Overview

Over 425 attended New York 2011: Beyond Distress, a discussion of acquisitions and financing in a bifurcated world, where dry powder is pursuing troubled assets side-by-side with performing deals.

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Ryan Slack
CEO
GreenPearl Events

Featured Speakers:

Winston Fisher Paul Fox Jeffrey Gould Steve Witkoff
Winston Fisher
Partner
Fisher Brothers		 Paul Fox
Managing Director
Cerberus Real Estate Capital Management		 Jeffrey Gould
President & CEO
BRT Realty Trust		 Steven Witkoff
Chairman & CEO
The Witkoff Group

 

Here are a few highlights:

Real Estate Private Equity: Executives from KKR, Cerberus, Square Mile, and TPG Capital discussed the rising levels of activity in the real estate private equity space, how they are allocating capital, where real estate ranks in the world of private equity, and how they seek, find and get deals done.

Multifamily Opportunities: Executives from Praedium, Benedict Realty, and Stonehenge discussed the current state and future of multifamily investing in a low-cap-rate world, how they are creating value where others miss it, and where the deals are to be found.

Distressed Assets: Executives from Berkadia, Torchlight, RW Kline, Raneiri, Prism Hotels, GTIS Partners, and Citibank discussed the state of workouts and troubled assets dispositions. We heard how deal flow has changed, who is holding the cards, and how third parties can still profit from specific opportunities in troubled assets.

Lastly, we heard from real estate industry leader Steve Witkoff as he told us how he did it with his recent acquisition at 1107 Broadway from Lehman. He went into detail about how he heard about the deal, how he valued it and his options for the property, why he won, how he capitalized the deal, and what he plans to do going forward.

The agenda included:

  • Impact of Livable Streets on Real Estate Values – NEW
  • Capital Markets 2.0
  • Battlefield New York: Overpriced, Picked Over, Over & Out
  • State of the Market Presentation by the Numbers
  • Getting Access to Deal Flow on Troubled and Discounted Assets
  • Mezzanine, Preferred Equity and Joint Venture Funding
  • Multifamily Investment and Financing in a Low Cap Rate World
  • Tax Liens: Trading Liens & Getting to the Asset
  • New Market Tax Credits
  • Workouts, Litigation, Bankruptcy, and Three-Party Deals
  • Foreclosures & Receivership: New York’s Slow-Motion Train Wreck
  • Meet the Community Banks: Lending, Workouts, REOs, and the FDIC
  • Active Real Estate Private Equity
  • Keynote Address by Steven Witkoff, Chairman & CEO, The Witkoff Group

Speakers:

  • John Bailey, CFO, Prism Hotels & Resorts
  • Avi Banyasz, Managing Director, TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group)
  • Steven Barranca, Tax Principal, Friedman LLP
  • Daniel Benedict, President, Benedict Realty Group, LLC
  • Keith Brandofino, Partner, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP
  • Michael Carp, Executive Vice President, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
  • Faith Hope Consolo, Chairman, Retail Group, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
  • Michael Cook, VP, Asset Management, GTIS Partners
  • Lowell Dansker, Chairman & CEO, Intervest Bancshares Corporation
  • David DeRosa, President & Owner, Island Properties & Associates, LLC
  • Gary Eisenberg, Partner, Herrick, Feinstein LLP
  • David Eyzenberg, Managing Director and Head of the CRE, NewOak Capital Advisors
  • Winston Fisher, Partner, Fisher Brothers
  • Paul Fox, Managing Director, Cerberus Real Estate Capital Management
  • Thomas Galli, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
  • Joanne Gallo, SVP & Chief Credit Officer, Brooklyn Federal Savings
  • Spencer Garfield, Managing Director, Hudson Realty Capital
  • John Garth, Managing Director, Pembrook Capital Management
  • Michael Girimonti, Managing Director, Pearlmark Real Estate Partners, L.L.C.
  • Richard Gollis, Principal & Founder, The Concord Group
  • Mark Gorton, Founder, Tower Research Capital
  • Jeffrey Gould, President & CEO, BRT Realty Trust
  • Paul Griesmer, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
  • Terri Gumula, Vice President, Workouts & Dispositions, Citibank
  • Dan Harris, EVP and Chief Lending Officer, Dime Savings Bank
  • Alan Kennard, Partner, Business Transactions, Wildman Harrold
  • Bob Kline, Chief Executive Officer, RW Kline Companies
  • Jeffrey Lenobel, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
  • Spencer Levy, Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets, CB Richard Ellis
  • Paul Massey, Chief Executive Officer, Founding Partner, Massey Knakal Realty Services
  • Tom McOsker, Head of Tax Receivables, GFI Group
  • Gianluca Montalti, VP, Distressed Debt and Special Servicing, Torchlight Investors
  • Raymond Mordekhai, Principal Broker, Forest Park Properties
  • Ira Nachem, Senior Vice President, Amalgamated Bank
  • Justin Pattner, Principal, Kolberg Kravis Roberts
  • Carolyn Pianin, Managing Director, The Carlton Group
  • Christopher Reichert, Northeast Short Sales Manager, Wells Fargo
  • Mike Rosenberg, Partner, Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP
  • Jack Rosenfield, Principal, Loan Resolution Advisors
  • Shawn Rosenthal, Principal – Real Estate Group, Ackman-Ziff
  • Helene Rudolph, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Community Preservation Corporation
  • Stuart Saft, Chair of the Real Estate Department, Dewey & LeBoeuf
  • Andrew Scandalios, Senior Managing Director, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
  • David Schechtman, Principal, Senior Director, Eastern Consolidated
  • Jeffrey Schwartz, Partner, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
  • Lawrence Selevan, Chief Executive Officer, NAI Chesterfield Capital Advisors
  • Luv Shah, Principal, Ranieri Real Estate Partners
  • Donald Sheets, Senior Principal, Square Mile Capital Management
  • Mason Sleeper, Principal, The Praedium Group
  • Norman Sturner, President and Chief Executive Officer, Murray Hill Properties LLC
  • Ted Weinstein, Principal Broker, REO Edge, LLC
  • Robert White, CEO, Real Capital Analytics
  • Steven Witkoff, CEO, The Witkoff Group
  • Ofer Yardeni, Managing Partner, Stonehenge Partners