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2 Hanson Place

2 Hanson Place

The Nexus of Culture, Connection & Innovation - Located in the heart of Brooklyn’s cultural district, where Downtown Brooklyn meets Brownstone Brooklyn, sits 2 Hanson Place – a progressive 14-story office building with direct access to one of New York City’s largest transit hubs.

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Multifamily Deals & Neighborhood Development Spotlight

Deal Flow & Top Development Hot Spots

Scott Alper

Scott Alper

President & Chief Investment Officer

Witkoff Group

Madeleine Roy

Madeleine Roy

Director of Development

The Domain Companies

Justin Pelsinger

Justin Pelsinger

COO

Charney Companies

Judah Hammer

Judah Hammer

Managing Director

Meridian Capital

Andrew Barrocas
Moderator

Andrew Barrocas

CEO

MNS

Madeleine Roy

Director of Development

The Domain Companies

Madeleine joined Domain as Director of Development in 2021 and is responsible for managing real estate transactions across a diverse, owner-operated portfolio in New York, New Orleans and Salt Lake City – including acquisitions, capital markets, and all components of new development from predevelopment stages through stabilization. Prior to Domain, Madeleine led over $2.5B of acquisitions and capital markets transactions in her roles with institutional real estate owners, including ARK Capital Advisors (WeWork’s $3.0B private equity arm) and the private New York development firm, Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc. Madeleine is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration with a concentration in Finance, Real Estate, and Accounting.

Andrew Barrocas

Moderator

MNS

Andrew Barrocas has enjoyed success as a dominant force and respected authority in the New York City

real estate industry for many years. In his accomplished career, he has sold over $10-billion worth of

property, and managed, trained, recruited and collaborated with the city's top agents and brokers. As

CEO and Founder of MNS, Andrew currently oversees more than a billion dollars’ worth of real estate, as

well as an exceptional team of talented agents and project managers focused on providing the utmost

level of client service.

Andrew entered the real estate field after graduating from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona

State University. He went on to achieve instant success and recognition as one of the "Top 30 Brokers

Under 30", according to The Real Deal. Over the years, Andrew has been a continually sought-after

expert on real estate who has been featured in The New York Times' "The 30-Minute Interview", quoted

in all major New York publications, and spotlighted on The Stoler Report.

Since founding MNS in 2006, Andrew has grown the company substantially in terms of its revenue and its

team, which is now over 125 people. He also serves his industry as a licensed teacher through the State

of New York, passing on his knowledge and array of professional experience of real estate sales to real

estate brokers and salespersons.

Andrew is also an active member of The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), The Community

Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), Young Jewish Professionals (YJP) and Young Presidents

Organization (YPO). He and his wife Rachel are the proud parents of three beautiful girls – Cayden, Ella

and Zoe.

Office, Retail & Brooklyn's Commercial Landscape

Development, Leasing & Mixed-Use Approaches

Jesse Cooperman

Jesse Cooperman

Vice President of Leasing

Brookfield Properties

Alyssa Zahler

Alyssa Zahler

Managing Director, Commercial Leasing

Two Trees

Lindsay Greene

Lindsay Greene

President & CEO

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Regina Myer

Regina Myer

President

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Evan Haskell

Evan Haskell

EVP

CBRE

Eric Menkes
Moderator

Eric Menkes

Partner

Adler & Stachenfeld

Lindsay Greene

President & CEO

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Lindsay Greene is the President and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC). As CEO, she oversees workforce development and the 300-acre waterfront- urban manufacturing campus, home to 550+ businesses supporting 13,000+ jobs.

Contributing over $2.5 billion annually to New York City’s economy, Lindsay has led the organization in increasing jobs, attracting new advanced manufacturing tenants, and providing the hands-on training New Yorkers need to access today’s manufacturing jobs. Lindsay is the first Black woman and first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve in the role.

Prior to her tenure at BNYDC, Lindsay served as Chief Strategy Officer and EVP at NYCEDC, Chief Strategy Officer and Senior advisor to NYC Deputy Mayor’s Office for Economic Development and Housing. Lindsay also has worked at emerging organic / natural food companies and at Goldman Sachs. Lindsay holds a BA in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Lindsay has expanded BNYDC’s innovative Yard Labs pilot program to serve more piloting companies and to include waterfront pilots and expanded outreach to MWBE startups. She oversaw the expansion of the Brooklyn STEAM Center high school (doubling the number of students served). She also launched BNYDC’s Industry Development Council (IDC) bringing together Yard-based business leaders, strategic partners, and key stakeholders to diversify New York City’s high growth, technical industries and expand opportunities for M/WBEs. Looking ahead, BNYDC has ambitious projects coming soon to expand workforce development, unlock new industrial space for businesses, and provide new opportunities for diverse entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.

