Conference Booklet available here
Having sold out to an audience of 500+ (the maximum capacity of the Harvard GSD Piper Auditorium), the 2019 Harvard Real Estate Weekend saw historic success by integrating voices from all aspects of the real estate industry, including finance, development, design, policy, and more. In addition to a special satellite panel focused on real estate technology (in partnership with Amazon’s AWS Lofts), highlights of the main conference included the following:
Keynote Speakers
Alicia Glen Deputy Mayor, City of New York
Mustafa Abadan, FAIA / John Durshinger
Partner, SOM / Vice President, Brookfield
Michael Stern Founder and CEO, JDS Development Group
Seven Panels
Real Estate Technology
Sharing Economy in Real Estate
How to Start Your Own Real Estate Firm
Real Estate Investment
Trends in Hospitality
Opportunity Zones
Mega-Project Development
Development Workshop
Suffolk Downs (in partnership with HYM Investment Group)
One of the largest developments in Boston’s history, the Suffolk Downs is a major 10.5 million square feet development on the approximately 109 acres of the Suffolk Downs site in the City of Boston. The multi-phased proposal will include development of a new mixed-use neighborhood, a 40-acre publicly accessible open space system, and two retail squares at Suffolk Downs and Beachmont stations. The initial project phase will include approximately 1.39 million square feet of development consisting of the Phase 1 Project (520,000 square feet of corporate use and amenity space), three residential buildings, a portion of the townhomes proposed along Waldemar Avenue totaling over 800 housing units and construction of the Horseshoe Pond landscaped wetland enhancements and Belle Isle Square public plaza with over 100,000 square feet of ground floor retail. Previously selected as Boston’s site for the Amazon HQ2 bid, the $8B project was recently unanimously approved by the BPDA board on September 24, 2020.
Real Estate Venture Competition
Sponsored by the Baupost Group & Lisciotti Development
JUDGES:
Roberto Charvel CEO, Vander Capital Partners
Boris Glazman Principal, The Baupost Group
Nori Gerardo Lietz Sr. Lecturer, HBS; Founder, Arete Capital
Gregg Lisciotti Founder & President, Lisciotti Development Corporation
George H. Zhang 