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New Jersey 2019 State of the Market

Name: New Jersey 2019 State of the Market
Start: 2019-02-13T07:30:00-05:00
End: 2019-02-13T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Hyatt Regency Jersey City

Investment, Development, and Market Expectations Across all Asset Classes

Event Ended On: Wednesday February 13 2019

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Speakers and Panels

Keynote Interview with Ronald Ladell

Ronald Ladell

As Senior Vice President for New Jersey, Mr. Ladell oversees AvalonBay’s development activities throughout New Jersey. Mr. Ladell is based in the company’s Woodbridge, New Jersey office and focuses on developing premier residential and mixed-use communities in high barrier to entry markets. Currently, AvalonBay is constructing communities in Old Bridge, Boonton, Teaneck and Piscataway. Over the last few years, AvalonBay has built communities located in Maplewood, Edgewater, Princeton, Bloomfield, Union, Roseland, Somerset, Wharton, Bloomingdale, Wood-Ridge, Hackensack, North Bergen, West Long Branch, Tinton Falls, Lyndhurst and Lawrenceville and has purchased communities located in Aberdeen, East Rutherford, Hoboken, Plainsboro and Watchung. Mr. Ladell was named to NJBIZ’s Power list of the 75 Most Influential People in New Jersey Real Estate each year since its inception ranking #1 in 2016. He was also named to the NJBIZ’s Power 100 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in New Jersey Business for the last 4 years. Mr. Ladell was ranked in the top 10 of ROI’s Real Estate Influencers list each year since its inception. Mr. Ladell serves on the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Mr. Ladell serves on the Rutgers Center for Real Estate Studies Executive Committee where, working with other members, he is planning the Center’s activities and developing an undergraduate and graduate level curriculum for the next generation of real estate leaders. Mr. Ladell is also an Adjunct Professor at the Rutgers Business School teaching both Real Estate Law and Real Estate Development. Mr. Ladell received his JD from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark and his BA from Rutgers College, Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Recently, Mr. Ladell received the Leadership Excellence Award from Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute. The Leadership Excellence Award is conferred annually upon an outstanding individual for distinctive contributions to the State and Nation through a career in real estate. Mr. Ladell was honored as the Humanitarian of the Year by The Center for Great Expectations and also serves on their Board of Directors. The Center for Great Expectations assists adult and young women and their children through homelessness, pregnancy and addiction recovery. Mr. Ladell’s volunteer activities were recently recognized by the Farleigh Dickinson University Center of Excellence at their inaugural CEO Volunteer Recognition event. Mr. Ladell is a member of the New Jersey Apartment Association’s Board of Directors, a founding member of New Jersey Mixed-Use Developers (an affiliate of the New Jersey Builder’s Association) and previously served as a Board member of PlanSmart NJ and for a special improvement district. Volunteering as a consultant for the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, Mr. Ladell advises certain New Jersey municipalities regarding redevelopment issues. Mr. Ladell is also an instructor for the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, a guest lecturer at The Wharton School (MBA), University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University Baker Program in Real Estate, Lehigh University College of Business and Economics, Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, Rider University and at Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Over the past few years, Mr. Ladell has mentored over sixty Lehigh University students in preparation for, and served as a judge in, the Collins Family Real Estate Scholarship Competition. Mr. Ladell is approved by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance to be a New Jersey Real Estate Continuing Education Instructor and similarly approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Education to teach continuing legal education courses. Mr. Ladell appears regularly as a panelist for real estate development and redevelopment, finance and legal topics at programs sponsored by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey Builder’s Association, Urban Land Institute, New Jersey Bankers Association, American Planning Association, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, International Council of Shopping Centers, New Jersey Apartment Association, New Jersey Future, and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (Governor’s Conference on Housing and Community Development). Mr. Ladell also speaks at conferences sponsored by trade and business publications including Multifamily Executive, RealShare, Real Estate Forum, New Jersey & Company, Bisnow and NJBIZ along with programs sponsored by a multitude of national brokerage organizations. He has served on Real Estate Forum’s Editorial Advisory Board and has been quoted extensively in national publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and various state, regional and local publications. Prior to joining AvalonBay, Mr. Ladell was the Vice President for Business Development for a mixed-use developer and operator of multifamily, retail and office properties located in New Jersey and Connecticut. He also served as the Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Development for a restaurant and hotel franchisee developing, constructing and operating Marriott hotels and TGI Friday’s and Wendy’s restaurants in the Northeast. Mr. Ladell began his professional career as a real estate and corporate attorney at Hannoch Weisman. He also was appointed and served as the Planning Board attorney for the Township of Livingston and as a member of Livingston’s Zoning Board of Adjustment. He is a licensed real estate salesperson.

