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Rick Vogel

Rick Vogel

SVP

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Paul Keller

Paul Keller

Chairman, Mack Real Estate Development &

Vice Chairman, Mack Real Estate Group

Suzanne Holley

Suzanne Holley

President & CEO

Downtown Center Business Improvement District

Rick Vogel

SVP

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Richard Vogel is a global real estate executive with a proven success record in establishing vision, defining strategy, and executing large and complex projects in both developed and emerging markets. Recognized globally for his disciplined approach to real estate investment, he is a comprehensive strategist with experience managing real estate development, investment and operations in the US, Asia and the Middle East.

Mr. Vogel joined Related in January, 2017 to lead the Grand Avenue Project, a 1 million square foot landmark mixed-use project located in downtown Los Angeles. Prior to joining Related, Mr. Vogel was President of Silverstein Asia, a subsidiary of Silverstein Properties out of New York City, Senior Vice President and General Manager with Ivanhoe Cambridge and Vice President with Hines.

Mr. Vogel received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business and his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from the Pennsylvania State University, and completed post-graduate studies in economics and finance at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) where he has chaired various ULI committees.

Paul Keller

Chairman, Mack Real Estate Development &

Vice Chairman, Mack Real Estate Group

Mr. Keller is the Vice Chairman of MREG and a member of MREG’s Investment Committee. He also serves as the Chairman of MRED, MREG’s development subsidiary, and Senior Adviser to the MRECS Investment Committee with respect to construction and other heavy transitional loans. Mr. Keller has over 40 years of experience in real estate investment, development, and construction, formerly leading Mack Urban, LLC, Urban Partners, LLC, Keller Equity Group, Inc., Keller CMS, Inc., and Keller Construction Company, LTD. Mr. Keller currently holds many board and community leadership roles, including Vice Chair of the Land Use Leadership Committee and Member of the Advisory Board of ULI (Urban Land Institute) Los Angeles, Board Member of the Central City Association of Los Angeles (CCA), Board Member of the UCLA Health System, and member of The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs (The L.A. Coalition). Mr. Keller previously held leadership roles as Chairman of Eimago (formerly Union Rescue Mission Foundation), Chairman of the Board of Directors at Seven Arrows Elementary School in Pacific Palisades, California, Board Member of the L.A. Streetcar Initiative (LASI), member of the stakeholders group board of the DTLA South Park Business Improvement District (BID), Board Member of Friends of Waterfront, Seattle, and Board Member of Friends of the LA River (FoLAR). Mr. Keller attended the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Suzanne Holley

President & CEO

Downtown Center Business Improvement District

Suzanne Holley is President & CEO of the Downtown Center Business Improvement District (DCBID), a coalition of over 2,000 property owners in the central business district of Downtown Los Angeles who are committed to enhancing the quality of life in the Downtown Center. Suzanne joined the DCBID in 2013 as its Chief Operating Officer and assumed her current role as head of the organization in 2018.

Prior to joining the DCBID, Suzanne worked in commercial real estate management for

over 20 years, most recently as Vice President, Property Management for MPG Office

Trust, a public REIT, and the largest owner and operator of Class A office properties in

Downtown Los Angeles. During her tenure at MPG, Holley was responsible for overseeing the management of 14 million square feet of office and retail mixed-use assets in Southern California and Colorado. Suzanne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and serves on the Board of Directors of Film LA and the California Downtown Association.

Summary

  1. What new methods and practices have developers and GCs implemented on construction sites during the slowdown?

  2. How will tenants allowing employees to work from home alter the daily fabric of DTLA ?

  3. Is DTLA looking to other cities for ideas and examples of how to modify streetscapes, sidewalks, retail, al fresco dining, etc.?

  4. What impact will a decrease in metro ridership have on the DTLA economy?

  5. When do experts predict DTLA’s tourism and convention businesses to rebound?

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