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Justin Trowbridge

Justin Trowbridge

Principal

White Point Partners

James Anderson

James Anderson

VP

Riverside Investment & Development

Alaa Bou Ghanem

Alaa Bou Ghanem

Principal

A.B.Group

Hudson Ressler

Hudson Ressler

Director, Investments

The Fallon Company

Tommy Mann

Tommy Mann

SVP

Trammell Crow Company

Monica Holmes

Monica Holmes

Director of Planning, Design & Development

City of Charlotte

Ronn Stewart

Ronn Stewart

VP, Development

Northwood Ravin

Justin Trowbridge

Principal

White Point Partners

Justin is a Principal at White Point Partners and focuses on all aspects of executing investment opportunities and asset management. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Justin previously worked in J.P. Morgan’s Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Group where he closed on over $30 billion of M&A transactions and raised over $7 billion of debt and equity capital. Justin began his career at Clark Realty Capital, a real estate developer in Washington, D.C., where he focused on multifamily and mixed-use development, as well as military housing privatization.

Justin received a Master of Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Bachelor of Arts in History from Duke University. He is a contributing author and member of the Urban Land Institute.

James Anderson

VP

Riverside Investment & Development

James has a decade of domestic and international commercial real estate development and asset management experience for large scale, institutional quality assets. His experience spans the breadth of product types with specific concentrations in the office and multifamily sectors. At Riverside Investment & Development Company, James focuses on new deal procurement, development feasibility, acquisitions, joint ventures and project financing.

Prior to Riverside, James previously worked at Lincoln Property Company and GE Capital. He earned his BBA in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Alaa Bou Ghanem

Principal

A.B.Group

Alaa Bou Ghanem is a Charlotte-based architect, entrepreneur, and real estate development leader serving as Founder & CEO of Architect Builder Group and Cribia Capital. Through his AI-driven architecture and land development practice, Alaa is focused on integrating artificial intelligence into the earliest and most consequential stages of project delivery, from site evaluation, feasibility, planning, and design strategy to entitlement coordination, cost control, and development decision-making. He also leads app development initiatives that translate architectural, zoning, construction, and real estate workflows into smarter digital tools for owners, developers, architects, and builders. With over a decade of experience across architecture, interior design, building engineering, real estate sourcing, planning, design, and project management, Alaa brings a practical perspective on how AI can reduce inefficiencies, accelerate due diligence, improve constructability, and unlock better outcomes in fast-growing markets like Charlotte. His work sits at the intersection of design intelligence, development strategy, and technology-driven execution.

Hudson Ressler

Director, Investments

The Fallon Company

Based in the Charlotte, NC office, Hudson joined The Fallon Company in 2019 and is a member of the firm’s Acquisitions and Strategy team. He is involved in evaluating commercial real estate investment opportunities across multiple asset classes, developing detailed financial and underwriting analyses, and supporting deal sourcing, structuring, and execution throughout the development lifecycle.

Hudson joined The Fallon Company full time after previously interning with the firm. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Law from Bentley University, where he was also a member of the Bentley football team. 

Tommy Mann

SVP

Trammell Crow Company

Tommy Mann is Senior Vice President for TCC’s MidAtlantic team in the Charlotte office. In this role, Tommy is responsible for the development of large-scale mixed-use projects, including the Iron District, a large-scale mixed-use development located at the confluence of Charlotte’s Uptown and South End neighborhoods, across from Bank of America Stadium. Tommy joined TCC from ATCO Properties and Management, where he led the development of Camp North End in Charlotte, NC. His extensive experience in mixed-use development also includes significant projects in the Washington, DC area, such as Pike & Rose with Federal Realty and The Gantry with Kettler. Tommy began his career as a consultant in Accenture’s financial services practice.

Why you Should Attend the Charlotte Construction, Development & Design Conference

Why This Matters:

Charlotte climbed 13 spots to #5 among U.S. metros in investor sentiment according to CBRE's Investor Intentions Survey, with job creation, continually increasing population numbers and absorption of multifamily supply listed as drivers of investment in the region. This renewed attention comes as getting projects done in the local ecosystem continues to shift. 

Tenants are pushing owners toward tech-enabled buildings and creative adaptive reuse, even as developers, GCs, and design teams absorb sustained labor and insurance cost pressure and navigate an evolving Unified Development Ordinance, with City Council approving another round of UDO text amendments in March 2026. At the same time, growth is shifting geographically as light rail expansion and UDO place-type zoning are opening new corridors and reshaping where the next wave of development actually breaks ground.

This event brings together Charlotte's owners, developers, design and construction leaders to work through both: how design, technology, and execution decisions are keeping projects on track from concept to completion, and where in Charlotte the next wave of development is actually landing.

What You'll Learn: 

  • How are AI and generative design tools are actually being used on live Charlotte projects beyond the hype of the moment?

  • Which adaptive reuse plays are penciling in today's market, and what makes a building a good conversion candidate?

  • How are developers, GCs, and design teams coordinating earlier to protect cost and schedule as labor and insurance costs climb?

  • How are UDO entitlement timelines and evolving structures reshaping how risk gets allocated on new projects?

  • How is transit-oriented zoning along the Blue Line (and the coming Silver Line) opening up new development corridors?

  • Which submarkets are absorbing the next wave of supply, and why?

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 mackenzie.kunkle@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:15 AM
Pre-Event Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Built for Demand: How Design, Tech & Adaptive Reuse Are Winning Today

-How developers, GCs, and design teams are navigating change and cost escalation to keep projects on schedule and on budget

10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Brief Networking Break
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Where Charlotte Builds Next: Site Selection & Submarket Strategy

-From the Blue Line corridor to emerging submarkets, how owners and developers are deciding where the next wave of projects breaks ground.

11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Closing Networking

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