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Lincoln Logistics Bayonne

Lincoln Logistics Bayonne

Lincoln Logistics Bayonne is the Port of New York / New Jersey’s newest and most innovative Last Mile warehouse and distribution center on the East Coast. As the largest redevelopment of its kind in the New York Metro Area, Lincoln Logistics Bayonne is setting the highest standard for modern portside logistics worldwide. Located 800 feet from the Global Container Marine Terminal in Bayonne, Lincoln Logistics Bayonne offers unprecedented ease of direct access to the NJ Turnpike (Exit 14A), I-78, Route 440 and Routes 1&9 as well as Newark Liberty International Airport (9 miles away). Ideally suited for e-commerce and same-day delivery providers in the heart of one of the most concentrated, affluent consumer markets, Lincoln Logistics is just five miles from Manhattan and easily connects to the entire East Coast Corridor.

Speakers and Panels

Dov Hertz

Dov Hertz

President

DH Property Holdings

Dov Hertz

President

DH Property Holdings

Dov Hertz is the Founder and Principal of DH Property Holdings and is responsible for the investment policies, daily management and strategic direction of the firm. Prior to founding DH Property Holdings, Dov was the Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Asset Management at Extell Development Company. During his 13+ years at Extell, Dov negotiated and supervised the acquisitions of well in excess of $20 Billion of New York real estate. Dov was directly responsible for sourcing some of the most notable transactions over the last 10 years including The Ring Portfolio, One 57, Nordstrom Tower, and One Manhattan Square. Prior to joining Extell, Dov worked as a Commercial Broker at Eastern Consolidated and as a Senior Vice President at Everest Broadband Networks where he negotiated over 250 million square feet of access deals across the United States.

New Jersey Development Outlook: Hot Locations & Increasing Development Supply

Top Developments, Solving for the Supply & Demand Imbalance

Jeff Milanaik

Jeff Milanaik

Partner, Northeast Region

Bridge Industrial

Daniel Connaughton

Daniel Connaughton

VP, Development

Link Logistics

Elliott Byers

Elliott Byers

SVP, Acquisitions

Clarion Partners

David Wolfe

David Wolfe

Co-Managing Partner

Skoloff & Wolfe

Christopher Todd

Christopher Todd

Managing Director

NAI James Hanson

David Zimmel
Moderator

David Zimmel

President and Co-Founder

Zimmel Associates

Jeff Milanaik

Partner, Northeast Region

Bridge Industrial

Jeff Milanaik previously served as President/Partner of Heller Industrial Parks Inc., one of the nation's largest privately held owner/developers of industrial real estate, holds over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate. In addition to developing the long term vision and direction of the company, he was responsible for running its day-to-day operations. Jeff increased Heller's industrial development activities to grow the portfolio by over 10 million square feet to a total of 16 million square feet in 6 states.

Jeff left Heller in 2013 to start his own firm, CrownPoint Group LLC, a privately held real estate investment and development firm focused on the acquisition/development/repositioning of industrial and multi-family assets.

Jeff holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and received degrees from several real estate programs at Harvard University. He currently serves on the National Executive Board of NAIOP and is past President and Member of the Board of Trustees of NAIOP-NJ. In addition he serves on the Advis

Daniel Connaughton

VP, Development

Link Logistics

Dan joined Link Logistics Real Estate, Blackstone’s U.S. industrial real estate operating platform, in 2019

where he currently serves as Vice President of Development for the East Region. In this role, Dan is

responsible for sourcing and executing new development projects throughout the Eastern United States.

Dan was the second member of Link’s development team and has played an integral role in scaling the

development platform from nominal levels in 2019 to a current pipeline of $7.1 billion, representing

more than 40 million buildable square feet. Prior to Link, Dan served as a member of the investments

team at Link’s predecessor company, Gramercy Property Trust. Dan received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban

Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. During his time at Penn, Dan captained the varsity football

team leading the Quakers to two Ivy League championships.

