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Adam Robinson

Adam Robinson

Founder & President

RAF Pacifica Group

Adam Robinson

Founder & President

RAF Pacifica Group

Founder of RAF Pacifica Group and Co-Founder and Principal of SR Commercial, Adam Robinson is a strategic real estate investor and operator specializing in the acquisition, development, operations, and management of commercial real estate.

Robinson is currently acquiring land and developing speculative commercial real estate, primarily in San Diego County. Over the past few years, he has acquired 2.5 million square feet, more than 2 million of which is for a long-term hold, and has an additional one million square feet of speculative development in the pipeline over the next 24 months. He oversees a portfolio of more than four million square feet of real estate, with a niche focus on office and industrial product.

Robinson has directed more than $1.3 billion in investments and has focused his career on establishing the vision and strategy necessary to execute successful value-add commercial real estate transactions. His deep industry expertise in acquisitions, development, and brokerage, combined with his strategic networking, has enabled him to successfully drive value and attractive returns for his capital partners.

Robinson has been a featured speaker at the University of San Diego, as well as at commercial real estate conferences such as NAIOP and SIOR. He is also an investor in multiple operating businesses.

Robinson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of San Diego. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of California and holds numerous professional affiliations, including CCIM, SIOR, and CPM. He is the past president of the San Diego chapter of SIOR.

Manchester Gateway and The Evolving Downtown

Project Presentation

Perry Dealy
Development Expert

Perry Dealy

President & CEO

Dealy Development

Perry Dealy

Development Expert

Dealy Development

Mr. Dealy has over 44 years of real estate experience in the public and private development arena with over $5 billion of projects entitled of which over $3 billion are completed. With hands-on experience in all aspects of real estate development including being a licensed architect, general contractor, and fiduciary representative, Mr. Dealy brings a broad set of skills that have been crucial to his success in strategic planning, acquisitions and development.

Since founding Dealy Development, Inc. in 1992, Mr. Dealy has been primarily responsible for project pre-development, master planning, entitlement phase, and overall project implementation and completion. Recently completed projects include the expansion of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego; the development of The Grand Del Mar resort, Clubhouse and Villas; the entitlements and pre-development acquisition of the Columbia Tower Hotel Downtown San Diego; the entitlement and pre-development for Phase III San Diego Convention Center Expansion; and the master plan and entitlement for the San Diego Union-Tribune redevelopment. In addition, he continues the development management of Manchester Pacific Gateway on San Diego's downtown waterfront.

Mr. Dealy is a former Marine/Vietnam veteran and holds a Master Degree in Urban Design/Planning in Architecture from NC State University/UNC Chapel Hill with a thesis focused on Architect as Developer. Mr. Dealy is active in the community with membership with Lambda Alpha International, the Downtown San Diego Partnership Executive Committee, Urban Land Institute, Lincoln Club, Mission Valley Community Planning Group Board member, as well as the San Diego River Park Foundation Board member. Mr. Dealy resides in Point Loma and is married with a son. He enjoys golf, hiking, travel, good friends and wine.

Leasing, Development and Tenant Demand Trends

The State of San Diego's Office Market

David Malmuth
I.D.E.A. District Visionary

David Malmuth

CEO

David Malmuth Development

Mike McNerney
Idea District

Mike McNerney

Executive Vice President

Lowe Enterprises

Jeff Givens
Emerald Plaza

Jeff Givens

Senior Vice President

Kearny Real Estate Company

John Kenney
U-T Office Repositioning

John Kenney

Principal

The Casey Brown Company

Gordon Beckman
Design Expert

Gordon Beckman

Principal & Design Director

John Portman & Associates

Martin Togni
Moderator

Martin Togni

Partner

Allen Matkins

David Malmuth

I.D.E.A. District Visionary

David Malmuth Development

Throughout his career in real estate, David has demonstrated the ability to conceptualize and implement unique solutions for each site he has encountered. No two projects are the same. Each place, whether it be primarily retail, entertainment, office, or multi-family, draws its inspiration from the site’s context and history, and is therefore fully integrated into its surroundings. This approach has resulted in places that produce long-term value for the community as well as ownership.

In 2011, David and Pete Garcia formed I.D.E.A. Partners to lead the development of the I.D.E.A. District (Innovation + Design + Education + Arts) in downtown San Diego. This transformative initiative, located on 35 city blocks in the Upper East Village, aims to create a vibrant, sustainable mixed-use neighborhood that will generate thousands of high-paying design and technology jobs in the next 10 years.

