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Senior Director Facilities, Construction and Design
St. Peter's Health Partners

Assistant Vice President, Capital Project Management
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

UDO AMMON

PATRICK BURKE III

VP and Project Exec 
Lendlease

Vice President, Real Estate Division
Mount Sinai

TOM AHN

RICHARD BENINI

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Associate Vice President of Design and Construction
Montefiore Health System

President & CEO
AMA Group

TINA MACICA

ARTHUR METZLER

Senior Executive Director, K&L Group
MG Engineering

Senior Director of Real Estate
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

DAVID KONTRA

RICHARD MEILAN

Senior Vice President, Construction and Support Services
Hospital for Special Surgery

Director of Construction, Mount Sinai St. Lukes, Planning Design & Construction
Mount Sinai

MICHAEL RAWLINGS

JACOBIE RICARD

Senior Project Manager, Facilities Design & Construction
New York Presbyterian Hospital

Partner and Chair of Healthcare and Pharmacy Law Practice
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin

STEVE POLYAKOV

MIKE REILLY JR.

Director of Business Development
LF Driscoll

ANDREW WEINBERG

RAHUL TIKEKAR, PE, MS, MBA

Principal and Senior Vice President
Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Managing Partner
AKF Group

Group Senior Vice President
New York Presbyterian

DINO DEFEO

JOE IENUSO

Executive Director, Design + Construction
Memorial Sloan Kettering

SVP Real Estate & Facilities
Jefferson Health

MITCHELL CLAYTON

SUZEN HEELEY

MOGENS SMED

CEO 
Falkbuilt Ltd.

Vice President of Healthcare & Life Sciences
JRM Construction Management

Partner and Chair of Construction Group
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin

PETER MULCAHEY

DAVID PFEFFER

Director, Information Technology
Jaros, Baum & Bolles

Associate Principal, Health, New York 
Perkins & Will

LAURA MORRIS

BETH MULLER

Managing Principal
TMT Technology

CONSTANTINE ZACHARIADIS

RICHARD LANZARONE

Construction Executive
Turner Construction Company

SPEAKERS 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM ET

 New York, NY 10016

ABOUT THE SPIRAL

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The State of Multifamily: 
The Sector Suites After a Wild Year of Rising Rates & Minimal Vacancies

 Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM ET

Agenda

8:30 AM ET  Breakfast & Networking

9:00 AM ET  Opening Remarks

9:15 AM  ET  Fireside Chat

9:40 AM ET  Making The Best of Buyers Market: Multifamily prices are experiencing dramatic and sudden drops. How do investors determine the right times to buy? When will prices recover? And how are brokers girding for a period of high volume at low prices?

10:30 AM ET  Single Family Rentals - Will the Boom Times Forever Last:  While other sectors face highly-publicized troubles, SFR seems to be commercial real estate’s Teflon product, with rents and yields soaring ever upward. How long can we expect the party to last? Is now a good time for new entrants into the market? And, what residual effect might this have on multifamily?

11:15 AM ET  Fireside Chat

12:00 PM ET  Private Equity on the Rise - How Private Equity is Sinking its Teeth Into Multifamily:  As with SFR, multifamily is becoming more and more popular with major private equity firms, who are employing differing strategies for multifamily investment. This discussion will cover why private equity firms are drawn to multifamily right now, where they’re investing the most, and which investment strategies they feel are safest and most risky. 

12:45 PM ET Lunch

1:15 PM ET  Fireside Chat

2:00 PM ET  An Overview of Multifamily New York:  What is the future of housing in New York, and how can New York developers overcome the lack of public incentives? What zoning changes are on the horizon, and which are most needed?

2:40 PM ET   Fireside Chat

3:10 PM ET   Conversions: Wishful Thinking or The Sector's Savior:  We’ll look at the advantages to, and obstacles around, office-to multifamily conversions, including several looks at successful projects and how they came to pass - including a look at how it worked in FiDi back in the 90s - and the most important zoning and other governmental changes needed to make them happen en masse today.

3:50 PM ET   Closing Keynote

Why Attend

Discover how architects, developers, and contractors have successfully embraced paradigm shifts and their strategic plans for the future. This event will explore the innovative and transformative mega projects shaping the landscape of airports, casinos, hotels, and higher education facilities.

Owners/Developers ● Architects/Engineers ● Contractors ● Facilities Manager ● Investors ● Lenders ● Government Agencies/Public Officials ● Service Providers ● Consultants ● Transportation and Agency Representatives ● Urban Planners ● Technology Firms ● Professional Service Firms ● Public Officials

Who Should Attend

Agenda

9:00 AM ET   Opening Keynote

9:30 AM ET   Exploring the Future of Casinos In the New York Region
Join us as we take an in-depth look at the evolving landscape of casinos in one of the world's most vibrant regions, New York. In this panel, distinguished experts from the gaming industry, urban planning, and tourism sectors converge to explore the future of casinos in the New York region. Together, they delve into the challenges, opportunities, and transformative potential that lie ahead, shaping the landscape of entertainment, tourism, and economic growth.

10:15 AM ET    New York’s Airport Overhaul: Transforming Airports for the Future
As air travel continues to become increasingly accessible for both pleasure and business, airline consumers also expect an elevated level of amenitization, such as retail, food, beverage, rest and hospitality options. Airlines and airports both are investing heavily in new infrastructure that meets the rising needs of travel along with facility upgrades that create better experiences. At the same time, airports have to prepare for heightened sustainability mandates and future-proof for resiliency challenges in a shifting climate landscape. Across the Eastern Seaboard, major air hubs are undergoing projects that will allow for more flights and improved air travel experience throughout the area. Learn from our panel of airport development, design and construction experts about the extensive projects underway in major East Coast cities and how they are building for the future of air travel.

11:00 AM ET  Redefining Luxury: Mega Hospitality Projects
This thought-provoking panel delves into the forefront of luxury hospitality and unveils the groundbreaking projects that are reshaping the industry. Join esteemed industry experts from the fields of architecture, design, development, and hospitality converge to explore the transformative power of mega hospitality projects. Together, they offer a captivating narrative on the evolution of luxury, pushing boundaries, and embracing innovative concepts that redefine the very essence of indulgence in hospitality.

11:45 AM ET   Higher Education Facility Development & Large-Scale Renovations
Competition for enrollment numbers and a shifting financial landscape are creating new challenges for colleges and universities looking to upgrade their facilities. Modern, tech-enabled spaces and amenitized campuses are more important than ever for attracting applicants, faculty and new partnerships. The decision to redevelop higher education spaces is more complex than ever before: sustainability and resiliency in the face of a changing climate, decisions about whether it is better to invest in new buildings or reinvigorate historic ones and the balance between traditional classroom and lab needs with more collaborative, technological and socialized educational trends are among the many considerations higher education facilities teams need to navigate. On this panel, leading public and private university experts will discuss how institutions are creating development and construction plans to ensure a bright future for students and faculty in a higher education market that is increasingly competitive.

12:15 PM ET   Closing Keynote

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Current Attendee List

Standard Registration

$250

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The Commercial Observer’s Mega Projects Forum delves into the realm of colossal real estate developments in New York and its surrounding areas. Explore the innovative and transformative mega projects shaping the landscape of airports, casinos, hotels, and higher education facilities. The conference will gather the industry leaders behind these monumental projects as they discuss stakeholder perspectives, cutting-edge technologies, emerging trends, and share valuable insights into urban development implications, and economic and social impact.

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8:30 AM ET   Breakfast & Networking

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