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San Francisco Construction, Development & Design Conference

Navigating Cost Pressures, Policy Shifts, Innovation, Architectural Trends & Project Delivery Across the Built Environment

Event Ended On: Thursday March 26 2026

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Speakers and Panels

Macro Construction and Development Outlook: Building Through Headwinds

Costs, Materials, Labor & Policy—What’s Shaping Project Feasibility in San Francisco

Lauren Krause

Lauren Krause

VP & Head of Development, Essex Property Trust

Patrick Otellini

National Affordable Housing Director, Swinerton
Michael Muzzy
Moderator

Michael Muzzy

Partner, Lubin Olson

From Blueprint to Skyline: How Teams Are Delivering and Designing Projects in a Complex Market

How Teams Are Collaborating to Deliver Innovative, Efficient, and Resilient Projects

Bracken Richardson

Bracken Richardson

SVP, Design & Construction, SummerHill Apartment Communities
Lisa Vilhauer

Lisa Vilhauer

VP, Design & Entitlement, ArtHaus Partners
Nicholas Johnson
Moderator

Nicholas Johnson

VP, Western Allied Mechanical

What You'll Learn:

What You’ll Learn:

  • Hear how San Francisco’s top builders are navigating record-high construction costs, the highest in the world, while keeping projects viable through new delivery and financing strategies.
  • Gain insights into how permitting timelines, local labor mandates, and regulatory headwinds unique to San Francisco are reshaping project feasibility and construction schedules.
  • Learn how leading teams are managing supply chain volatility, workforce shortages, and fluctuating materials pricing to deliver projects on time and on budget.
  • Understand how collaborative approaches between design, development, and construction teams are improving efficiency, communication, and cost forecasting across major projects.
  • Gain insight into which neighborhoods, from SoMa to Mission Bay and the Peninsula, are seeing new construction momentum and what’s driving activity in each submarket.
  • Examine how new technologies, preconstruction tools, and data-driven project management practices are redefining efficiency, quality, and performance in today’s construction environment.

 

How You’ll Do More Business: In a market where every basis point, permit delay, and cost escalation matters, success in San Francisco’s construction ecosystem depends on collaboration, innovation, and timing. Gain a clear view of San Francisco’s construction landscape, where deals are happening, how projects are getting built, and what’s driving design and delivery decisions in 2026. 

 

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.

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Venue

Grand Hyatt San Francisco
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

Ballroom Name/Floor: (3B level: enter lobby, go left through the elevator bay, down 2 sets of escalators)


Parking Information:

Valet is $75 per person but there are plenty of self parking lots nearby.

Nearby Garages:
Union Square Garage - 333 Post Street - 2 minute walk - $3 per hour
Sutter-Stockton Garage - 444 Stockton Street - 5 minute walk - $5 per hour
SF City Parking LLC - 520 Mason Street - 6 minute walk - $15 per day

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
Macro Construction and Development Outlook: Building Through Headwinds
Costs, Materials, Labor & Policy—What’s Shaping Project Feasibility in San Francisco
9:45 AM
10:05 AM
Networking Break
10:05 AM
10:50 AM
From Blueprint to Skyline: How Teams Are Delivering and Designing Projects in a Complex Market
How Teams Are Collaborating to Deliver Innovative, Efficient, and Resilient Projects
10:50 AM
11:30 AM
Closing Networking

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