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Financial Center at the Gardens

Financial Center at the Gardens

Financial Center at the Gardens is the premier Class A office building in Palm Beach Gardens and the largest single office story along PGA Blvd. At the corner of PGA Blvd and Alternate A1A, the 10-story office building provides fully renovated lobby, 100% covered parking, and a tenant lounge complete with wine bar and putting green. The property is walking distance to Downtown at the Gardens and the Gardens Mall and is home to quality tenants like RBC, UBS and Morgan Stanley.

Our commitment to your safety

We have experienced the enthusiasm of returning to live in-person events this year, having safely and successfully hosted more than 10,000 executives to date. While we are thrilled to convene together to propel growth within CRE, COVID-19 remains a worldwide concern and Bisnow is committed to practicing safe protocols at our events. You can expect the following:

In accordance with CDC guidelines, we are recommending that all participants wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. Masks will be made available at the door.

Temperature checks will be conducted at entry.

Contact tracing procedures will be employed for any reported exposure.

Socially distanced seating will be available in the main event space.

Enhanced sanitization protocols will be adhered to throughout the event space including regularly disinfecting surfaces throughout the event and hand sanitizer provided to all attendees.

As local regulations and guidance evolve, the CRE industry continues to lead the way forward. We look forward to gathering safely to do what we do best: network, connect, and engage to do more business. We look forward to hosting you soon.

Speakers and Panels

Special Keynote with Jeff Greene!

Jeff Greene
Keynote

Jeff Greene

Billionaire Investor

Developer

Jeff Greene

Billionaire Investor

Developer

Jeff Greene was born in 1954 in Worcester, Massachusetts. His father ran a business selling used textile

machinery and his mother was a religious school teacher.  His parents taught and instilled in him a strong

set of moral and economic values that would become the basis of a long and fortuitous career in real

estate investment and development.

Greene worked his way through The Johns Hopkins University teaching religious school three days per

week, checking ID’s outside the Hopkins gym and working winter vacations as a busboy and waiter at the

Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.   He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and

sociology from Johns Hopkins in just two and a half years.  After Johns Hopkins, Greene worked on- the-

road as a circus promoter for almost 3 years, accumulating the seed capital for what would become a

billion dollar real estate portfolio.  After 3 years of hard work, Greene went back to Harvard Business

School where he received his Masters of Business Administration in 1979.

While at Harvard, Greene began investing in residential real estate by purchasing a 3-family home not far

from the business school, where he would reside while getting his MBA.  He gained a quick

understanding of the real estate business and by the time he completed his second year at Harvard

Business School, he had accumulated 18 properties and a net worth of over a million dollars.  After

business school, Greene moved to Los Angeles where he successfully navigated a roller coaster real estate

market through the 80s and 90s.  By 2006, he had accumulated a $1 billion real estate portfolio.  Worried

about the possible collapse of the real estate market, he devised a hedge for that portfolio in which he

shorted what he determined were enormously overvalued subprime mortgage backed securities.  This

investment has been described as the most successful trade in history by an individual on Wall Street.

In 2010, Greene felt that the country was heading in the wrong direction and ran for the Democrat

nomination for United States Senate in Florida.

Greene manages a vast portfolio of financial investments in real estate, hospitality and energy.  He is an

active philanthropist supporting a variety of charities and is a signatory to the Buffet-Gates Giving

Pledge.

The Greene Institute’s Managing the Disruption Conference is an annual event bringing together many of

the world’s most respected academics, business leaders and political leaders to discuss the importance of

maintaining a skilled middle class. He and his wife, Mei Sze, are the founders of The Greene School,

dedicated to empowering high-performing students to be adaptive, confident and productive stewards of

an evolving world. Mr. Greene and wife Mei Sze reside in Palm Beach, Florida with their three children.

Palm Beach Investment & Development Trends

Dilip Barot

Dilip Barot

Founder

Creative Choice Group

Dustin Smith

Dustin Smith

SVP

NFP

Alex Ballina

Alex Ballina

Director of Public Housing and Community Development

Miami Dade County

John Osborne

John Osborne

SVP

CP Group

Peter Baytarian

Peter Baytarian

Founder & Managing Partner

Forest Development

Eric Hochman

Eric Hochman

CIO

Pebb Enterprises

Carl Newhouse
Moderator

Carl Newhouse

Director Sales, North America

SageGlass

Dilip Barot

Founder

Creative Choice Group

Dilip Barot is an Indian-born, American social entrepreneur with interests in real estate and technology, including investment, development, and management. He is the founder of Creative Choice Group, a conglomerate of companies that are founded on doing well by doing good for the communities in which they invest. He blends lessons learned from Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and John Ruskin, and believes in “Capitalism with Heart” following Gandhi’s teaching of trusteeship.

