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Speakers and Panels
Michael Markman
President
BET Investments
Eric Goldstein
Executive Director
King of Prussia District
Pete Staz
Principal
Core Development
Jessica Scully
President
Scully Company
Scott France
Executive Director
Montgomery County Planning Commission
Pete Sikora
Senior Vice President
Bozzuto Development Company
Dave Brown
VP
CBG Building Company
Why You Should Attend Montgomery County State of the Market
Why This Matters
Montgomery County offers concrete opportunities to examine where commercial investment makes sense. King of Prussia District’s July 2026 office report recorded 11.3% vacancy across Upper Merion Township/King of Prussia, while its 2026 community report recorded 2.3% retail vacancy at year-end 2025. For owners and investors, the business question is which properties, tenant relationships and improvements can support additional capital as they evaluate leasing, acquisitions and dispositions.
Recent transactions and redevelopment plans give that conversation substance. In September 2026, ECHO Realty and TPG acquired a 269,018-square-foot shopping center in Montgomeryville through their new joint venture. Federal Realty also announced a Willow Grove redevelopment incorporating 261 apartments and new retail space. These examples create distinct questions about buying established income-producing properties, improving tenant mix and introducing additional uses to existing sites.
Housing brings another pressing set of decisions. Montgomery County planners identify a need for 2,000 additional homes annually through 2050, and the new Housing Blueprint supports new rentals, preservation, transit-oriented development and municipal planning assistance. With office-site apartment approvals in Upper Merion and mixed-use construction announced in Ardmore, developers and lenders have specific local examples to examine as they determine what can secure financing, satisfy municipal requirements and reach delivery.
What You Will Learn
How owners are evaluating office acquisitions and reinvestment in King of Prussia, Conshohocken and neighboring employment centers against tenant commitments, improvement costs and competing space.
What recent Montgomeryville transactions and King of Prussia retail fundamentals reveal about tenant mix, acquisition underwriting and opportunities to improve existing assets.
How commercial owners assess continued operation, repositioning and disposition when a Montgomery County property requires additional capital.
What office-site residential redevelopment in Upper Merion requires beyond an approval, including demolition, site preparation and construction financing.
How Lower Merion mixed-use development, Conshohocken apartments and affordable reuse in western boroughs present different financing and delivery requirements.
Where county contributions and state housing programs can fit within residential capital structures, and which costs still require private debt or equity.
How the Housing Blueprint, municipal zoning decisions and infrastructure commitments affect housing development and preservation across the county.
How You’ll Do More Business
Connect with the owners, developers, investors and lenders evaluating Montgomery County acquisitions, commercial reinvestment and residential development. Compare priorities across established employment centers, retail corridors and boroughs to identify potential investment partners, financing relationships, tenant opportunities and development collaborations.
For brokers, contractors, architects, engineers, property managers and advisors, the discussions will clarify the leasing, property improvement, site preparation and construction decisions that require support. Municipal and county stakeholders can engage directly with private teams to understand project requirements and identify opportunities for productive collaboration.
Who Attends
Commercial and multifamily owners, developers, institutional and private investors, acquisition and asset management teams, construction and permanent lenders, affordable housing capital providers, corporate real estate teams, retail operators, brokers, contractors, architects, engineers, environmental consultants, land-use attorneys, property managers, and municipal and county officials active in Montgomery County.
Why You Should Attend
Start 2027 with a clearer understanding of which Montgomery County commercial properties warrant fresh capital and what local housing projects need to advance. Join the people making acquisition, leasing, financing and development decisions to compare investment priorities, understand public commitments and build relationships around the county’s next opportunities.
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:20 AM
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Registration, Networking & Breakfast
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9:20 AM
10:05 AM
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Montco’s Next Big Bet
How acquisitions, tenant demand and property repositioning are shaping commercial investment decisions |
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10:05 AM
11:05 AM
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The Push to Build: Montgomery County Housing
Financing, construction economics and municipal partnerships that move rental communities beyond approvals |
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11:05 AM
11:35 AM
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Closing Networking
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