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Why You Can't Afford to Miss The 2026 Palm Beach State of the Market
Join Bisnow for its premiere commercial real estate event covering every asset, submarket, and most important issues facing the growth of Palm Beach County. New residents, new industries, and new development are reshaping the region faster than its infrastructure, schools, and housing stock can keep pace. This is a market working through real constraints in real time. Join developers, owners, investors, city officials, and industry leaders for a look at what's driving Palm Beach's transformation in 2026, where the pressure points are, and where the smartest capital is moving next.
The Knowledge You Will Walk Away with:
Understand what's really driving Palm Beach's growth: From quantum computing and life sciences to HQ relocations, and what it means for office and lab demand going forward.
Get ahead of the DMP and entitlement conversations shaping how and where development gets approved across the region's downtowns.
See the multifamily supply picture clearly: Whether the current pipeline can absorb Palm Beach's population influx, and what developers are doing about it.
Get a full read on the condo pipeline: what's delivered, what's coming, and how absorption is really tracking against the wave of new supply.
Learn why education access is now a business issue and how the school and teacher shortage is quietly constraining housing, workforce, and growth across every sector.
Hear what's next for Wellington: One of the region's most active submarkets, before the next wave of opportunity is priced in.
For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Elizabeth Herrgott, at elizabeth.herrgott@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Jordan.Hinsch@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Venue
Palm Beach Convention Center
650 Okeechobee Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Ballroom: Grand Ballroom
Floor: Ground Floor
Self-parking - $2/hour
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:00 AM
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Registration, Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM
9:45 AM
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Building Palm Beach: Growth, Community & the New Development Playbook
Palm Beach is in the middle of a growth surge that's reshaping downtowns and testing what developers owe the communities they're building in. Developers, builders, and city officials get into what it takes to deliver in this market, from DMP negotiations to labor and cost pressures, while keeping growth on the city's terms. |
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9:45 AM
10:30 AM
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Moving Palm Beach Forward: The Future of Mobility and Growth
As Palm Beach County continues to attract new residents, businesses and development, its economic growth will depend on its ability to move people efficiently across the region. This panel will examine how emerging transportation technologies, including autonomous vehicles, dedicated mobility systems and electric air taxis, could complement traditional public transit and connect airports, downtown districts, convention centers and major developments. |
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10:30 AM
11:00 AM
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Networking Break
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11:00 AM
11:30 AM
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Palm Beach Emerging Submarkets Spotlight
From West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens to Wellington, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach and beyond, This panel will spotlight the neighborhoods and submarkets attracting new investment, residential growth, commercial development and infrastructure improvements. Hear where developers and investors are placing their bets, what is driving demand and how changing demographics are reshaping the opportunity map. |
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11:30 AM
12:15 PM
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The Education Bottleneck: Why Schools Are Becoming Palm Beach's Most Important Asset Class
Private schools are full, new institutions are opening, and education access is quietly becoming a factor in where people and developers choose to plant roots. A conversation on why schools now belong in the real estate conversation. |
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12:15 PM
1:30 PM
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Lunch
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1:30 PM
2:00 PM
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The New Economy: Office, Talent & Why Tech Is Choosing Palm Beach
Quantum computing, life sciences, and relocating HQs are putting Palm Beach on a map it hasn't been on before. This panel breaks down what's actually driving the shift, and what office and lab product needs to look like to keep winning these tenants. |
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2:00 PM
2:45 PM
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Multifamily & Meeting the Migration: Is Palm Beach Building Fast Enough?
Palm Beach's population boom shows no signs of slowing, and multifamily developers are racing to keep pace. This panel looks at whether the current pipeline can actually absorb the wave of new residents, and how developers are rethinking product, pace, and location to house as many people as possible. |
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2:45 PM
4:00 PM
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The Condo Pipeline: What's Coming, What's Delivered, What's Absorbing
A high volume of condo product has hit the market and more is on the way. This panel looks at what's in the pipeline, what's recently delivered, and how well the market is absorbing it all. |
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