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6th Annual Real Estate Development Trends for the Treasure Coast Conference

Thursday, October 11, 2007
8:00a.m. - 2:45p.m.

Palm Beach County Convention Center
650 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
$5 Self Parking/$10 Valet

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What a difference a year can make! Today’s challenging Treasure Coast real estate market provides new opportunities in some sectors and great challenges in others. Hear the latest forecasts and trends; learn about new planning initiatives and private sector innovation. What are governmental leaders really doing with our tax dollars – or lack thereof? Leading real estate CEO’s explain their strategies and why; and the leaders of four well-known research institutes talk economic development.

If you live, work or plan to do so in the Treasure Coast, don’t miss this conference.

AIA Continuing Education Credits - 5.5 hr.

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Agenda  
8:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am
Welcoming Remarks
Debbie Orshefsky, Chair, ULI Southeast FL/Caribbean & Principal Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Rick Gonzalez, AIA, Program Chair, ULI SE FL/Caribbean & President, REG Architects, Inc.
8:40am
Market Overview: Boom or Bust
Residential:
Bradley Hunter, Director of So. FL Division, Metrostudy & Co-Vice Chair, Treasure Coast Committee, ULI SE FL/Caribbean
Office/Retail/Industrial:
Gregg Logan, Managing Director, Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC
Well-known market analysts set the stage with trend reports for various market segments, focusing on what we can expect to see in 2008.
9:15am
What’s Hot: Leading Projects and Trends in the Treasure Coast
Marcela Camblor, Urban Design Coordinator, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
Learn about the new direction outstanding Treasure Coast projects are taking and what changes you should consider for both infill and greenfield development.

 
9:50am
Private Sector Innovation
Moderator: Ken Tuma, Managing Partner, Urban Design Studio
Cito Beguiristain, First Vice President, Auburn Development
Bradley Currie, Principal, Land Design South
Frank Navarro, Co-founder, Navarro Lowrey
Nathaniel Roberts, General Manager, Callery Judge Grove
Workforce housing, green office buildings, new community design concepts, innovative infill, and how large land owners are reacting? Hear the latest from recognized practitioners.
11:05am
Economic Growth or Merely Economic Survival for Local Governments
Moderator: James Anaston-Karas, Planning Team Manager, MSCW
Dennis Beach, City Manager, City of Fort Pierce
Kim Briesmeister, CRA Executive Director, City of West Palm Beach
Jason Nunemaker, City Manager, City of Fellsmere
Jeff Oris, Community Development Director, Martin County
Jeff Perlman, Former Mayor, City of Delray Beach & Director, Delray Beach Institute
Regional governmental leaders discuss what issues such as growth management changes, property tax cuts, etc. really mean and how their jurisdictions will implement them. What effect will they have on the Treasure Coast real estate market?
12:05pm
Lunch & Conversation with Leading Treasure Coast CEO’s
 
John Csapo, Chief Development Officer, Kolter Communities
James P. “Butch” Terpening, CEO, Culpepper and Terpening, Inc.
Join in a lively conversation with two leading Treasure Coast real estate leaders about how they are turning market challenges into market opportunities and why. What do they think lies ahead and what are they doing about it?
1:45pm
Breaking Ground: The New Research Coast
Moderator: James Murley, Center for Urban & Environmental Solutions at FAU
Harry W. Orf, Ph.D., Vice President, Scientific Operations, Scripps Florida, Jupiter
Richard A. Houghten, Ph.D., President, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie
Edwin R. Massey, Ph.D, Pres., Indian River Community College, Counter Terrorism Institute, Ft. Pierce
Gerri McPherson, Florida Atlantic University VP for Treasure Coast Campus, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce
Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., CEO, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
New and expanding world-class research facilities are now operating in the Treasure Coast at critical mass. What does this mean for future economic dev. and what can we expect to change?
2:45pm Adjourn
Registration Information:
ULI Member $130
Non Member $150
Public Official or Agency $130
Student Full (full time) $50

*Note registration fees increase by $10 on day of event.

Registration Deadline:  Friday, October 5, 2007
***To register after the deadline, please call 954-783-9504***

Options: 
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To Register by Phone  1-800-321-5011 Reference Event #8135-0803
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Other Info on Registration:
-Email Confirmations will be sent following your registration. 
-If you will be bringing your payment to the door, please keep in mind you may have to wait in line. 
-If payment has not been received prior to the registration deadline date, a credit card guarantee will be required on-site. No credit card charges will be processed if payment is received within 7-10 days after the meeting date.
-It is not recommended you mail a check once we are close (two weeks out) to the meeting date. To ensure advance registration, please be sure to call in your registration and bring your check with you to the meeting. Payment is required before meeting entry.