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USC Casden Multifamily Forecast Conference Planned This Week

The USC Lusk Center Casden Multifamily Forecast is gearing up for its annual unveiling of key issues and trends that will influence the multifamily industry over the next two years. The event takes place on Friday, Oct. 25th from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at The Beverly Hilton, located at 9876 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills.

Among the industry experts, real estate developers, operators, investors, fund managers and lenders slated to share insights into the multifamily market across SoCal are:

USC Casden Multifamily Forecast

  • Richard K. Green, Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Forecast Response Panel

  • Moderator: Richard K. Green, Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
  • Christopher Thornberg, Founding Partner, Beacon Economics
  • Ziv Cohen, Chief Investment Officer, The Resmark Companies
  • Malcolm A. Johnson, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan

Keynote

  • Heather Worthington, Director of Long-Range Planning for Community Planning and Economic Development, City of Minneapolis

Is Re-Zoning An Answer To Southern California’s Housing Crisis?

  • Moderator: Greg Morrow, Executive Director, Real Estate Development + Design, UC Berkeley
  • Con Howe, Managing Director, Los Angeles Fund, CityView
  • Keven Keller, Deputy Director Of Planning, City of Los Angeles
  • Sharon Lee, Executive Director, Low Income Housing Institute
  • Martha Welbourne, Senior Advisor, HR&A Advisors

Reducing Development Costs: Making Rents Feasible for Southern California’s Workforce

  • Moderator: Matt Horton, Associate Director, Milken Institute Center for Regional Economics
  • Jason Neville, Founder and CEO, Building Blocks
  • Jerome A. Fink, Managing Partner, Bascom Group
  • Amalia Paliobeis, Senior Director of Real Estate, West Coast, Common

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Content and Public Relations for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 30 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect’s client content operations and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from content strategy, message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. In his most recent corporate communications roles, he led a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, played a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and was responsible for directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest, the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. In addition to his vast commercial real estate experience, Dennis has worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of residential projects such as Disney’s Celebration in Florida, Ritter Ranch in Palmdale California (7,200 homes, 22,000 acres), WaterColor in Florida and PremierGarage in Phoenix. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, BoyScouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and Thunderbirds Charities.

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