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.