Opening Remarks

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  Joseph Colista

  SVP, Head of Leasing

  Brooklyn Navy Yard

Developing & Designing to Meet Demand Across Downtown, Gowanus, Williamsburg & more

Appealing to Tenants Needs & Future Trends

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  Amir Stein

  Director, Acquisitions & Development

  TF Cornerstone

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  Rebecca D'Eloia

  Rebecca D’Eloia is a real estate development executive with 25 years of experience in large- scale, public/private redevelopment projects primarily in the metropolitan region. As Executive Vice President of Development at RXR, she leads development activities across multiple asset classes within the company’s ground-up portfolio. Her project experience includes complex, multi-phased master plans such as the Innovation District at Nassau Hub, the 72-acre site surrounding Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum;  Garvies Point, a $1B+, 1,100-unit mixed-use redevelopment project which is reclaiming a 56-acre former industrial site along the waterfront in Glen Cove; Veridea, a 1,100 acre, mixed use greenfield in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina; and the redevelopment of Long Island University’s Downtown Brooklyn campus.  Prior to joining RXR, Rebecca was Senior Vice President at Forest City Realty Trust, focusing on the entitlements and development of Pacific Park (Atlantic Yards) in Brooklyn, and the design and construction of Barclays Center, home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.  She also led the $160M renovation of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau County.  Prior to Forest City, Rebecca was part of the team leading the redevelopment of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a $1.2 B reconstruction of the campus housing eleven world-renowned performing arts organizations, including the New York Philharmonic, the Juilliard School and the Metropolitan Opera.  Rebecca began her career at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, where she oversaw revenue contracts and licenses for the agency.  A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Rebecca resides in Huntington, Long Island with her husband and 2 children.

  RXR

  EVP, Development

  Rebecca D'Eloia

  EVP, Development

  RXR

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  Alyssa Zahler

  Managing Director, Commercial Leasing

  Two Trees

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  Regina Myer

  President

  Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

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  Sean Kelly

  Sean R. Kelly, Esq. holds the title of Partner at Ariel Property Advisors. In addition to originating and executing exclusive listing sales, he is responsible for leading business development and networking initiatives in Brooklyn, with a particular focus on Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Park Slope, Gowanus, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Prior to joining Ariel Property Advisors, Mr. Kelly served as a Managing Director at CPEX Real Estate, where he led a team of dedicated sales professionals in selling and ground leasing development and conversion sites. In this role, Mr. Kelly managed all projects within his business line by maintaining client relationships, developing custom marketing campaigns, and leading the negotiation process. Since entering the New York City market, Mr. Kelly has successfully brokered more than 120 transactions, consisting of more than 6 million square feet with an aggregate value of over $800 million. His accomplishments earned him recognition as a CoStar “Power Broker,” and the Home Reporter and Brooklyn Spectator both named him a “Rising Star.” Mr. Kelly is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey. His professional affiliations and licenses include the following: New York Real Estate Associate Broker License, St. John’s University School of Law Alumni Association, St. John’s University Loughlin Society, University of South Carolina Alumni Association – President’s Club, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He received his Juris Doctorate from Saint John’s University School of Law, and his Bachelors of Science in Finance and Small Business Entrepreneurship from the University of South Carolina. He also worked as a journey-man Ironworker on 4 Times Square, 383 Madison Avenue, and several of the New York City bridges. Mr. Kelly currently resides in Staten Island, NY, with his wife and two daughters and can be reached at 212.544.9500 or via email at srkelly@arielpa.com

  Ariel Property Advisors

  Partner

  Sean Kelly

  Partner

  Ariel Property Advisors

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  David E. Gross, AIA

  David E. Gross, AIA is the Co-Founder and Executive Partner of GF55 Architects, a national firm with offices in New York City and Miami. GF55 has a specific expertise in Multi Family, Retail, Educational, Hospitality, and Industrial Architecture. Since 1984, GF55 has designed and built over 12 million square feet of housing nationally. David’s projects have received two Urban Land Institute Models of Excellence Awards and was the recipient of the Andrew J. Thomas “Pioneer in Housing” Award in 2010 from the NYC AIA Chapter. David received an AIA Award of Merit for the renovation and addition of a historic and significant Mid Century Modern house in Rye NY. His work has also been featured in Architectural Digest and The New York Times. David has established the David E. Gross Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design for the study of Housing. David is a board member at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design advisory board to the School of Architecture, the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH); Citizens Housing and Planning Council (CHPC) as well as the NY Housing Conference. He has been a visiting design juror at Yale College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Pratt Institute. From 2004 to 2016 he taught an annual session on the relationship of the Architect to the Development Process at the NYU Graduate School of Real Estate MBA Program. The continued progress and intelligent development of Architecture through future generations was fundamental to David’s decision in establishing this fellowship. David graduated Cum Laude with Distinction from the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Thesis Prize Finalist and a Stewardson Memorial Competition Representative.

