Name: South Florida Annual Housing Summit
Start: 2024-11-13T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-13T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Mayfair House Hotel & Garden

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Speakers and Panels

South Florida Housing Market Update

Juan Arias

Director of Market Analytics, CoStar Group

Addressing Housing Affordability in South Florida

Gaetano Caltagirone

President, Co-Founder, The Calta Group

Noah Hale

Director, Development, Fairstead

Frank Guerra

Founder & Principal, Altis Cardinal

Arturo Vasquez del Mercado

Design Principal, Stantec

Moderator

Joshua Rader

Managing Partner, Citrin Cooperman

Financing and Investment Strategies for South Florida Housing

Noah Miller

Principal, EVP, Pensam Capital

Marc Chasin

VP, EDEN Multifamily

Arturo Vidal

Partner, CFO, North Development

Michael Tillman

CEO, PTM Partners

Andrew Dansker

CEO, Dansker Capital Group

Moderator

Alexandra Lehson

Partner, Bilzin Sumberg

Construction and Development in South Florida: Navigating Costs, Technology, and Regulations

Doron Broman

Founder & Managing Partner, Moderno Development

Asi Cymbal

Asi Cymbal is the Chairman of Cymbal DLT Companies. Mr. Cymbal has over 30 years of experience in real estate development, construction, finance, and law. He is driven by his passion for great architecture and design, his focus on transforming communities, and his commitment to creating great wealth for his investors. He has been fortunate to work with the world’s best architects and designers (Philippe Starck, Bjarke Ingels, Enrique Norten, Jo Palma, Arquitectonica) as a first mover in neighborhoods at a critical time in their transition (the Financial District in Manhattan, Tribeca, SOHO, the Miami Design District, Wynwood, Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, Miami Gardens). Mr. Cymbal is grateful to his investors and proud of the fact that he has rewarded them with unmatched returns. Mr. Cymbal raised his first fund in 2010. That $3 million fund is now worth over $180 million. He is focused on increasing that to $700 million by 2026. After experimenting with retirement in 2014, he came back to create a second fund during the 2020 Pandemic. He turned that $16 million fund into $90 million in 20 months. Mr. Cymbal is currently raising a $100 million evergreen fund to be deployed into the $2 billion Cymbal DLT pipeline. Mr. Cymbal also has significant food and beverage experience. He has co-created and owned over half a dozen of the hottest restaurants and clubs in Miami, including Sra. Martinez (with celebrity chef and James Beard award-winner, Michelle Bernstein), Bardot, and gigi. Mr. Cymbal has been named by the South Florida Business Journal as a Heavy Hitter in Construction and Real Estate Development, a Top 100 Power Leader, and as one of 2013’s People to Watch. He has also appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Cymbal is the Vice Chair and board member of Florida International University’s College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts - Miami Beach Urban Studios. He is also a board member of Wynwood Norte, the organization that is spearheading the revitalization of north Wynwood. Mr. Cymbal was a past board member of Business for the Arts of Broward. Mr. Cymbal is a graduate of Vassar College and the UCLA School of Law. He is an experienced real estate and business attorney licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Washington D.C., and is a licensed general contractor in Florida.

