Thu Oct 01, 2026
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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:
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.
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8:00 AM 9:00 AM |
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM 9:45 AM |
Jacksonville at the Inflection Point: Downtown Momentum, Capital Markets, and What Comes Next
Jacksonville is in the midst of the most significant development cycle in its history. Luxury residential towers are rising on the Southbank. A new hotel and convention center concept is taking shape on the Northbank. The University of Florida's downtown graduate campus is reshaping the urban core. And national developers who once overlooked this market are now planting flags. This panel puts the region's largest city under the microscope, examining how the public-private partnership model is working (and where it's being contested), which asset classes are drawing capital and which are still searching for it, how the industrial and office markets are navigating a normalizing period, and what the next phase of Jacksonville's growth story requires from developers, lenders, and policymakers.
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9:45 AM 10:00 AM |
Networking Break
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10:00 AM 10:45 AM |
North Florida's Growth: St. Johns County, Gainesville, Tallahassee, and the Region's Emerging Markets
Beyond Jacksonville, North Florida is a region of fast-moving growth, institutional anchors, and markets that are drawing investor attention for the first time. St. Johns County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, with new infrastructure corridors, master-planned communities, and mixed-use development reshaping its edges. Gainesville is building a knowledge economy around the University of Florida's expanding innovation district, creating demand for life sciences, research-adjacent office, and urban mixed-use that the market is still learning to serve. Tallahassee's government and university employment base anchors a stable real estate market increasingly interested in student housing and downtown activation. And secondary markets from Ocala to Palm Coast to Flagler County are attracting investors priced out of Florida's coastal metros. This panel maps the region's next wave, examining where the fundamentals are strongest, what the infrastructure challenges are, and how developers and capital partners are building a North Florida thesis that reaches beyond Jacksonville.
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10:45 AM 11:15 AM |
Post-Event Networking
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