  GF55 Architects

  Co-Founder and Executive Partner

  David E. Gross, AIA

  Co-Founder and Executive Partner

  GF55 Architects

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  Evelyn D'Angelo

  EVELYN D’ANGELO offers a wide range of experience in real estate development, representing major developers in “ground up” new construction, gut rehabilitation, and occupied conversion filings of residential, mixed-use, and commercial projects relating to condominiums, cooperatives, and homeowners associations. Ms. D’Angelo routinely guides developers through the entire development timeline: from offering plan and amendment filings, to marketing and sales, to the governing regime’s creation process, to building close-out, and everything in between. Projects have included high-end luxury developments, qualified leaseholds, Part 23 conversions with nuanced tenant dynamics, sophisticated bulk sales/successor-sponsor matters, mixed-used buildings with highly specialized non-residential components, and other projects ranging from small brownstones to luxury towers. Ms. D’Angelo is also an Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Law School where she teaches Law of Condominiums, Cooperatives, & Homeowners Associations. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and the New York City Bar Association (NYCBA), and has been a member of the NYCBA Housing & Urban Development Committee since 2012. Bar Admissions: New York; Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A. 2007); Bowling Green State University (M.A. 2009); Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 2013).

  Starr Associates

  Partner

  Moderator

  Evelyn D'Angelo

  Partner

  Starr Associates

Penciling Multifamily Deals With Capital Challenges

Creative Ways to Deliver More Housing Units

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  Brian Vetter

  Chief Investment Officer

  Slate Property Group

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  Marlee Busching-Truscott

  Managing Director, Development

  The Hudson Companies

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  Lucian Cohen

  VP, Finance

  Lonicera Partners

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  Andrew Walsh

  Vice President of Commercial Lending

  HAB Bank

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  Lev Mavashev

  Lev Mavashev is the Founder and Principal of Alpha Realty, a thriving real estate brokerage firm specializing in NYC Multifamily properties. Lev is among the industry’s top tier professionals and considered one of the most active brokers and power deal makers in the investment-sales market. Mavashev is also an established thought leader with his market insights and expertise regularly reported in the media and publications such as the Commercial Observer, The Real Deal, CoStar News, Real Estate Weekly, and the New York Real Estate Journal, while his notable transactions have been reported by the New York Times and Crain’s NY Business Journal. Additionally, he is a consistent guest at CUNY TV’s Michael Stoler Report and 77WABC Radio sharing his insights on New York’s multifamily market. Prior to founding Alpha Realty, he was Managing Director at Besen & Associates in the Investment-Sales Group. In his role, he was very instrumental in helping the firm penetrate the Brooklyn multifamily market. Lev began his career in Real Estate as a CPA with Deloitte & Touché LLP, providing financial analysis, consulting, and due diligence services to some of the world’s most prominent real estate companies, such as Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Tishman Speyer, and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds. Lev thrives on challenges and always bring a “win-win” attitude to every deal. He heads an elite group of brokers within his firm who have recently completed over $3 Billion in investment sales transactions, throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. Lev is a graduate of Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business,

  Alpha Realty

  Managing Principal

  Lev Mavashev

  Managing Principal

  Alpha Realty

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  Mitch Korbey

  Mitch Korbey is a partner, and chair of Herrick’s Land Use & Zoning Group. Mitch is an accomplished urban planner and land use attorney with more than 30 years of experience in private practice and government service. Mitch is a former Commissioner of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), a former director of the Department of City Planning's (DCP) Brooklyn office, and a former deputy director of DCP’s Staten Island office. Mitch has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of New York City’s leading zoning lawyers for the past seven years. He advises clients on a wide range of issues, including site acquisitions and assemblages, site development options, zoning lot mergers and development rights transfers, as well as applications for zoning variances, special permits and other discretionary approvals from the BSA, DCP, Department of Buildings, Landmarks Preservation Commission, and other agencies. Mitch also regularly counsels prominent developers, owners and lenders on the management of millions of square-feet of New York City real estate. In doing so, he navigates the complexities of the City’s byzantine zoning resolution – guiding clients to the most efficient intersection of their business goals and what the rules will allow. He also keeps clients abreast of political headwinds that could impact their properties or development plans. Mitch is an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, and an adjunct with Hunter College's graduate program in urban planning.

  Herrick

  Partner

  Moderator

  Mitch Korbey

  Partner

  Herrick