His investments have been focused on uplifting the socio-economy of various communities by creating a better environment for jobs, education, housing and livability. Some of his investments have been in public-private partnerships where he has worked with city, state, and federal or central government in India, USA, and Jamaica. With his strong belief in doing well by doing good, he is well known for “going where no one else will go.”

Dilip Barot as well as his ventures have been featured in both national and international publications including Forbes Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Wall Street Journal, Times of India, Affordable Housing Finance, Tax Credit Advisors and Desh-Videsh. He and his ventures have also received numerous awards including 2014 Award of Excellence in Entrepreneurship from India-US Chamber of Commerce, 2014 PACE Technovation Award, 2014 / 2013 / 2012 PACE Corporate Citizen Award, 2011 Community Impact Award – Business of the Year, 2010 Employer Award of Excellence - Workforce Solutions of Texas, 2006 Best Five-Star Development– Florida, 2005 Business of the Year - Stewart Blood Center, and 2004 U.S. Corporate Stewardship Award from U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Dustin Smith

SVP

NFP

With over 15 years of experience providing risk advice and consultative services to contractors and real estate owners/developers, Dustin brings expertise and experience in risk adjusted financing vehicles. With a focus on supporting the development and strategy of the Real Estate and Construction Groups, Dustin provides counsel to other related NFP entities delivering a seamless cross border service platform for clients domestic and abroad. Through the efforts of supporting the Real Estate and Construction Groups, he works towards market and product development, talent growth, and market relationships. Dustin is well versed across all lines of insurance providing senior level support with risk financing strategy, negotiation, design, and execution across the spectrum of operational and development activities as well as brokerage services, including casualty, property and builder’s risk, surety, professional and environmental liability, project-specific programs, and alternative risk finance. Prior to joining NFP, Dustin served as a Broker and Client Executive for JLT with a focus and specialization in the Real Estate and Construction Industries. Dustin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, and received his Masters of Business Administration and Certificate in Financial Analysis and Valuation from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Dustin has also earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designations.

John Osborne

SVP

CP Group

John Osborne is responsible for asset management and joint venture relationships for CP Group’s South Florida portfolio, which currently totals 5.8mm square feet. His focus is on repositioning, leasing, and disposition strategies for the South Florida portfolio. Since joining the organization in 2007, Mr. Osborne has held positions in both acquisitions and asset management and has been directly involved in over $1 billion of transactions.

Mr. Osborne obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida.

Peter Baytarian

Founder & Managing Partner

Forest Development

Peter Baytarian is the Founding and Managing Partner of Forest Development LLC, an elaborate team of real estate development professionals with more than 30 years of experience in the United States and Europe. Additionally, Peter is the Founder and Managing Partner of two firms based in New York, NY focused on the renovation, ownership and management of high-end value-add properties including townhomes, condominiums, and commercial sites in Manhattan. Previously he was a developer and home builder in Cape Cod, MA completing more than 150 residences. Nautilus 220, a project currently underway by Forest Development at 220 Lake Shore Drive, will include 330 condominium residences in two towers, restaurants, retail, and offices adjacent to the Lake Park Marina. Peter was born in Beirut, Lebanon, attended high school at The American School in London and studied economics at Boston University. He resides with his wife and two daughters in South Florida. Peter serves as a member of the Executive Trustee Council for the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce

Eric Hochman

CIO

Pebb Enterprises

Eric possesses over 20 years of extensive commercial real estate experience across a broad spectrum of asset classes as PEBB’s Chief Investment Officer. His responsibilities include overseeing the company’s acquisitions and investment allocations, driving PEBB’s vision and investment strategy, portfolio and asset management, development, and repositioning projects, and identifying value-add and opportunistic investments.

Eric previously served as PEBB’s Chief Development Officer from 2018 to 2020 and joined PEBB as Director of Development in 2016. Since then, PEBB has expanded into a prolific and diversified commercial real estate leader with a nationwide portfolio and successfully embarked on transformative developments and significantly expanding upon high quality assets under management.

Throughout his career, Eric has been involved in the acquisition and redevelopment of several billion in property and asset management of over 10 million square feet of retail, office, industrial and multifamily properties nationwide. Prior to joining PEBB, he served as Principal of a vertically integrated real estate platform and worked at Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM).