David Wolfe

Co-Managing Partner

Skoloff & Wolfe

Mr. Wolfe is the Co-Managing Partner in the Property Tax Department at Skoloff &

Wolfe, PC, where he focuses his practice on representing taxpayers in significant real estate tax appeals and property tax related matters. He has extensive experience in all types of property tax appeals, including hotel, multi-family, retail, office, and industrial properties. Mr. Wolfe frequently counsels clients on the property tax implications of the development, acquisition, and disposition of significant assets. He also counsels clients with respect to property tax exemptions and PILOT agreements.

Mr. Wolfe serves on the Board of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA) and as the Co-Chair of the Real Property Tax Practice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Wolfe has been featured or quoted in a wide variety of local and national publications, including Forbes.com, GlobeSt.com, Marketwatch.com, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Law.com, Law360.com, The New York Law Journal, and Commerce Magazine.

Mr. Wolfe has a track record of obtaining significant assessment reductions on behalf

of his clients.

Examples of those assessment reductions include:

• Reduced hotel assessment from $188 million to $131million;

• Reduced multi-family assessment from $116 million to $67 million;

• Reduced office assessment from $115.5 million to $90million;

• Reduced supermarket anchored center from $66.9 million to $46 million;

• Reduced nursing home assessment from $36 million to $10.1million;

• Reduced big box retail assessment from $21.3 million to $13.4 million;

• Reduced office assessment from $27.8 million to $6.5million.

Mr. Wolfe began his career as an associate at the law firm of Davis Polk and

Wardwell in New York. While at Davis Polk, he focused his practice on regulatory

investigations, securities litigation and banking disputes.

Mr. Wolfe is a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and is

the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Diversity & Inclusion 360 Presidential Commission. As a

young lawyer, Mr. Wolfe served as the Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division, the

ABA’s largest entity with more than 130,000 members.

Mr. Wolfe received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and graduated

from Cornell University with distinction in all subjects.

David Zimmel

Moderator

Zimmel Associates

David Zimmel is the President and Co-founder of Zimmel Associates, a corporate real estate brokerage firm that handles more than 7 million sq. ft. of exclusive office, industrial and flex space. His career covers more than three decades dedicated to the real estate industry and the closing of more than 5,000 real estate transactions.

One of the most successful commercial real estate brokers in New Jersey, David Zimmel is consistently named a Power Broker by Co-Star and an All-Star Broker by property owners. He is a past president of IOREBA, and has long-term working relationships with investors, developers, tenants and real estate industry professionals throughout New Jersey and the tri-state area.

David is known for providing clients with a high level of service and prompt solutions that are supported by expertise gained from a wide array of complex deals. His knowledge and creativity add value to every transaction, as does his commitment to providing every advantage for his clients.

“Every client, large or small, deserves the best level of service we can provide, and that means not wasting their time, understanding their needs, and finding timely, fiscally sound solutions,” says David Zimmel. “When involved in a transaction, I am fully committed to understanding all issues and negotiating it to a successful conclusion with both parties.”

In addition, David Zimmel is also on the Board of Trustees for The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, which provides New Jersey families facing the crisis of pediatric cancer a place to turn for comfort and support through professional in-home counseling and a uniquely tailored package of assistance – all free-of-charge. David has been instrumental in raising over a million dollars for this organization throughout the past 7 years and continues to be an active member.

Developing & Designing Industrial Facilities: Attracting a Diverse Tenant Base

Building Facilities to Transport Goods & Not Just Store Them

Adam Pasternack

Adam Pasternack

President, Property Management

Russo Development

Heath Abramsohn

Heath Abramsohn

Head of Acquisitions, North Central

Rockefeller Group

Michael Cucchiara

Michael Cucchiara

SVP

Nexamp

Lance Bergstein

Lance Bergstein

CEO

Lincoln Equities Group

Dave Fleming
Moderator

Dave Fleming

President

Prism Engineering

Heath Abramsohn

Head of Acquisitions, North Central

Rockefeller Group

Heath Abramsohn is Head of Acquisitions, North Central Development, for Rockefeller Group. In this role he is responsible for land acquisitions and development of industrial and multifamily assets throughout the North Central region (includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Midwest region.)

