New York Commercial Leasing & Asset Management Conference

Thu Sep 17, 2026

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New York Commercial Leasing & Asset Management Conference

Office, Retail, Tenant Demands, Client Fit Outs, Leasing Demand & Mixed-Use Asset Management

Thursday September 17 2026 @ 8:00 AM EDT

$125.00

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Speakers and Panels

Office Transactions: Terms, Pricing and Keys to Get Deals Done

Deal Flow: Top Locations and Supply Demand Dynamics

Keith Cody

SVP, Director of Leasing, Silverstein Properties

Samantha Augarten

Managing Director, Tishman Speyer

Michael Plavin

Head of Real Estate Transactions & Portfolio Strategy, KPMG

AJ Camhi

EVP, Director of Leasing, RFR Realty

Joseph Pollaci

President, Nucor Construction Corp

Moderator

Howard Koh

Partner, Meister, Seelig & Schuster

Meeting Tenant Demands Through Leasing, Amenities and Improved Design

Fit Outs, Leveraging Workplace Strategy to Drive Company Culture and Leasing

Alyssa Zahler

Managing Director, Commercial Leasing, Two Trees

Craig Deitelzweig

President & CEO, Marx Realty

Mark DePiero

SVP Real Estate, Arch Amenities Group

Retail Tenant Fit Outs and Leasing

Ground Floor Retail, Driving Foot Traffic and Mixed-Use Assets

Gregg Weisser

Executive Managing Director of Real Estate, Moinian Group

Richard Babeck

VP, Tri State Commercial Realty

Zach Rapaport

Founder & Principal, Meerkat Development

Allison Shipper

Principal & Partner, Atlas Supreme

Moderator

Andreas Rotenberg

Co-Founder & COO, Pulley

Why To Attend the New York Commercial Leasing & Asset Management Event

Why This Event Matters

New York City's office market has experienced a fundamental reset. Trophy and newly repositioned buildings are posting record rents while commodity product struggles to find takers and landlords who understand exactly what tenants want, and how to deliver it, are pulling away from the competition. Meanwhile, urban retail continues to evolve with great leasing momentum across new submarkets in New York City. The decisions being made right now on lease structure, capital allocation, design, and fit-out will define the performance of New York assets for the next decade. This event puts the people making those decisions in the same room.

Panel 1: Office Leasing: Terms, Pricing & Keys to Get Deals Done

Hear directly from active landlords and tenants on what leasing discussions look like and how to create impactful tenant-landlord partnerships.
Learn how flight-to-quality is reshaping submarkets across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the outer boroughs and what it means for assets that don't qualify as class-a.
Get a frank read on lease term trends: what tenants are willing to commit to, and how landlords are responding.

Panel 2: Asset Management Strategies: Meeting Tenant Needs Through Improved Design & Operations

Hear how leading asset managers are repositioning buildings to meet the post-pandemic bar for amenities, wellness, and technology.
Understand which capital improvements are driving measurable occupancy gains and which ones tenants are largely indifferent about.
Get concrete examples of design and common area transformations that have changed leasing velocity at specific NYC buildings.
Explore how asset managers are balancing near-term NOI pressure with the longer-term capital requirements of competitive repositioning.

Panel 3: Retail Tenant Fit-Outs & Leasing Trends

Understand how fit-out cost sharing has evolved: who is paying for what, and what deal structures are actually getting retail leases signed.
Learn how experiential and food & beverage tenants are reshaping what landlords look for in a retail tenant mix.
Explore how flagship and showroom strategies are changing the calculus for national and international brands entering the New York market.

Who Should Attend

Office & retail landlords: Benchmark your leasing strategy, pricing, and concession packages against what the market is actually doing

Developers & asset managers: Identify the design, operational, and capital improvements that are genuinely moving the needle on occupancy and rent

Tenants & occupiers: Understand your leverage, the current state of the market, and what landlords are willing to do to get deals done

Brokers & leasing professionals: Stay current on where deals are clearing, which buildings are winning, and what your clients need to know heading into negotiations

Retailers & brands: Learn how fit-out economics, corridor selection, and lease structure decisions are playing out across New York's most competitive retail markets

Builders & designers: Understand what tenants and landlords are looking for with tenant fit outs and space deliveries.

Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM 9:45 AM	Office Leasing: Terms, Pricing & Keys to Get Deals Done 1. Explore how landlords and tenants are navigating evolving lease structures, deal terms, amenities and pricing to shape deal activity. 2. Hear from top leasing professionals on what it takes to move from LOI to signed lease in today's office market.
9:45 AM 10:00 AM	Coffee & Networking
10:00 AM 10:45 AM	Asset Management Strategies: Meeting Tenant Needs Through Improved Design & Operations 1. Discover how owners and asset managers are building design, amenities, and operations to attract and retain tenants in a competitive market. 2. Examine the capital improvements, repositioning strategies, and operational upgrades driving NOI and long-term asset value.
10:45 AM 11:30 AM	Retail Tenant Fit Outs & Leasing 1. Unpack the latest trends in retail leasing, including deal structure, managing tenant fit-outs, and curating tenant mixes that drive foot traffic. 2. Hear from retail operators and landlords on the negotiation dynamics and design considerations behind successful build-outs in New York.
11:30 AM 11:45 AM	Networking