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2025 Industry Leaders Forum - Development & Construction
Thursday, January 16, 2025 (8:00 AM - 10:00 AM) (EST)
Description
Sustainability & Survival:
The 2025 Development & Construction Industry Leaders Forum
Real estate markets have changed profoundly since March 2020, and commercial/office space vacancy continues to rise. In Buffalo Niagara, years of significant economic progress could be jeopardized at a time when more investment is needed.
How can our regional developers and employers find collective strategies to reengage and reimagine current spaces, especially in the downtown commercial districts?
How can we physically repurpose both commercial and residential spaces to be more sustainable and best positioned for the future?
On January 16, join the BNP’s Development & Construction Industry Leaders Forum (ILF) for discussion of these questions and a conversation focused on how the sector can work together to find shared solutions.
Sustainability is the central theme for all 2025 ILFs. Our sessions will focus on comprehensive sustainability strategies as well as topics that are most relevant to each individual sector. We look forward to kicking off the 2025 series with the Development & Construction ILF.
Guest Speakers
Shana Stegner, Managing Director
CBRE Upstate NY
Michael DeLuca, Principal
CannonDesign
Brandye Merriweather, President
Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
Joseph Benedict, Executive Director
The Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY
Kevin Forma, Director of Planning - City of Niagara Falls
Andrea Klyczek, Executive Director - NORLIC & Niagara County IDA
Industry Leader Forum – Development & Construction
Thursday, January 16
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Hyatt Place -Buffalo/Amherst
5020 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
Please join us for a networking session starting at 8 am.
Agenda
8:00 am - 8:30 am - Networking & Registration
8:30 am - 10:00 am – Program
Take your seat at the table
The ILF is a BNP member-only benefit for applicable companies.
Please contact Seth Piccirillo, Director of Economic Development, at spiccirillo@thepartnership.org for more information.
To become a member of BNP and participate in ILF, click here.
Complimentary for BNP Members
5020 Main St.
Amherst, NY 14226 United States
Agenda
8:00 am - 8:30 am - Networking & Registration
8:30 am - 10:00 am - Program
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SHRM Credits
The Buffalo Niagara Partnership has officially been named an authorized Recertification Provider by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). With this certification, participants in our qualified educational trainings and other HR-related programming will now have the opportunity to receive Professional Development Credits (PDCs).
Learn more here
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