AvalonBay Communities

SVP

Keynote

Ronald Ladell

SVP, AvalonBay Communities

David Brogan

David Brogan is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Apartment Association (NJAA). In that capacity David oversees all of the operations of the NJAA, ensuring the financial stability and growth of the organization, providing value to members, and overseeing and implementing all Government Affairs and Political Action Committee (PAC) strategies. The NJAA represents all facets of the multifamily housing industry in New Jersey. Prior to coming to NJAA, David was the First Vice President of Economic Development and Taxation for the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA), which is the largest employer representative association in the nation. Mr. Brogan was responsible for representing the business community on legislation and regulations that impact corporate and individual taxation, economic development and the state’s programs that stimulate job creation, development, redevelopment, and site remediation. David was also the Executive Director of New Jersey Organization for a Better State (NEW JOBS), the Business PAC of New Jersey, which is the state’s largest ideological business PAC. In that capacity, David was responsible for fundraising, facilitating events, political strategy, and managing the operations of the PAC. Prior his work at NJBIA, David was a Senior Legislative Representative for Capital Public Affairs, a New Jersey based lobbying firm. In that capacity, David managed a dozen clients, establishing strategies to meet the goals and objectives of the firm’s clients. David utilized his expertise and relationships in the legislature and the Governor’s office to accomplish these goals. From 2007-2013 David worked on Senate staff where he staffed half a dozen key committees. David worked on major pieces of legislation such as: the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act, which established a framework for the cleanup and repurposing of thousands of contaminated sites in New Jersey; the Garden State Preservation Trust Act, the goal of which was to preserve one million acres of open space, farmland and historic sites; and the Transportation Trust Fund Re-Authorization of 2000, which provided $4.8 billion dollars of State and federal funding for transportation projects over a four year period. In 2017, Mr. Brogan was honored as the National Apartment Association’s “Association Executive of the Year.” Also, that same year, the NJAA also won the NAA’s award for government affairs advocacy, which Mr. Brogan spearheaded. Mr. Brogan has been listed on numerous real estate “power lists” over the past three years. In 2014, Mr. Brogan was honored as Middlesex County College’s 2014 Alumnus of the Year. Mr. Brogan also served in the U.S. Navy from 1985-1989 as an Antisubmarine Warfare Operator and U.S. Naval Rescue Swimmer. He graduated from Rutgers College with a B.A. in Political Science. David lives in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, with his son Matthew.

New Jersey Apartment Association

Executive Director

Moderator

David Brogan

Executive Director, New Jersey Apartment Association

Industrial & Logistics Outlook 2019

Joel Bergstein

Joel Bergstein is the President of Lincoln Equities Group (LEG), one of the Northeast's leading full-service real estate companies. Bergstein joined the company more than 32 years ago, spearheading the organization’s acquisition and development initiatives. He currently leads the firm’s large scale development platform, orchestrating major residential and industrial land development projects in the New York / New Jersey metro area. Bergstein developed LEG’s current operating partner platform, leveraging domestic and international opportunities with private equity and pension funds. Bergstein is a founding partner and active participant in LEG’s $700M European property investment platform. Some of his standout development projects include Halletts Point in Astoria, NY, where LEG transformed a seven acre waterfront site into 2,400 residential apartment units; 5 Giralda in Madison, NJ, a 431,000 square-foot property, that was modernized to become Allergan’s U.S. headquarters; and in early 2018, LEG closed on a 152 acre waterfront site in Bayonne, NJ, where 1.4M square-feet of e-commerce logistics warehousing will be developed to bolster trade with the Port of New York and New Jersey. Lincoln has formed a partnership with Bruce Eichner’s Continuum Company to develop a mixed-income residential complex in Crown Heights, NY. It will be a 50/50 market and workforce development project to bring hundreds of needed housing units for middle and working class families in New York City. Bergstein is also leading the development and approval process for 1,500 new residential units in Jersey City including the construction of a light rail station. Bergstein serves on numerous real estate advisory boards and is a speaker and frequent commentator in real estate trade and business media in addition to his philanthropic work.

