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Multifamily Shaping the Skyline

Kevin Wallace

Kevin Wallace

CEO

Wallace Properties

Jeffrey Ballaine

Jeffrey Ballaine

VP

Hunt Real Estate Capital

Gary Blakeslee

Gary Blakeslee

President

Thrive Communities

Mark Simpson

Mark Simpson

Principal

Bumgardner

Dylan Simon
Moderator

Dylan Simon

Executive Vice President

Kidder Mathews

Kevin Wallace

CEO

Wallace Properties

Kevin Wallace oversees all development and acquisition activity for the company. He is also responsible for all legal matters for the company’s three divisions: Brokerage, Property and Asset Management and Investment/Development. Wallace Properties builds sustainable, transit-oriented mixed-use development projects in urban centers throughout the Puget Sound region. Kevin and his team have developed several award-winning projects including Citizen, a LEED Silver, 107-unit project in the Pike/Pine Triangle of the Capitol Hill neighborhood; 507 Northgate and 525 Northgate which together contain 428 apartment units and 80,000 square feet of retail space; The Eddy, 130 units with 14,500 SF of retail leased to Bartell Drug in the Green Lake neighborhood; and most recently Prism, 134 units with 4 live/work lofts in Northgate. Kevin began his career as a Real Estate Attorney at K&L Gates in 1997, moving to Foster Pepper in 2001.

Jeffrey Ballaine

VP

Hunt Real Estate Capital

I have 20 years of Commercial Mortgage Banking experience. Hunt Mortgage Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunt Companies, Inc., is a real estate finance company providing financing and investing for conventional and affordable multifamily housing throughout the United States. Hunt Mortgage Group is organized around two business units: Mortgage Banking and Affordable Housing Debt. Under the Mortgage Banking and Affordable Housing Debt businesses, Hunt Mortgage Group partners with developers, owners, and investors to provide them with capital to develop, acquire or redevelop their real estate assets. Hunt Mortgage Group’s core debt products consist of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or HUD/FHA financing. In addition, through several strategic alliances, Hunt Mortgage Group offers various CMBS executions for multifamily and other commercial properties, proprietary bridge loans and select joint venture equity products.

Gary Blakeslee

President

Thrive Communities

Responsible for development and construction oversight. Prior leadership positions with Thrive, AvalonBay, Harbor Properties, and Opus.

Dylan Simon

Moderator

Kidder Mathews

Dylan Simon is an executive vice president at Kidder Mathews in Seattle, Washington. His expertise is in the sale of apartment buildings and development land in Seattle and the Puget Sound region. Dylan is a co-founder of his multifamily brokerage team, which represents apartment investors and developers in the purchase and sale of apartment buildings and development land ranging from $1M to more than $100M.

Dylan holds a Juris Doctorate from the UCLA School of Law, and is licensed as an attorney and a commercial real estate broker in both Washington state and California. Dylan has a degree in mechanical engineering, having started his professional career in industrial construction and design.

Dylan is one of the most active multifamily brokers in the Puget Sound region, and the research and thought leadership produced by his team is followed throughout the commercial real estate industry.

The Condo Boom on the Horizon

Paul Zeger

Paul Zeger

Partner

Polaris Pacific

Peter Orser

Peter Orser

Director

UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies

Dave Heater

Dave Heater

President

Ankrom Moisan

David Meissner
Moderator

David Meissner

Founder

Paragon Real Estate Advisors

Paul Zeger

Partner

Polaris Pacific

For over 30 years, Paul Zeger has been the definitive source of information for new construction sales and marketing in the Bay Area. His leadership in identifying and capitalizing on residential development opportunities is unparalleled. Paul’s client relationships include some of the most successful real estate development firms on the west coast – TMG Partners, Emerald Fund, Lennar Urban and Wilson Meany to name a few. Paul believes in making commitments to his clients, and building trust by delivering on his commitments. Paul earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics at Colgate University and a Masters in Business Administration from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Peter Orser

Director

UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies

Peter is best known for his work with Quadrant Homes where he served for almost 25 years, helping to bring Quadrant to prominence as Washington’s leading homebuilder, serving as President of the Company from 2003 through 2010. In October of 2010 he assumed the role of President and CEO of the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company where he oversaw five different homebuilding operations across the Country. In July of 2014, under his leadership, Weyerhaeuser completed the successful sale of the Company for $2.8 Billion dollars to Tri Pointe Homes in Irvine California, at which point Peter “retired”, but remains engaged in a variety of activities related to Real Estate.

Peter’s civic commitments have also been diverse. He has been Chairman of the King County Housing Authority, President of the King and Snohomish County Master Builders Association, Chairman of Forterra and a board and Executive Committee member for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. He also served as Chair of the Mercer Island planning commission and was elected to a four-year term on the City Council in 1994. . He is currently an active member of the Runstad Real Estate Center Advisory Board as Vice Chair and was recently appointed by the Governor to serve on the Washington State Affordable Housing Advisory Board.

He attended the University of Puget Sound where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Natural Science, the University of Washington where he earned a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and finally is a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Management Program.

Dave Heater

President

Ankrom Moisan

Dave Heater joined Ankrom Moisan Architects in 1990, working in Portland until 2006 when he moved to Seattle to open AMA’s second office. Today he serves as the firm’s President, championing seven diverse market segments and leading more than 360 employees to provide architecture, interiors, urban design, and branding services. As a market leader in housing design for more than 20 years, Ankrom Moisan has been instrumental in the renaissance of Portland’s Pearl District and active in the transformation of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood with numerous mid-rise and high-rise developments. Following the design of several notable housing projects in the Bay Area, Dave oversaw the addition of a San Francisco office in July 2016. He holds a BA in Architecture from the University of Oregon.

Summary

Seattle keeps climbing the ranks of the top CRE markets in the nation. As always, we're here to bring you the latest and greatest in new and old developments and what's on the horizon. The multifamily supply and demand have been steadily increasing and there's SO much to discuss from last year's Multifamily forum.

We're bringing together the top thought leaders to run a discussion on what 2016 had to offer as well as what the high-rise apartment scene is looking like in 2017. We're talking developments breaking ground, the latest trends in Multifamily building and design, what attracts residents, and so much more. 

Come out and hear from Seattle's Multifamily experts, mingle with colleagues and coworkers and new people. As usual, we'll have plenty of coffee and breakfast to kick off the morning.

If you'd like to nominate a speaker please reach out to Liana Cornacchio at liana.cornacchio@bisnow.com.

Venue

The Westin Seattle
1900 5th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101

Ballroom: Grand Ballroom 3, Third Floor


$16 Valet

Agenda

Time Activity
3:30 PM
4:30 PM
Breakfast, Networking & Schmooze
4:30 PM
5:15 PM
The Condo Boom on the Horizon
5:15 PM
6:00 PM
Multifamily Shaping the Skyline
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
Post-Game Networking!