meeting schedule
Tuesday, June 3: Networking reception
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Location: The Smith, 1150 Broadway – 27th Street and Broadway, New York, New York 10001
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6pm-9pm ET
Wednesday, June 4: Meeting
Location: Convene, Venue 42, 5 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
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8am: Breakfast
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9am: Meeting content, roundtables, workshops
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4pm: End of meeting
AGENDA
The NAREIM Asset Management Committee is hard at work putting together an interactive agenda. Continue checking back below for more details.
Tuesday, June 3
Attendees are invited to reconnect with peers and create new connections at our networking reception in NYC.
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Location: The Smith, 1150 Broadway – 27th Street and Broadway, New York, New York 10001
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Time: 6-9pm ET
Wednesday, june 4
8am Breakfast
8.50am Welcome comments & NAREIM Asset Management committee update
NAREIM's Asset Management committee co-chairs will provide a short update on the industry, as well as key issues to be addressed through the following peer discussions.
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Co-Chair: Haley Donato, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Finance, Continental Realty Corporation
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Co-Chair: Eric Lind, Managing Director, PCCP
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NAREIM: Marynia Kruk, Meeting Producer
9am From Acquisition to Disposition: A look at the opportunities, challenges and foundational work asset managers do leading up to a disposition
As an asset manager, are you responsible for writing a business plan for the new investment? What format do you use and how often is the business plan recast? How do you determine when to sell and what does that formal process look like? Through whole-room discussion guided by live polling, attendees will share what’s working and what’s not throughout an acquisition-and-disposition life cycle.
Session leaders:
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Bryan Vrba, Executive Vice President, Asset Management, Blue Vista Capital Partners
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Eric Lind, Managing Director, PCCP
10am Break
10.15am Multifamily Rents: Leveraging manual and augmented intelligence pricing to unlock sustainable rent growth
Learn about alternatives to third-party multifamily pricing software. In this session, NAREIM members will share two case studies on how their firms leverage combinations of in-house technology with human know-how to create pricing models that are more resilient in today’s market.
Session leaders:
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Anil Erdem, Managing Director, BGO
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Harold Mesa, Investment Manager, GSA Group
11.15am Break
11:30am Investor reporting. A deep dive into process, content, cadence and roles
In today’s evolving capital markets, investor expectations around transparency and reporting have never been higher. This session will be a guided discussion, in small-group format, that explores how asset and portfolio management teams across various firm types and capital structures support investor communications. We'll dive into internal workflows between asset management and capital raising teams, discuss the degree of investor-specific customization, and examine how market conditions and regulatory shifts have influenced the scope of reporting. The session will also examine technologies to streamline and scale reporting processes.
Session leaders:
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Haley Donato, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Finance, Continental Realty Corporation
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Cory Saunders, Head of Investments and Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments
Breakout group leader:
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Joseph Mancuso, Head of Commercial Asset Management, CBRE Investment Management
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Tech stack and AI session: practical applications
What technological tool has your firm implemented that didn’t deliver and why? How do you vet new tech? This session examines real-world implementations of CRE-focused software, workflow automation, and AI, through case-studies and peer-led discussion. Come ready to share your own experiences.
Session leaders:
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Tony Liou, Co-Founder and President, Partner Energy
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Sean Daly, Executive Vice President, American Realty Advisors
2.30pm Break
2.45pm Strategies for working with lenders. What’s working and what’s not?
Session leaders:
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Elliot Pessis, Managing Director and Head of Senior Housing Asset Management North America, Harrison Street Real Estate
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Haley Donato, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Finance, Continental Realty Corporation
3.45pm End of meeting
PICTURES FROM THE ASSET MANAGEMENT MEETING 2024




LOCATION
Convene: Venue 42
5 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
NAREIM will not have a hotel room block for the Asset Management meeting. Below are some nearby hotels.
Hampton Inn Manhattan/Time Square Central
Margaritaville Resort Time Square
Hilton Garden Inn New York/Times Square Central

2025 committee members
2025 Asset Management Committee:
Co-Chair: Haley Donato, Continental Realty Corporation
Co-Chair: Eric Lind, PCCP
Sean Daly, American Realty Advisors
Bryan Vrba, Blue Vista Capital Partners
Anil Erdem, BGO
Cory Saunders, Fidelity Investments
Harold Mesa, GSA Group
Elliot Pessis, Harrison Street Real Estate
Tony Liou, Partner Energy
NAREIM meetings are open to NAREIM members only and their guests. For further information on attending meeting or other NAREIM discussions, please contact IvyLee Rosario, Head of Programs. Please note that any executive who is not a NAREIM member, guest of a member or working in the real estate investment management industry will not be admitted to NAREIM events. NAREIM reserves the right to decline any registration. By registering for NAREIM events, you are consenting to NAREIM’s privacy policy.