Boston State of the Market 2019 | Bisnow | 19 November 2019 | Boston Park Plaza, 50 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, USA

Boston has the fortunate situation of being the innovation capital of the world, boosted by its prominent roots in education, technology and life science. However, this has posed some serious issues as Beantown continues to grow as a destination for young people to choose to live, work, play and settle down. Rush-hour traffic is the worst in the country and Governor Baker has requested a one-time $50M injection to speed up transit repairs and maintenance.

As the city faces looming concerns such a sea-water elevations, growing land and construction prices, Boston's CRE community will come together to find the tangible answers as to how to navigate the tight, competitive market.

What You'll Learn:
• Why Downtown Boston Will Always See Low Vacancy Rates.
• Where companies are trying to position themselves to scoop up top talent.
• To what extent co-working will grow as we move into 2020.
• How Boston developers are navigating (or getting ahead) of congestion and transit woes.
• How Boston will fare in a economic recession lurking on the horizon.

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Jeffrey Kanne
President & CEO, National Real Estate Advisors

Thomas O’Brien
Founding Partner, The HYM Investment Group

Oliver Carr, III
CEO, Carr Properties

SPEAKERS:

Rosemarie Sansone
President & CEO, Downtown Boston BID

Sandi Silk
SVP, Jefferson Apartment Group

Richard Galvin
Co-Managing Partner, Accordia Partners

Tim Doherty
EVP, Co-Head of Investments, Safehold & iStar

Kory Klebanoff
Director, ACORE Capital

Maria Paitchel
Vice President - Northeast USA, IWG

Bobby Goodman
Co-Founder, Truss

Kunal Sharma
Founder & CEO, Flipspaces

Mark Hickey
Real Estate Economist, CoStar

MODERATORS:

Tina Cassidy
CMO, WGBH

Ed Kindelan
Managing Partner, CohnReznick

Wil Catlin
Managing Principal, Boston Realty Advisors

2019 Sponsors

• View
• Callahan
• T.Mobile
• CoStar
• CohnReznick
• Safehold
• Goulston & Storss
• Airwvz Solutions
• Truss
• Acore Capital
• FlipSpaces
• Starry
• Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr