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Portland State of the Market

Name: Portland State of the Market
Start: 2023-10-10T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-10-10T11:00:00-07:00
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland - Downtown

Revitalizing the Rose City, Construction and Development Outlook & Navigating The Housing Market

Event Ended On: Tuesday October 10 2023

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Speakers and Panels

Future of Portland: Living, Working and Playing

Revitalizing the City Through Placemaking, Tenant Attraction and Retention, and Market Stability and Economic Growth Strategies

Patrick Gilligan

EVP, LPC West

Scott Elliott

President, Edge Development

Andrew Fitzpatrick

Director of Economic Development, Office of Mayor Ted Wheeler

Amalia Mohr

Principal, LRS Architects

Moderator

Jason Roos

Sr Managing Director, Valbridge Property Advisors

Navigating Project Success in Today's Volatile Market

Forward-thinking Construction, Development and Design

Evan Bernstein

Recognized as one of the most influential commercial real estate executives in the country by both the Portland and National Business Journals, Evan brings the juice, passion and heart to the projects and people he works with every day. He is a Partner at Pacific NW Properties, a Beaverton-based commercial real estate development, investment and property management firm, where he oversees all acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development site selection, and marketing, amongst other focus areas. Beyond his day-to-day responsibilities, Evan volunteers his time with numerous charitable organizations and sits on several boards, including NAIOP, Westside Economic Alliance and Revitalize Portland Coalition. He is currently the immediate Past President of NAIOP Oregon, the largest and most influential commercial real estate development organization in the USA. Under Evan’s leadership as President in 2022, NAIOP Oregon was honored with the two biggest awards in North America: “Chapter of the Year,” as well as “National President of the Year.” Prior to his transition to the ownership side of the business, Evan was an accomplished industrial broker who earned the SIOR “Industrial Deal of the Year” award in both 2008 and 2010, as well as the prestigious Commercial Association of Brokers (CAB) “Bill Naito Award” in 2012, presented to the broker in Portland/SW Washington who closed the most complex transaction of the year. In 2017, Evan was honored with Portland Business Journal’s coveted “Forty Under 40” top business executives honor, which is based on career, influence, leadership, and community involvement. In 2023, Evan was named “Executive of the Year” by the Portland Business Journal. A former radio show host who once tried to make Beyonce his fiancé with an on air proposal (she said no by the way), Evan doesn’t mind taking big risks … which has helped with PNWP’s speculative development and portfolio growth through strategic acquisitions. He lives in Portland with his beautiful wife and kids.

Pacific NW Properties

Partner

Evan Bernstein

Partner, Pacific NW Properties

Bashar Wali

“My People used to say, when a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking who he is, where he's come from, where he's headed. That way, he'll have strength enough to answer. Or, by then you'll be such good friends, you don't care.” Bashar Wali is a founder, a father, and a hotel fanatic. He’s a pragmatist—hungry to experience life not as it is packaged and sold, but as it is. His vested interest in hospitality, culture, and design, is cut with curiosity of what’s possible, beyond the status quo. Bashar is always looking for that spark—that perfect symmetry of an idea and its physical manifestation—to make human experiences as we know them, better. He’s the consummate Host of the Soirée—ever in pursuit of a shared humanity among friends, colleagues, and total strangers. This is perhaps his greatest gift: bringing together a group that’s more inspiring than the sum of its parts. As founder and CEO of This Assembly and Practice Hospitality, Bashar draws upon expertise honed over a 30-year career in hospitality. An expert in the lifestyle space, Bashar is known for pushing limits in his philosopher-meets-hotelier kind of way. Whether helming the TEDx stage, hosting a Global YPO event, or collaborating on Clubhouse, Bashar’s message is unwavering: service is what you deliver, hospitality is how you make people feel. Bashar has done every job in a hotel—from frying an egg to negotiating a deal—working for Starwood Hotels before leading acquisitions and development globally at Grand Heritage Hotels. Prior to launching This Assembly and Practice Hospitality, Bashar served as President/CEO of Provenance Hotels, where he remains a partner, for 15 years, growing the company from five to 15 hotels, 1,500 team members, and expanding the collection from the Pacific Northwest to an award-winning national brand, with annual revenue in excess of $150 million. When Bashar isn’t traveling to 50+ countries and 45+ states, he’s home in Portland, Oregon with his wife and kids, dreaming up the hotels of tomorrow.

