New York Construction Development & Design Conference
Project Pipelines, Materials, Innovative Design, Price Increases & Macro-Economic Headwinds
Event Ended On: Wednesday September 10 2025
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Event Host
Convene 360 Madison Avenue
Located in Manhattan's Midtown East neighborhood, Convene 360 Madison Avenue is a three-level meeting and event venue. With 17 meeting spaces spanning 68,000 square feet, the venue is ideal for conferences, company town halls, planning meetings, or any event that requires multiple breakout spaces.
The location boasts a simple and sleek design with a dedicated Welcome Desk and reception area on each floor. Levels four and five are connected by a central staircare and each feature an 11-foot LED wall, offering additional branding opportunities. A full buy-out of all three floors can accommodate approximately 950 guests, and single-floor buyouts have a capacity of 331, 318, and 213, respectively. Convene 360 Madison Avenue provides a white box space allowing for client and event branding opportunities, in-house catering with customization options and dining private to each event, in room A/V technology supported by an on-site team, and dedicated hospitality resources.
The venue is easily accessible via public transportation and is in close proximity to Grand Central Station.
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Speakers and Panels
Macro-Economic Outlook on the Construction Industry: Materials & Pricing
Local & National Headwinds and Their Impact on Development
From Conception to Completion: The Art of Designing and Developing a Successful Asset
Pre-Construction to Lease Up: Keys to a Successful Development
Taek Park
Jennifer Baus
Tom Winter
Alvin Schein
Strategies to Overcoming Development Headwinds and Increasing Project Pipelines
NYC's Future Development Opportunities: Top Asset Classes & Locations
Malcolm Williams
Edith Hsu-Chen
Anthony Rinaldi
Why to Attend the Construction, Development & Design Conference
What You'll Learn:
- Hear the latest from leading owners, developers and contractors on the latest impact with tariffs and other macroeconomic headwinds and how this might be impacting project deliveries.
- Panelists will discuss numbers around construction pipelines and what to expect in 2026.
- More specifically, executives will discuss how to create more development activity through ground-up development as well as repurposing and upgrading existing assets.
- Hear how insurance costs, labor and construction pricing is fluctuating and how developers and contractors are factoring this into the underwriting of a project.
- NYC's top designers and contractors will weigh in on project design and which developments are reshaping the city's skyline.
- Learn the latest with cutting edge build & design strategies and how green materials are impacting construction and design decisions.
- Deep dive look at the pre-construction process to see how owners get can get ahead of construction timelines to ensure faster delivery times.
How you'll do more business:
Enhance your business by understanding how to strategically position your projects amidst the evolving economic headwinds. New York's top developers, contractors, architects and engineers will discuss top developments, construction timelines and the next wave of building design.
Who attends:
Investors, owners, developers, tenants, brokers, architects, contractors, engineers, property managers and you!
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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Venue
Convene
360 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Floor: 4th Floor
Parking Information:
No on-site parking
Agenda
| Time | Activity |
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8:00 AM 9:00 AM |
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM 9:45 AM |
Macro-Economic Outlook on the Construction Industry: Materials & Pricing
1. RXR, L&L and others to discuss pricing across labor, materials and insurance.
2. Gain insights into the headwinds developers, contractors and the broader commercial real estate is facing. |
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9:45 AM 10:00 AM |
Coffee & Networking
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10:00 AM 10:45 AM |
From Conception to Completion: The Art of Designing and Developing a Successful Asset
1. Panelists discuss the best ways to design and build assets from pre-construction through lease up.
2. Gain insights into the latest design trends and how this is playing out across different asset classes and locations. |
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10:45 AM 11:30 AM |
Strategies to Overcoming Development Headwinds and Increasing Project Pipelines
1. Panelists will discuss how to increase development pipelines despite policy and macroeconomic challenges nationally and locally.
2. Better understand which types of developments are gaining the most traction in New York. |
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11:30 AM 11:45 AM |
Networking
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