departures. Greg is a two-time Jeopardy! champion (and the only human to go undefeated against IBM’s Watson).

    Lisa Dilts

    Principal, Compspring

    Lisa is a Principal and a founder of Compspring, an independent real estate advisory firm. She started her career with Ernst and Young’s Commercial Real Estate Services Group, where her primary focus was valuation of commercial properties and site selection for industrial and government users. She also worked for Beazer Homes as a Strategic Market Analyst, where she advised on land acquisitions, target market audiences, repositioning of existing communities, and expansion strategies. Prior to founding Compspring, Lisa was a Vice President with RCLCO, a national real estate advisory company. Lisa holds a Masters of Real Estate from the University of Florida, where she also earned her Bachelor's of Design from the College of Architecture.

    Carmen Rasnick

    USGBC

    Carmen Rasnick is a diversely qualified professional with experience managing people, projects, and budgets in both the public and private sectors. She is passionate about transforming communities to their highest and best use while preserving culture through a human-centric approach to development. Her project experience includes urban infill development, capital project planning and budgeting, strategic planning and development for Community Redevelopment Agencies, affordable housing development using State and Federal funding, and comprehensive plan development. Carmen was an integral part of the master development team that transformed 68 acres in downtown Orlando into Creative Village, an innovation district that supports a synergistic and dynamic mix of uses. Phase I of the development generated over $700 million in education and economic assets including the University of Central Florida Downtown Campus and Electronic Arts Orlando Studio. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning and a Master of Business Administration from Rollins College with concentrations in Finance, Economics, and Real Estate. Carmen is actively involved in her local community serving as the Treasurer of the Central Florida ULI Chapter and for the Main Street District serving Orlando’s urban core. She was selected as an honoree of the Orlando Business Journal’s 2022 40 under 40 class, appointed by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to the City’s Board of Zoning Adjustment and a Homeless Think Tank aimed at providing solutions for homelessness, recipient of the 2023 NAWIC Outstanding Woman in Construction award, and nominee of NAWIC’s DEI Champion of Progress award. Carmen is the driving force behind the grassroots regional collaborative, GetREAL, focused on increasing diversity and representation in Central Florida’s real estate industry.

    Ken Smuts

    Senior Vice President, Renco, USA

    Ken is the President of Renco, USA, Inc., a composite manufacturing and building industry start-up. He has spearheaded the research and development of the Renco Structural Building System in the United States and has codified and secured Renco’s approvals under the International Building Code (IBC). Having secured US patents and all necessary approvals to build mineral composite fiber reinforced structures under the IBC, Renco is embarking on a campaign to launch the marketing, sale and implementation of its structural building products throughout the United States. Ken is also an accomplished builder and real estate developer, successfully completing over $5 billion dollars of development and construction projects. He has over 30 years of development, design, financing, construction management and sales and marketing experience on a wide variety of mixed-use, multi-family, hospitality, retail, commercial office, health care and industrial projects. Starting his career as a nuclear construction engineer, he moved to commercial building where he quickly advanced as a project manager and then as an executive, providing corporate vision, strategy, leadership and guidance for several prominent New York and Philadelphia based construction managers and developers. Recent appointments include Senior Vice President of Coastal Construction, where he was responsible for assisting prominent clients by managing their development efforts and prior to that, with The Related Group, serving as a Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the $1.5 billion - 2,000,000 square foot St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort & Residences and for the $1.8 billion - 4,000,000 square foot Icon Brickell in Miami, Florida. Ken is a professional engineer and holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in civil engineering from Drexel and Rutgers University.

    Ryan Snow

    Regional Director, U.S. Green Building Council

    Ryan is a sustainability professional and educator with over two decades of leadership in the green building industry. As Regional Director, U.S. Market Transformation & Development at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), he leads a regional team to grow sustainability, health, resilience, and equity in buildings and communities through LEED. He is responsible for a successful market transformation and development growth strategy and heads a team that delivers local programming, education, stakeholder engagement, and leadership celebration in local markets. In previous roles at USGBC he served as chief community developer responsible for cultivating partnerships and developing campaigns to increase participation in the green industry and access resources for underserved communities. He led numerous summits which engaged thousands of people at the intersection of equity, sustainability, and resilience in communities and buildings.. Ryan served on a leadership team that merged over 70 independent chapters with USGBC to build a stronger green building network locally. He established USGBC's education partner program, GBCI’s Education Review system, trained around 100 USGBC Faculty, and produced hundreds of hours of educational content delivered in person and online for tens of thousands of people. Ryan was formerly with the Green Building Alliance (GBA) in Pittsburgh and has worked on diverse sustainability projects - from a Permaculture homestead to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. At GBA, he consulted on building projects in partnership with the Pittsburgh Community Loan fund, advised on affordable housing grants with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, and helped establish the NAIOP Sustainable Development awards. He led the first-ever summit on the greening of historic properties and established a summit for real estate decision-makers on the business case for sustainable buildings. Ryan has served several nonprofit organizations, including the In

