11-13-2013 - BUILDING BETTER: Boosting Your Construction Project’s Bottom Line

On Wednesday, November 13th from 7:30-10:30 a.m., The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute and Real Estate Weekly, in association with Zetlin & De Chiara, Jones Lang LaSalle, Willis of New York and New York Building Congress, will host BUILDING BETTER: Boosting Your Construction Project’s Bottom Line, an interactive breakfast roundtable bringing together New York’s leading builders, developers and industry experts at the Harvard Club to provide insights on the latest approaches and strategies for building successfully – and profitably – in a climate of rising construction and insurance costs and increasingly complex compliance, labor and project requirements. The forum will provide practical strategies and solutions for controlling project costs, reducing insurance costs and managing projects through sophisticated construction approaches. Speakers will offer a high-level, insider’s perspective on managing unpredictable factors that can affect the profitability of a project and discuss timely issues such as resiliency innovations for high-rise construction. The program will be introduced by Jack S. Nyman, Executive Director of The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute and keynoted by Sabrina Kanner, Senior Vice President of Design and Construction for Brookfield Properties Corp., and Ray Quartararo, Vice Chairman & International Director for Jones Lang LaSalle. Following the opening remarks, Michael S. Zetlin, Senior Partner of Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, will moderate a lively discussion among the panelists who include: Joe McMillan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DDG; Christopher Franks, Executive Vice President/Industry Practice Leader for Willis of New York; Sabrina Kanner, Senior Vice President, Design and Construction for Brookfield Properties Corp; George Ladyman, International Director for Jones Lang LaSalle; Josh Schuster, Principal of DHA Capital; Izak Senbahar, President of Alexico Group; and Michael Stern, Managing Partner for JDS Development Group. For additional information or to register, please visit http://buildingbetterny.com/ What: BUILDING BETTER, Boosting Your Construction Project’s Bottom Line When: November 13th, 2013, 7:30AM – 10:30AM Where: The Harvard Club (35 W. 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) Registration & Information: http://buildingbetterny.com/