Philadelphia 2019 Forecast and the Future of Opportunity Zones | Bisnow | 18 December 2018 | Yards Brewing Company, 500 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, PA

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN?

1. What were this years' major acquisitions, investments, and projects in and around Philadelphia?
2. With a Construction Tax still being weighed on, how could that impact the future of development in Philadelphia?
3. What is a Qualified Opportunity Fund?
4. What are Opportunity Zones, and where are they located?
5. Why invest in Opportunity Funds, and are they a better investment than a 1031 Exchange?
6. How can Opportunity Zones spur economic development in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs?
7. How does Opportunity Fund investing work?
8. What are some of the tax benefits and the tiered structure of the program?

2018 Speakers

Jim Kenney
Mayor, City of Philadelphia

Matias Klein
President & CEO, Kognition

Todd Monahan
Regional Director, Keystone Property Group

Katherine Quigg
Structural Steel Specialist, American Institute of Steel Construction

Mike Petrizzi
Managing Director, Wells Fargo

Harris Heller
Managing Director - Originations, Hunt Real Estate Capital

Douglas Rodio
SMD & co-Head of the Philadelphia Office, HFF

David Feldman
Esquire, Senior Vice President & Director of Business Development, First American Title National Commercial Services

Anne Fadullon
Director, Planning & Development, City of Philadelphia

Leslie Smallwood-Lewis, Co-Founder and Member, Mosaic Development Partners, , Richard Previdi, Managing Partner, Alliance Partners

Jennifer Lucas Crowther, VP Product/Resource Development, PIDC

Lisa Starczewski
Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

George Kotridis
Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen

2018 Sponsors

• AISC
• Hunt
• Mega
• CLA
• PB Post Brothers
• HFF
• Evolution Energy Partners
• Sage Glass
• Kognition
• First American
• Wells Fargo
• BFW
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Alliance HSP