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Tuesday, June 7 6:55am - 7:00am5 mins
THANK YOU TO OUR TITLE, PLATINUM, GOLD AND PREMIUM ON-DEMAND SPONSORS
Tuesday, June 7 7:00am - 8:00am60 mins
REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST
Tuesday, June 7 8:00am - 8:10am10 mins
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
- Ashi Mathur - President, Marlin Spring
- Jaime McKenna - Managing Director & Group Head of Real Estate, Fengate
Tuesday, June 7 8:10am - 8:50am40 mins
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE CANADIAN AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES
- Benjamin Tal - Managing Director & Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC
Tuesday, June 7 8:50am - 9:30am40 mins
LAND AVAILABILITY AND VALUES ACROSS CANADA: DO WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE LAND? WHAT DO MAJOR LAND TRANSACTIONS ACROSS CANADA TELL US ABOUT THE STORY BEHIND THE HEADLINES?
- Jim Costello - Head of Real Estate Economics, Chief Economist, MSCI Real Estate
- Casey Gallagher - Executive Vice President, National Investment Team, CBRE Capital Markets
- Emeka Mayes - Partner, Head of Capital Markets Brokerage, Colliers
- Andrew Tong - Chief Investment Officer, Concert Properties & Managing Director, CREC Commercial Fund LP
Tuesday, June 7 9:30am - 10:10am40 mins
MANAGING PROJECTS & CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN AN UNPREDICTABLE MARKET
- Debbie MacDonald - Director, Design Development, 59 Project Management Ltd.
- Marlon Bray - Senior Director, Cost Consulting, Altus Group
- Niall Finnegan - Cost Consultant, Partner, Finnegan Marshall Inc.
- Ben Rogowski - Executive Vice President & COO, Canderel
Tuesday, June 7 10:10am - 10:30am20 mins
RISK MANAGEMENT: HOW IS RISK BEING FACTORED INTO INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING COSTS?
- Jeffrey Charles - Managing Director, Gallagher
Tuesday, June 7 10:30am - 11:00am30 mins
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
CONCURRENT SESSION (A1, A2, A3 and A4)
Tuesday, June 7 11:00am - 11:55am55 mins
SESSION A1 - RETAIL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS AND REDEVELOPMENTS: WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS TYPE OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AS WE EXIT THE PANDEMIC?
- Elie Newman - Principal, BNKC Architects Inc.
- Lina Al-Dajani - Senior Associate, SvN Architects
- John Crombie - Executive Managing Director, Retail Services, Cushman & Wakefield
- Toby Wu - Senior Vice President, Development, QuadReal
Tuesday, June 7 11:00am - 11:55am55 mins
SESSION A2 - THE INDUSTRIAL MARKET HAS OUTPERFORMED ALL OTHER SECTORS: HOW ARE LAND AVAILABILITY, DEVELOPMENT COSTS, MARKET RENTS AND INNOVATION IMPACTING THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS SECTOR?
- John Scioli - Research Manager, Strategy & Market Intelligence, Panattoni Development Company
- Nick Gaganiaras - Director, Supply Chain Solutions & Engineering, National Logistics Services Inc.
- Andrew Konev - Senior Vice President, Development, Fengate
- Bryan Reid - Executive Director, MSCI Inc.
- Ben Sykes - Real Estate Broker & Associate, Avison Young
Tuesday, June 7 11:00am - 11:55am55 mins
SESSION A3 - HOUSING AFFORDABILITY: WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO TACKLE AFFORDABILITY AND HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE A SOLUTION?
- Randy Gladman - Senior Vice President, Development Advisory, Colliers
- Andrew Garrett - Senior Principal, Real Estate, IMCO Investments
- Sherry Larjani - President, Spotlight Development Inc
- Leor Margulies - Partner, Robins Appleby
- Salima Rawji - Senior Vice President, Development, CreateTO
Tuesday, June 7 11:00am - 11:55am55 mins
SESSION A4 - CAPITAL FLOWING INTO DEVELOPMENT: FROM PENSION FUNDS TO REITS, LIFECOS & FOREIGN INVESTORS
- Candace Cooper - Partner, Daoust Vukovich LLP
- Khan Tran - Chief Investment Officer, TAS
- Jonathan Westeinde - Chief Executive Officer, Windmill Development Group
- Rishi Bajaj - Senior Vice President, Finance, Fengate
- Noah Rechtsman - Executive Vice President, Hullmark
Tuesday, June 7 11:55am - 1:05pm70 mins
LUNCHEON & REFRESHMENTS
CONCURRENT SESSION (B1, B2, B3 or B4)
Tuesday, June 7 1:05pm - 2:00pm55 mins
SESSION B1 - MULTI-RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS: HOW HAS THE MARKET PERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC? WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR DEMAND AND TENANT PREFERENCES?
- David Bloomstone - Managing Director, Investment Banking Real Estate Group & Head of Multi-Residential Property Brokerage, TD Securities
- Richard Aubry - Architect, Vice President, Design, Development & Construction, Redwood Properties
- Jonah Belkin - Partner & Managing Director, Peakhill Equity Partners
- Carl Gomez - Chief Economist & Head of Market Analytics, CoStar Group
- Jonathan King - Principal, BNKC Architects Inc.
