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The Future Of Downtown Houston

Turning Downtown Into A 24 Hour Destination! Earn 2 CE Credits Upon Attending

Event Ended On: Tuesday October 1 2019

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Jefferson Towers

Jefferson Tower at Cullen Center is a class A, 1.047 million square foot, 40 story building offering the top floors available for lease (over 42,000sf of contiguous space available)! This amenity rich office tower offers access to the tunnel thru the connected, newly renovated Whitehall Hotel, attached garage parking, conference facilities, food service, coffee shop, fitness thru YMCA 1 block away and on-site management by Brookfield. The property also is positioned for easy access to the upcoming Pierce Elevated Park and walkability to Midtown and the rail system.

Speakers and Panels

Gardens, Food Halls And Bringing Other Fun Creative Spaces To Life

Philip Schneidau
Market Square Tower

Philip Schneidau

President, Woodbranch Management
Adam Williams
Post Office Redevelopment

Adam Williams

Development Team, Lovett Commercial
Barry Mandel
Discovery Green

Barry Mandel

President & Park Director, Discovery Green
Crystal Allen

Crystal Allen

SVP, Transwestern

Work It: New Developments, Rehabbing Existing Assets and The State of Downtown's Office Market

Tim Relyea

Tim Relyea

Executive Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield
Zain Sayed

Zain Sayed

VP - Real Estate Asset Management, Lionstone Investments
Michelle Wogan
Moderator

Michelle Wogan

EVP, Transwestern

Destination Downtown

Downtown Houston's Hospitality Boom!

Allie Danziger
Moderator

Allie Danziger

President, Integrate

Venue

Jefferson Towers
601 Jefferson
Houston, TX 77002

Ballroom: 36th floor – Suite 3600


Parking Information:

Parking is at 701 Jefferson
- 1st hour is $9.00
- Daily Maximum $30.00
- Per 20 minutes $3.00

Parking Entrance is 1700 Louisiana Houston, TX 77002 and they can take the elevator to the concourse level and there is a skywalk that will take them to our lobby entrance where they will find the elevators to go up to the 36th floor

Visitors can also park on the street

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
9:00 AM
9:40 AM
Rooftop Gardens, Food Halls And Bringing Other Fun Creative Spaces To Life
9:40 AM
10:20 AM
Work It: New Developments, Rehabbing Existing Assets and The State of Downtown's Office Market
Repurposing and Rehabbing Obsolete Office Buildings and Activating Street-Level With Retail
10:20 AM
11:00 AM
Destination Downtown
Downtown Houston's Hospitality Boom
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
More Networking!

Summary

  1. How can Downtown Houston continue to evolve into a 24/7 neighborhood?
  2. How have residential, retail, and green space (re)development shaped Downtown Houston into a vibrant submarket? What other initiatives need to be taken?
  3. How will Downtown Houston compete with Uptown and the suburbs?
  4. Will Opportunity Zones and other tax incentives expand Houston's urban core?
  5. What types of hotel projects will we see in the next year? What are the major hotel disruptors?

 


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