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2nd Annual Detroit Multifamily Summit

Virtual Event | May 12, 2021

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9:00 AM Panel 1
10:00 AM Panel 2
11:00 AM Panel 3
9:00 AM Panel 1
Moderator

Tina Burns

Senior Director, Real Estate

Greystar

Moderator

Alex Beachum, J.D.

Associate Broker

Income Property Organization

Moderator

Jonathan Borenstein

Partner & Leader Multifamily Practice Group

Honigman

Kevin Dillon

Senior Managing Director

Berkadia

Kathy Makino-Leipsitz

President & Managing Partner

Shelborne Development Company

Peter Burgoyne

SVP Design & Brand

City Club Apartments

State of Detroit Multifamily Market

• What is current inventory, and what is future development capacity?
• What is driving development and what can we expect for 2021 and beyond?
• What areas are ripe for development in the suburbs and in the city?
• Which Opportunity Zones are most attractive to investors?

10:00 AM Panel 2
Moderator

Betsy Wagner

Vice President

Hobbs Black Architects

Craig Miller

President

Duffy + Duffy Cost Segregation LLC

Kevin Kovachevich

Principal

District Capital

David Vivio

Vice President

O’Brien Construction Company

Richard Hess

Principal

Quinn Evans

Stacey Kontry

Director of Multifamily Management

Friedman

Demetrios Barnes

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

SmartRent

Moderator

Lloyd Berry

Managing Director, Asset and Property Management Services

Colliers

Development, Leasing, Management, Design and Construction

• What are current Demographic characteristics of apartment renters?
• What are today’s security technologies and how can I ensure that my building’s security system is optimal?
• What are new and innovative Design & Construction techniques?
• What type of buildings are ripe for Adaptive Re-use into apartments?
• What are leasing trends in Detroit neighborhoods and suburbs?
• What Management initiatives can be utilized to cost-effectively meet today’s tenant demands?
• Where are baby-boomers and empty-nesters re-locating and what amenities do they require?

11:00 AM Panel 3
Moderator

Charlie Krisfalusi

Director | Real Estate Finance

Walker & Dunlop

Joshua Bernard

Principal

Bernard Financial

Mark J. Bennett

Managing Director

MJBennett PLLC

Kristin Potter

Market Manager/CRE Detroit

TCF

Demetrios Barnes

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

SmartRent

Equity and Debt Solutions for Apartment Investors & Developers

• What types of deals are Fannie & Freddie looking to target today?
• How has underwriting changed?
• What is the future for the agency lenders?
• What is the outlook for 2021 and beyond for lenders, buyers, sellers, developers, and investors?
• Who is lending and what are alternative sources of capital?

Quinn Evans

4219 Woodward Ave, Suite 301

Detroit, Michigan 48201

313 462 2550

quinnevans.com

Richard Hess

Principal

rhess@quinnevans.com

Elizabeth Roach

Marketing Manager

eroach@quinnevans.com

Services Provided

Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Cultural & Heritage Planning

Company Description

Quinn Evans creates design and architecture solutions that connect people to communities, and history to future, for impact that spans generations.

Honigman LLP

660 Woodward Avenue, 2290 First National Building

Detroit

248-566-8300

https://www.honigman.com/

Jonathan Borenstein

Partner

jborenstein@honigman.com

Services Provided

Affordable Housing Construction Planning Economic Development Incentives Environmental Hospitality and Lodging Industrial and Office Leasing Lending and Finance Multifamily and Manufactured Housing Restructuring, Workouts, and Loan Sales Retail Sustainability and Renewable Energy Tax Appeals Urban Redevelopment Zoning and Land Use

Company Description

Honigman is a leading business law firm serving clients from our Midwest base. We counsel clients locally, nationally and internationally on complex legal issues in more than 60 areas of practice. We pride ourselves on understanding our clients’ businesses and being exceptionally responsive to their business goals and needs.

O'Brien Construction Company

966 Livernois

Troy

248.334.2470

www.obrienccc.com

Jennifer Van Volkinburg

Project Manager

David Vivio

Vice President

dvivio@obriencc.com

Services Provided

For over 59 years, we've been creating opportunities for great people to build mutually profitable solutions in General Contracting, Design/Build, Energy Solutions, Owner's Representative, and Preconstruction Services.

Company Description

O'Brien Construction was incorporated in 1962 and has been managed by licensed engineers since that time. We have completed projects for a wide assortment of clients over the past 59 years of business. In the last 25 years we have built and renovated over 12,000 residential units that include and are not limited to multi- family, mixed use developments, historic renovations and commercial and have experience providing the best solutions for our clients in a timely and complete manner. O'Brien Construction is committed to providing a level of resources and skills to drive projects to success.

Berkadia Real Estate Advisors, LLC

28411 Northwestern Highway Suite 300

Southfield, MI 48034

248-646-7701

berkadia.com

Kevin P Dillon

Senior Managing Director

kevin.dillon@berkadia.com

Jason Krug

Managing Director

Jason.Krug@berkadia.com

Services Provided

The dynamic Great Lakes Team brings over 150 years of experience and knowledge to our clients. Offering an array of multifamily advisory services including broker opinion of values or RFPs, acquisition / disposition brokerage, multifamily market / demographic information, and equity sourcing, with access to all major lending platforms through our mortgage banking partners.

