Fundamentals are strong, and the economy shows signs of growth momentum at every turn. But for multifamily apartment business decision-makers, the devil is in the details, and the path forward has hardly ever been trickier than it is on the eve of 2019. What better moment than now to seize on clarity of insight, priority, and focus for multifamily development, investment, portfolio decisions, and property management?
Amid a surge in volatility, powerfully mixed signals on how economic growth momentum may change over the next 12 months, global trade turmoil, and exponential technological impact, questions abound as to how much to concentrate on excelling as operators, and how far forward to look to make.
And there’s no better place and time for a member of the multifamily business community to get the decision-support tools, new connections, ideas on opportunity areas, and red-flag warnings of risk than the upcoming Multifamily Executive Conference, “Seismic Shift: Beyond 2020,” at the Las Vegas Bellagio, September 17-19. You can still register here now.
Three high-level, high-powered sessions that touch directly on the topics of forward investment while navigating today’s economic and social landscape include:
On Monday, Sept. 17–2:30 to 3:15 pm
Ryan Severino, chief economist at JLL, says the economy is in good shape moving forward.
Annual Economic Outlook and State of the Industry Report
Leading multifamily economists face off on the state of the industry and the dynamics of the short and long term future. As MFE Conference favorites, this duo is shaking it up with a unique approach to the economic outlook that you will not want to miss.
Moderator: Dave Borsos, vice president capital markets, NMHC
Ryan Severino, chief economist, JLL
John Sebree, first vice president, national director, National Multihousing Group, Marcus & Millichap
And on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2:00 to 2:45 pm
Diane Batayeh, CEO of Village Green
Strategic Outlook: CEO Power Panel
Several of the industry’s top CEOs will reveal how they’re approaching today’s market and what they’re doing to prepare for tomorrow in this uncertain environment. They’ll look at the trajectory of property valuations, what’s driving supply and demand, the state of capital markets, construction technology trends, and methods for building a first-rate organization.
Moderator: John McManus, VP-Editorial Director, Residential Content, Hanley Wood
Diane Batayeh, CEO, Village Green
John Darby, CEO, The Beach Companies
Steve Patterson, president and CEO, Related Development
Percy Vaz, CEO, AMCAL
David Woodward, CEO, Compass
And finally, another area critical to both operational excellence today and making smart decisions, commitments, and investments tomorrow is the highly fluid, ever-more-challenging regulatory environment, both locally, regionally, and nationally.
On Wednesday, Sept. 19–10:30 to 11:30 am
Navigating the Regulatory Environment
As the specter of the imminent departure of Federal Housing Finance Agency director Mel Watt looms, who the replacement will be may rank among the most critical issues for multifamily finance policy in the next year. The roster of high-voltage housing finance issues includes: HVCRE (high volatility commercial real estate loans), Cotton and Jones legislation. Pittenger bill, Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans, in the house. Impact of the clarification on the banks’ willingness to lend to back development. Cost accounting for new acquisitions versus existing, qualifying improvements.
Moderator: John Isakson, chief capital officer, Preferred Apartment Communities
Andrew Lucca, senior vice president, KeyBank Real Estate Capital
Deborah Jenkins, senior vice president and national head of multifamily underwriting and credit, Freddie Mac Multifamily
You won’t want to miss these unique and exclusive opportunities to gain a strategic and tactical purchase on key moving-target issues that are both visible on your radars today, and lurking around the next corner. What’s more, during networking time at the conference, you can delve further into the details and implications of some of these topic areas and engage with your peers on solutions, on action plans, and a road map for your own organization and team to move forward, beyond 2020, on a path of resilience, opportunism, and excitement about the next great cyclical swing upward.
Join us in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks. You’ll want every chance you can get right now to know what you need to know and hear creative and effective ways to deal with what’s next. Click here to register.
