
The NAREIM Portfolio Management, Acquisitions and Asset Management meeting provides three distinct streams of content and conversation in one meeting in NYC - with shared networking for deeper cross-functional connections. Check out the Asset Management agenda below.
Registration fee: $750
Convene Vaccination Policy, as of November 2022:
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Convene has now lifted all mandatory COVID safety measures in their workspaces.
meeting format
The Portfolio Management, Acquisitions & Asset Management meeting will host 3 distinct streams of content, each stream dedicated to one of the 3 functional groups. Note each stream, will take place in separate rooms. Members will have the ability to move between streams.
[JOINT SESSION for all attendees] indicates general session for all Portfolio Mgmt, Acquisitions and Asset Mgmt-focused attendees.
Agenda
The Acquisitions Committee is hard at work developing the agenda. Please check here for updates.
All times are Eastern time
wednesday, JUNE 7
5.30pm: Networking dinner
The Smith NoMad, 1150 Broadway
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
8am: Breakfast
8.45am Welcome comments & NAREIM DEI Committee Update
Brief update on NAREIM research & surveys, and how to get involved with upcoming DEI committee events.
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Chairs:
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Portfolio Management: Shilp Shah & Melissa Warren, Nuveen Real Estate
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Acquisitions: Josh Dinstein, Continental Realty
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Asset Management: Robert L. Jones, Alidade Capital
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Co-chairs:
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Acquisitions: Hayley Cox, UBS Realty Investors
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Asset Management: Rob Naso, BentallGreenOak
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NAREIM:
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Zoe Hughes, CEO
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Sanyu Kyeyune, Head of Programming
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IvyLee Rosario, Meeting Director
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9am Liquidity & Capital Markets Pt. 1
JOINT SESSION for all attendees
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Session leaders:
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Robert L. Jones, Managing Director, Alidade Capital
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Shilp Shah, Director, Portfolio Management, Nuveen Real Estate
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Hayley Cox, Transactions, UBS Realty Investors
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Speakers:
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Andrew Thornfeldt, Head of Real Estate Investment Banking, Chatham Financial
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Whole-room Q&A with presentations by NAREIM members and industry experts: In the first segment of this session, we'll hear from a product specialist and lender, the product types that are able to get financing, solutions to liquidity challenges, exposure and financing terms.
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What are the current liquidity challenges?
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What are managers doing to find liquidity?
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How are managers working through debt constraints?
Format: 5-minute polling, 10-minute session leader perspective, 15-minute manager case studies, 20-minute whole-room discussion – 50 mins
9.50am: Break
10.05am Liquidity & Capital Markets Pt. 2
JOINT SESSION for all attendees
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Session leaders:
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Robert L. Jones, Managing Director, Alidade Capital
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Shilp Shah, Director, Portfolio Management, Nuveen Real Estate
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Hayley Cox, Transactions, UBS Realty Investors
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Speakers:
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Laura Rapaport, CEO, North Bridge
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Candice King, Head of Real Estate Capital Markets Alternatives & Housing, Nuveen Real Estate
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Small-group activity: In groups of 6, managers will discuss the actions they are taking to manage risk, strengthen their portfolios, and time their re-entry into the market – what’s working and what’s not working.
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What actions are you taking to manage cash flow and working capital at the Asset and Fund level?
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What challenges are you facing in finding liquidity?
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What strategies are you trying or considering?
Format: 25-minute group exercise, 25-minute whole-room discussion – 50 min
10.55am: Break
11.15am: Insurance: How are you managing cost and risk?
Fireside chat and Q&A discussion on best practices for existing risk profiles and insurance structures, ways to become more creative in allocating across entities, and how to educate deal teams on managing expectations.
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Session leader:
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Haley Donato, Vice President, Asset Management & Finance, Continental Realty Corporation
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Speaker:
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Danielle Lombardo, Chair, Lockton Global Real Estate Practice
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Issues to be raised include:
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How did we get here and why is the market the way it is?
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Why is there a disconnect between lender insurance requirements and the insurance marketplace?
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Can managers pass along insurance expenses to tenants?
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What are the hardest areas of the stack to insure?
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Format: Fireside chat and whole-room discussion. - 1 hour
12.15pm: Lunch
1.15pm: Office leasing strategies: Rethinking amenities
Manager case study highlighting successes and challenges in utilizing amenities to entice people back into the office, and a roundtable exercise around what’s least and most effective in attracting tenants.
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Session leaders:
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Shawn Wei, Director - Regional Head of Asset Management, MetLife Investment Management
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Brent Hall, Executive Director- Asset Manager, UBS Realty Investors
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Speaker:
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Harlan Strader III, Vice President, Silverstein Properties
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Issues to be raised include:
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How are you setting yourself apart from the competition?
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What are some examples of successes and failures when upgrading office spaces?
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How can amenities boost your leasing strategy?
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Format: Short presentation, followed by small-group roundtable exercise and whole-room best practices sharing. - 45 minutes
2pm: Maintenance, turnover & utilities: Managing expenses in residential
Manager case study and whole-room discussion on three strategies to reduce operating expenses.
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Session leader:
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Erick Bracero Serrano, Asset Manager, Kingbird Investment Management
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Speakers:
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Alex Kaskel, Principal, Asset Management & Capital Markets and Eli Sporn, Asset Management Analyst, Peak Capital
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Issues to be raised include:
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How are you managing operating expenses?
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What are you doing to reduce expenses?
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Format: Manager case study, followed by whole-room best practices sharing. - 45 minutes
2.45pm: Break
3pm: Best-in-class technology: Internal processes & vetting procedures
Best practices and lessons learned for better aligning a firm's technology stack, and a roundtable exercise on approving new technologies and building internally vs. outsourcing.
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Session leaders:
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Sophie Li, Vice President, PNC Realty Investors
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Kent Tarrach, Executive Director, Asset Management, PGIM Real Estate
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Speakers:
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Jim Carr, Chief Innovation Officer, BentallGreenOak
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Mandi Wedin, Founder & CEO, Feroce Real Estate Advisors
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Issues to be raised include:
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Do you have a technology and innovation team in house? If not, how do you outsource that request or start to build your own?
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What are the best practices for vetting new technologies?
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How are you visualizing the way your firm uses technology in the future?
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Format: Short presentation, followed by small-group roundtable exercise and whole-room best practices sharing. - 45 minutes
3.45pm: End of meeting
LOCATION
Convene
530 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036

NAREIM does not have a hotel room block for the Portfolio & Asset Management Meeting. However the following hotels are located close to Convene:
Nearby hotels:
The Harvard Club and The Yale Club are also located nearby
2023 committee members
Chair: Robert L. Jones, Alidade Capital
Co-Chair: Rob Naso, BentallGreenOak
Haley Donato, Continental Realty Corporation
Krystal Arceneaux, EverWest Real Estate Investors
Erick Bracero Serrano, Kingbird Investment Management
Shawn Wei, MetLife Investment Management
Azim Hajjar, Pennybacker Capital
Kent Tarrach, PGIM Real Estate
Sophie Li, PNC Realty Investors
Brent Hall, UBS Realty Investors
Past agendas
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