Cymbal DLT

Chairman

Asi Cymbal

Chairman, Cymbal DLT

Lauren Goebel

Development Director, Hanover Company

Jeffrey Ardizon

Jeffrey Ardizon is Principal at The Estate Companies, a Miami-based full-service, vertically integrated developer, owner and operator of residential communities throughout the tri-county region, and one of the largest and most active multifamily developers in Florida. The firm is best known for its institutionally recognized Soleste brand which features Class A multi-family communities throughout South Florida’s urban core and submarket locations. Mr. Ardizon has been credited for identifying and evaluating off-market opportunities, temporary market dislocations, special workouts, overall capitalization and general overall direction of the firm. The Estate Companies has implemented its strategic plan is to increase its focus on development in Broward and Palm Beach counties, and has many luxury projects in various stages of development including Pompano Beach, Dania Beach, Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, three projects in Hollywood, two in North Miami Beach, and Spring Gardens, among others. Mr. Ardizon was instrumental in structuring and executing one of South Florida's first opportunity zone transactions, Soleste Grand Central, a 360-unit Class A multifamily project in Downtown Miami. Prior to joining The Estate Companies, Mr. Ardizon was the co-founder and principal of ECI, a real estate investment, management and development firm based in South Florida. The firm focused on providing GP/LP equity and debt for multi-family real estate developments and value-add opportunities across a diverse portfolio of asset classes. During that time, Mr. Ardizon was credited for strategically structuring and creating one of the more notable single-family offices in South Florida. Mr. Ardizon began his real estate career with one of the largest nationally ranked advisory firms in the country, where he led the firm's real estate practice for nearly a decade. He represented some of the largest real estate developers, REIT’s, operators and sponsors in the region. Under his leadership, the firm was awarded the top real estate tax firm by various publications. Mr. Ardizon was a top revenue producer for the firm and quickly gained industry recognition as a leading go-to advisor, advising clients on over $3 billion in transactional value.

The Estate Companies

Principal

Jeffrey Ardizon

Principal, The Estate Companies

Andrew Till

COO and Principal, Baron Property Group

Moderator

Jim Powers

Chief Growth & Development Officer, H2M Architects + Engineers

Condominium Market in South Florida: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Masoud Shojaee

President, Shoma Group

Diego Ojeda

President, Rilea Group

Carlos Rosso

Carlos Rosso is the Founder of Rosso Development, a fully integrated development firm focused on high-end boutique development opportunities. Rosso is set to oversee multiple upcoming awe-inspiring projects in key markets in South Florida and Latin America—with the first ever The Standard Residences in Midtown Miami as his debut project. Rosso founded Rosso Development in 2020 after nearly 20 years with The Related Group, where he was a driving force behind the company’s condominium operations. As the president of the condominium and international development divisions, he oversaw all facets of condominium development domestically and internationally. Over the course of his career, Rosso developed well over 16,000 units, and in the process, mastered diverse development disciplines including construction, project ﬁnancing, land acquisition and sales and marketing. Under his leadership, Related successfully delivered iconic projects including the 1,600 unit Paraiso District in Miami; Residences by ARMANI/CASA designed by César Pelli; Hyde Beach House; Park Grove by OMA/Rem Koolhaas; Auberge Beach Residences and Spa in Fort Lauderdale; SLS Cancun & Residences in Mexico; and V:HOUSE in Brazil. Prior to his time at Related, Rosso held a number of positions across global development ﬁrms, having served as Vice President of Real Estate Development for Investment Properties Ltd. in Boston; and ten years as Project Director for Besix International, overseeing the development and construction of over ten million square feet of multi-family, hotel and office buildings in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rosso graduated summa cum laude from the Universidad de Buenos Aires with a master’s degree in Architecture. He also earned a master’s degree in Real Estate Development and Finance, with the highest honors, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). www.rossodev.com

Rosso Development

Founder

Carlos Rosso

Founder, Rosso Development

Alfonso Costa Jr.

As Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Falcone Group, Alfonso Costa Jr. oversees the development of multifamily apartment communities and condominium projects, leading public-private partnership opportunities as well as the company’s operational and strategic initiatives. His current pipeline of mixed-use development projects includes more than 2,000 residential units and 200,000 square feet of retail & self-storage, with a total value exceeding $1 billion. Such projects include “Block C-East” at Miami WorldCenter, and the “Horizon of Oakland Park,” a mixed-use public-private-partnership with the City of Oakland Park. Prior to joining the Falcone Group, Alfonso served as Deputy Chief of Staff & Opportunity Zones lead for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he oversaw policy for the $50 billion annually-budgeted Cabinet agency, which maintains a wide range of housing and community development programs, a $1.3 trillion mortgage insurance portfolio, and approximately 7,000 employees across 57 offices nationwide. As an expert on the bi-partisan Opportunity Zones program, he held the title of Chairman’s delegate and HUD’s lead representative on the Federal Government’s inter-agency Opportunity and Revitalization Council, and for his efforts he was recognized in the Opportunity Zone Magazine’s “Top 25 OZ Influencers” list for both 2020 and 2021. A former 5th-grade teacher as a Teach for America corps member, Alfonso is now an active social advocate through philanthropic & academic volunteer efforts on both the local and national levels. In his home State of Florida, he is the Program Chair of ULI Florida’s Affordable & Workforce Housing Council (AWHC), Advisory Board Member & recent Chair of the Nova Southeastern University Master’s in Real Estate Development (MSRED) Program, recent Member of the City of West Palm Beach Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Heart & Spirit Society member for the Boca Helping Hands food-giving non-profit organization, and an In Jacob’s Shoes of Hope Hero member for the shoes/socks/school supplies non-profit organization. Nationally, he serves as a Member of the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board, National Housing Taskforce, Housing Advisory Council Member of the Bipartisan Policy Center, Board Member of the Home Builders Institute, and Full Member of the Urban Land Institute. He earned his law degree from Harvard University, master’s degree from the University of Oxford, and bachelor’s degree from Yale University, where he played both Division-I basketball and Division-I lacrosse while serving as Chair of the Yale Athletic Department’s Thomas W. Ford Community Outreach Committee.

