THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025

HARBORSIDE 1 – 150 HUDSON STREET, 4TH FLOOR

JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302

SCHEDULE & AGENDA

7:30 AM – Breakfast Reception

8:15 AM – Chair Welcome Remarks

8:20 AM – AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Timothy Henkel, CEO & Principal, Pennrose

Andrew Cavaluzzi, Co-Founder & Partner, HVPG

Stephen Cea, Executive Director, Jersey City Housing Authority

Melanie Walter, Executive Director, NJHMFA

Annisia Cialone, HEDC – Housing, Economic Development & Commerce Director, City of Jersey City

  MODERATOR: Eric Fang, Principal & Practice Area Leader, Perkins Eastman

9 AM – Big Projects – Specialty Insights From Principals Behind Jersey City’s Development Boom

Kyle Masters, Founder & President, KL Masters Construction Company

Michael Higgins, Managing Partner, MHS Architecture

Ben Downing, Managing Principal, Desimone

Adam Khachaturian, Principal, KEA Engineers

Jared Toothman, EVP & Market Leader, Lincoln Properties Company

Jacqueline Urgo, President, The Marketing Directors

MODERATOR: Vincent Marchetto, Principal, MHS Architecture

9:40 AM – Mid-Morning Reception by JZN Engineering

10:10 AM – KUSHNER COMPANIES FIRESIDE CHAT

Nicole Kushner Meyer, President, Kushner Companies

Michael Sommer, Chief Development Officer, Kushner Companies

MODERATOR: Eugene Paolino, Senior Partner, Genova Burns

10:35 AM – MIXED-USE + Retail & Placemaking

Adam Silfen, President & COO, LeFrak

Joseph Panepinto Jr., President, Panepinto Global Partners

David Von Spreckelsen, President, Toll Brothers City Living

Christopher Albanese, President, The Albanese Organization

Adam Frazier, President & CEO, Columbia Property Trust

Ben Van Leeuen, Co-Founder & CEO, Van Leeuen Ice Cream

MODERATOR: James McCann, Partner, Connell Foley

11:15 AM – Mayor’s Fireside Chat

Steven Fulop, Mayor, City of Jersey City

W. Nevins McCann, Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use, Connell Foley

11:40 AM – Lunch Reception by Genova Burns

11:45 AM – JCEDC Remarks

Mira Prinz-Arey, Executive Director, Jersey City Economic Development Corp.

12:45 PM – CAPITAL MARKETS – Debt, Equity, Capital

Benjamin Nevid, Senior Managing Director, Meridian Capital Group

Thomas Stevens, Partner, CrossHarbor Capital Partners

Jamie Block, Partner, Kushner Real Estate Group – KRE

Joshua Kirkham, Executive Managing Director / Co-Head of North American RE, Sculptor Real Estate

Kim McKee, Regional Executive – Commercial Real Estate & SVP, U.S. Bank

MODERATOR: Frederick Cooper, SVP – Strategic Partnerships, Toll Brothers

1:25 PM – OFFICE & Innovation | Growth – Placemaking – Capital – Future

Douglas Sieg, CEO & Managing Partner, Lord, Abbett & Co.

Paul Silverman, Co-Founder & Principal, SILVERMAN | &Co Coworking

Jeffrey Gural, Chairman & Principal, GFP Real Estate

Luke Robinson, President-North America, WeWork

David Wolfe, Managing Partner, Skoloff & Wolfe

Anil Erdem, Head of U.S. Asset Management & PropTech Investments & Managing Director, BGO

MODERATOR: W. Nevins McCann, Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use, Connell Foley

2:05 PM – RELATED COMPANIES FIRESIDE CHAT

Bruce Beal, President, Related Companies

W. Nevins McCann, Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use, Connell Foley

2:25 PM – Mid-Afternoon Reception by March Associates

2:53 PM – Hudson County Chamber of Commerce Remarks

2:55 PM – EMERGING MARKETS & REGION

Kenneth Pasternack, Executive Chairman & CEO, KABR Group

William Rosato, Managing Partner, Alpine Residential

Diana Jeffrey, Executive Director, JCRA

Jeffrey Sica, President & CEO, CircleSquare Alternative Investments
Diego Hodara, Founder & CEO, Titanium Realty Group

Murat Mutlu, Founder & Principal, INOA Architecture

MODERATOR: Donald Pepe, Partner & Chair, Commercial RE, Scarinci Hollenbeck

3:40 PM – MULTIFAMILY

Abe Naparstek, Partner & COO, G&S Investors

Jose Cruz, Senior Managing Director, JLL

Grant Jaber, Managing Director, Hines

Frank Monterisi, EVP, Related Companies

Ana Maria Hill, NJ State Director & VP, 32BJ SIU

Wasseem Boraie, Managing Principal, Boraie Development

MODERATOR: Drew Fletcher, President, Greystone Capital Advisors

4:30 PM – Governor’s Fireside Chat

Governor Murphy, State of New Jersey

W. Nevins McCann, Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use, Connell Foley

5 PM – Connell Foley Chair Closing Remarks

5:05 PM – 6 PM Closing Reception by Connell Foley