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The Deal and the Dirt: Financing and Building in Today’s Jacksonville Market
How Developers Are Securing Capital, Managing Construction Costs and Moving Projects Forward
Joshua Pardue
Founder
JPRE Development
Alex Sifakis
President
JWB Real Estate Capital
Mike Balanky
President & CEO
Chase Properties
Shawn Oden
Managing Director
BMO Commercial Bank
Building Northeast Florida’s Next Great Communities
How Housing, Retail, Amenities and Infrastructure Are Shaping the Region’s Fastest-Growing Corridors
Aundra Wallace
President
JAXUSA
Andrea Johansson
VP, Land Acquisition
Century Communities
Seth Lane
VP- Investments
Recency Centers
Why Attend Bisnow's Jacksonville Construction & Development Summit
For the first time, Bisnow is transforming its Jacksonville events into a true regional platform because the growth story has outgrown the city limits. From St. Augustine to Daytona, Northeast Florida is in the middle of a development moment that demands a broader lens. If you want to compete in this market, this is the room you need to be in.
Jacksonville's downtown is converting years of public incentives into cranes, luxury residential towers, and a riverfront finally reconnecting with the city. St. Johns County continues to absorb population at a pace reshaping its infrastructure corridors and housing supply. And emerging markets from Flagler County to Palm Coast are drawing investors seeking what coastal Florida no longer offers at scale: affordability, population growth, and diversified employment. The opportunity is real and the dealmakers moving on it will be in this room.
But growth comes with friction. Multifamily delivered a record wave of units and is now working through elevated vacancy and rent pressure. Industrial is rebalancing after years of oversupply. Construction costs and lending conditions are filtering the pipeline, forcing developers to underwrite with more discipline and find creative paths to capital. The deals getting done are the ones that can make the clearest case, and knowing which markets, structures, and relationships give you that edge is exactly what this event is built to deliver.
The Jacksonville Construction & Development Summit brings together the most active developers, contractors, lenders, and civic leaders building this region's next chapter.
You will walk away from this event with:
A clear read on where capital is actually breaking ground across Jacksonville and Northeast Florida: which asset classes, submarkets, and deal structures are penciling right now, and how to position your next project in a market that's still moving but moving selectively.
The inside track on Jacksonville's downtown boom: hear directly from the developers and public officials shaping the incentive landscape, so you know which projects are real, which are still years away, and how to get in front of the right people before the next wave breaks.
A read on where the growth corridors are heading before the market prices it in: St. Johns County and surrounding suburbs are expanding fast, and the developers, lenders, and planners in the room will tell you which infrastructure bets are worth making and where demand is running ahead of supply.
A handle on where the distressed multifamily opportunity is and when the window opens: as rent pressure and elevated vacancy reshape the pipeline, the developers and investors who act early in the right submarkets will win. Leave knowing exactly where to look.
A map of the emerging markets worth a second look: from Flagler County to Palm Coast to Daytona, Northeast Florida's secondary markets are attracting development capital that coastal Florida can no longer accommodate. Get the thesis and the contacts to act on it.
For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Elizabeth Herrgott, at elizabeth.herrgott@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Jordan.Hinsch@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Agenda
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12:00 PM
1:00 PM
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Registration, Breakfast & Networking
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1:00 PM
1:45 PM
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The Deal and the Dirt: Financing and Building in Today’s Jacksonville Market
Jacksonville continues to attract development capital, but higher return requirements, volatile construction pricing, labor constraints and shifting market fundamentals are making projects harder to execute. This panel will examine which deals and asset classes are still penciling, how capital stacks and underwriting are evolving, and what developers are doing to control costs and successfully move projects from acquisition through construction. |
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1:45 PM
2:00 PM
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Networking Break
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2:00 PM
2:45 PM
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Building Northeast Florida’s Next Great Communities
Population growth is pushing development beyond Jacksonville into St. Johns, Nassau and Clay counties, but each market requires a different approach to housing, retail, amenities and community design. This panel will explore how developers are responding to affordability pressures, differentiating communities across price points and integrating grocery-anchored retail, placemaking and right-sized amenities that strengthen both the resident experience and long-term property values. |
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2:45 PM
3:15 PM
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Post-Event Networking
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