Power players line up to thrash out key issues.The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is bringing together the best and brightest in the real estate community to discuss critical issues ranging from affordable housing and transportation to the effect of development on the environment. The New York, Northern New Jersey and Westchester/Fairfield District Councils of ULI are co-sponsoring a Regional Trends Conference in Manhattan on Thursday, Sept. 15. The conference will be held from 8 am to 6 pm at Manhattan Center Studios Grand Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street (between 8th and 9th Aves). The ULI is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research and education organization that focuses on development and land use issues. Experts from business and government will participate in a series of six panel discussions highlighting a wide range of concerns affecting the region's residential and commercial real estate markets. The objective is to increase awareness of ways to accommodate growth while preserving the environment and adding value to the region's communities. Susan Hudson-Wilson, founder of Property & Portfolio Research, LLC, a leading independent provider of real estate research, portfolio strategy and risk management advisory services, will kick off the conference with an overview of current and emerging trends. Dr. James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University serves as a center for the theory and practice of planning and public policy scholarship. at Rutgers University, will add insight about economic, demographic and property market issues. Amanda M. Burden, chair of the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Planning Commission, will highlight the initiatives New York City has taken to accommodate explosive business and population growth. Stephen Siegel, global chairman of CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. , will moderate the industry leaders panel, which will consist of representatives of the region's major employers. Panelists will share their accumulated wisdom and discuss the relevance of the trends and issues discussed throughout the day. Michael D. Fascitelli, president of Vornado Realty Trust Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) is a New York based real estate investment trust. It is the inheritor of real estate formerly controlled by companies including Two Guys and Alexander's. , will moderate a panel on the New York Metro For the region, see . Metro New York is a free daily newspaper in New York City started in 2004. Its main competition is AM New York, with which it practices many of the same distribution and marketing strategies. area's capital markets, focusing on the issues and economics that affect real estate property and investment on national and regional scales. The panel will include Terrance Ahern, a principal and founder of The Townsend Group; Jeffrey R. Dunne, vice chair and leader of the New York tri-state investment team at CB Richard Ellis; Robert Verrone, managing director at Wachovia Securities; and Russell Appel, president of the Praedium Group LLC. Anthony Coscia, of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, self-sustaining public corporation established in 1921 by the states of New York and New Jersey to administer the activities of the New York–New Jersey port area, which has a waterfront of c. , will address the complexities and interdependencies of the region's transportation infrastructure and its effect on real estate. Clayton H. Fowler, a founding partner of The Spinnaker Companies, will lead the discussion on current projects transportation projects for the City of New York and the region. The panelists will include Susan Deutsch of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.; Robet Yaro, President of the Reginal Plan Association; and Robert Lurie of the Port Authority of NY & NJ. Mayor Christian Bollwage of Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 120,568, making it New Jersey's fourth largest city (by population). The population of Elizabeth was 126,179, as of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate. and co-chair of the U. S. Conference of Mayor's Brownfields Taskforce, will highlight the trends and issues confronting the development of brownfields properties. A panel discussion on the balance between development and the environment will include Philip Amicone, Mayor of Yonkers, New York Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the State of New York (it falls behind New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester), and the largest city in Westchester County, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). ; Larry D'Andrea, U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Region 2; Anselm Fusco, Senior Vice President of Development for Cherokee Northeast, LLC; and Lynne Ward, Executive Director of National RE/Sources. Rosemary Scanlon, Associate Professor of Economics, New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the Real Estate Institute, will moderate a panel on the issues and opportunities created by the sports and the arts, and discuss their impact on the real estate market and local economies. Panelists include Harvey Lichenstein, President and Executive Producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. (BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. ); Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art; and George R. Zoffinger, President and CEO of the NJ Sports & Exposition Authority. Jonathan F. P. Rose, president of Jonathan Rose Companies, LLP, will moderate a discussion on market rate offerings, affordable housing development and the challenges and economics that impact how and where we live in the region. Panelists include Shaun Donovan, Commissioner of NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Frederick S. Harris, Senior Vice President of AvalonBay Communities; and Dr. Pearl Kamer, chief economist of the Long Island Association. For more information or registration, call 1-800-321-5011 or register online at http://www.uli.org/ register/index.cfm?id=979. |
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