About This Event
In cities across the U.S., COVID-related vacancies in the commercial office sector are yielding exciting new opportunities for enterprising developers via office-to-residential conversions.
What is Jacksonville’s potential in this emerging trend? And what are the benefits and complexities involved in office-to-residential adaptive reuse?
A panel of experts will explore those topics and answer audience questions during this special conversation in the heart of Downtown Jax. The event, believed to be the first of its type in Northeast Florida, features guests from markets on both the East and West coasts who will share their advice and broad-based experience in financing, developing, planning/permitting and constructing residential adaptations of office buildings.
The event is free, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged. Overflow accommodations will be available in the event capacity is reached.
The panel includes:
Daun St. Amand, Global Practice Principal, WATG. (AIBC, NCARB, AIA, LEED AP BD+C)
An industry expert with 30-plus years in global markets, Mr. St. Amand’s career has largely been focused on residential with many landmark high-rise and urban-density projects. At WATG, he is responsible for supporting the international firm’s offerings in Luxury Multifamily Residential and Senior/Later Living projects while also harnessing its deep-domain knowledge of hospitality and guest experience. A native Californian, Mr. St. Amand is based in Los Angeles.
Marc Fairbrother, Principle, Perkins-Eastman. (FAIA)
Mr. Fairbrother has amassed more than 30 years of experience in the Washington, D.C., Metro area, where memorable examples of his work include master planning and design for public parks and recreation areas such as Pentagon Row, Ballston Quarter, Liberty Center South and The Heming at Scott’s Run. Designing across several sectors – retail, residential, hotel and office centers, including office-to-residential conversions -- he takes pride in designing sustainable, human-focused environments that enrich daily life for their users. Mr. Fairbrother is an alumni of Florida A&M University and Arizona State University.
Shawn Frost, Member and Vice President, VIKA South. (RLA, LEED AP)
As with Marc Fairbrother, Mr. Frost’s work can also be seen in projects across the D.C. Metro area, including Virginia and Maryland. He’s now based in Jacksonville, where VIKA South provides civil engineering and site design specializing in transforming infill urban areas into thriving communities that blend livability, entrepreneurial opportunity, diversity and entertainment. Mr. Frost is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he obtained his degree in landscape architecture.
Jeffery E. Kinney, Senior Vice President, CBRE.
Mr. Kinney has been a fixture in the Jacksonville mortgage banking landscape for nearly 25 years in a career that includes experience with C&S, NationsBank, Barnett Bank and Bank of America. After his start in mortgage banking in 1998 at GMC Commercial Mortgage, Mr. Kinney has regularly led the market in total production, having produced billions of dollars of debt and equity financing for his clients. He specializes in financing of multifamily developments, self-storage facilities, anchored and unanchored retail centers, office buildings and industrial facilities. He also has expertise in lending across an array of capital sources, including life insurance companies, GSEs, CMBS, debt funds, pension funds and banks.
Orlando Lagos, Estimating Executive, Gilbane
Mr. Lagos has over 15 years of construction industry experience focusing primarily on large commercial and high-rise residential projects in South Florida. Mr. Lagos provides preconstruction management services for a variety of diverse projects. Prior to Gilbane, Mr. Lagos worked with a top-tier developer-builder providing a full range of services from design management through trade contractor buyouts. His hands-on experience has been diverse with involvement in ultra-luxury condominiums such as the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, JW Marriot Aventura Campus Five-Star Hotel Convention Center/Waterpark, and most recently the new, two million square foot Olara Residences in West Palm Beach and the Cox Science Center and Aquarium Addition and Renovation.
PARKING OPTIONS
- Duval Street Garage, 33 West Duval Street
- On-street parking via ParkMobile
- Click here for additional parking options
OVERFLOW ACCOMODATIONS
In the event the venue reaches capacity, interested parties can access the symposium via YouTube livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEw7qh2vwVI&ab_channel=PRIProductions.
The livestream can be viewed from the comfort of their home or office, or at the Jacksonville Public Library Downtown:
303 N. Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Conference Room G4
Follow along with the presentation here: 20231026_DIA Symposium Presentation Deck_Final_Print.pdf
POST-SYMPOSIUM LUNCH OPTIONS
Lunch options: Click here for a list of 40-plus Downtown restaurants
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