David has also led the development of signature projects including The New Amsterdam Theater, NYC; Disney Ice, Anaheim, CA; Hollywood and Highland, Hollywood, CA; and Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, CA

Mike McNerney

Idea District

Lowe Enterprises

Mike leads Lowe’s Western region commercial property development, investment and management activities. He is responsible for $1.9 billion of current development projects and 1.5 million square feet of commercial properties managed. Mike is a past-President and current executive committee member of the San Diego Chapter of NAIOP, and a member of the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mike and his wife Tami enjoy hiking, camping and skiing in the Sierra Mountains. Education: United States Air Force Academy, BS; Chapman University, MBA

Jeff Givens

Emerald Plaza

Kearny Real Estate Company

Mr. Givens is a Senior Vice President with Kearny Real Estate Company and has been with the company

since 2013. As a member of Kearny’s San Diego office, his responsibilities include sourcing new

acquisition opportunities and asset management for existing portfolio assets as well as 3 rd party

assignments.

Mr. Givens played a key role in the repositioning and disposition of 530 B Street, a 232,936 sf 24 story

office building at 530 B Street, as well as the acquisition of Emerald Plaza, a $92 million class A,

Downtown San Diego high rise, where he currently serves as the asset manager. At Emerald, Mr. Givens

will oversee a $10 million capital improvement project and the lease up of 100,000 sf.

Prior to joining Kearny, Mr. Givens has held numerous positions over the past 16 years with in the real

estate industry including Vice President of SCI, Inc. where he spearheaded the acquisition and

disposition of 500+ distressed residential units. Mr. Givens was also an owner at Coldwell Banker

Commercial and represented Kearny as listing agent in Westside Business Center, a 56-acre park with

540,000 sf of new development and a 76-acre industrial land investment at Nuevo Road in Riverside

County.

Mr. Givens is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College. Mr.

Givens is an active member of SOIR.

John Kenney

U-T Office Repositioning

The Casey Brown Company

John Kenney brings more than 12 years of specialized real estate investment experience and exceptional financial credentials to his position with The Casey Brown Company. Prior to his current role John was vice president of acquisitions with BBL and Westcore Properties where he played a key role in over $750 million of acquisitions, dispositions and financings of industrial, office and retail properties. A certified public accountant, John previously was with PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Diego where he specialized in real estate and finance. John is a native San Diegan and graduate of Santa Clara University. John lives in North County with his wife and three children.

Gordon Beckman

Design Expert

John Portman & Associates

Gordon Beckman, AIA is a Principal and Design Director for John Portman & Associates (Portman). He has

built a distinguished career, working nationally and internationally on a broad range of building types,

including commercial, civic, transportation, and mixed-use developments. Mr. Beckman’s work reflects his

ongoing interest in and examination of, the interdisciplinary connections that structure, technology,

environmental concerns and transparency play in next generation architectural thought. His recent work at

Portman reflects these values and ideas.

Prior to joining the firm in May 2007, Mr. Beckman worked 23 years for Murphy/Jahn as Senior Vice

President, Principal Architect, leading some of the firm’s most recognized projects; including Charlemagne

in Brussels, Belgium; the Serono Corporate Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland; Bishopgate Town in

London, England; and HALO Corporate Headquarters in Niles, Illinois.

Mr. Beckman’s professional experience also includes having taught for the University of Wisconsin and the

Illinois Institute of Technology, in addition to participating in numerous design reviews and juries at several

Universities. He has been recognized by the AIA and awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal. Gordon received

his Masters of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin.

Martin Togni

Moderator

Allen Matkins

Martin L. Togni is a partner in the San Diego office of Allen Matkins with a practice focusing primarily on Life Sciences, representing a variety of landlords and tenants in the development and leasing of Life Science and Biotech projects. He has successfully completed major leasing transactions totaling more than 40 million square feet in California, the Midwest, and East Coast over the past 25 years, representing some of the nation's leading real estate and end-user companies. Martin also represents a wide variety of clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing and ground leasing of shopping centers, industrial projects, office buildings and other commercial and mixed-use projects throughout the country

Summary

San Diego is among the most exciting office markets on the West Coast. Home to an abundance of research institutions like UC San Diego and boasting one of the largest millennial populations in California, this market is on the rise.

The event will focus on market trends as they relate to tenant demand, submarket growth, design, wellness standards, walkability, adaptive reuse and community revitalization.

Don't miss this incredible event, where we will hear from real estate development thought leaders, who are bringing the workplace of the future to the people of San Diego. 

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Venue

The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
910 Broadway Circle
San Diego CA 92101

Ballroom: San Diego Ballroom, Floor 4


First 2 hours $12.00
Each additional hour: $8.00
Daily maximum: $45.00 

Agenda

Time Activity
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Pre-Event Networking
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Manchester Gateway & The Evolving Downtown
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
The Future of San Diego's Workplace
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
Post-Event Networking