​preliminary agenda 

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​The NAREIM Architecture, Engineering & Development Planning Committee is hard at work developing a highly interactive and insightful agenda. Please keep checking here for updates. 

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Wednesday, September 11: CBRE Amenity Space at 500 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701

 

1pm Professional Development Workshop 

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• Session leader: Jenalyn Groeschel, Property Risk Consultant, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

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Explore these topics with your peers:
 

• Conflict management

• Interpersonal communications

• Public speaking

• Improv

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(Format: 45-minute rotating conversations and group activities, 30-minute best practices sharing – 75mins)
 
2.15pm Break
 
2.35 pm Climate Risk Management 

 

• Session leader: Dave Ridley, Global Real Assets, Development & Engineering, JPMorgan Asset Management

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Actions AE&D roles can take to bolster a climate risk management strategy
 

• At which stages of due diligence are you applying climate risk data?

• How are you integrating climate risk data in your underwriting?

• Which free sources of data are you using?

• What measures are you implementing at the asset level as a result of climate risk report findings?

• Which CapEx projects are you prioritizing as a result of transition risk report findings?

• Model vs asset-driven data, impact on conclusions and risk profiles, lessons learned

• ASTM standard update

 
(Format: Peer-led best practices sharing with Q&A – 55 mins)
 
​​3.30pm Break
 
3.50pm Construction Materials Showcase
Case studies highlighting value-driving and no-go materials
 

• Challenges faced, lessons learned and solutions peers are implementing

 
(Format: 25-minute presentations and case study reviews, 20-minute Q&A – 45 mins)
 
4.35pm Break
 
4.40pm Construction Estimating

 

• Session leaders: 

  • Jenalyn Groeschel, Property Risk Consultant, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

  • Casey Kuroda, Director of Construction Management, CBRE Investment Management

Expert-led market and cost overview, roundtable exercise on contingency planning and whole-room best practices sharing.
 

• Strategies to navigate market and cost escalation

• How to plan for surprises

• What actions are you taking to weight-adjust across markets? What data is essential?

 
(Format: 15-minute presentation, 20-minute roundtable exercise, 15-minute whole-room Q&A – 50mins)
 
5.30pm End of Managers Only Sessions
 
6pm Welcome Reception for All Attendees
All registered attendees are invited to an informal networking happy hour, with complimentary beverages and light bites.
 
8pm End of Day One
 
Thursday, September 12: Hotel Magdalena at 1101 Music Ln, Austin, TX 78704

 
8am Breakfast
 
8.45am Welcome comments and NAREIM Architecture, Engineering & Development Committee update
 
9am Development & Re-Development Strategies
Learn what processes your peers are using, challenges encountered and best practices in action – plus, small-group discussions and whole-room Q&A
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Topics under consideration:
 

• Development budgeting: What data and processes work best?

• What are the costs of incorporating green features at construction in specialty property types?

 
(Format: 10-minute live polling, 15-minute case study review, 30-minute roundtable exercise, 20-minute whole-room Q&A – 75mins)
 
10.15am Break
 
10.35am Solar Due Diligence, Execution Hurdles & Solutions

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• Speakers:​

  • Drew Carney, Head of Construction, Black Bear Energy

  • GreenGen

  • George Stefan, Natemax

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• Session leader: Matt Christy, SVP, AEW Capital Management

Who’s making this work, and what are the hurdles? How do we actually do it? What data do you need from other teams? Solutions peers are implementing, how AE&D can aid in the investment decision-making process, when to interface with legal experts.
 

• What are you doing to evaluate solar as a risk during due diligence?

• What needs to be included in contracts?

• By property type, what is the cost of futureproofing?

• By submarket, what are the top considerations around financing, leasing, liability, control, engineering, regulatory?

• Where and what are the best incentive programs available?

• What do investors and the investment committee want to know? What is the right level of analysis?

 
(Format: 30-minute presentations, 30-minute Q&A – 60 mins)
 
​11.35am Break
 
11.45am Emerging Fire Risks

 

• Speakers:​​

  • Jensen Hughes​

  • Steve Schneider, PE, Senior Associate, Director of Fire Protection/Life Safety, Marx|Okubo 

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• Session leaders:

  • Joel Villamil, Director, UBS Realty Investors

  • Ty Barker, VP, Real Estate Services, Unico Properties

Mitigation strategies, regulatory impacts and development considerations for lithium-ion batteries and EVs
 
Topics to be discussed:
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• Development & engineering impacts

• Accessibility - new regulations and requirements

• Design considerations

• Leasing considerations

• Legislative pressures on building codes

• Retrofit issues

• Fire suppression, access challenges and risks

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(Format: 25-minute presentations, 25-minute Q&A – 50 mins)
 
12.35pm Networking Lunch
 
1.35pm Indoor Air Quality Due Diligence: Environmental Risk & Remediation Update
 

• Speakers:

  • ECS

  • Partner Engineering & Science

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A deep dive into emerging environmental, engineering and construction risk, plus recent case studies in remediation
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Topics to be discussed:

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• Radon

• Vapor migration in industrial buildings

• WELL building standards impacts

 
(Format: 20-minute case study reviews, 25-minute whole-room Q&A – 45 mins)
 
2.20pm Break
 
2.30pm Legal & Regulatory Update
The regulations likely to have the biggest impact, and what you can do to prepare
 
Topics under consideration:
 

• What are the next changes to local regulations?

• Which are set to have the biggest impact?

• What can you do to prepare?

• Which building emissions regulations should you be monitoring?

• Title insurance interface: How to further augment a risk mitigation strategy, best utilize your attorneys

• Case studies: Resolutions to issues of subsurface drainage line and non-recorded easements

 
(Format: 20-minute presentation, 25-minute whole-room Q&A – 45 mins)
 
3.15pm Insurance Strategies

 

• Session leaders:

  • ​Matt Christy, SVP, AEW Capital Management

  • Jenalyn Groeschel, Property Risk Consultant, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Actions AE&D roles can take to better understand insurance products and strategies, and refine coverage as part of a broader risk management strategy
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• Which teams/functions handle risk management in your organization?

• What’s working well, and what are your top challenges in translating and communicating risk across roles?

 
(Format: 20-minute presentation, 25-minute whole-room Q&A – 45 mins)
 
4pm Construction Data Management
Best practices sharing and discussion of the changing landscape of providers and uses
 

• What tools are peers using? For what applications? Lessons learned?

• What are the newest GIS data applications?

 
(Format: Peer-led best practices sharing with Q&A – 30 mins)
 
4.30pm End of Meeting

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