Eric graduated from Lafayette College with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Law and earned a Master of Science in Real Estate from New York University. Additionally, Eric is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), a Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker, and a Florida Licensed Certified Building Contractor. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), The Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Realtors, and the CCIM Institute.

Opening Remarks

Anthony Librizzi
Opening Remarks

Anthony Librizzi

Managing Director

Cushman & Wakefield

Tara England
Opening Remarks

Tara England

Director

Cushman & Wakefield

Anthony Librizzi

Opening Remarks

Cushman & Wakefield

Anthony Librizzi joined Cushman and Wakefield’s South Florida team as Managing Director of Commercial Brokerage in our West Palm Beach office in May 2017 and leads the office leasing group of Mark Pateman and Tara England. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, Mr. Librizzi spent ten years at CBRE where he served as Senior Vice President, assisting both office tenants and landlords in West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach and along the Treasure Coast. His prior brokerage experience includes two years at Applefield Waxman Commercial Real Estate.

Mr. Librizzi has built strong relationships with some of South Florida’s largest investors and landlords, such as New York Life, Alchemy-ABR Partners, CBRE Global Investors, AEW Capital, Lexington Realty Trust, Breakers Capital, Tower Realty Partners, and Praedium Group. He has also

represented some of the most prominent tenants in the region, including American Express, AT&T, FPL, Merrill Lynch, Lighthouse Partners and TD Bank.

Mr. Librizzi has led leasing efforts for a portfolio of more than 1.75 million square feet of office space throughout Palm Beach County. This portfolio includes some of Palm Beach County’s most recognizable office assets, such as Congress Corporate Park, Esperanté Corporate Center, Tower

1555, Corporate Center at the Gardens, 1700 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, Gardens Medical Pavilion, Centrepark and Financial Center at the Gardens.

Tara England

Opening Remarks

Cushman & Wakefield

With more than a decade of experience, Tara England is an office leasing specialist in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, working on an array of real estate projects that vary in complexity and size. Specializing in agency leasing and tenant representation services within the South Florida

office market, Ms. England has successfully negotiated over 5 million square feet of commercial lease transactions, totaling over $15 million.

Her current assignments include Financial Center at the Gardens and Gardens Plaza in Palm Beach Gardens, as well as Flagler Center, Waterfront Clematis, CityPlace Tower and Centrepark in West

Palm Beach, among others. A lifelong resident of Palm Beach County, Ms. England is familiar and knowledgeable in the various submarkets and key office properties within the area and has built a reputation for creating custom solutions for her clients’ real estate challenges.

Ms. England is active with the Junior League of the Palm Beaches and currently serves as the 2020 President. She is also an active Board Member of the Palm Beach and Treasure Coast Chapter of CREW, as well as the Palm Beach County American Lung Association. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, Ms. England was the Marketing Director at a West Palm Beach architectural firm, responsible for creating proposals, collateral and maintaining client and professional relationships.

A Word From GlobalPro

Daniel Odess

Daniel Odess

Founder & President

GlobalPro

Daniel Odess

Founder & President

GlobalPro

With over a decade of construction and insurance experience, Daniel has managed

nearly $1 billion dollars worth of new construction, commercial and residential

remodeling. In addition, Daniel has placed hundreds of insurance policies, serves as an expert witness in thousands of insurance disputes, and assisted community

associations, business owners and homeowners recover from a wide variety of property and business income losses. He maintains a strong commitment to the community and serves on the BB&T Local Advisory Board and as Vice-Chairman of Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Event Summary

What you'll learn:  

  • The Northeast is experiencing record-highs in reverse snowbirds, why are many new residents and corporations targeting Palm Beach?

  • What major projects are set to deliver that will change the CRE landscape in Palm Beach?

  • What changes in capital markets can we expect for Palm Beach in Q3 &Q4? Where is smart money investing?

  • Why does Palm Beach stand out from other major South Florida markets such as Miami & Fort Lauderdale?

How You’ll Do More Business:

Learn how Palm Beaches' top CRE professionals are moving the market forward. Gain key insights on what projects are taking center stage, and how you can make the best investments in 2021.

Who Attends: 

Palm Beach County's top owners and developers, public officials, tenants and more.

Why You Should Attend:

Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to 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 us.

Agenda

Time Activity
11:30 AM
12:55 PM
Pre-Event Networking
12:55 PM
1:00 PM
Opening Remarks
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Palm Beach Major Projects & Development Trends
2:00 PM
2:15 PM
Speacial Keynote with Jeff Greene!
2:15 PM
3:00 PM
Post-Event Networking

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