Fireside Chat

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  Billy Macklowe

  William S. (Billy) Macklowe is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of William Macklowe Company (WMC), a vertically integrated real estate development, investment and operating company based in New York City. Highly regarded in its industry, WMC’s business centers on the acquisition, development and redevelopment of prime commercial, medical, and residential assets in New York City and the boroughs, real estate correlated investments, portfolio acquisitions, and third-party management. WMC redeveloped the office buildings at 636 Avenue of the Americas, 386 Park Avenue South, 311 West 43 rd  Street and 156 William Street, which it successfully repositioned as Downtown Manhattan’s premier medical office building. WMC recently developed the medical office building 333 East 61 st  Street which is leased in its entirety to Memorial Sloan Kettering, and both completed and successfully sold 100% of the units at 21 East 12 th Street, a luxury, 23-story condominium designed by Annabelle Selldorf, in the heart of Greenwich Village. WMC is currently developing Paseo on Fifth, a ground-up -275,000 square foot (sf) mixed- use complex comprised of 185 rental apartments and 66,000 sf of commercial and retail space leased to an array of national tenants over multiple buildings in prime Park Slope Brooklyn, as well as an office to multifamily conversion at 291 Broadway in Tribeca. Prior to establishing WMC, Billy was the President of Macklowe Properties, where he was responsible for the firm’s successful development and redevelopment of over 25 million square feet, valued in excess of $15 billion, including, among other projects, the office buildings at 340, 400 and 540 Madison Avenue and 140 West 57th Street , the high-rise multifamily buildings at 777 Sixth Avenue and Longacre House, and the highly successful residential condominium projects at 310 E. 53 rd Street and 145 E. 76 th Street. Additionally, he played a major role in re-establishing The General Motors Building as the preeminent office tower in the world. Billy was the point of direct oversight of a 14 million square foot portfolio of Class A, midtown Manhattan office buildings and 3,000 multifamily units Billy, a graduate of New York University, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chapin School, where he is the Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee and was responsible for the $240 million dollar expansion and overbuild of a new building which was constructed on top of the existing school. Billy served on the Real Estate Board of New York’s Board of Governors and is also member of YPO International of which he is a past Chairman of the Gotham Chapter.

  William Macklowe Company

  CEO

  Keynote

  Billy Macklowe

  CEO

  William Macklowe Company

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  Steve Kirn

  Steve Kirn is a partner in RSM’s Stamford office and leads the Real Estate practice in Connecticut and Westchester. He has over 20 years of experience and has been involved in all facets of client service including audit, tax and financial consulting. Steve has significant experience serving both public and private clients in real estate, construction, manufacturing, wholesale, distribution and professional services firms. Steve is a CPA, licensed in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Vermont. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants. Steve earned a BS in accounting from Northeastern University, and completed a graduate-level CFO advisory program at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

  RSM

  Partner

  Moderator

  Steve Kirn

  Partner

  RSM

Design & Construction Trends

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  Joshua Carson

  Josh Carson is responsible for the acquisition, financing and recapitalization of office assets in New York City. Since joining L&L in 2010, he has participated in over $2 billion of transactions on behalf of the firm. Josh also served as the Project Director for the successful redevelopment and lease-up of 114 Fifth Avenue, a 350,000 sf landmarked building in Manhattan’s Flatiron neighborhood. Prior to joining L&L, Josh focused on acquisitions in New England and the Southeast for New Boston Fund, a real estate investment management firm. He started his career at McKinsey & Company. Josh graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College.

  L&L Holding

  SVP

  Joshua Carson

  SVP

  L&L Holding

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  Joe Deal

  Joe has worked in all phases of development, from site design and approvals to general contracting and construction management. He brings this well-rounded experience to his role as Principal of Bohler Engineering’s New York Metro region, which covers Long Island, the five boroughs of New York City, lower New York State and parts of Connecticut. Joe’s expertise is navigating the complexities and challenges of permitting and the approval process for New York Metro development projects. In 2014, Joe and his team opened Bohler’s Manhattan office, which provides land development consulting services with an expertise in navigating the complex permitting challenges in New York City.

  Bohler Engineering

  Principal

  Joe Deal

  Principal

  Bohler Engineering

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  David Pospisil

  David is a sales and marketing professional in the field of critical energy infrastructure and energy efficiency. In his current position with Con Edison, as Business Development Manager of Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs, he is responsible for helping customers meet energy efficiency improvements within the commercial portfolio which is supported by a network of over 700 market partners. David, who has been with Con Edison since 2008, worked in a variety of business development, sales management, marketing and external affairs positions for Johnson Controls, Public Service Enterprise Group, Pennsylvania Power & Light and the Trane Company. His major focus has been on clients with critical energy needs in the fields of commercial real estate, healthcare and data center operations. David has a BS in Marketing and an MBA in Finance, both from Montclair State University. He is a Certified Energy Manager, and an active member of the Association of Energy Engineers, the New York Building Congress, the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Green Business committee, American Institute of Architects (AIANY) and Urban Green Council. David is an officer of the New York City chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

  Con Edison Energy Efficiency Team

  Manager

  David Pospisil

  Manager

  Con Edison Energy Efficiency Team

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  Michael Vardaro

  Michael J. Vardaro, LEED AP, is the Managing Partner at Zetlin & De Chiara LLP. Mr. Vardaro's background as a former construction worker with a degree in civil engineering gives him the ability to understand the intricacies and nuances of the construction process and to provide focused and innovative counseling to construction industry clients. Mr. Vardaro successfully represents clients in complex commercial and construction litigation matters in various venues across the country. He also has extensive experience resolving claims through mediation as well as representing clients before administrative boards and arbitration panels. In addition to litigating, Mr. Vardaro drafts and negotiates complex construction contracts for various project types around the world and regularly counsels clients with respect to professional licensing, corporate organization and transition, general business matters, risk management and insurance issues. He works extensively with regard to advancements in the construction process, including design build, integrated project delivery (IPD), building information modeling (BIM), and sustainable/green design and construction.

  Zetlin & De Chiara

  Managing Partner

  Moderator

  Michael Vardaro

  Managing Partner

  Zetlin & De Chiara

Financing & Development Outlook

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  Michael Merola

  General Counsel & COO

  Youngwoo & Associates

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  Todd Bassen

  Managing Partner- CIO

  Metropolitan Realty Associates

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  Steven Hurwitz

  President

  GFI Development

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  Charles Tallinger

  Principal

  Partner Engineering & Science