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Super Early Bird
$260.00 /ticket
Speakers and Panels
Sheila Kneifl
Principal
JHP Architecture
Rusty Buick
Director of Business Development
EnergyLogic
Bryce Hall
President
KEPHART
Todd Mikelonis
President of Property Management
Charlesgate
Jim Freiberg
Senior Business Analyst
Nucor Corporation
Andrew Garrett
Co-founder
Current Sets
Michael Mazurk
Director, Multifamily
QXO
Why You Won't Want To Miss This Conference:
What You'll Learn:
How Denver's record-breaking supply wave — nearly 20,000 new units delivered in 2024 — is finally thinning, and what the realistic road back to rent growth looks like, submarket by submarket, across the Front Range
Where vacancy, concessions, and absorption stand today across LoDo, RiNo, Cherry Creek, the Platte Valley, Aurora, and Denver's suburban corridors — and which submarkets are recovering first and why
How the next generation of multifamily design is being shaped right now: what materials, construction methods, and unit configurations are lowering costs without sacrificing the resident experience in a market where over-amenitized product is getting outcompeted by efficient, right-sized design
How smart building technology, IoT integration, and AI-driven property management tools are protecting NOI in a margin compression environment — from predictive maintenance and utility billing restructuring to unstaffed operations and dynamic pricing engines
What operators are doing to win leases and retain residents when the comp down the street is offering two months free — the branding, marketing, and retention strategies separating out-performers from the rest of the Denver market
How Colorado's landmark land use reform laws, the City of Denver's Expanding Housing Affordability Ordinance, and rising attainability pressure are reshaping the affordable and workforce housing pipeline — and what deal structures are actually getting built
What Denver's capital stack looks like for deals in 2026: agency debt pricing, bridge structures, seller-carry and JV equity, and how experienced sponsors are closing transactions when traditional underwriting no longer pencils out
What Denver's supply-demand fundamentals, in-migration patterns, and economic diversification mean for the next development cycle — and how developers are designing and underwriting products for the Denver of 2031 and beyond
Who You'll Network With:
Owners & Operators — national institutional platforms, regional owner-operators, private investors, and REITs with active conventional, value-add, and affordable portfolios across the Denver metro
Developers — local and national firms with projects delivered, under construction, or in the pipeline across LoDo, RiNo, Aurora, Lakewood, Englewood, Thornton, and the I-25 corridor
Government & Housing Officials — city and county housing officials, Denver Housing Authority leadership, Colorado Housing Finance Authority executives, and elected officials driving housing policy
Brokers & Investment Sales Teams — multifamily investment sales specialists, leasing advisors, and land brokers active across the Denver metro and Front Range
Capital Markets & Lenders — construction lenders, bridge debt providers, agency debt advisors, preferred equity and JV equity partners active in Denver multifamily transactions
Architects, Engineers & Contractors — the design and construction firms delivering the next generation of Denver mid-rise, garden, BTR, and mixed-use residential product
Property Management & PropTech — third-party management companies, leasing technology platforms, smart building integrators, AI operations tools, and marketing tech serving the Denver market
Why You Should Attend: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than we do.
For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries, please email our event producer, Kay VanAsdale, at kay.vanasdale@bisnow.com.
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact tameir.moore@bisnow.com no later than seven business days before the event.
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:00 AM
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Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM
9:05 AM
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Bisnow Welcome
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9:05 AM
9:50 AM
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The Deal Table: Capital, Creativity & Getting Transactions Done
How Denver's buyers, sellers, and lenders are structuring transactions when the old underwriting playbook no longer pencils |
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9:50 AM
10:10 AM
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Networking Break
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10:10 AM
10:55 AM
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The Intelligent Building: Smart Technology, PropTech & AI-Driven Operations
Cutting through the noise to focus on the smart building tools, AI-driven platforms, and operational innovations that Denver operators have actually deployed, measured, and scaled |
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11:00 AM
11:45 AM
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Protecting the Bottom Line: OpEx, Insurance & the NOI Recovery Playbook
How Denver operators are managing rising costs, navigating a stressed insurance market, and finding margin where the spreadsheet says there isn't any |
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11:45 AM
12:45 PM
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Lunch & More Networking
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12:45 PM
1:30 PM
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Built to Last: Design, Materials & the Future of Denver Multifamily Product
Bringing together developers, designers, contractors, and engineers to explore what's working in product design today, what materials innovations are hitting the market, and how sustainability and efficiency requirements are reshaping project decisions from concept to delivery |
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1:30 PM
1:45 PM
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More Networking!
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1:45 PM
2:30 PM
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Win the Lease, Keep the Resident: Branding, Marketing & Retention in a Renter's Market
Real-world success stories about what's actually driving conversion and retention — from brand storytelling to resident programming, renewal economics, and renewal incentive structures |
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2:35 PM
3:10 PM
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What Comes Next: Denver's Market Outlook Through 2031
A forward look at where Denver's multifamily fundamentals are headed — supply, demand, rents, policies and the market forces that will separate winning assets from struggling ones over the next five years |
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3:10 PM
3:45 PM
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Closing Networking
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