TUESDAY / 8:00-8:45
Lobby
COFFEE TALK
TUESDAY / 8:50-9:00
Rooms 1 & 2
WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS & OVERVIEW
TUESDAY / 9:00-9:45
Rooms 1 & 2
Silverbacks – Unvarnished Truth From the Grizzled Veterans at the Intersection of Retail and Real Estate
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(Host) Jeff Zeigler, Open Realty
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Jess Bruner, Bond Retail Partners
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Michael Townsend, Townsend & Associates
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Steve Merkle, Open Realty
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Steve Rouman, RH
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Il Premio Lounge
How to Build a City-Changing Lifestyle Hotel and Club
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(Host) Chris Carter, Vantage Realty Partners
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Jim Irwin, New City
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Randy Cook, Method Co.
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Morris Adjmi, Morris Adjmi Architects
TUESDAY / 10:00-10:45
Rooms 1 & 2
Pearl Square: A Downtown Transformation Through Thirty Blocks of Placemaking
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(Host) Kristen Morris, Morris & Fellows
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Matthew Clark, Colliers Urban Division
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Bryan Moll, Gateway Jax
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James Nozar, East + Main
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Il Premio Lounge
Good Food Makes for Good Places
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(Host) Eric Weatherholtz
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Todd Ginsberg, Rye Restaurants
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Steven Satterfield, Miller Union
TUESDAY / 11:00-1:00
LUNCH
Field Trip Lunch: 9 Mile Station, Ponce City Market
Take the elevator to the rooftop!
Hot Ones
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Will Heidel, RE Community Partners
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Chris Hall, Unsukay
TUESDAY / 1:15-2:00
Rooms 1 & 2
Culture Meets Development
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(Host) Toni Williams
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Bem Joiner, Atlanta Influences Everything
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Ree De La Vega, Chaka Khan Hacienda
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Jabari Graham, Art, Beats & Lyrics
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Room 3
Restaurant Buildout Cost – What’s the Cure?
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(Host) William Ball, Choate
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Marji Aron, Fox Restaurant Concepts
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Fares Kargar, delbar/Nooshé Jān Group
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FORTH Club (limited to 20 people)
The Role of Boutique Hotels
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Robert LeBlanc, LeBlanc + Smith
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Randy Cook, Method Co.
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Jason Reeves, Highlander Mountain House
TUESDAY / 2:15-3:00
Rooms 1 & 2
Hyperscaling Local Brands
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(Host) Michael Davis, CEO, Homegrown
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Michael Tavani, CEO, Switchyards
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Peiru Kim, Sugarcoat
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Il Premio Lounge
Smooth Scaling – Emerging Brands
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Andréa Vieira, nailsaloon
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Demetri Tsolakis, Xenia Hospitality
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Scott Parker, Bearded Goat
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Neha Govindraj, Bonside
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Rooms 3
Historic Buildings, Modern Technology, and a Startup Mentality – the Rebirth of South Downtown Atlanta
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(Host) Eric Weatherholtz
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David Cummings, Atlanta Ventures
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Jon Birdsong, South Downtown
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Tana Bhamaraniyama, Tyde Tate Kitchen
TUESDAY / 3:15-4:00
Rooms 1 & 2
Breathing New Life into History – Denver’s Union Station, the Dairy Blocks, and Tahoe’s CalNeva Resort
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(Host) Eric Weatherholtz
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Chad McWhinney, McWhinney
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Walter Isenberg, Sage Hospitality
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Room 3
F&B’s Willy Wonkas
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(Host) David Levine, Urban Partners
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Ben Berg, Berg Hospitality Group
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Troy Guard, TAG Hospitality
TUESDAY / 4:15-5:00
Rooms 1 & 2
The World’s Greatest Bar
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(Host) Michael Townsend, Townsend & Associates
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Michael Lennox, Electric Hospitality
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Robert LeBlanc, LeBlanc + Smith
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Greg Best, Ticonderoga Club
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Mitchell Maggard, Urban Partners
TUESDAY / 5:00-7:00
MARGARITA PARTY ON THE PARK
Tacos from DAS Tex-Mex
WEDNESDAY / 9:00-9:45
Lobby
COFFEE TALK
WEDNESDAY / 10:00-10:45
Rooms 1 & 2
The Creative Class: Tenant Edition
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(Host) Adam Schwegman, North American Properties
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Joshua Rainey, Solidcore
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Ansley Bowman, Faced Facial Studio
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Holden Slusher, Sugared & Bronzed
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Matthew Sargenti, Framebridge
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Room 3
The Burbs are Back
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(Host) Mark Toro, Toro Development
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Herbert Ames, EDENS
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Benjamin Collins, Crescent Communities
WEDNESDAY / 11:00-11:45
Rooms 1 & 2
Reinventing Retail
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Jodie McLean, EDENS
WEDNESDAY / 12:00-1:30
WEDNESDAY / 1:45-2:30
Rooms 1 & 2
A Cup of Ambition – Commercial Real Estate from a Woman’s POV
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(Host) Tugboat
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Melissa Ahrendt, Stafford
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Cheri Morris, Morris & Fellows
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Terri King, Terri King Commercial
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Rooms 3
How Hospitality is Shaping Office Environments
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(Host) Elizabeth Feichter, Southern Culinary & Creative
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Chris Eachus, CP Group
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Nick Garzia, Hines
WEDNESDAY / 2:45-3:30
Rooms 1 & 2
Private Equity Round Table - What is Getting Funded
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(Host) Nico Marin, Sorelle Capital
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David Hobbs, EBSCO
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Aaron Davis, Rialto
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Colin Rosenbaum, CBRE Investment Management
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Room 3
Navigating Shifting Sands – How Top Institutional Investors See the World of Retail and Mixed-use Property Investment
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(Host) Brian Smith, Brand Properties
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Katie Grissom, Nuveen
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Alison Hallberg, PGIM
WEDNESDAY / 3:45-4:30
Rooms 1 & 2
How Hospitality and Fast Casual Coexist
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(Host) Gene Rice, Vantage Properties
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Nate Hybl, Gusto
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Daniel Van Loh, Little Rey
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Rob Marona, Pura Vida
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Brett Jones, Barracuda
WEDNESDAY / 4:30
Rooms 1 & 2
GIVING KITCHEN TOAST