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Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

September 16, 2026 @ 8:00AM – 12:00PM Convene 237 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017
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Keynote

Katie Keenan 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

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Global Head of Core + Real Estate, CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust

Blackstone

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Speakers

Dwight Angelini 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

Dwight Y. Angelini

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Longpoint Partners

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Adraian de Alcantara 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

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Senior Managing Director, Fund Manager

Hines US Property Partners (HUSPP)

Nicholas Baccile 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

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Director

Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC

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Morris Betesh 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

Morris betesh

Founder & Managing Partner

Arrow Real Estate Advisors

Gordon  Black 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

Gordon Black

EVP, Portfolio Manager of Private Equity

Heitman

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Stephany Chen 1 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

stephany chen

Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations

Trinity Investments

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Trisha Connolly 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

Trisha connolly horowitz

Head of CRE Finance & Portfolio Management

Catal Capital

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jeffrey dimodica 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

jeff dimodica

President

Starwood Property Trust

Brian Flax 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

brian flax

Executive Vice President

Meridian Capital Group

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Matt Jones

Chief Investment Officer, Credit Investments

Harbor Group International

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Shawn Lese 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

shawn lese

Chief Investment Officer & Head of Funds Management

Nuveen Real Estate

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Greg MacKinnon 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

greg mackinnon

Head of Research

Pension Real Estate Association

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Will Pattison 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

William Pattison

Head of Real Estate Research & Strategy

MetLife Investment Management

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Richard Prokup 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

richard prokup

U.S. CEO

Mapletree

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Miles Treaster 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

miles treaster

President, Americas Capital Markets

Cushman & Wakefield

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Russell Young 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

russell young

EVP, Investment Management

RXR

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MODERATOR

andrew dansker

CEO

Dansker Capital Group

Frank Ditta 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

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frank ditta

Director

Goulston & Storrs

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MARK MINDICK 1 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

MODERATOR

mark mindick

Partner, Real Estate Practice Leader

Citrin Cooperman

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Seth Niedermayer 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

MODERATOR

seth R. niedermayer

Partner

HSF Kramer

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Jennifer Recine 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

MODERATOR

jennifer recine

Partner

King & Spalding

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MODERATOR

James Stull

Partner

King & Spalding

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Cathy Cunningham 2026 Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

EMCEE

cathy cunningham

Executive Editor

Commercial Observer

What You Need to Know

After several years of volatility, 2026 marks a pivotal inflection point for commercial real estate — where stabilizing valuations, easing inflation, and renewed capital formation are beginning to restore momentum across global markets. Transaction activity is rebounding and institutional investors are reentering the market with greater conviction, yet performance is increasingly defined by selectivity, asset quality and more disciplined capital deployment.

As we look toward 2027, the landscape will favor those who are able to navigate a more complex long-game, focusing on quality and durability. Commercial Observer’s Institutional Investors & Private Equity Forum will bring together the most influential allocators, operators, and capital partners to decode these shifts and share how they’re strategically positioning themselves to drive outsized returns.

This must-attend event convenes prominent institutional investors, LPs, GPs, pension funds, family offices, high-net worth individuals, insurance firms, owners and developers for a morning of unparalleled C-suite insights and networking.

Don’t miss your chance to join today’s most prominent market players as they share:

  • Critical insights into current deal structures and transaction trends
  • Opportunities in the private credits market
  • What’s driving investor demand around asset classes
  • Strategies for managing investment allocations
  • Perspectives on the rise of alternative financing
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Institutional Investor & Private Equity Forum

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Convene 237 Park
237 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Register Now

Who Should Attend

  • Institutional Investors
  • Portfolio & Investment Managers
  • Private Equity & VC Firms
  • Family Offices & Pension Funds
  • Senior & Mezzanine Lenders
  • Owners & Developers
  • Borrowers
  • Brokers
  • Attorneys
  • Advisory Firms & Consultants
  • Ratings Agencies
  • Insurance Companies

Agenda

Opening Keynote Session
The State of Institutional Real Estate: Where Capital is Moving, What’s Changing & What’s Next
Shifting Allocations: How Institutional Investors are Rebalancing Real Estate Portfolios
The Rise of Private Credit: New Fund Formation, Institutional Entry & the Evolution of Real Estate Financing
Global Capital in Motion: Domestic vs. Foreign Investment Trends & Emerging Opportunities