Evan Haskell

EVP

CBRE

Evan Haskell is an Executive Vice President in the Agency Group in

CBRE’s Midtown Manhattan office. Since joining CBRE in 2004, Mr.

Haskell has been actively involved in all aspects of owner representation

for institutional and entrepreneurial landlords, as well as sublandlords.

Evan utilizing his expertise in marketing and finance along with his deep

knowledge of the Manhattan market to structure creative real estate

solutions for complex situations including those for office space, schools,

retail, laboratory, and medical space.

Mr. Haskell has been involved in approximately 9,00,000 RSF of leasing

throughout the New York City marketplace and has consulted some of

the largest developers and owners in New York on ground-up

development and renovation projects.

In 2016 alone Mr. Haskell represented the landlords in the largest

transaction in Manhattan, McGraw Hill Financial’s renewal at 55 Water

Street, the largest relocation in Manhattan, Major League Baseball &

MLB Advanced Media’s lease at 1271 Avenue of the Americas and the

record setting rent of Citadel’s lease at 425 Park Avenue.

Prior to joining the Agency Group, Evan worked as an on-site leasing

analyst for CBRE’s leasing team assigned to redevelop the Empire State

Building. In this role, Evan was responsible for the creation and

implementation of an aggressive space consolidation plan that led to

the leasing of over 600,000 square feet including the two largest deals

in ESB history at the time: FDIC (103,000 SF) and Coty, Inc. (90,000

SF). In all, over $300 million dollars in new leases were completed and

the tenant count was reduced from roughly 700 to 195.

Multifamily Supply & Demand: Navigating Macro-Economics, Policy & Tax Abatement

Understanding Housing Hurdles & Identifying Solutions

Joe Riggs

Joe Riggs

Principal

Hudson Companies

Will Noyes

Will Noyes

Senior Manager

RXR

Robin Schneiderman

Robin Schneiderman

Managing Director

Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing

Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly

Partner

Ariel Property Advisors

Mitch Korbey
Moderator

Mitch Korbey

Partner

Herrick

Robin Schneiderman

Managing Director

Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing

he city's largest developers and boutique firms, institutional investors, and debt and equity brokers, seek out Robin Schneiderman's market prowess to determine a site’s potential for new development and his guidance from acquisition and development through lending, sales and completion. Partners can trust Robin for his encyclopedic market knowledge and honesty throughout all points of a project’s lifecycle or repositioning.

During site analysis, he adds invaluable insight and knowledge of marketplace trends. Deep experience in zoning, equity partnerships, development site sales, and inclusionary air rights helps Robin guide developers and equity providers on what product is needed in the specific submarket where they are planning to develop.

His sound decisions during predevelopment help elevate each offering in the competitive marketplace through selection of architecture and interior design teams, amenity recommendations, and strategic alliances and partnerships in working with BHSDM’s marketing arm. Together, this holistic approach drives premium pricing, which Robin’s oversight frequently achieves for developments in their specific submarkets.

For more than a decade, his advisory has been instrumental in the sourcing, development and sales of more than 15 projects totaling more than $3 billion of new development sell-outs complete or in process, including:

200 Amsterdam (Upper West Side)

The Leyton at 1059 Third Avenue

393 West End Avenue (Upper West Side)

51 Jay Street (Dumbo)

318 West 52nd Street (Midtown West)

99 Morningside (West Harlem)

613 Baltic (Park Slope)

251 First (Park Slope)

200 Water (Dumbo)

368 3rd Avenue (Kips Bay)

269 West 87th Street (Upper West Side)

11 East 36th Street

Beyond his work with developers, he consults with clients’ capital partners to pull together underwriting and project future sales through broker opinion of value, detailed comp reports, and pipeline of future developments. His deep and trusted relationships throughout the institutional capital, private equity and family office industries are invaluable to his clients as they fill their capital stack and grow their business.

Robin led the formation of Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing’s Research & Advisory arm in 2020 as a natural extension of the team’s decades-long work assisting developers, equity providers and lenders in their underwriting.

Robin started in real estate as an agent, and quickly became a top agent at one of New York's largest brokerage firms. In his free time, he is active in the fight against Multiple Sclerosis and can be found on Shelter Island during summer weekends and skiing in the winter.