Practice Hospitality

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Bashar Wali

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Practice Hospitality

Danya Feltzin

EVP, SolTerra

Jonathan McGuire

Partner, Aldrich Advisors

Moderator

Betsy Bice

Director of Pre-Construction, Truebeck Construction

Unlocking Success in Portland's Housing Market

Identifying Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends: Policies & Permitting, Capital Markets, Resident Attraction, and Targeted Neighborhoods

Kymberly Horner

Kymberly Horner is the Executive Director for Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc. (PCRI). Hired in July 2019, she is only the second person to serve in this position since PCRI’s formation over 28 years ago. PCRI’s ongoing mission is to promote housing justice through advocacy, services, affordable housing and wealth creation for systemically disenfranchised people, particularly those of color. PCRI owns and operates over 700 units in the North/Northeast section of Portland, and Kymberly sees having a strong organizational foundation to work from as a key strength to allow her to help manage during these current economically challenging times. In the midst of COVID-19, she oversaw and helped staff to navigate the challenges of the financing and construction of King + Parks, a 70-unit affordable housing rental project. Additionally, between 2019-2020 Kymberly and her staff completed the development of two separate for-sale townhome projects resulting in approximately 10 income qualified families becoming homeowners! Originally from Westlake Village, California, Kymberly discovered her love for civic engagement at an early age. Growing up, her father served as Mayor of Thousand Oaks and was a Thousand Oaks City Councilmember for 18 years. Kymberly got her start in public service working for California Congressman Brad Sherman. Working in constituent services allowed her to acquire the skills needed to untangle bureaucratic snarls and make the government work for its citizens. She worked for the City of Oxnard for over 17 years serving most recently as Oxnard’s Economic Development Director. In that position she oversaw downtown revitalization, business attraction and retention, and retail attraction and retention. In addition to setting and achieving housing and economic development goals, on New Year’s 2015, Kymberly set a personal challenge for herself to eat a piece of chocolate every day! With the support of family and friends who surprised her every so often with sweet treats, she achieved this goal and has stuck with it to this day.

Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI)

Executive Director

Kymberly Horner

Executive Director, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI)

Filipp Aledort

SVP, Asset Management, The Resmark Companies

Moderator

Quang Truong

Co-Founder and CEO, UrbanForm

What You'll Learn

What You’ll Learn:

How is the current macroeconomic climate affecting developers, investors, and property owners in Portland?
What strategies are the top developers in Portland implementing to revitalize the city and regain momentum?
In a post-pandemic world, how has each asset class in Portland transformed or adapted?
With the macroeconomic challenges at the national level affecting Portland's housing development, the city is experiencing a significant housing shortage. What measures are the city and developers taking to meet the increasing demand?
What are the critical issues that need to be addressed to ensure long-term growth and success for the city?
As a leading producer and developer of mass timber, what notable mass timber projects are currently underway in Portland?
What are the most important factors to consider when initiating a new project in today's Portland?

Key Projects From Our Panelists:

250 Taylor - LPC West
Fremont Place - LPC West
Greeley Commons - Edge Development
The Allison - Edge Development
550 SE MLK - Urban Development
Cascada - SolTerra
Woodlawn - SolTerra

How You’ll Do More Business: After navigating through a series of challenges in Portland's CRE market, the city is poised for a resilient resurgence amidst a shifting macroeconomic landscape, reinvigorating development and investment opportunities. In 2023, the city has shown progress to revitalize the city but there’s still a long way to go. Join us as we take a closer look at the main challenges the city is facing, how Portland’s top developers are building and deploying capital, the city’s revitalization efforts, and where the opportunities lie within Portland.

Who You’ll Meet During Networking: Owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, and bankers.

Why You Should Attend This Summit: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you 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 we do.

For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our event producer, Bora Altunay, at bora.altunay@bisnow.com

Venue

Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland - Downtown
319 SW Pine Street
Portland, OR 97204

Ballroom Name/Floor: Colonel Lindbergh Ballroom

Parking Information:

Valet Parking is available at the hotel’s main entrance on SW Pine Street.
Fees for valet parking are as follows:
Weekdays & Weekends - $7/hour, $55 max per day.

Self-parking is also available directly across the street with the entrance on SW 4th Avenue between SW Oak Street and SW Pine Street. GPS address for garage entrance: 212 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97204.
Fees for self-parking are as follows:
Weekdays - $7/hr, $26 max per day (until 6pm) or $16 max Early Bird parking with entrance before 9am, not valid for overnight parking.

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM 9:40 AM	Unlocking Success in Portland's Housing Market Identifying Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends: Policies & Permitting, Capital Markets, Resident Attraction, and Targeted Neighborhoods
9:40 AM 10:00 AM	Networking Break
10:00 AM 10:45 AM	Navigating Project Success in Today's Volatile Market Forward-thinking Construction, Development and Design
10:45 AM 11:30 AM	Future of Portland: Living, Working and Playing Revitalizing the City Through Placemaking, Tenant Attraction and Retention, and Market Stability and Economic Growth Strategies
11:30 AM 12:00 PM	Closing Networking