Housing urgency, returning CRE capital, and tariff-driven cost pressure—how developers underwrite, finance, and execute in a volatile year

Description

2026 is shaping up as a pivotal year: housing supply is at the center of public agendas, CRE capital is re-engaging, and retail markets continue to reshuffle—creating both redevelopment opportunity and underwriting risk. At the same time, tariffs and other macro shocks are changing project costs and timelines fast enough to break “business-as-usual” pro formas. This event equips developers, investors, lenders, and public-sector partners with a practical playbook for 2026: stress-testing assumptions, structuring contingencies, building procurement and delivery strategies that reduce exposure, and identifying which asset types and markets are most likely to pencil. The focus is actionable: what to model, what to negotiate, and how to keep projects viable from entitlement through delivery.

Speakers

Robert J. Ivanhoe

Vice Chair, Greenberg Traurig

Dhara Patel

Director of Investor Relations, Avanath Capital Management

Christopher Arnell Kemp

Lecturer, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kaniesha Washington

Director of Resident Services, Avanath Capital Management