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Downtown Los Angeles CRE Summit

Thu Apr 30, 2026

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Downtown Los Angeles CRE Summit

Identifying Opportunity, Capitalizing on Neighborhood Growth & Shaping DTLA’s Future

Thursday April 30 2026 @ 8:00 AM PDT

$120.00

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Speakers and Panels

Jens Midthun

Jens Midthun

President, Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (DLANC)
Jane Choi

Jane Choi

Principal City Planner, City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Tina Backstrom

Tina Backstrom

Senior Director, City of Los Angeles, Office of Mayor Karen Bass
Hal Bastian

Hal Bastian

President, Hal Bastian, Inc.
Jenny Scanlin

Jenny Scanlin

Chief Strategic Development Officer, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)

Why You Won't Want To Miss This Conference:

What You'll Learn: 

  • Urban Experience & Placemaking: How is Downtown becoming more livable, walkable, and enjoyable for residents, workers, and visitors—and what specific real estate projects are driving that transformation?
  • Adaptive Reuse & Conversion Economics: What makes conversion projects financially viable today? How are developers evaluating Office-to-residential conversions, IIndustrial to creative office & hybrid uses, Retail to mixed-use conversions?
  • Capital Strategy in Tight Markets: How are dealmakers structuring the capital stack in 2026? Explore Public financing tools, Opportunity zones, New tax abatements and city incentives, Non-traditional capital, impact funds, and credit solutions
  • Neighborhood Dynamics & Micro-Market Growth: Which pockets of Downtown are seeing Leasing traction, Investment activity, Cap rate compression, New pipeline activity? Why? 
  • Hybrid Work & The Office Reset: How are office developers repositioning space? Is it Flex configurations, Hospitality-inspired amenities, Smaller footprints, Daylighting, air quality & wellness or a shift toward collaboration-over-cubicles? 
  • Retail & Entertainment Renaissance: How are food halls, nightlife, micro-entertainment, hospitality and curated retail offerings helping reactivate the ground floor and create 24/7 district energy
  • Tenant Demographic Shifts: Who is moving into DTLA, and who isn’t? 
  • Public Perception, Safety & Quality of Life: What are the measurable changes in safety data, street-level activation, homelessness response strategies, cleanup initiatives and community partnerships? How do investors weigh these factors when considering deals?

 

How You'll Do More Business From Attending This CRE Event: Join industry leaders to examine the full development landscape across the region and hear how capital providers, developers, public agencies, and brokers are working together to reposition Downtown for long-term growth. Understand the most active neighborhoods and investment corridors, how hybrid work and shifting population patterns are reshaping demand, the economics behind conversion projects and the next wave of adaptive reuse, what policy changes, tax incentives, and public infrastructure initiatives are opening new development pathways and which asset types have the most opportunity in 2026. Walk away with deal strategies, market intelligence, and actionable insights that will help you win in today’s capital-constrained environment.

 

Why You Should Attend This Session: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to 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 us.

 

Who You'll Network With At This Discussion: Owners, Developers, Investors, Architects, Construction, Designers, Brokers, Lawyers, Financial Institutions & Government Officials.

 

For questions, recommendations, comments or press inquiries please email our event producer, Samantha D'Angelo at samantha.dangelo@bisnow.com

Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Networking, Coffee & Breakfast
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
Safety, Policy, Infrastructure & Civic Investment
What Will Move the Needle?
9:45 AM
10:15 AM
Networking Break
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Capital, Conversions & Development Strategy
Getting Projects to Pencil in 2026
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
More Networking

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