Mr. Abramsohn joined Rockefeller Group in 2005 and has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout career with the company including asset experience with industrial, office, multifamily, and mixed-use projects. Throughout his career at Rockefeller Group, he has been involved in the acquisition, development, lease, and sale of more than 15 million square feet of industrial space. Mr. Abramsohn has also been instrumental in Rockefeller Group’s expansion of industrial assets in New York and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Prior to joining the Rockefeller Group, Mr. Abramsohn worked in Corporate Finance at Pfizer. He was also a Consultant with Accenture. He received his bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College where he majored in Accounting and Economics. He received his master’s degree in Real Estate Development from New York University.

Mr. Abramsohn holds a real estate license in New Jersey and New York and is a member of NAIOP and ULI. He has been recognized by several industry publications for his market insight and has spoken on commercial real estate panels across the region representing Rockefeller Group. He is an Advisory Board member at Rutgers University Center for Real Estate.

Michael Cucchiara

SVP

Nexamp

Mike leads Nexamp’s organic development in New York and New Jersey. Mike’s team is responsible for site organization, permitting, and internal coordination with Nexamp’s design and engineering teams – brining construction ready community solar and C/I projects to a growing pipeline of Nexamp assets.

Mike began his career as a high school biology teacher in NYC before moving into the clean energy space in 2011 with Next Step Living, a Boston based energy efficiency and residential solar sales company. Mike worked as an energy auditor, outreach/lead generation manager, and was GM of the Connecticut office in 2014.

Mike holds a B.S in biology from Colgate University and M.S. in energy management from the New York Institute of Technology. If you don’t find Mike presenting before a planning board or meeting with landowners, you might find him enjoying time with his family at youth hockey games or skiing.

Deal Making: Capital Markets Outlook

Assessing Deal Flow

Mary Lang

Mary Lang

Head of Americas Logistics Strategies

CBRE Investment Management

Adir Levitas

Adir Levitas

CEO

Faropoint

Ankit Bhatt

Ankit Bhatt

Head of Investments, US

Oxford Properties

Jack Shulman

Jack Shulman

Senior Director of Acquisitions and Capital Markets

The STRO Companies

Brian Ker

Brian Ker

Founder and President

Snowball Developments

Marc Duval
Moderator

Marc Duval

Managing Director, Capital Markets

JLL

Jack Shulman

Senior Director of Acquisitions and Capital Markets

The STRO Companies

Jack Shulman has over sixteen years of real estate experience in acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, asset management, and property management for industrial, commercial, multifamily and hospitality properties. At The STRO Companies, Jack oversees all the firm's acquisitions and capital markets. He sources new acquisitions, performs all financial underwriting, oversees due diligence, interfaces with the investment sales brokerage community, and manages banking relationships. Prior to joining STRO, Jack worked at family offices where he was the team leader for sourcing, underwriting, and executing on multifamily and development opportunities in the northeast and southeast and was head of acquisitions for a large New York City developer. Jack graduated from NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate with a Master’s in Real Estate Development and earned his undergraduate degree from Muhlenberg College. He currently resides in Scarsdale, New York with his wife and son.

Brian Ker

Founder and President

Snowball Developments

Brian Ker is the Founder and President of Snowball Developments, which was created to aggressively pursue value-add acquisitions with a near-term focus on Tri-State industrial real estate. In particular Snowball focuses on submarkets with expanding leasing momentum and either supply erosion or restrictions on new development. Snowball believes that location and land area trumps building functionality and its highest conviction thesis is to pursue under-utilized properties with a correspondingly low land acquisition basis. Snowball plans to invest in these properties to create additional revenue streams and seek entitlement expansion for future redevelopment potential. Since its initial acquisition in Summer 2021, Snowball Developments has acquired $85M in assets with a target AUM of $200M by Year-End 2023 and has raised over $30M in external capital from a wide range of investors, including multiple family offices and institutional owners/managers. A core business development strategy is to leverage partnerships and utilize technology to facilitate rapid growth from a lean team.

