Agenda 2015
8:00 AM – Exhibit Hall & Dining Area
Registration, Networking Breakfast & Exhibit Hall Opens
Join us early for the opportunity to enjoy breakfast and network with fellow owners, investors, developers, and financiers.
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8:55 AM – General Session
Opening Remarks
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9:00 AM – General Session
View From the Top: A Market Outlook from DC’s Leading Developers, Owners & Investors
This session will bring together top investors and developers who led some of the largest deals over the past few years. Learn how these deals are indicative of larger trends and the key lessons learned. How are these top players adjusting their strategies going forward for the remainder of the year and beyond?
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10:00 AM – General Session
Morning Keynote Interview
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10:30 AM – General Session
Beltway Bananza!: What Big Projects Are in the Pipeline for 2015?
The explosion of new projects coming online this year has certainly kept everyone busy, but at what cost — and how will the market respond? Hear from those in the trenches about the opportunities and challenges they are seeing in the marketplace, what they anticipate rents and occupancies to look like in the year ahead, and what this means for development in other emerging neighborhoods.
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11:10 AM – Exhibit Hall & Dining Area
Networking Break
Enjoy a delicious mid-morning snack and refreshments, while mingling and comparing notes with active developers, real estate managers, owners, investors, and capital sources.
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11:50 AM – A – Concurrent Session
It’s Happening Downtown: Development Inside the Core
Key factors like millennials, significant inflows of investment from foreign investors, an increase in mixed-use development projects and innovations in office development are the hot topics today. Why are developers and investors bullish on Downtown? Learn about the plans for the downtown area and how the current projects are creating a more robust and rejuvenated urban core.
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11:50 AM – B – Concurrent Session
What Tenants Want: Innovations in Management for Commercial Properties/h4>
This panel will identify minimum standards and amenities expected by today’s commercial tenants and what owners and managers are doing to attract and retain quality tenants. In this session, discover the top innovations for improving cash flow and long-term asset value as well as what renters are willing to pay — and what they won’t.
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12:35 PM – A – Concurrent Session
How Does It All Stack Up: A Capital Roundtable
With the DC commercial real estate markets well into recovery, the debt and equity markets are working harder than ever to meet the needs of the active but still challenging transactions market. This panel of savvy, long term players in senior mortgages, subordinate debt, property development and ownership will have a lively dialogue around what financing alternatives are available today, which are best suited to today’s commercial real estate investment strategies and the ongoing evolution of the “Capital Stack”.
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12:25 PM – B – Concurrent Session
Outside the Loop: A Suburban Investment Forecast
There were 16 notable Big Box-anchored shopping centers, totaling 3.2 million SF, under construction in the D.C. metro area as of April 2014, and many more are in planning stage. Is this the sign of a strong suburban real estate market. This panel will help answer this question as well as shed light on other trends that are affecting this market category.
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1:15 PM – Exhibit Hall & Dining Area
Networking Lunch & Exhibits
Join us for lunch and network with fellow owners, investors, developers, and financiers.
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2:15 PM – General Session
Charity Presentation
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2:30 PM – General Session
Afternoon Keynote Presentation
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3:10 PM – General Session
DC Emerging Neighborhoods
Commercial investors are always looking for opportunities in new submarkets. The key, however, is to get there first. Which areas in and around DC are showing the greatest outlooks and what direction is this growth taking place? What qualities should investors look for when identifying an emerging neighborhood or city? Hear from those in the trenches about the neighborhoods – both urban and suburban – in which they see the greatest opportunities for growth.