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Have you been to NoMa lately? If not, you may not believe the changes. Bisnow has made special arrangements to welcome you on location to the burgeoning new neighborhood north of Union Station. With more than one million SF leased in 2009, NoMa has landed many front-page deals – including NPR, DOJ, GSA, and Harris Teeter. The momentum continues into 2010. Our top insider panelists will tell you what’s coming, and how this neighborhood has gone from ‘emerging’ to ‘transformed’ in just three short years.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A new Tishman Speyer building
1100 1st Street NE, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(between L and M Streets)
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Closest Metro: New York Avenue Metrorail Station, Red Line

Agenda

 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM Breakfast & Schmooze
 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Market Overview
 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM Panel of Experts
 9:20 AM – 9:45 AM Post-game Schmooze

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Bruce Baschuk
Chairman
The J Street Companies
"With 150 employees, 1M SF of commercial properties in development through J Street Development, a 6M SF property management portfolio through J Street’s Woodmark Commercial and a dynamic residential presence through Randall Hagner Residential, Bruce has created and oversees, over the last two years, one of the few completely diversified real estate companies in Washington. His 25+ active years in the DC metro real estate market includes acting as managing director of the DC office of CBRE, founder of WINNERS Lacrosse (a mentoring inner city non-profit), President of The Washington DC Board of Realtors, and currently Chairman of the NoMa BID."
 
     
 
Daniel P. Dooley
Managing Director, Director of Leasing – Washington DC Region
Tishman Speyer
"With 23 years of experience, mostly dedicated to leasing office space on behalf of owners, Dan’s portfolio consists of 14M SF of owned existing properties, third party assignments, projects under construction and finding build-to-suit opportunities for Tishman’s land in NoVa. His former clients include The George Washington University, TIAA-CREF, Alaska Permanent Fund, LA Fire and Police Pension Fund, Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System and CALPERS. Additionally, he is co-chairman of DCBIA’s Commercial Brokerage Committee."
 
     
 
Liz Price
President
NoMa Business Improvement District
"As President, Liz oversees the rapidly developing neighborhood just north of Union Station and Capitol Hill. Over 20M SF of office, residential, hotel and retail development are planned with 5M SF completed or currently under construction. The NoMa BID supports the area’s economic revitalization by providing clean and safe services, marketing the area and coordinating public and private investment. The BID is a private nonprofit with an annual budget of $1.5 million funded by assessments on commercial property. Previously, Liz was actively involved in the revitalization of the Anacostia Waterfront and served as Project Manager for the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development."
 
     
 
Doug Firstenberg
Principal
StonebridgeCarras
"Doug, a founding principal of Stonebridge Carras, focuses on strategic planning and project conceptualization and takes a primary role in major transaction negotiation. He also co-manages StonebridgeCarras, which is currently developing Constitution Square in NoMa, one of the largest mixed-use projects under construction on the East Coast. He has more than 25 years of experience working on complex real estate financing and directing the implementation of the firm's strategic plans."
 
     
 
Robert Seldin
Senior VP
Archstone
"As the executive responsible for all apartment development in DC and Atlanta, Rob has been directly responsible for site selection, land acquisition, entitlement, design, financing, development and/or construction of over 8,000 apartment units, activity in excess of $2 billion. He also is responsible for overall product development and design for Archstone’s Eastern Region. Rob’s recent local awards include Best Mid-Atlantic garden apartment community in 2008 and Best Mid-Atlantic low-rise apartment community and Best MidAtlantic lease up pace in 2009."
 
     
 
Maury Schlesinger
Director of Real Estate and Administrative Services
National Public Radio
Maury has led numerous construction and office reconfiguration projects including the addition of 3 studios in the Mass. Ave. building, lease and build-out of 39,000 SF of office space nearby, relocation of new bureaus in LA and Chicago, and the purchase of a failed dot-com warehouse in Culver City, CA and its renovation into NPR West, a 25,000 SF production facility. His current challenge is developing NPR’s new headquarters building at 1111 North Capitol Street, NE for occupancy by in mid-2013.
 
     
 
David Nostrand
VP, Sales, Americas, CFRST Hotels
Marriott International
Dave is responsible for providing the strategic direction and pull-through of initiatives for the Select Service and Extended stay Hotels (Courtyard, Fairfield Inn, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, TownPlace Suites). Starting in catering at Marriott in 1981, he has been Director of Marketing, Regional VP of Marriott National Accounts Team and VP of Sales for the Eastern Region. Dave was awarded one of the Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in the industry by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International in 2009.