Brian brings over 20 years of commercial real estate investment experience as a principal, strategic real estate advisor, capital markets specialist and government-incentives expert. Brian started his career with CBRE in Montreal Canada in 2003 and became a founding member of CBRE’s National Investment Team – Montreal. Brian led the division from 2011-2017 where he advised on over $4B of investment and leasing transactions across the main commercial sectors including office, industrial, retail and urban land. Despite tremendous success in brokerage, in 2017 Brian relocated to NYC, where he completed a Master of Real Estate Development (MsRED) at Columbia, focusing on public-private partnerships and transit-oriented development. Following the completion of the Master’s program in 2018, he joined the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), where he ultimately served as Vice President in the Real Estate Transaction Services (RETS) prior to leaving to lead Snowball Developments full-time in 2021.

Brian sits on the Urban Land Institute’s Technology and Innovation Council as a council member, a position he has held for 3 years. In addition, Brian is a Fellow at the Urban Design Forum and has worn his CCIM pin with pride since 2008. As a former city government insider, Brian guest lectures at NYU and Columbia University on how to structure & negotiate public-private partnership transactions. He is active on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-ker-5024899/ and Twitter @snowball_dev.

Marc Duval

Moderator

JLL

Marc is a director in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joins JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and has more than 10 years of experience in commercial real estate. Marc specializes in industrial investment advisory throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut and has been involved in more than $3.2 billion in commercial real estate transactions.

Before working at HFF, Marc worked at WCGM as a Real Estate Associate. His primary focus was consulting for banks and institutions in the valuation of commercial real estate. He also focused on extensive market studies for developers of ground-up projects.

Fireside Chat: Lincoln Logistics Bayonne

Project Spotlight

Joel Bergstein

Joel Bergstein

President

Lincoln Equities Group

Mindy Lissner

Mindy Lissner

Vice Chair

Cushman & Wakefield

Mitch Berkey
Moderator

Mitch Berkey

Chair, Real Estate Group

CSG/Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Joel Bergstein

President

Lincoln Equities Group

Joel Bergstein is the President of Lincoln Equities Group (LEG), one of the Northeast's leading full-service real estate companies.

Bergstein joined the company more than 32 years ago, spearheading the organization’s acquisition and development initiatives. He currently leads the firm’s large scale development platform, orchestrating major residential and industrial land development projects in the New York / New Jersey metro area.

Bergstein developed LEG’s current operating partner platform, leveraging domestic and international opportunities with private equity and pension funds. Bergstein is a founding partner and active participant in LEG’s $700M European property investment platform.

Some of his standout development projects include Halletts Point in Astoria, NY, where LEG transformed a seven acre waterfront site into 2,400 residential apartment units; 5 Giralda in Madison, NJ, a 431,000 square-foot property, that was modernized to become Allergan’s U.S. headquarters; and in early 2018, LEG closed on a 152 acre waterfront site in Bayonne, NJ, where 1.4M square-feet of e-commerce logistics warehousing will be developed to bolster trade with the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Lincoln has formed a partnership with Bruce Eichner’s Continuum Company to develop a mixed-income residential complex in Crown Heights, NY. It will be a 50/50 market and workforce development project to bring hundreds of needed housing units for middle and working class families in New York City. Bergstein is also leading the development and approval process for 1,500 new residential units in Jersey City including the construction of a light rail station.

Bergstein serves on numerous real estate advisory boards and is a speaker and frequent commentator in real estate trade and business media in addition to his philanthropic work.

