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Speakers and Panels
From Concept to Concrete: Development, Construction & Delivery
Exploring What’s Being Built, How It’s Getting Done, and Where Portland Is Headed Next
Travis Drilling
EVP, Market Leader
Lincoln Property Company
Ryan Schera
VP, Development
Schnitzer Properties
Evan Bernstein
Partner
Pacific NW Properties
Soo Anderson
SVP, Portland Market Lead
JLL Project & Development Services
Trent Baeckl
CPA, Shareholder
Perkins & Co
Beyond the Build: Vibrant Communities & Resilient Development
Where Developers, Builders and Designers Are Rethinking Placemaking, Resilience, and What Makes a Project Thrive Long-Term
Danya Feltzin
EVP
SolTerra
Chad Encinas
VP, Development
Mill Creek Residential
David Copenhaver
President and Partner
Cascadia Development Partners
Dietrich Wieland
Principal & Architect
Mackenzie
Matt Neish
Sr Associate
Otak
What You'll Learn:
What You’ll Learn:
Analyze the current state of Portland’s commercial real estate market, with a focus on downtown vacancies, suburban momentum, and evolving tenant expectations across asset classes.
Explore how developers, designers, and contractors are adapting project delivery in response to economic headwinds, permitting challenges, and shifting investor criteria.
Learn how top firms are approaching urban revitalization and mixed-use development, with strategies centered on placemaking, flexibility, and long-term community value.
Gain insight into the industrial sector’s resurgence, driven by food and beverage users and logistics demand—and how design and site planning are evolving in response.
Discover how retail is rebounding through experience-driven design, suburban infill, and integrated ground-floor activation in larger mixed-use projects.
Examine approaches to future-proofing development—from sustainability innovations and adaptive reuse to collaborative delivery models that drive cost efficiency and resilience.
Gain insights into how design is being used as a strategic tool to differentiate projects, improve user experience, and align with community needs.
How You’ll Do More Business: While challenges persist—especially in Portland’s downtown core—the city’s commercial real estate landscape is showing signs of resilience and reinvention. Opportunities are emerging in suburban office, sustainable urban development, and thoughtfully positioned retail. Join us at this year’s State of the Market event to learn what’s being built, how it’s getting done, and where Portland is headed next.
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 Session: 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.
Interested in Sponsorship? Contact zach.zeiner@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event.
Want to host this event in your space?
Bisnow events convene the best in the industry. Get in front of top CRE professionals by hosting this upcoming event at your space. Contact zach.zeiner@bisnow.com to get more info on hosting, sponsorship, pricing and availability.
Venue
Hilton Portland Downtown
921 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Ballroom: Grand, Ballroom Level
Valet Parking $32.00 first 3 hours; $9.00 per additional hour
Agenda
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3:00 PM
4:00 PM
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Breakfast & Networking
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4:00 PM
4:45 PM
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From Concept to Concrete: Development, Construction & Delivery
Exploring What’s Being Built, How It’s Getting Done, and Where Portland Is Headed Next |
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4:45 PM
5:05 PM
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Networking Break
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5:05 PM
5:50 PM
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Beyond the Build: Vibrant Communities & Resilient Development
Where Developers, Builders and Designers Are Rethinking Placemaking, Resilience, and What Makes a Project Thrive Long-Term |
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5:50 PM
6:30 PM
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Closing Networking
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