    Luke Wickham

    IPA Marcus Milchap

    Luke Wickham is part of one of the most successful multifamily teams in the country, with a primary focus on working with private, high net worth buyers and institutional investors seeking multifamily investments in Orlando and Central Florida. He was previously with CBRE, and before that operated his own real estate holding company that specialized in the acquisition and management of small multifamily properties. Luke has been named a CoStar Top Power Broker numerous times. He graduated from Upper Iowa University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

    Chuck DiRocco

    Director of Real Estate Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Chuck DiRocco is currently the Director of Real Estate Research at PwC and is based in Washington, DC, where his focus is on Emerging Trends in Real Estate covering the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In addition, he is an author and manager of various internal and external articles and data analyses on economics and commercial real estate. He also continues to be an industry speaker, providing numerous presentations for media and at conferences, webinars, and seminars. Mr. DiRocco has over 20 years of experience in the public and private real estate industry. Before working with PwC, Mr. DiRocco was the Managing Director of Client Services and Thought Leadership for Ankura. Mr. DiRocco's role there revolved around client relationships with private institutional equity and direct lending clientele, including global investment banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and various asset lenders and owners. Before Ankura, he served as the Director of Research at Altus Group. He created and produced The Real Confidence Executive Survey, Young Professional Survey, The University Challenge, and The Yardstick. In addition, Mr. DiRocco was the Vice President of Research for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). Mr. DiRocco's education includes a B.S. degree in Finance and an M.B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in Finance and investments. Also, he is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, a Homer Hoyt Fellow, a Counselor of Real Estate, a Certified Commercial Investment Member, and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

    Melanie Greenwood

    VP Development Programs, Birdsong Housing Partners

    Melanie Greenwood is the Vice President of Development Programs for Birdsong Housing Partners, a multifamily attainable housing developer with successful experience in the development and construction of affordable housing communities of significant size and complexity. Melanie coordinates all application, development, underwriting, and closing activities. She works closely with architects, engineers, legal counsel, lenders, equity providers, credit underwriters, and other subject matter expert consultant team members to bring developments through the process from concept to construction commencement and ensure all timelines and deadlines are met.

    Jeff Reader

    Managing Partner, Reader Communities

    Jeff is responsible for sourcing new opportunities at Reader Communities. His day-to-day activities are primarily focused on land acquisition, capital structuring, due diligence, land development, and entitlements. With over 10 years of experience in master planned communities, Jeff has directed the development and disposition of well over 5,000 residential lots in addition to improved commercial land for apartments, retail, and senior housing totaling well over $500M in value. He has consulted on behalf of institutional funds, lenders, and private landowners providing guidance on development strategy and residual land value. Jeff is a licensed Real Estate Sales Associate in the State of Florida. He is highly involved with the Urban Land Institute currently serving as the Chair of ULI Central Florida and as a member of ULI Americas Community Development Council Silver Flight. Jeff is also a member of the Bergstrom Council at the University of Florida and the Greater Orlando Builders Association. Prior to joining Reader Communities, Jeff worked for Central Florida Investments/Westgate Resorts for 4 years in a development and project management capacity. Education: M.S. Real Estate, University of Florida; B.S. Marketing, University of Florida

    David Crabtree

    Founding Principal, HiveWorkshop

    Fostering design excellence focused on positive impacts for the human experience and community value, through a collaborative research based process is my passion. As the founder of HiveWorkshop, I am very fortunate to have honed a reflexive regional modern design approach with leading global design firms such as Perkins&Will, Gensler, and Little in a wide variety of projects types and scales. This foundation of over 18 years of Award Winning Design Experience spanning Workplace, Corporate Headquarters, Urban Mixed Use, Urban Design, Public Safety Headquarters, Municipal Planning, Transit, and other Health and Community project types, in addition to a construction background has been an amazing journey!

    Mital Hall

    Senior Director, RE Tech Advisors

    Mital is an award-winning Sustainability Professional with significant experience leading and conducting climate risk, green building certifications, energy, sustainability, ESG reporting, decarbonization strategies, and Smart Cities initiatives. She has over 20 years of notable expertise driving strategic agendas cross-functionally to achieve a broader vision of economic, environmental, and social program imperatives. Her strategic organizational change management and design think expertise lend itself to successfully launch and implement large scale sustainability programs within governmental, aviation, private, and universities sectors. She has worked on over >50 projects, impacted >75M square feet of space. She received a Congressional Honor from Congressman Darren Soto as a Distinguished Leader in Central Florida for Asian American Heritage Month, been a delegate to China and India for Smart Cities programs, and has been a delegate to United Nations.

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