Our Israel Country Group hosted its 5th annual Israel Real Estate Summit on February 14, 2017 at the Royal Beach Hotel in Tel Aviv. The event focused on trends, perspectives and real estate’s outlook in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, and featured keynote speakers Alex Foshay, Senior Managing Director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, who gave an overview of the US capital markets, and Keith Hall, Co-Founder of KBS Capital Advisors, who focused on trends and opportunities in the US commercial real estate market, as well as dynamics related to their successful bond raise in Israel last year.
Our esteemed group of panelists included Jonathan Landau (Fortis Property Group), Len O’Donnell (USAA Real Estate Company), Andreas Hardt (Blackstone Germany), Philip Levinson (Penmount Partners), Ely Razin (CrediFi), L.D. Salmanson (Cherre), Rachel Kisler (Kensee), Benjy Singer (WeWork), Charles Agus (Benedict Realty Group), Craig Solomon (Square Mile Capital), Mody Kidon (ALTO Real Estate Funds), Gabriele Bonfiglioli (COIMA RES), Jay Zwiebel (Harbor Group), and Alan Tantleff (FTI Consulting).
More than 180 people attended the standing-room only event, including many of Israel’s elite real estate investors with investments abroad, along with investors, real estate professionals and DLA Piper partners from Italy, Germany, France, the UK, the US, Australia, Georgia, and Hong Kong.
Stay tuned for details on our 2018 Israel Real Estate Summit! 