Join ULI Los Angeles for Urban Marketplace 2019

New Development Hot-Spots Highlight at Urban Marketplace 2019

ULI Los Angeles, holds its annual Urban Marketplace development conference and expo June 6, 2019, 7:30 am to 12pm, at Los Angeles Football Club Banc of California Stadium, 3939 South Figueroa Street,  Los Angeles. Tickets are available here>

Experts on Revitalizing Neighborhoods, From Crenshaw, Culver City, Bell and DTLA, Affordable Housing, Innovative Retail and Emerging Communities Join Popular Roundtable Issues.

This year’s Urban Marketplace explores the important issues and emerging communities shaping Los Angeles-area development. Themed “Planting Seeds for Successful Growth: Developing Opportunities Through Community,” the event opens with two expert panels.

Building community “Planting Seeds”  featuring  Claire Fox, Executive Director, Los Angeles Food Policy Council; Kelly Boyer, President, Rose Community Capital; Shoneji  Robison, Managing Partner/Co-Owner, Southern Girl Desserts; and Rudy Espinoza, Executive Director, LURN.

Panel two is “Developing Opportunity” featuring Larry Kosmont, Chairman and CEO, Kosmont Companies; Sondra Wegner, Managing Director, CIM Group; and Daryl Carter, Chairman and CEO, Avanath Capital Management.

“Urban Marketplace examines the two crucial sides of vibrant communities: creating neighborhood engagement prior to development, and ensuring healthy support for that community after development,” said Urban Marketplace Co-Chair Renee Barot. “This year’s event offers exciting examples of both.”

Following these high-level presentations, Urban Marketplace 2019 will break-out to interactive roundtable discussions on L.A.’s hottest development issues and locations.

“Urban Marketplace is one of the most dynamic events produced by ULI Los Angeles. It is where professionals from all sectors exchange the latest knowledge on Los Angeles’ ever-evolving urban fabric,” said Urban Marketplace Co-Chair Shmel C. Graham. “Our motto is ‘make a deal, and make a difference,’ and the connections among participants always lead to productive, new business relationships.”

Rendering of The West LA Veterans Collective supportive housing at Veteran’s Administration grounds, Roundtable Project.

2019 Roundtables include:

  • New Housing Legislation
    Reducing Barriers to Urban Infill in
    California
    Elizabeth Camacho, Senior Counsel, Loeb & Loeb; Chris Tourtelotte, Managing Director, Acquisitions & Capital Markets, LaTerra Development.
  • Steelcraft
    Reinvigorating Downtown Main Streets
    Martin Howard, President, Howard CDM; Lisa Kim, Community and Economic Development Director, City of Garden Grove.
  • Hank’s Mini-Market
    #morethanacornermarket
    Kelli Jackson, Owner, Hank’s Market; and Claire Fox, Executive Director, Los Angeles Food Policy Council
  • Destination Crenshaw
    1.3 Miles of Art & Culture Celebrating Black LA
    Drake Dillard, AIA, NOMAC, Senior Project Manage, Perkins + Will; Joanne Kim, Senior Advisor, LA City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson
  • Ivy Station – Culver City’s Newest Destination
    Ryan K. Burton, Vice President, Lowe; Monica Rodriguez, Senior Associate, KFA. LLC
  • LA Family Housing – The Campus
    Amy S. Cole, MSW/MBA, Senior Director of Permanent Supportive Housing, LA Family Housing; Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, President and CEO, LA Family Housing.
  • HATCHspaces
    Betting on Bioscience: Howard Kozoff, Partner/Co-Founder, HATCHspaces; Yordanos Gebretatios, Executive Director, LA Bioscience Hub
  • Creative Placemaking – Energizing Neighborhood Communities
    Shannon Heffernan, Urban Design Director, Studio One Eleven; Alicia Velasco, Community and Economic Development Director, City of Lomita.
  • LA Metro – Alternative Mobility Strategies
    Frank Ching, Deputy Executive Officer, Operation Programs Countywide Planning & Development, LA Metro; Joshua Schank, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, Office of Extraordinary Innovation, LA Metro
  • City of Bell – Connecting SE Communities to the LA River
    Robert Linton, Public Works Manager, City of Bell; Lee Alexanderson, Civil Engineer, LA County Flood Control District
  • Prop HHH – How Hard Can Spending 1B Dollars Be?
    Nick Halaris, President, Metros Capital; Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Executive Director, LISC
  • DTLA Pop Up Connect – Kickstarting New Retail Brands
    Nicholas Griffin, Downtown Business Improvement District
  • Missing Middle – How Can We Address the Housing Gap?
    Tim Plasky, Executive Director, BIA LA; Monica Mejia, Director of Housing Development, Linc Housing
Ivy Station event lawn and town square.
Developer Lowe and Architects Monica Rodriguez, KFA Roundtable presentation
  • High-Rise Mass Timber
    New Code Gamechanger
    Mitt Timmers, Associate Principal, John A. Martin Associates
  • Public Housing
    Changing Face of the Affordable Housing Crisis
    Colleen Edwards, Regional Project Manager, Chelsea Investment Corp.; Doug Guthrie, President and CEO, HACLA
  • United Way LA
    Accelerating Housing Solutions to Bring Everyone Home for Good
    : Emily Bradley, Senior Program Officer, Homeless Initiatives, United Way of Greater LA; Mike Dennis, Director of Organizing, Everyone In
  • West LA Veterans Collective
    Supportive Housing Community
    Blake Coddington, Senior Program Officer, Homeless Initiatives, United Way of Greater LA; Lori Allgood, Vice President of Development, US VETS
  • Communities of Opportunity
    Creating a Culture of Connectedness
    Kelly Boyer, President, Rose Community Capital
  • Opportunity Zones
    Equity or Displacement?

    Sondra Wegner, Managing Director, CIM Group; Javan Agee, CA Deputy Treasurer, Housing and Economic Development, State of California
  • The Financial Imperative of Mobility and Real Estate
    Mark Arizmendi, Bosch Connected Services; Dylan Jones, AIA, Senior Associate, Gensler Mobility Lab

For more information and to register as an attendee or as a sponsor of ULI-LA Urban Marketplace

https://la.uli.org/event/urban-marketplace-2019/.

About the Urban Land Institute

Established in 1936, ULI is a nonprofit education and research institute with over 37,000 members across the globe, including 1,600 in the Greater Los Angeles area. A nonpartisan organization, the Institute has long been recognized as one of America’s most respected and widely quoted sources of objective information on urban planning, growth, and development.

The membership of ULI Los Angeles represents the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines. They include developers, builders, investors, architects, public officials, planners, real estate brokers, appraisers, attorneys, engineers, lenders, academics and students. Members of the Urban Land Institute in the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara are automatically members of ULI Los Angeles.