Company Description

Berkadia is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Powered by deep relationships and industry-changing technology, our people sell, finance, and service commercial real estate, providing support for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets. Our unique ownership structure allows us to put our clients’ interests first and create a marketplace that delivers a superior experience.

Income Property Organization

6421 Inkster Rd., Suite 200

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

248-932-0300

www.incomepo.com

Greg Coulter

Managing Member

greg@incomepo.com

A.J. Beachum

Associate Broker

aj@incomepo.com

Services Provided

Customized Brokerage Services | Disposition Services | Acquisition Services

Company Description

Income Property Organization offers specialized brokerage services to owners of multifamily properties throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Over the past decade IPO has brokered over $2 Billion dollars’ worth of multifamily sales, representing hundreds of transactions and over 30,000 units. As the largest privately held multifamily brokerage in Michigan, IPO’s success has been predicated upon this highly specialized practice, coupled with a focus on client relations and service typically found with a family owned and operated business.

District Capital LLC

42 Watson Street Suite D

Detroit

13132419200

www.DistrictCapitalDetroit.com

Kevin Kovachevich

Principal

Kevin@DcapDetroit.com

Crystal Kalinowski

Managing Director

Crystal@DcapDetroit.com

Services Provided

Debt Equity and Loan Servicing

Company Description

As Detroit's only commercial mortgage banking firm, our team provides strategic solutions for real estate capital concerns by leveraging our collective knowledge base, extensive experience, and unsurpassed senior level lender relationships to offer the most innovative, forward thinking capital market solutions.

Duffy + Duffy Cost Segregation Services LLC

28175 Haggerty Road

Novi, MI 48377

2487527433

www.costsegexperts.com

Craig Miller

Owner, President

craig@costsegexperts.com

Megan Moutoux

Project Associate

megan@costsegexperts.com

Services Provided

With some preliminary information we can give you an estimate of the depreciation acceleration and the tax savings. Duffy+Duffy will quote you a flat fee for your expert study.

Company Description

Cost Segregation allows commercial building owners to generate cash flow by accelerating depreciation deductions on their buildings and deferring taxes. An engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is the only method recognized by the IRS to identify Personal Property and Land Improvements contained in a commercial structure.

Bernard Financial Group

20700 Civic Center Drive Suite 240

Southfield, Michigan, 48076

248-799-9200

https://www.bernardfinancial.com/

Dennis Bernard

President

dbernard@bernardfinancial.com

Joshua Bernard

Principal

jbernard@bernardfinancial.om

Services Provided

-Life Companies -CMBS -SASB -Agencies -FHA -Debt funds -Local Banks

Company Description

A firm focused on borrowers. Bernard Financial Group offers clients more options for loans than any other firm in Michigan and is the only Michigan-based firm offering primary cashiering of life company and CMBS loans.

Greystar

3800 American Blvd. West Suite 950

Bloomington MN, 55431

763-585-3953

greystar.com

Tina Burns

Senior Director, Real Estate

taburns@greystar.com

Valarie Feritta

Managing Director, Real Estate

vfertitta@greystar.com

Services Provided

Fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties.

Company Description

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over an estimated $220 billion of real estate in nearly 200 markets globally including offices throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing approximately 729,000 units/beds, and has a robust institutional investment management platform with approximately $39.8 billion of assets under management, including over $18.3 billion of assets under development. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 with the intent to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

SmartRent

18835 Thompson Peak Parkway #300

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

7632185629

https://smartrent.com/

Michelle Murphey

Regional Sales Director - Mid West

michelle.murphey@smartrent.com

Services Provided

Smart Apartments Self Guided Tours Wifi Smart Parking

Company Description

SmartRent is an enterprise smart home automation company developing software and hardware that empowers property owners, managers and homebuilders to effectively manage, protect and automate daily operational processes. Our solution is designed to provide property managers seamless visibility and control over all their communities assets while delivering additional revenue opportunities through all-in-one home control apps for residents. Our smart home products and solutions were conceptualized, innovated and built by former multifamily operators to maximize efficiency, increase convenience, oversee asset protection and more, all from one dashboard. From self-guided tours to parking management and access control, SmartRent’s integrations, partnerships and purpose-built solutions provide endless options for owners and developers to create a customized automation platform that works for them.

Walker & Dunlop

7501 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 1200E

Bethesda, MD 20814

301-215-5500

www.walkerdunlop.com

David Wilkins

Managing Director

dwilkins@walkerdunlop.com

Services Provided

The company provides a comprehensive range of capital solutions for all commercial real estate asset classes, as well as investment sales brokerage services to owners of multifamily properties.

Company Description

Walker & Dunlop is one of the largest commercial real estate finance companies in the United States providing financing and investment sales to owners of multifamily and commercial properties.

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