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Eric Schiela

Eric Schiela

COO

Rubenstein Partners

Brian Berson

Brian Berson

President

Parkway Commercial Properties

David Fahey

David Fahey

Managing Director

Avison Young

Eric Schiela

COO

Rubenstein Partners

Eric joined The Rubenstein Company in 2001 and was a member of the senior management team that formed Rubenstein Partners. As Chief Operating Officer, Eric is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the asset management and other activities related to the Funds’ investments, with particular focus both pre and post-acquisition on investments with extensive development, redevelopment or repositioning aspects. He also oversees the operations of Rubenstein Partners and its affiliated operating company, including directing the planning and implementation of various strategic initiatives that drive the financial and operating performance of the firm. Eric is a member of the Investment Committee.

Brian Berson

President

Parkway Commercial Properties

Mr. Berson joined Parkway Corporation in 2018 and serves as President of Parkway Commercial

Properties, a role in which he oversees Parkway’s growing real estate portfolio as well as development

across a national and expanding land bank. Parkway recently delivered a 360,000 SF trophy office

building leased by global law firm Morgan Lewis, a multifamily project in Philadelphia’s “old city” which

achieved 95% leasing in just three months, and is under construction on another 550,000 SF trophy office

building leased entirely by global insurance provider Chubb. Parkway is also in predevelopment for

several additional multi-family residential projects in multiple US markets. Prior to Parkway, Brian worked

at Brandywine Realty Trust and served as Vice President of Development overseeing development work

in New Jersey and Washington DC before which he was Vice President of Leasing and Development at

Liberty Property Trust, where he held responsibility for the firm’s leasing, development, and asset

management at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He has 25 years of experience in the industry and has

developed over two billion dollars’ worth of real estate.

His previous experience also includes development positions in Washington, D.C. at LCOR where he

served as Development Manager for the 2.4 million square foot United States Patent and Trademark

Office and at Hines where he served as Construction Manager for the 800,000 SF Gannet/USA TODAY

Headquarters. Mr. Berson received his Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate

School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and his Bachelor of Arts from the Washington

University in St. Louis School of Architecture.

He holds a Pennsylvania architecture license and National Council for Architectural Registration Board

certificate. Mr. Berson sits on the Board of Trustees at NAIOP Philadelphia, at the American Heart

Association’s Hard Hats with Heart, and is a Board member at the Central Philadelphia Development

Corporation. He has been featured prominently as a guest lecturer, panelist, and instructor at many of

the region’s universities.

David Fahey

Managing Director

Avison Young

David Fahey has spent the last 20+ years of his career in the commercial real estate industry. While at Binswanger, he served as President of the commercial division. On behalf of his clients, he successfully managed and completed projects in 31 states and 11 countries. He also brings to Avison Young experience on the development side of the business from his time as a partner at Preferred Real Estate Investments.

Summary

  1. How will the coronavirus impact office design in the long term? What are just short--term changes?

  2. How are office owners going about reopening buildings? How much control do owners have on individual tenants implementing social distancing in the building?

  3. Will this pandemic lead to a suburban campus boom?

  4. What are office owners doing to work with tenants during these tough times?

  5. Will coworking make it out alive and, if so, what will it look like?

Agenda

Time Activity
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
Philly Office Update
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
Q&A With The Audience!!

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