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Consumer Trends and Its Impact on Design, Placemaking & Leasing Outcomes
How Shifting Consumer Habits, Experiential Formats, and Behaviors Reshaping What Gets Built and Who Leases It
John Epifanio
Director Development
Starbucks Coffee
David Mandelbaum
Principal
KAM Management
Ashley Mays
CMO
Newark Alliance
Andrew Lofredo
CEO
CRE Vertical Advisors
Investing & Developing Retail/Mixed‑Use Assets
Capital Flows, Construction Costs, and Deal Structures Shaping New Jersey's Retail Investment Landscape
Keegan Gosik
VP, Development Services
Ferber Company
JB Bruno
Senior Director
JLL
Andrew Dansker
CEO
Dansker Capital Group
David Wolfe
Co-Managing Partner
Skoloff & Wolfe
Why You Should Attend This 2026 Retail & Mixed-Use Event
What You'll Learn:
What's driving a 67% jump in bids on retail properties over the past two years?
How are digital experiences and AR activations boosting retail foot traffic today?
How is placemaking turning shopping centers into community hubs rather than just points of sale?
How are developers designing ground floor retail to activate street level foot traffic?
What do tenants weigh most today when choosing a location: rent, visibility or flexibility?
How are architects designing retail spaces that can be reconfigured as tenant needs change?
How you'll do more business:
Enhance your business by understanding how New Jersey's top communities are creating mixed-use communities that are attracting a variety of different tenants across retail, office and residential. Experts will weigh in on development, investment, construction across the multifamily, retail and office sectors.
Who attends:
Developers, investors, office and retail owners, lenders, tenants, brokers, architects, contractors, engineers, property managers, government officials and lawyers.
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.
For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Senior Event Producer, Joshua Piquion at joshua.piquion@bisnow.com.
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact mackenzie.kunkle@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Agenda
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8:30 AM
9:30 AM
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Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
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9:30 AM
10:15 AM
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Consumer Trends and Its Impact on Design, Placemaking & Leasing Outcomes
1.) Understand what's fueling placemaking strategies across Jersey's mixed use corridors and Main Streets. |
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10:15 AM
11:00 AM
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Investing & Developing Retail/Mixed‑Use Assets
1.) Hear how investors are underwriting retail and mixed use assets in today's market. |
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11:00 AM
11:15 AM
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Post Event Networking
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Venue
Liberty House
76 Audrey Zapp Dr
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Parking Information:
A parking lot is available at the venue. Self-park and valet options are available.