Tuesday, June 7 1:05pm - 2:00pm55 mins
SESSION B2 - OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS AND REDEVELOPMENTS: WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS TYPE OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AS WE EXIT THE PANDEMIC? WILL WE SEE MORE REPURPOSING AND MIXED-USE?
- Susan Rosen - Partner, Gowling WLG
- Leigh Collyer - Principal, ZAS Architects + Interiors
- Michael Navo - Senior Vice President, Office Leasing, JLL
- Lindsay Stiles - Chief Operating Officer, Slate Office REIT
Tuesday, June 7 1:05pm - 2:00pm55 mins
SESSION B3 - DECARBONIZATION, NET ZERO COMMITMENTS AND ESG: STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPERS AND THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE & MULTI-RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
- Jane Helmstadter - Partner, Co-Head Commercial Real Estate Practice, Bennett Jones LLP
- John English - Head of Development, Tricon Residential
- Zeina Elali - Associate & Senior Sustainability Advisor, Perkins&Will
- Brad Keast - Head of Development & Construction, Dream Office REIT
- Zach Pendley - Partner & Senior Vice President, Strategy and Transactions - Real Estate, EY
Tuesday, June 7 1:05pm - 2:00pm55 mins
SESSION B4 - ALTERNATIVE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT: DO SENIORS HOUSING, LONG-TERM CARE HOMES AND STUDENT HOUSING AND HOSPITALITY HAVE GREATER UPSIDE POTENTIAL?
- David Cervantes - Senior Vice President, CBRE Limited
- Aly Damji - Managing Partner, Real Estate, Forum Equity Partners
- Sean McCrorie - Executive Vice President & Practice Leader, Seniors Housing & Healthcare, Cushman & Wakefield
- Robin McLuskie - Managing Director, Hotels, Colliers
- Jonathan Turnbull - Managing Director, Head of Canadian Transactions & Business Development, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC
Tuesday, June 7 2:00pm - 2:20pm20 mins
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (C1, C2, C3 and C4)
Tuesday, June 7 2:20pm - 3:15pm55 mins
SESSION C1 - CONDOS AND SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT: FUTURE DEMAND TRENDS IN THE HOME BUILDING MARKET
- Kalliopi Karkas - Vice President, RioCan Living
- Andrew Brethour - Executive Chairman, PMA Brethour
- Matthew Brown - Director, Product Development, Minto Communities - Canada
- Gavin Cheung - Managing Partner & President, CentreCourt
- Mara Samardzic - Vice President, Land Development, Stanford Homes
Tuesday, June 7 2:20pm - 3:15pm55 mins
SESSION C2 - INNOVATIONS IN PROJECT DESIGN, DELIVERY AND BUILDING OPERATIONS: WHAT ARE INNOVATORS DOING IN TODAY’S MARKET TO SUCCEED?
- Brandon Donnelly - Managing Director, Development, Slate Asset Management
- Arie Barendrecht - Founder & CEO, WiredScore
- Hugh Clark - Executive Vice President, Development, Allied Properties REIT
- Jamie Miller - Director of Biomimicry, Senior Associate, B+H Architects
Tuesday, June 7 2:20pm - 3:15pm55 mins
SESSION C3 - GETTING PROJECTS APPROVED: DEALING WITH MUNICIPALITIES, CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES, OTHER REGULATORY BODIES? HOW TO TURN NIMBYISM INTO YIMBYISM?
- Dinesh Ramanathan - Vice President, Legal, Fengate
- Doug Hochglaube - President & CEO, Trolleybus Urban Development Inc.
- Stephen Job - Vice President, Tenblock
- Andrea Oppedisano - Director, Land Development, Marlin Spring
- Nilesh Surti - Manager, Development Review & Urban Design, City of Pickering
Tuesday, June 7 2:20pm - 3:15pm55 mins
SESSION C4 - LEVERAGING OPTIONS: THE CHANGING WORLD OF FINANCING WITH A FOCUS ON LAND, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION
- Alec Heffernan - Vice President, Real Estate Finance, Colliers
- Brian Dorr - President and Chief Executive Officer, Dorr Capital Corporation & RealAlt® Investments
- Jonah Brown - Founder & Managing Partner, Oakbank Capital Group
- Jared Dykstra - Vice President, Asset Management, Greybrook Realty Partners
Tuesday, June 7 3:25pm - 4:20pm55 mins
CLOSING ROUNDTABLE: WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT MARKET? STRATEGIES FOR 2022 AND BEYOND.
- Ashi Mathur - President, Marlin Spring
- Jaime McKenna - Managing Director & Group Head of Real Estate, Fengate
- Mike Czestochowski - Vice Chairman, CBRE
- Julie Di Lorenzo - President, Diamante Urban Corporation
- Renée Gomes - Senior Vice President, Development, DiamondCorp
- Derek Goring - Executive Vice-President, Development, Northcrest Developments
- Jeff Thomas - Group Head, Development, KingSett Capital
Tuesday, June 7 4:20pm - 4:30pm10 mins
CLOSING COMMENTS
Tuesday, June 7 4:30pm - 5:30pm60 mins
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