Apartment Finance and Investment Summit
Date
2025 Apartment Finance and Investment Summit
Addressing a pivotal moment for the multifamily sector, senior leaders in industry, government, and academia will convene in New York City for the National Apartment Finance and Investment Summit on Thursday, October 16. Structured as a forum for high-level, candid dialogue, the Summit explores the most consequential forces shaping apartment investment, development, and operations—spanning finance, policy, risk, and innovation.
The agenda will address a range of topics and themes, including:
- The future of housing finance reform and capital availability
- Changes in federal policies impacting the apartment sector
- Strategies to address persistent affordability challenges
- The integration of artificial intelligence in underwriting and property operations
- Disruptions in property insurance markets
- Emerging issues at the intersection of capital, regulation, and technology
Featured speakers include:
- MaryAnne Gilmartin, Founder and CEO of MAG Partners, renowned for her contributions in shaping the New York City skyline through some of its most ambitious development projects
- Jeff DeBoer, Founding President and CEO of The Real Estate Roundtable, the definitive voice of the commercial real estate industry in its engagement with the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, informing policy on the sector’s most critical issues
- Sharon Wilson Géno, President of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), the principal voice for the apartment industry in Washington, D.C., advocating on behalf of owners, managers, developers, and investors in rental housing
- Samir Goel, Co-Founder of Esusu, a pioneering financial technology company driving rent reporting and credit-building innovations that have scaled across the multifamily sector
Speakers and attendees represent a convergence of perspectives across capital markets, public policy, real estate development, and technology. The Summit provides a measured forum for constructive dialogue among institutional investors, lenders, developers, policymakers, and innovators during a time of structural change in the apartment sector.
We look forward to welcoming you to NYU,
Founding Director
NYU Stern Chen Institute
Chief Operating Officer
Falcone Group;
Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Head of Opportunity Zones Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Senior Director, Multifamily Asset Management
Empire State Realty Trust
Stella Pappas
Senior Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations
TruAmerica Multifamily
Registration
Registration for the Summit is now available at nyuapartment.eventbrite.com. For more information about alumni, academic, and government and non-profit discounts, please contact us at chenevents@nyu.edu.
Agenda
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 to 9:20 AM
Welcome and Economic Outlook
Sam Chandan, PhD, Founding Director, Chen Institute
9:25 to 9:45 AM
Roundtable on Industry Priorities
9:50 to 10:30 AM
Executive Dialogue—State of the Industry—Workforce and Market Rate Apartment Outlook
The panel will examine evolving investment, development, and policy dynamics shaping the outlook for workforce and market-rate apartment housing. Discussion will focus on supply-demand fundamentals, rent growth and occupancy trends, insurance markets, and regulatory and policy pressures at the federal, state, and local levels.
Sharon Wilson Géno, President, National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)
Robert E. Hart, Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, TruAmerica Multifamily
Moderator—Mary Ann King, Co-Head, Institutional Solutions, Berkadia; Past Chairman, National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)
10:35 to 10:50 AM
Morning Break
10:55 to 11:30 AM
Fireside Discussion—The National Policy Outlook
Jeff DeBoer, Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Roundtable
Moderator—Gregg Gerken, Executive-in-Residence, NYU Stern Chen Institute; Head of Commercial Real Estate (Retired), TD Bank
11:35 AM to 12:10 PM
Fireside Discussion—Technology, Innovation, and Housing Opportunity
Samir Goel, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Esusu
Moderator–Arpit Gupta, PhD—Professor of Finance, NYU Stern and Faculty Fellow, Chen Institute
12:15 to 12:45 PM
Lunch
12:50 to 1:25 PM
Fireside Discussion—Engaging the Next Mayoral Administration
James Whelan, President, REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York)
Moderator—Christina Chiu, President, Empire State Realty Trust and Board Member, Chen Institute
1:30 to 2:10 PM
Keynote Discussion—Transformative Development
MaryAnne Gilmartin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MAG Partners
Moderator—Sam Chandan, PhD, Founding Director, NYU Stern Chen Institute
2:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Sam Chandan, PhD, Founding Director, NYU Stern Chen Institute
Some of the Participating Firms
Sponsor the Apartment Summit
Through targeted support of the National Apartment Finance and Investment Summit, your organization will be recognized as a strategic partner for a thematically focused national audience of industry leaders, as well as students and faculty from NYU and other universities and colleges.
In addition to visibility across Stern's industry and academic communities, sponsorships directly support student aid and scholarships in real estate, co-curricular programming, faculty research, and the Institute’s broader policy and industry engagement initiatives. We are grateful for your partnership in cultivating the next generation of real estate leadership, advancing rigorous dialogue, and driving innovation in global real estate finance.
For more information about annual or individual program sponsorship opportunities, please contact Jessica Tomasella, Associate Director.
Annual Sponsorship
Thank you for considering an annual sponsorship of the Chen Institute’s national and global conference programming. By committing to year-round support, your organization will be recognized as a strategic partner across our full calendar of conferences, convenings, and public programs during the 2025/2026 academic year. Annual sponsors receive elevated visibility at every event, priority access to Institute programming, and bespoke engagement opportunities with students, faculty, and industry peers.
Individual and annual sponsors directly support student aid and scholarships in real estate, co-curricular programming, faculty research, and the Institute’s broader policy and industry engagement initiatives. We are grateful for your partnership in cultivating the next generation of real estate leadership, advancing rigorous dialogue, and driving innovation in global real estate finance. Annual sponsors enjoy an expanded range of options for directing their support to specific programming.
For more information about annual or individual program sponsorship opportunities, please contact Jessica Tomasella, Associate Director.