Falcone Group

COO

Alfonso Costa Jr.

COO, Falcone Group

Moderator

Michael Thomas

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS THIS EVENT

What You'll Learn:

Impact of the Live Local Act: Understand how the Live Local Act is transforming affordable housing development in South Florida, including specific benefits, challenges, and real-world examples of projects utilizing the Act
Current Market Dynamics: Gain insights into the latest trends in South Florida’s multifamily and mixed-use real estate markets, including demand drivers, demographic shifts, and investment opportunities
Innovative Financing Strategies: Explore various financing models and sources, including federal, state, and local funding programs, private equity, and Opportunity Zones, to support real estate developments
Sustainability and Resilience: Learn about sustainable building practices and resilience strategies essential for mitigating climate risks and ensuring long-term project viability in South Florida’s unique environment
Technological Advancements: Discover how the integration of new technologies is reducing construction costs, enhancing project efficiency, and impacting insurance premiums in the construction and real estate sectors

Why You Should Attend:

South Florida’s real estate market is experiencing significant transformations driven by new legislation, economic shifts, and environmental challenges. Understanding the latest trends, regulatory changes, and investment strategies is crucial for stakeholders aiming to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks in this dynamic market. You will gain critical insights and build valuable connections that can enhance your ability to navigate the complexities of real estate development, financing, and sustainability in South Florida.

Who You Will Meet:

Connect with a diverse group of stakeholders, including top developers, investors, financial analysts, and policy makers. Network with leaders from institutions like the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, private equity firms, and local government officials who are shaping the future of South Florida’s real estate market.

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Venue

Mayfair House Hotel & Garden
3000 Florida Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Ballroom: Magnolia
Floor: Mezzanine

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Agenda

Time	Activity
6:30 PM 8:30 PM	Cocktail Reception Come join CRE industry leaders and professionals from around South Florida for this cocktail reception with incredible food and great people at AJ Madison's gorgeous showroom in North Miami Beach (2983 NE 163rd St, North Miami Beach, FL 33160)! Reciption included with purchase of an event ticket.
November 13	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Registration, Networking, & Breakfast
9:00 AM 9:20 AM	South Florida Housing Market Update A look at the latest trends across major South Florida markets and the outlook for 2025, covering current housing market dynamics as well as the economic and CRE outlook
9:20 AM 10:05 AM	Addressing Housing Affordability in South Florida Decode the Live Local Act and explore how innovative strategies and partnerships are reshaping the housing market to address the region's affordability crisis.
10:10 AM 10:55 AM	Financing and Investment Strategies for South Florida Housing Explore the diverse financing options available for multifamily housing projects in South Florida, focusing on both traditional and innovative funding strategies.
10:55 AM 11:15 AM	Networking Break
11:15 AM 12:00 PM	Construction and Development in South Florida: Navigating Costs, Technology, and Regulations Discussion around key challenges of rising costs, regulatory compliance, and the integration of new technologies faced by developers while aiming to build efficiently and sustainably.
12:00 PM 12:45 PM	Condominium Market in South Florida: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities Examine current trends, regulatory challenges, and emerging opportunities for developers, investors, and homeowners in the South Florida condominium market
12:45 PM 1:00 PM	Post-Panel Networking

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