Lincoln Equities Group

President

Joel Bergstein

President, Lincoln Equities Group

Jim Mazzarelli

SVP & Regional Director, Liberty Property Trust

Jose Cruz

Senior MD, JLL

Troy Merkel

Partner, Real Estate Senior Analyst, RSM

David Wolfe

Mr. Wolfe is the Managing Partner in the Property Tax Department at Skoloff & Wolfe, PC, where he focuses his practice on representing taxpayers in significant real estate tax appeals and property tax related matters. He has extensive experience in all types of property tax appeals, including hotel, multi-family, retail, office, and industrial properties. Mr. Wolfe frequently counsels clients on the property tax implications of the development, acquisition, and disposition of significant assets. He also counsels clients with respect to property tax exemptions and PILOT agreements. Mr. Wolfe serves on the Board of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA) and as the Co-Chair of the Real Property Tax Practice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Wolfe has been featured or quoted in a wide variety of local and national publications, including Forbes.com, GlobeSt.com, Marketwatch.com, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Law.com, Law360.com, The New York Law Journal, and Commerce Magazine. Mr. Wolfe has a track record of obtaining significant assessment reductions on behalf of his clients. Examples of those assessment reductions include: • Reduced hotel assessment from $188 million to $131million; • Reduced multi-family assessment from $116 million to $67 million; • Reduced office assessment from $115.5 million to $90million; • Reduced supermarket anchored center from $66.9 million to $46 million; • Reduced nursing home assessment from $36 million to $10.1million; • Reduced big box retail assessment from $21.3 million to $13.4 million; • Reduced office assessment from $27.8 million to $6.5million. Mr. Wolfe began his career as an associate at the law firm of Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York. While at Davis Polk, he focused his practice on regulatory investigations, securities litigation and banking disputes. Mr. Wolfe is a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and is the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Diversity & Inclusion 360 Presidential Commission. As a young lawyer, Mr. Wolfe served as the Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division, the ABA’s largest entity with more than 130,000 members. Mr. Wolfe received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and graduated from Cornell University with distinction in all subjects.

Skoloff & Wolfe

Partner

Moderator

David Wolfe

Partner, Skoloff & Wolfe

Multifamily, Mixed-Use & Retail State of the Market

Debra Tantleff

Founding Principal, TANTUM Real Estate

Christopher Paladino

President, New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO)

Jeremy Kaplan

COO, Kushner Real Estate Group

Trevor Lamb

Associate & Senior Project Manager, Michael Graves

Moderator

David Grodnick

Vice President and North Atlantic Regional Director, First American Title National Commercial Services

Emerging Trends in Office, Tech & Innovation

Ralph Zucker

President, Inspired by Somerset Development

Peter Bronsnick

EVP, SJP Properties

Ed Russo

CEO, Russo Development

Tim Sullivan

CEO, New Jersey Economic Development Authority

Matt McDonough

Managing Director, Transwestern

Moderator

Mitch Berkey

Chair, Real Estate Group, CSG/Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Venue

Hyatt Regency Jersey City
2 Exchange Place
Jersey City, NJ 07302

Ballroom: Hudson Ballroom (Level 3)

Parking Information:

Valet: $35.00
There is a self-parking lot located at 135 Greene St. Jersey City with $20.00 parking. Take a right onto Christopher Columbus Dr., walk 180 ft and then the Hyatt Regency is on the left.

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Agenda

Time	Activity
7:30 AM 8:30 AM	Breakfast & Networking
8:30 AM 9:15 AM	Industrial & Logistics Outlook
9:15 AM 9:45 AM	Keynote Interview with Ronald Ladell
9:45 AM 10:00 AM	Networking Break
10:00 AM 10:45 AM	Multifamily, Mixed-Use & Retail State of the Market
10:45 AM 11:30 AM	Emerging Trends in Office, Tech & Innovation
11:30 AM 11:45 AM	Post Event Networking