This event offers an unprecedented opportunity to hear first-hand the vision each of these leaders has for the future of housing in San Francisco.
For more information on this event, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact Tim Colen, Executive Director of the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition at HYPERLINK "mailto:tim@sfhac.org" \t "_blank" tim@sfhac.org or (415) 541-9001 or visit HYPERLINK "http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001YS_oj4OrPJ66vddMbG-65dJJnhe6maD1SC1DAkXY6ExmL5huXHSLUKM1oHE0l7Cd2VUbBGYWTrgGoSU8Y8sawQuuxnu_h-Xx8mBGL7gnLnxsLn_wL3uFFp7vF9XYKScr" \t "_blank" http://www.sfhac.org/housingforum.php.
The development industry’s foremost gathering on the business how-to’s of sustainable development delivers all the information, contacts, and ideas you need to build your business and meet this growing demand.
In nearly two full days of solid sessions on key aspects of the business of sustainable development, you’ll find out what you need to take your place on this expanding playing field. You’ll hear from—and meet —leading green developers, investors, lenders, public officials, and other practitioners. Their experience, insights, and practical knowledge will demonstrate how to keep your organization profitable while pursuing new markets.
Developers who are going green or thinking of entering this growing market will find the business models, best practices, critical resources, and proven approaches to profitable sustainable development here. ULI’s Developing and Investing Green conference is for:
Office, mixed-use, hotel, retail, apartment, and residential developers
Suburban and downtown property owners, planners, public officials, landscape architects, and contractors
Real estate market and business consultants
Investment bankers and institutional investors
Real estate brokers and lenders
HYPERLINK "http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Conferences&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentFileID=38220" \t "_blank" Registration Form (PDF)
HYPERLINK "http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Conferences&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentFileID=38223" \t "_blank" Brochure (PDF)
Register online at: HYPERLINK "http://www.uli.org/register" www.uli.org/register
Brownbag lunches provide an opportunity for an informal interchange in an intimate setting with a local real estate leader who will discuss hands-on real estate issues, for ULI members only. There is no cost and attendees provide their own lunches.
Developing Complex Projects in the Urban Environment
Susan Smartt
Senior Vice President
Forest City Residential West
Forest City Enterprises has developed some of the San Francisco Bay Area's most exciting and complex urban projects. The firm, in partnership with Westfield America, developed one of the largest urban centers west of the Mississippi, Westfield Shopping Centre; a 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use retail/office project in downtown San Francisco. They have a mixed-use project under construction in Uptown Oakland that will create 665 residential units, 9,000 square feet of retail and 25,000 square feet of park space. In 2007, Forest City signed an agreement with the Presidio Trust to redevelop a former public health service hospital in the Presidio of San Francisco into a 161 apartment community.
So how do you develop these complex projects in an urban setting? How do you work with multiple public agencies and communities to create a successful project? What are the key strategies for a successful negotiation in Public/Private partnerships? Please join Susan Smartt, Senior Vice President for Forest City Residential West for a detailed discussion on the challenges and successes of urban infill development.
Susan is responsible for development for Forest City in Bay Area and has been with the company since 1999. Prior to working at Forest City she was a partner at Watt Industries, running their Northern California commercial development office that included mixed use, office, industrial, and residential projects.
Free, for ULI Members Only.
Registration: http://www.ulisf.org/cal.php?event=1&oid=1000000669&ogid=9996&event=1
Shareholder
Miller Starr Regalia
Please join us for a lunchtime workshop on the basics of real estate joint ventures. Hans Lapping, a real estate transactional shareholder in Miller Starr Regalia’s Walnut Creek office, will lead a discussion on the essentials that every real estate professional should know about joint ventures including preliminary issues in deciding whether to enter into a joint venture, entity selection issues, tax planning strategies, management concerns, and exit strategies.
Mr. Lapping’s practice focuses on all aspects of structuring, documenting, and negotiating the acquisition, as well as disposition and financing for land development of residential, commercial, office and industrial projects. He has extensive experience in entity formation, including joint ventures, purchase and sale of businesses, and corporate finance.
Free, for ULI Members only
Registration: http://www.ulisf.org/cal.php?event=1&oid=1000000676&ogid=9996&event=1
“Financial Distress 101: What Happens When Good Investments Go Bad”
This timely workshop will address the business and legal consequences of falling real estate values and challenging financing markets, with topics including:
What is financial distress and when does it occur?
What are the causes of financial distress?
How is the current state of the U.S. economy and the capital markets impacting real estate investors, owners and developers?
What options do investors have when they are facing a default?
What is a foreclosure and how does the process work?
Find out how financial distress impacts the broader real estate market as well as our own local communities.
Speakers
Kevin Fisher, Partner,Paul Hastings
Josh Myerberg,Vice President, Morgan Stanley Real Estate
Maximum Attendees: 50
Cost:$10 for YLG Members Only
Registration: http://www.ulisf.org/cal.php?event=1&oid=1000000668&ogid=9996&event=1
Peer to Peer Workshops are structured as small educational sessions with attendance typically capped at 50 people to facilitate an interactive classroom-like experience. Unlike other courses, these workshops are taught from the perspective of someone who remembers ‘what it’s like not to know’, with the stated intention of helping fellow YLGers better understand different segments of the real estate industry so that they may further strengthen their understanding of how our dynamic business functions.
From Entitlements to Valuation, from Negotiating Leases to Public Speaking, we’ll teach you everything from the ‘basics’ to the ‘tricks of the trade’! Peer to Peer Workshops will help their participants be better rounded real estate professionals resulting in enhanced professional knowledge and personal skill.
Speakers include:
Tom Hart, Executive Vice President, Shorenstein Company
Hal Ellis, Managing Principal, Ellis Partners
Peter Bedford, CEO, Bedford Investments
Will Thompson, Principal, Thompson Dorfman
Costs
ULI Member/ Non-Member
Private $55/ $85
Public $35 / $65
YLG $40 / $70
Student $15 / $30
** Please contact Ryan Bermudez ( HYPERLINK "mailto:ryan_bermudez@mba.berkeley.edu" ryan_bermudez@mba.berkeley.edu) to check for free ticket availability and provide your mailing address and phone number.
Registration: http://www.ulisf.org/cal.php?event=1&oid=1000000678&ogid=9996&event=1
Join BREC and Berkeley Real Estate Alumni Association (BREAA) in volunteering for Rebuilding Together’s Rebuilding Day, which involves renovating homes and community centers throughout Oakland. Each year, thousands of volunteers come together to help restore the homes of their low-income neighbors. These homes and community facilities have fallen into disrepair.
This will be a great opportunity to give back to the community and connect with real estate professionals within the BREAA network. If you are interested in participating, please complete the attached form and e-mail it to Jesse Nelson at HYPERLINK "mailto:jesse_nelson@haas.berkeley.edu" jesse_nelson@haas.berkeley.edu. Jesse will coordinate volunteers from our group. Partners, family and friends of our group are also welcome.
The CMBS industry continues to be in gridlock but for how long? Who is lending money these days? How does the global CMBS market compare to last year? What is the long-term impact of this market correction?
Join us at the Real Estate Insider (REI) lunch event to hear more about what deals are getting done and how in these uncertain times. The event features Clay Sublett, director of CMBS from KeyBank Real Estate Capital.
Attendance is limited to first come, first served members-only registrations and space is limited. Clay’s REI event last year sold out quickly. Members, go to member login tab on NAIOP’s website (http://www.naiopsfba.org/) to register.