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Speakers and Panels
Building Better: Construction, Design and Development for Expedited Delivery at Cost
How Developers, Contractors and Architects are Saving on Time and Cost Without Sacrificing Quality Today
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Eric Speckman
Principal
Beauxwright
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Ashley Peterson
Partner
Proffitt Dixon Partners
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Adam McCollum
Vice President
Collins and Arnold Construction Company, LLC
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Ryan Woods
Design Director
The Beck Group, Atlanta
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Zoe DeVaney
Principal
BECI
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Michael Mazurk
Sr. Director, Sales Engineering
QXO
Management Best Practices: Lease-Up, Retention & NOI Optimization
What Moves the Needle in Leasing Velocity, Renewals and Expense Control
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Diane Chastain
President
KENCO Residential
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Goldie Bartlett
Division President of Operations, Mid-Atlantic
RPM Living
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Tiffany Barnett
Managing Director
Cortland
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Jason Esposito
CEO
Center Park Group
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Tatum Rezin
CEO
Liberty Rent
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Taylor Jones
President & CTO
Elauwit Connection Inc.
Design & Amenities Driving Demand With Current Renters
The Unit, Amenity, and Experience Choices That are Closing Leases
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Jeff Furman
Senior Managing Director
Aventon Companies
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Michael Tubridy
Senior Managing Director, NC & SC
Crescent Communities
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Danny Dulkin
President
LIVunLtd
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Chris Kacena
Managing Partner
KJA Architecture
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Angela Harris
CEO & Principal
TRIO
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Christian Diener
Regional Sales Vice President
Zentro
Activating Capital: Investment, Acquisition & Financing Across the Southeast
Reading the Cycle: Deal Targeting, Where Deals are Penciling, and Underwriting Assumptions
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Lisa Hurd
CIO
The RADCO Companies
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Rod Mullice
Managing Partner
Windsor Stevens
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Michael Errichetti
SVP, Investments
FCP
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Ray Cleeman
Principal, Head of Capital Markets
Pensam Capital
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Michael Woodard
Co-Founder/CEO
CREstimate.ai
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Matthew Sours
Shareholder
Winstead
Affordable Housing Outlook: Policy, Incentives & Profitability
The Playbook on Maximizing Activity and Returns While Providing Needed Housing Supply
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Denise Cleveland-Leggett
Senior National Advisor
HUD
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Derrick Barker
CEO
Nectar
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John Hundley
Atlanta Studio Director
Rosemann & Associates
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Israel Brown
CEO
Essayon Construction Group
Buiding at the Top of the Market: The Luxury Multifamily Playbook
Rent Premiums, Trophy Amenities, and the Design, Finish, and Execution Calls Owners Are Betting On
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Harvey Wadsworth
Managing Director
Portman Residential
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Chris Lessard
President & CEO
Lessard Design
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Ripley Bickerstaff
VP of Preconstruction
Hoar Construction
Opening Remarks
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Steffen Nussbaum
CEO
Parkstory USA
Why You Should Attend Multifamily Southeast
Why This Matters:
After several years of supply-driven softness in the regional multifamily ecosystem, the story appears to be turning. Delivery velocity is cooling, occupancy is up, and after a long stretch of capital sitting on the sidelines, debt and equity are starting to move again. But the recovery isn't uniform across markets as Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Nashville are competing with a new wave of secondary markets like Charleston, Greenville, Chattanooga, Savannah, and more. In these markets, in-migration and job growth are pulling renter demand. At the top of the market, luxury owners are pressure-testing which trophy features actually earn the rent premium and which ones are being quietly cut from the next round of new starts.
Multifamily Southeast Summit 2026 brings together the region's most active owners, developers, investors, and operators to unpack what's actually working in this resetting cycle — across capital markets, construction, affordable housing, asset operations, design, and the high end of the SE market.
What You'll Learn
Where capital is reactivating and what underwriting actually looks like in 2026 for SE acquisitions, refinancing, and new starts.
How developers, contractors, engineers, and architects are taking time and cost out of delivery without compromising quality.
Which affordable-housing capital structures, policy levers, and operating models are penciling across GA, NC, SC, TN, and the region as a whole, in 2026.
The specific lease-up, retention, and expense strategies that are moving NOI right now and where AI and operations tech are earning their keep.
What renters in 2026 actually pay more for: unit features, amenity programming, and community design choices that are closing leases in a still-competitive market.
What's working (and what's not) at the top of the market: attainable rental rates, trophy characteristics, and design and execution calls behind today's most successful luxury SE communities.
For questions regarding content, speaking and sponsorship opportunities please email our Southeast Director of Operations, Brandon Elsasser, at brandon.elsasser@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Venue
Cobb Galleria Centre
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Ballroom: The John A. Williams Ballroom ABE
Parking Information:
Self-parking $10/per car
Please park in the Blue Deck. See the map HERE for instructions.
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:30 AM
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Pre-Event Registration, Breakfast & Networking
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9:30 AM
10:15 AM
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Building Better: Construction, Design and Development for Expedited Delivery at Cost
-How developers, contractors and architects are saving on time and cost without sacrificing quality today |
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10:15 AM
11:00 AM
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Activating Capital: Investment, Acquisition & Financing Across the Southeast
-Reading the cycle: deal targeting, where deals are penciling, and underwriting assumptions |
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11:00 AM
11:30 AM
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Networking Break
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11:30 AM
12:15 PM
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Buiding at the Top of the Market: The Luxury Multifamily Playbook
-Rent premiums, trophy amenities, and the design, finish, and execution calls owners are betting on |
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12:15 PM
1:15 PM
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Networking Lunch!
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1:15 PM
2:00 PM
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Management Best Practices: Lease-Up, Retention & NOI Optimization
-What moves the needle in leasing velocity, renewals and expense control |
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2:00 PM
2:15 PM
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Brief Networking Break
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2:15 PM
3:00 PM
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Affordable Housing Outlook: Policy, Incentives & Profitability
-The playbook on maximizing activity and returns while providing needed housing supply |
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3:00 PM
3:45 PM
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Design & Amenities Driving Demand With Current Renters
-The unit, amenity, and experience choices that are closing leases |
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3:45 PM
4:30 PM
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Closing Networking
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