Urban Marketplace 2008

"My experience as a speaker at a roundtable for the Urban Marketplace 2006 was great. I was able to meet and network with an amazing amount of people in just one day. I personally met a lender that we have used to finance many millions of dollars in development projects. I met a member of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency who we have worked with on two separate projects and we continue to work together on many more. We also met a fellow developer who turned us on to a great urban infill project that we are in the process of building. Within one day I met all of these people who have helped grow our business. I cannot say enough about the networking opportunities that are available at ULI's Urban Marketplace. There isn't another event like it that I know of where under one roof you are able to meet contacts that can help you take a development project from pre-acquisition to final sales/marketing and everything in between."

- Adam O'Neill, Principal, Angeles Group, LLC

Philip S. Hart, Hart Realty Advisors, and John K. McIlwain, Urban Land Institute, explaining what LA can learn from New Orleans

Roundtables

Green Trends: Ten Things You Must Know
Charles Lockwood, Environmental and Real Estate Consultant

BuildLACCD – Green Investment Strategy
Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, BuildLACCD
Rinaldo Veseliza, AIA, LEED AP, Director, BuildLACCD

Trends in State Law
Marguerite S. Strand, Partner, Best Best & Krieger, LLP
Andrew McAllister, Director of Programs, Center for Sustainable Energy

How Local Governments are Keeping Up With the Issue of Sustainability
Douglas A. Praw, Associate, Goodwin Procter, LLP

Sustainable Planning For Los Angeles
Claire Bowin, AICP, Project Manager, City of LA Department of Planning
Mark Butala, Program Manager, Southern California Association of Governments

Is LEED Certification Worth It?
Peter Barsuk, AIA, LEED AP, Sustainable Design Specialist, Gensler
Steve Lamar, LEED AP, Project Manager, Swinerton Builders

Green Money
Deborah J. La Franchi, President & CEO, Strategic Development Solutions

Monetizing Solar Tax Credits
Michael Williamson, Partner-Real Estate Group Chair, Buchalter Nemer
Paul Hoffman, Managing Partner, CityScape Capital Group, LLC
Beth Mullen, CPA, Managing Principal, Reznick Group, P.C.

Becoming a Green General Contractor
John W. Funkhouser, Senior Project Engineer, Morley Builders

Varying Shades of Green
John Zinner, LEED AP, Principal, Zinner Consultants
Christine SE Magar, RA, AIA, LEED AP, President, Greenform

Sustainable Engineering and Design
William J. Larwood, PE, LEED AP, Senior Vice President, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
Robert Bolin, PE, LEED AP, Senior Vice President, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
Mike Nishida, Associate Partner, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.

Green Building and the Entitlement Process
Silvia Saucedo, Associate, Real Estate, Land Use, Administrative Law, Greenberg Glusker
Andrew A. Adelman, PE, General Manager, City of LA Department of Building and Safety

Sustainable Site Design
Larry Smith, Executive Director, North East Trees
Patrick Fuscoe, PE, CEO & President, Fuscoe Engineering, Inc.

Tenants and Green Building
Stewart Navarre, Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis Project Management
Michael J. Hardy, AIA, Director, CB Richard Ellis Project Management

Sustaining Downtown LA
Hal Bastian, Senior VP, Director Economic Development, Downtown Center BID

Next Generation Leadership
Starlett Quarles, MIRM, CSP, President, Urban X Marketing
Sonia Savoulian, Managing Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Team Hollywood
Frank A. Stephan, Senior Managing Director, The Clarett Group
Leslie Lambert, Regional Administrator, CRA/LA Hollywood Project Area
Leron Gubler, President & CEO, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

How Green $$$ is Green?
Tom Cody, Principal, Gerding Edlen Development
Brent Gaulke, Development Manager, Gerding Edlen Development
Mathew Bray, AIA, Principal, GBD Architects

How Green $$$ is Green?
Christopher Ghatak, AIA, Principal, Pugh+Scarpa Architects
Phillip Williams, PE, LEED AP, Vice President, Webcor Builders

Sustainable Development in Low Income Communities
William D. Jones, Director, Enterprise Home Ownership Partners
Yasmin Tong, Board President, Livable Places

Preserving Industrial Areas as Centers for Green Manufacturing
Cecilia V. Estolano, CEO, Community Redevelopment Agency, LA
Jane Blumenfeld, Planning Division Manager, City of LA Planning Department
Donald Spivack, Deputy Chief of Operations & Policy, Community Redevelopment Agency, LA

Building a World-Class City For the 21^st Century
Paul Hudson, CEO, Broadway Federal Bank
Libby Williams, Executive Director, Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Committee