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In our second Bisnow NY Breakfast & Schmooze, we'll explore in-depth opportunities available in the area of distressed assets. Mark Grinis, head of US Real Estate Distressed Services for Ernst & Young, will keynote, followed up by a panel of top experts from the real estate, legal and financial sectors on how you can maximize opportunities in today’s market.
August 13, 2009
General Society Library
20 W. 44th St
New York, NY
Agenda
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM |
Breakfast & Schmooze |
| 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM |
Welcome |
| 8:35 AM – 9:00 AM |
Keynote Address - Mark Grinis |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM |
Panel Discussion |
| 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM |
Schmooze |
Recession Busting Price: $59
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Space is limited.
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Mark Grinis
Head of US Real Estate, Distressed Services Group
Ernst & Young
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| Mark is a partner in the Assurance and Advisory practice at Ernst & Young. For over 22 years, he has been at the center of distressed property markets in Houston during the 1980’s; California during the 1990’s, and Japan throughout the late 90’s through 2004. He returned to New York from Asia where he served as the Managing Partner of Ernst & Young’s Asia Pacific Financial Services practice. As the practice leader, he was responsible for managing the regional efforts of the firm, but also served as assurance partner in charge of the firm’s largest opportunity fund accounts. |
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Robert W. Barone, R.A., LEED AP
Principal/Senior VP
IVI International, Inc.
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Robert is SVP/Principal of Inspection & Valuation International, a firm of 85 engineers, architects, project managers, and environmental professionals. His primary responsibility is the Director of IVI’s Workout Services and Project Management Oversight Departments, which provides consulting services on more than 200 construction/renovation projects nationwide, many of which are in the “workout” or loan re-structuring mode. Robert's 27 years in the construction industry spans a wide range of projects in the commercial and residential areas, with a strong concentration in complex mixed-use projects, including CityCenter, Trump International Hotel & Tower, and Xanadu.
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Paul Griesmer
Senior Managing Director – Head of Distressed Real Estate Services
Schonbraun McCann Group, an FTI Company
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| Paul has over 28 years of experience in real estate including valuation, due diligence on acquisitions, investments and development projects, consulting, deal structuring, financial restructuring and bankruptcy. He is a highly experienced veteran of real estate restructurings and bankruptcies from the late 1980’s and early 1990’s including the pricing and structuring of distressed debt. He is actively engaged in current restructurings of office, hotel and resort properties, companies and funds. |
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Robert Knakal
Chairman
Massey Knakal
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| Bob started Massey Knakal with Paul Massey in 1988 and has subsequently sold billions in real estate transactions, racking up innumerable honors and awards as a top broker. Massey Knakal is the New York metropolitan area's premier full service sales company, specializing in the sale of investment and user properties. Massey Knakal agents are experienced in representing properties of all values, from $500,000 properties to portfolios exceeding $100 million. |
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David Schechtman
Senior Director
Eastern Consolidated
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David Schechtman is the Senior Director of Eastern Consolidated’s Turnaround Services and Loan Sales Group. Focusing a large portion of his business on working with the owners of distressed entities and their attorneys and advisors in maximizing the value of their real property, Mr. Schechtman has enjoyed considerable success in the disposition, sale/leaseback and recapitalization of distressed real estate assets. He has completed more than $1.5 billion of transactions.
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Jackie Weiss
Partner
Arent Fox
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| Jackie is a partner in Arent Fox’s real estate group. She counsels and represents clients on everything from financings to acquisitions to restructurings to bankruptcy. Jackie also co-heads the firm’s leasing practice. Having represented lenders and borrowers though innumerable distressed transactions, Jackie is well versed in how to navigate the current marketplace. |
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Additional Speakers to be Announced |
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