Mindy Lissner

Vice Chair

Cushman & Wakefield

Mindy Lissner has more than 30 years of experience in industrial brokerage, specializing in industrial property acquisition and disposition services, strategic planning and implementing of network optimization studies and market evaluation and analysis, as well as global portfolio oversight. Serving as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, Lissner’s areas of expertise include the sale and leasing of warehouse/distribution facilities, manufacturing, food grade, NNN leased sale/leasebacks, industrial investment sales and land site development. Lissner has been recognized as a Woman of Influence by GlobeSt. and Real Estate-NJ. Over the course of her career, she has successfully completed transactions valued with total consideration in excess of $10 billion and she remains a top producer in New Jersey. She is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delaware.

Mitch Berkey

Moderator

CSG/Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Mitchell Berkey is chair of the firm’s Real Estate, Development and Land

Use Group. He concentrates on all aspects of real estate ventures and

transactions, including acquisitions, sales, financing, development, leasing,

management, loan workouts, ownership restructuring and resolution of

intra-ownership disputes. His extensive background spans all asset types,

including office, retail, industrial, hospitality and mixed-use properties

in markets across the United States.

With three decades of experience on all sides of the transaction table, Mitch

brings a business-oriented approach to his legal practice. As an attorney,

he has advised institutional and entrepreneurial real estate owners,

managers, lenders, corporate real estate users and foreign governments.

As an asset manager, he was responsible for the management of a national

portfolio of office, retail, industrial and residential properties.

Why This Matters

What You'll Learn:

  • Gain a better understanding for New Jersey's leading developments and which submarkets are experiencing the biggest supply and demand imbalance. 

  • Understand how the economic pressures are impacting the debt markets and overall deal flow in the industrial sector. 

  • How has the tenant base in New Jersey evolved since the beginning of the pandemic and how is that changing design strategies? 

  • 3PLs are taking up a larger percentage of the tenant market share. What is driving this shift and how is impacting leasing activity? 

  • Hear from tenants and developers the importance of the development location of industrial facilities for emerging trends such as increased parking, raised ceiling heights and the evolving need of e-commerce

How you'll do more business:

Enhance your business by gaining a stronger understanding for how developers and investors are approaching the Jersey industrial market and what this means for deal flow and access to capital. Gain exclusive insight from the top end users on the evolving role of industrial facilities and what this means for future development and design strategies.

Who attends:

Investors, owners, developers, tenants, end users, brokers, lawyers, designers, contractors, architects, property managers and cold storage facilities. 

Why should you attend:

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.

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Featured Projects

These are some key projects in the area that our panelists will be discussing. Read more about these developments by clicking on the links: 

Venue

Lincoln Logistics Bayonne
85 Port Terminal Blvd
Bayonne, New Jersey, 07002


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Agenda

Time Activity
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
2:00 PM
2:15 PM
Fireside Chat: Lincoln Logistics Bayonne
2:15 PM
3:00 PM
New Jersey Development Outlook: Hot Locations & Increasing Development Supply

1) Which areas in New Jersey are in highest demand and which markets have the lowest supply?
2) How are developers looking to capitalize on adding more development opportunities to the pipeline?

3:00 PM
3:45 PM
Designing Industrial Facilities: Attracting a Diverse Tenant Base

1) How are older buildings being developed and designed to attract top end tenants?
2) With e-commerce demand changing, how has this impacted what features building need?

3:45 PM
4:30 PM
Deal Making: Capital Markets Outlook

1) How do developers and investors pencil deals with the economic pressures that are impacting the debt markets?

4:15 PM
4:30 PM
Networking

Our Commitment to Safety

We hosted more than 72,000 attendees live, in-person around the globe in 2021. Our commitment to safety is no different in 2022. Our events follow all local Covid-19 regulations and protocols.

At this event, this means you can expect:

Enhanced sanitization protocols will be adhered to throughout the event space including regularly disinfecting surfaces throughout the event and hand sanitizer provided to all attendees.

As venue and local regulations evolve, the CRE industry continues to lead the way forward. As such, we will gather safely to do what we do best: network, connect, and engage to do more business. We look forward to hosting you soon.