Sponsors

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arrow real estate advisors

Arrow Real Estate Advisors is a leading capital markets advisory platform specializing in tailored real estate financing solutions for owners, investors, and developers throughout the United States. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in New York City, Arrow leverages a deep network of capital providers to source and structure debt and equity financing across all major property types, including industrial, multifamily, office, retail, hospitality, mixed-use, and special-purpose assets.
Arrow’s team is led by seasoned industry professionals with decades of collective experience in commercial real estate finance. The firm is built on a client-centric ethos that emphasizes strategic thinking, market insight, and results-driven execution, ensuring capital solutions that align with each sponsor’s operational goals and risk profile. Whether arranging permanent mortgages, acquisition and construction financing, refinancing, or joint venture equity, Arrow’s advisors deliver customized strategies backed by rigorous underwriting and deep lender relationships.
With a nationwide footprint, Arrow operates with the agility of a boutique advisory platform and the reach of an established national firm. Its professionals draw on a broad spectrum of market intelligence and capital sources, from regional banks and life companies to debt funds and institutional lenders, to navigate complex capital markets landscapes and secure optimal outcomes for clients. Committed to excellence and long-term partnerships, Arrow Real Estate Advisors continues to build on its early success, expanding its team and enhancing its capabilities to meet the evolving needs of today’s real estate investors and developers.

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cushman & wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of Services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.

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goulston & storrs

Goulston & Storrs is a full-service law firm with nearly 250 attorneys across Boston, New York, and Washington, DC. We are known for delivering sophisticated counsel with the depth, agility, and collaboration needed to serve clients seamlessly across industries and matters. ​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​​‍​‌‌‍​​​‍​‍​‌‍​‍​‌​‌​‌‍‌​​​​​‍​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​​‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌​​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‌‍‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​​‍​‌‌‍​​​‍​‍​‌‍​‍​‌​‌​‌‍‌​​​​​‍​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​​‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌​​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‌‍‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌

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InterVest Capital Partners

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king & Spalding

King & Spalding is a leading international law firm with a global platform and deep local roots. With approximately 1,300 lawyers across 26 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, the firm advises clients on complex transactional, regulatory, and dispute matters in more than 160 countries. Celebrating over 140 years of service, King & Spalding represents a broad spectrum of clients, including more than 250 public companies and approximately half of the Fortune Global 100. The firm offers full‑service capabilities across key practice areas, including private funds, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, litigation, and regulatory matters, and is known for building long‑standing, trusted client relationships. King & Spalding is consistently recognized by leading legal directories for the depth and quality of its work. Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500, and U.S. News & Best Lawyers regularly rank the firm among the top law firms worldwide, noting its strong bench, integrated global approach, and practical, business‑oriented advice. Clients and industry rankings frequently highlight the firm’s ability to handle high‑profile, complex matters with efficiency, responsiveness, and a collaborative, cross‑border approach.

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rxr

RXR is an innovative real estate investment manager, operator, developer, and place-maker
committed to applying a customer and community-centered approach to acquiring, operating, and building properties and to providing services and products that create enduring value for all stakeholders. Headquartered in New York with a nationally-scaled platform, RXR is an approximately 450 person, vertically integrated investment manager with expertise in a wide array of value creation activities, including acquisitions, asset and portfolio management, property operations, development, construction, leasing, and technological innovation. RXR is an active investor in real estate credit, rental housing, commercial property, and property
technology through value-added and opportunistic investment strategies. The RXR platform manages 108 commercial real estate properties and investments with an aggregate gross asset value of approximately $16.4 billion, comprising approximately 30.9 million square feet of commercial properties, a multi-family residential portfolio of approximately 9,400 units under operation or development, and control of development rights for an additional approximately 3,000 multi-family and for sale units as of September 30, 2025. Gross asset value compiled by RXR in accordance with company fair value measurement policy and is comprised of capital invested by RXR and its partners, as well as leverage.

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starwood property trust

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), an affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group, is a leading diversified finance company with a core focus on the real estate and infrastructure sectors. As of September 30, 2025, the Company has successfully deployed over $112 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $30 billion across debt and equity investments. Starwood Property Trust’s investment objective is to generate attractive and stable returns for shareholders, primarily through dividends, by leveraging a premiere global organization to identify and execute on the best risk adjusted returning investments across its target assets. Additional information can be found at www.starwoodpropertytrust.com.

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