3rd Annual Financing Commercial Real Estate Forum 2019 | The Commercial Observer | 26 September 2019 | The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Join more than 200 commercial real estate finance leaders for a targeted half-day event, calling on the industry’s most dynamic players nationwide to share their insights on the state of lending. Our experts will discuss which market dynamics could impact your lending strategy for 2019, including:
• What’s driving the internationalization of real estate as an asset class and is U.S. still a safe haven for foreign capital?
• Which are the hottest markets in the U.S. for domestic vs. foreign investment ?
• What impact is increased competition having on spreads?
• How are lenders maintaining their competitive edge in the market?
• Which property types are attracting financing, and what’s the lender appetite for transitional vs. stabilized assets at this point in the cycle?
• Where are the market's pockets of distress/ areas of opportunity beginning to show?
• As we (perhaps) near the end of the cycle how are bridge loans on transitional assets performing?
• How is the CRE CLO sector holding up compared with 2018, and how is its collateral faring?
• Why are an increasing number of owners launching debt arms, and how do they compare with more traditional construction lenders?

Who Should Attend?
• Lenders/Investors
• Debt Brokers
• Rating Agencies
• Title Insurance Companies
• Mortgage Servicers
• Owners/Operators
• Law Firms
• Accounting Firms
• Other Professional Services Firms

2019 Speakers

ADVISORY BOARD:

Kevin Cullinan
Executive Director, Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies

Matthew Drummond
Managing Director, Square Mile Capital

Doug Faron
Vice President, Investments, CIM Group

Hilary Goldfarb
Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Group

Norman Jemal
Principal, Douglas Development

Simon Ziff
President, Ackman-Ziff

SPEAKERS:

Chinmay Bhatt
Senior Managing Director, Berkadia

Gary Block
Partner/Chief Investment Officer, The Meridian Group

Marc DeLuca
Regional President, Eastern United States, KBS

Eric Ekeroth
Regional Director, Northwestern Mutual

Tony Fineman
Managing Director and Head of Eastern Region Originations, ACORE Capital

Tim Leon
Executive Vice President, Citizens Bank

Michael McCarthy
Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Mike Nash
Chairman, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors L.P.

Susan E.D. Neuberg
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Elaine Scivetti
Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Craig Solomon
Chief Executive Officer, Square Mile Capital Management LLC

Yorick Starr
Senior Director, Invesco Real Estate

Joe Stevens
Managing Director, Annaly Commercial Real Estate Group

Thomas Whitesell
EVP Group Head, Real Estate, Pacific Western Bank

2019 Sponsors

• Ackman Ziff
• Acore Capital
• Berkadia
• BlankRome
• CIm
• Invesco
• Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies
• Pacific Western Bank
• Rockfeller
• Square Mile Capital
• Stroock