he 3rd Annual Rutgers Center for Real Estate Symposium will take place Oct. 27 at The Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick.
Presented with law firm Sill Cummis & Gross PC, “A State Planned: How and Where Do We Grow from Here?” will convene senior leaders from government, real estate, infrastructure, energy, transportation and economic development.
Registration is open. The event programing will run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. More information, including about sponsorships, is available here.
“New Jersey is at an important inflection point,” said Ted Zangari, chair of the Real Estate Department & Redevelopment Law Practice Group at Sills Cummis. “The questions facing the real estate industry today go well beyond individual projects. They involve how we provide housing, power and transportation; how we attract and retain businesses; how we make the development process more certain and predictable; and how we balance growth with preservation.”
The program will feature four panels:
Housing, Powering and Transporting New Jersey
Featuring senior representatives from AECOM, Community Investment Strategies and FirstEnergy/Jersey Central Power & Light, as well as former New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Commissioner and state Sen. Bob Gordon, New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Priya Jain, and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Executive Director Melanie Walter.
Retaining & Attracting Businesses: What Will Actually Make a Difference?
Moderated by Zangari
Panelists include:
- Robert Antonicello, former exeuctive director, Jersey City Redevelop0ment Agency
- John Boyd Jr., principal, The Boyd Co. Inc.
- Todd Fisher, senior diretor strategic initaitives and eocnomic opportunity, Offic of the Governor
- Amy Herbold, president and CEO, ChooseNJ
- Steve Oroho, forner N.J. state senator
- Evan Weiss, CEO, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Beyond Dashboards and Shot Clocks: How to Responsibly Fast-Track Projects
Moderated by RUCRE Executive Committee Chair Ron Ladell, also adjunct professor, Rutgers Business School; and senior vice president, Vimark Residential
Panelists include:
- Christine Cofone, principal and owner, Cofone Consulting Group
- Eugene Diaz, prinicpal, Prism Capital Partners
- Kellie Doucette, chief operating officer, Office of the Governor
- John McCormac, mayor, Township of Woodbridge
- Jacquelyn Suarez, commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affiars
False Choices — Sprawl or Preservation? Bridging the Divide
Moderated by Adam Zellner, president Greener by Design
Panelists include:
- Dan Kennedy, CEO, CREDA New Jersey
- Ed Postosnak, commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Mia Sacks, councilwoman, Municipality of Princeton
- Ben Spinelli, executive director, NJ Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council