Sean Kelly

Partner

Ariel Property Advisors

Sean R. Kelly, Esq. holds the title of Partner at Ariel Property Advisors. In addition to originating and executing exclusive listing sales, he is responsible for leading business development and networking initiatives in Brooklyn, with a particular focus on Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Park Slope, Gowanus, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Prior to joining Ariel Property Advisors, Mr. Kelly served as a Managing Director at CPEX Real Estate, where he led a team of dedicated sales professionals in selling and ground leasing development and conversion sites. In this role, Mr. Kelly managed all projects within his business line by maintaining client relationships, developing custom marketing campaigns, and leading the negotiation process.

Since entering the New York City market, Mr. Kelly has successfully brokered more than 120 transactions, consisting of more than 6 million square feet with an aggregate value of over $800 million. His accomplishments earned him recognition as a CoStar “Power Broker,” and the Home Reporter and Brooklyn Spectator both named him a “Rising Star.”

Mr. Kelly is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey. His professional affiliations and licenses include the following:

New York Real Estate Associate Broker License, St. John’s University School of Law Alumni Association, St. John’s University Loughlin Society, University of South Carolina Alumni Association – President’s Club, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

He received his Juris Doctorate from Saint John’s University School of Law, and his Bachelors of Science in Finance and Small Business Entrepreneurship from the University of South Carolina. He also worked as a journey-man Ironworker on 4 Times Square, 383 Madison Avenue, and several of the New York City bridges.

Mr. Kelly currently resides in Staten Island, NY, with his wife and two daughters and can be reached at 212.544.9500 or via email at srkelly@arielpa.com

Mitch Korbey

Moderator

Herrick

Mitch Korbey is a partner, and chair of Herrick’s Land Use & Zoning Group. Mitch is an accomplished urban planner and land use attorney with more than 30 years of experience in private practice and government service. Mitch is a former Commissioner of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), a former director of the Department of City Planning's (DCP) Brooklyn office, and a former deputy director of DCP’s Staten Island office. Mitch has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of New York City’s leading zoning lawyers for the past seven years. He advises clients on a wide range of issues, including site acquisitions and assemblages, site development options, zoning lot mergers and development rights transfers, as well as applications for zoning variances, special permits and other discretionary approvals from the BSA, DCP, Department of Buildings, Landmarks Preservation Commission, and other agencies. Mitch also regularly counsels prominent developers, owners and lenders on the management of millions of square-feet of New York City real estate. In doing so, he navigates the complexities of the City’s byzantine zoning resolution – guiding clients to the most efficient intersection of their business goals and what the rules will allow. He also keeps clients abreast of political headwinds that could impact their properties or development plans. Mitch is an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, and an adjunct with Hunter College's graduate program in urban planning.

Why This Matters

What You'll Learn:

  • Brooklyn or Manhattan? The city's top Developers and investors weigh in.

  • Building tall, mixed-use communities. Better understand the development and design strategies to attract tenants.

  • Find out the long-term vision for the borough and how developers and the city look to accommodate this continued growth.

  • How are retail and office responding to this continued long-term shift to flexible work?

  • How do the five boroughs stack up to one another based on development and investments levels?

How you'll do more business:

Enhance your business by understanding how the city's fastest growing borough stacks up with their development pipeline and investment appetite. Gain insight from the top developers, investors, brokers and tenants across multifamily, office and retail sectors and how Brooklyn's multi-purposed approach is impacting the commercial real estate industry. 

Who attends:

Investors, owners, developers, lenders, 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.

For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our New York Events Producer, Chris Picher at chris.picher@bisnow.com. 

Featured Brooklyn Development 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:

The Brook, Witkoff's 51-story mixed-use tower

The Domain Companies' 420 Carroll Development: 380,000 sq ft project in Gowanus

The Domain Companies' Majestic Development: 241 Residential Units & Retail

Two Trees' The Refinery Project: Conversion from Manufacturing Plant to Modern Office

Brookfield Properties' 2 Hanson Place: Office Renovation Project

Brookfield Properties' 351 Jay Street: 950,000 sq ft office development 

Agenda

Time Activity
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
Multifamily Deals & Neighborhood Development Spotlight

1. Closer look at the top multifamily developments in Brooklyn and which neighborhoods are in highest demand
2. Understanding capital hurdles that developers are facing for construction financing

2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Office, Retail & Brooklyn's Commercial Landscape

1. We know the current multifamily demand. How is this impacting values of office & retail?
2. How are developers and designers building these mixed-use communities?

3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Multifamily Supply & Demand: Navigating Macro-Economics, Policy & Tax Abatement

1. Discussing the path forward for development after missing the 421-a window
2. Strategies to create more multifamily developments

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.