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Phoenix Construction & Development

Name: Phoenix Construction & Development
Start: 2016-03-10T07:30:00-08:00
End: 2016-03-10T10:30:00-08:00
Location: One Arizona Center

Mapping the Growth of Downtown

Event Ended On: Thursday March 10 2016

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Speakers and Panels

Christine Mackay

Phoenix Community and Economic Development director, Christine Mackay, has served the people of Phoenix since August 2014. She is responsible for leading and fostering an environment where businesses can create and retain jobs, make capital investment and reinvestment in the community, and connect our workforce to employers and training opportunities. During Mackay’s tenure with the City of Phoenix, the department has facilitated the creation of over 84,000 high-value jobs, seen the average wage of those jobs increase from over $30,000 in 2014 to more than $80,000 in 2022, and closed deals with more than $20 billion in capital investment. Christine leads a department of over 55 full time staff that encompasses the full spectrum of economic development areas including: business attraction, business retention and expansion, community development, international relations, Sister Cities, the Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board, administration, research, marketing, the City-owned Footprint Center and Phoenix Bioscience Core. In 2021, Christine was named as one of the Top 50 Economic Developers in the Country by Consultant Connect. She is a three-time honoree as "Economic Developer of the Year, Large Community" by the Arizona Association for Economic Development. Mackay was recognized as "Leader of the Year in Economic Development–Public Policy" by the Arizona Capitol Times, and "Industry Leader of the Year – Economic Development" by Arizona Commercial Real Estate Magazine. She has also been on the list of the Arizona Business magazine’s "50 Most Influential Women in Arizona." She is a member of the Economic Development Director's Team for Greater Phoenix, Maricopa Association of Government's Building a Quality Regional Community committee, Flinn Foundation Biosciences Roadmap committee, the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), Commercial Office Real Estate Executives (CoreNet), the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED), and the Arizona Business Incubator Association. Christine has nearly 25 years’ experience in economic development overlapping 30 years of commercial real estate experience. Mackay has spent both her personal and professional life here in the Valley.

City of Phoenix

Director

Keynote (Keynote)

Christine Mackay

Director, City of Phoenix

Portland on the Park

Tim Sprague

Principal, Habitat Metro

Matthew Seaman

Matthew Seaman is the development partner for Metrowest Development’s Arizona projects. Mr. Seaman has and continues to handle all acquisition, entitlement and development and disposition efforts on these projects. Prior to joining Metrowest Development, Mr. Seaman, with his company Urban Realty Advisors represented owners and developers in their acquisition, entitlement and development related needs for residential, retail and mixed use development projects in Arizona. Mr. Seaman developed an understanding and knowledge for land use planning and zoning as it related to both private and public development. He was fortunate to be able to carry out substantial work in the preparation of preliminary development plans, land use plans, development plans and land use analysis for the entitlement of both private residential and commercial development projects ranging up to 19,000 acres. Most notably, Matt has provided his representation and entitlement services as an owner and development representative to Brinker International, Gordon Biersch Brewery, Islands Restaurants, Thomas & King, as well as for Centres Inc., in their development expansion for Eckerd and CVS Drug Stores in Arizona. Today, his efforts have been primarily focused on front-end acquisition, entitlement and pre-development consulting for urban mixed use and residential development projects in Downtown Phoenix. Matt has a B.A. degree in Urban Planning and Development from Arizona State University (1997). Matt was appointed by the City of Phoenix - Mayor’s Office to sit as a Board Member of the City of Phoenix Design Review Committee as well as serves as the Vice Chairman of the City of Phoenix Design Review Standards Committee, which assisted the Planning Department in authoring the recently adopted Downtown Zoning Code. Matt also currently serves as a board member of the Downtown Phoenix Partnership’s Community Development Corporation, which helps to promote the development of workforce and affordable housing in Downtown Phoenix.

MetroWest Development

Principal

Union @ Roosevelt

Matthew Seaman

Principal, MetroWest Development

Crescent Scottsdale Quarter

Scott Makee

Managing Director, Crescent Communities

The Urban Architect

Brian Cassidy

President, CCBG Architects

Multi-Asset Financing

Adam Finkel

Co-Founding Principal, Tower Capital

$1.1B Joint Venture

Robert Trujillo

VP, Lennar

Principal Design

John Tran

Principal Design, SmithGroupJRR

Moderator

Bryce Hall

President, KEPHART

Venue

One Arizona Center
400 E Van Buren St
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Floor: 7th Floor

Parking Information:

Self-parking - $2/hr

Garage Address:
401 E Fillmore Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

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Agenda

Time	Activity
7:30 AM 8:30 AM	Breakfast & Networking
8:30 AM 8:45 AM	Keynote
8:45 AM 10:00 AM	All Star Panel
10:00 AM 10:30 AM	Post Panel Networking

Summary

Development and construction is rebounding in Phoenix - it is not only one of the biggest growth areas in multifamily, but also in student housing, senior housing, office, and hospitality. With the steadily rising desire of Millennials to establish a "work hard, play hard" lifestyle, it is not surprising that Phoenix is experiencing an emergence of new developments in urban areas.

Come join Bisnow for its Annual Construction and Development Event in Phoenix! As always, come early and stay late for plenty of coffee and ample networking time -- we'll see you there!

Questions? Comments? Contact our Phoenix Event Producer Sarah at sarah.rotholz@bisnow.com