## Fall Symposium 2017: The State of Retail Real Estate: What's in Store?

CREFR 6th Annual Fall Symposium, October 13, 2017

![conference](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/main_content_embed/public/assets/images/conference_2.jpg?itok=ixQSMVA0&timestamp=1508509958)

Program:
7:40-8:20 AM: Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:20 -8:30 AM: Welcome Remarks 8:30-9:00 AM: Market Update
9:00-10:15 AM: Panel 1: The Markets' View of Retail Stress
10:15-10:45 AM: Networking Coffee Break

10:45-12:00 PM: Panel 2: The Decline of the Suburban Mall: Facts and Fictions
12:00-1:15 PM: Networking Lunch and Keynote

1:15-2:30 PM: Panel 3: The Retail Barbell: High Street v. Main Street

2:30-3:00 PM: Coffee Break
3:00-4:15 PM: Panel 4: The Real Estate Winners from E-Commerce

4:15-5:15 PM: Networking Reception

**Opening Remarks**
8:20 -8:30 AM
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, David S. Loeb Professor of Finance and Director of the CREFR, NYU Stern School of Business

**Market Update**
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Marisha Clinton, Senior Director of Research, Avison Young

**The Markets' View of Retail Stress**
9:00-10:15 AM
Moderator: Lisa Pendergast, Executive Director, CREFC
Panelists: Paul Adornato, Veteran REIT Analyst
Rajesh Bansal, Senior Director, Global Fixed Income, TIAA Investments
Lea Overby, Head of CMBS Research and Analytics, Morningstar Credit Ratings
Josh Podell. President, Podell Real Estate Advisors LLC
Donald Sheets, Managing Partner, AlumCreek Holdings LLC

**The Decline of the Suburban Mall: Facts and Fictions**
10:45-12:00 PM
Moderator: Charles Marohn, Founder & President, Strongtowns
Panelists: Dean Adler, CEO & Co-Founder, Lubert Adler Real Estate Funds
Ross Cooper, President & Chief Investment Officer, Kimco Realty
Herb Eilberg, CIO, Urban Edge
Steve Maksin, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Moonbeam
Louis Conforti, CEO & Director, Washington Prime Group

**Keynote - [Find presentation here](/sites/default/files/assets/documents/NYU%20Keynote%20Fall%20Symposium%202017%20%28Final%29.pdf)**
Annemarie DiCola, CEO, Trepp

**The Retail Barbell: High Street v. Main Street**
1:15-2:30 PM
Moderator: Thomai Serdari, Adjunct Associate Professor, NYU Stern
Panelists: David Eyzenberg, President, Eyzenberg & Co.
Yale Paprin, President, Yale Realty Services Corp.
Edward Hogan, Executive Vice President of Retail, Vornado
Michael McNaughton, Senior Vice President US Development, Westfield

**The Real Estate Winners from E-Commerce**
3:00-4:15 PM
Moderator: KC Conway, Director of Research and Corporate Engagement, University of Alabama ACRE
Panelists: Mike Landy, President & CEO, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.
Nicholas Pell, CIO, Gramercy Property Trust
Bob Silverman, Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics Solutions, JLL