Strategies and Trends Driving Real Estate Investment
ULI Real Estate Finance and Investment 2013 will bring together both providers and users of capital to explore key trends that are driving successful real estate investing today. If you are an owner, a developer, a lender, or an investor, this conference offers unique opportunities to make new connections, source deals, and gain insights into the latest finance and investment trends. You will get practical examples of deal structures that have been successful and gain insights regarding development finance, institutional investor perspectives, repositioning assets, private equity firms, mezzanine capital, and public-private development finance. Programming focuses on what works, where and how new partners will be found, and how successful deals are structured.
Meeting Cochairs
![]() Diana Reid Executive Vice President PNC Real Estate |
![]() Carl D. Shannon Senior Managing Director Tishman Speyer |
Speakers
![]() |
Mark Allyn Senior Managing Director Trammell Crow Company Dallas, TX |
![]() |
Robert G. Byron Managing Principal Blue Vista Companies Chicago, IL |
![]() |
Christopher Chee Managing Director, Real Estate Blackstone Los Angeles, CA |
![]() |
Scott Chisholm Managing Director Redwood Trust Mill Valley, CA |
![]() |
Charles (Chip) H. Fedalen, Jr. Executive Vice President, Group Head Commercial Real Estate, Institutional, and Metro Markets Group Wells Fargo | Irvine, CA |
![]() |
Richard Flohr Managing Director Prudential Mortgage Capital Company Chicago, IL |
![]() |
Jeff Friedman Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer Mesa West Capital Los Angeles, CA |
![]() |
Robert L. Gray, Jr. Partner Rockwood Capital San Francisco, CA |
![]() |
Dirk Hallemeier Managing Director, West Coast Investments MacFarlane Partners San Francisco, CA |
![]() |
Ada Healey Vice President Vulcan Real Estate Seattle, WA |
![]() |
Robert J. Ivanhoe Chair, Global Real Estate Practice Greenberg Traurig New York, NY |
![]() |
Gregory K. Johnson President Wright Runstad & Company Seattle, WA |
![]() |
Bruce Lawrie Senior Vice President and Manager, Commercial Real Estate Umpqua Bank Walnut Creek, CA |
![]() |
Theodore “Ted” M. Leary, Jr. Founder and President Crosswater Realty Advisors, LLC Los Angeles, CA |
![]() |
David Lynn Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Strategist Cole Real Estate Investments Phoenix, AZ |
![]() |
Douglas W. Lyons Managing Director Pearlmark Real Estate Partners Chicago, IL |
![]() |
Charles Malet Chief Investment Officer Shorenstein Properties San Francisco, CA |
![]() |
John E. McNellis Partner McNellis Partners Palo Alto, CA |
![]() |
Amy Neches Partner TMG Partners San Francisco, CA |
![]() |
Mollie Ricker Principal Dostart Development Company Palo Alto, CA |
![]() |
Mark G. Roberts Managing Director, Head of Research and Strategy – Alternative and Real Assets Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management New York, NY |
![]() |
Richard Sinkuler Partner, Global Real Estate Markets Leader Ernst & Young Chicago, IL |
![]() |
Eric Smith Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Wells Fargo, Real Estate Capital Markets San Francisco, CA |
![]() |
Donald Wise President and CEO Metzler Real Estate Seattle, WA |
![]() |
Peter Weingarten Director Gensler San Francisco, CA |
| Lindsey Adams Senior Portfolio Manager San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System San Francisco, CA |
|
| Jeff Birdwell President, Northern California Commercial Division Sares Regis Group San Mateo, CA |
|
| Joe Blackbourn President and CEO Everest Holdings Phoenix, AZ |
|
| Bruce Burkard Founder/Principal Four Corners Properties, LLC San Francisco, CA |
|
| Jason Choulochas Partner Ares Management LLC Los Angeles, CA |
|
| Geoffrey Dohrmann President/Chief Executive Officer Institutional Real Estate, Inc. San Ramon, CA |
|
| Mark Drumm Chief Risk Officer Stratford Land Dallas, TX |
|
| Melinda Ellis Evers Managing Principal Ellis Partners LLC San Francisco, CA |
|
| Christopher E. Frampton Managing Partner East West Partners Denver, CO |
|
| David Gabrielson Executive Director PACENow Pleasantville, NY |
|
| Bruce Ganong Senior Managing Director HFF San Francisco, CA |
|
| David Hood Managing Director of Private Investments and Real Estate Stanford Management Stanford, CA |
|
| Verna Kuo Director, Real Estate and Natural Resources Investments Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA |
|
| David M. Lazarus Principal LEM Capital Philadelphia, PA |
|
| Philip Mader Managing Director BlackRock San Francisco, CA |
|
| Lauralee E. Martin Chief Executive Officer, Americas and Chief Financial Officer Jones Lang LaSalle Chicago, IL |
|
| Will McIntosh Executive Managing Director and Global Head of Research USAA Real Estate Company San Antonio, TX |
|
| Richard McLemore Director, Research & Valuations MetLife Real Estate Investors and Agricultural Investments Morristown, NJ |
|
| Richard Pink Managing Director Clarion Partners Los Angeles, CA |
|
| Jay Rollins Managing Principal JCR Capital Denver, CO |
|
| Daniel J. Safier President The Prado Group, Inc. San Francisco, CA |
|
| Dean Schwanke Senior Vice President Urban Land Institute Washington, DC |
|
| Gerald Trimble Managing Principal Keyser Marston Associates San Diego, CA |
|
| Glenn Watchorn Chief Operating Officer Tricon Capital Toronto, ON |
|
| Michael Yarne Partner BuildInc. San Francisco, CA |




























