The Real Deal, the premier real estate news outlet in the nation, based in New York City, is pleased to announce Future City 2020, a three-day c-suite retreat at the Baha MarResort in the Bahamas from Sunday, February 23 to Tuesday, February 25. Thought leaders in the development, tech, construction, policy, design and finance industries will gather for three days of custom-curated programming featuring the biggest dealmakers in the United States.
The retreat will consist of expert-led discussions exploring a wide range of tech-forward topics, as well as comprehensive presentations on building innovations, proptech development, real estate finance and more by groups including Google’s Sidewalk Labs, Columbia University’s School of Architecture and Development and New York University’s Schack Real Estate Institute.
Future City 2020 and its attendees represent a combined total of 83 million square feet of owned and developed real estate, $1.6 billion in venture capital and dozens of prop-tech companies. These attendees include major landlord David Lichtenstein, CEO of Lightstone Group; Jim Whelan, President of the Real Estate Board of New York, the largest real estate lobbying organization in the country; Gil Dezer, President of Dezer Development; Karim Khalifa, Head of Building Innovations at Google’s Sidewalk Labs; David Schwartz, Principal at Slate Property; Jules Trump, Chairman of the Trump Group; and Doug Eisenberg, Managing Partner of A&E Group, to name just a few.
Future City 2020 seeks to analyze the new and emerging technological developments set to impact all sectors of the real estate industry, with a special focus on the impact of prop-tech on the building design, financing and development sectors. In a series of roundtable discussions that facilitate open dialogue, experts will explore strategic solutions for modern real estate practices, inviting the audience to pose questions, share lessons from past experience and educate the innovators and leaders shaping our cities’ skylines.
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