USA Opportunity Zones & Government Initiatives - Creating opportunities for development and recovery post pandemic?
MODERATOR
Jill HomanPresident
Javelin 19 Investments
SPECIAL GUEST
Emily LaveryFormer Opportunity Zones Counsel to US Senator Tim Scott
US Senate
Jill Homan
PresidentJavelin 19 Investments
USA
Jill Homan is President of Javelin 19 Investments, a Washington, DC-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm and a leader in the new Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) area. Ms. Homan has more than fifteen years’ experience in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, asset management and leasing totaling almost $500 million in total capitalization. Ms. Homan previously worked as vice president for Perseus Realty, where she was responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, assisting in the capitalization of ongoing projects, and managing due diligence processes. Additionally, Ms. Homan assisted in the formation and structure of a discretionary GP investment partnership and managed its investor relations.
Emily Lavery
Former Opportunity Zones Counsel to US Senator Tim ScottUS Senate
USA
Ms. Emily Lavery currently serves as Senator Tim Scott’s Legislative Assistant for his work on the Senate Finance Committee and is the lead policy advisor for Opportunity Zones. In this role, Emily advises Senator Scott on broad federal tax and trade policy in addition to overseeing implementation of the Opportunity Zones tax incentive, which Senator Scott championed and passed into law in 2017. This is her sixth year serving on Senator Scott’s legislative team. Emily earned her J.D. at the Washington College of Law, where she was a Jurist Merit Scholar, and her B.A. at the University of South Carolina, where she was a Simms Merit Scholar.
August 31st - September 1st
11:00 - 12:00 | Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4)
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EVENT MANAGERS
Fernanda Magnabosco Lenzi
Senior Director Real Estate
GRI Club
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Fernanda Magnabosco Lenzi
Senior Director Real EstateGRI Club
An enthusiast of the Real Estate world, with more than 15 years playing different roles in this industry - first as an architect, then as development manager and, for the past few years as a relationship director for the GRI Club. I am focused on connecting the world’s leading Real Estate players worldwide, creating relevant content and opportunities for high-level networking.
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Day 1 | August 31st
Regulation in focus
- Reforming the benefits: Expectations of Opportunity Zone overhaul by the president;
- New rules: Technical adjustments;
- Areas of Opportunity in Framework: How could this program be improved to further incentivize and attract investment into these distressed communities?;
- Recovery after COVID-19: How investing in the Opportunity Zones (OZ) helps a nation recover after a pandemic?;
Day 2 | September 1st
Success stories and investment perspectives
- Mapping the QOZs: Which zones to bet on and what are the challenges?;
- Projects performance: Comparing Opportunity Zones projects in 2020 x 2021;
- Asset Classes: Which are the most attractive for investment and why?;
- Best practices: What projects have already been developed in QOZs and what were the lessons learned?;
Moderator
Pranav Bhakta
Managing Partner
Bhakta Capital
Alexander
Bhathal
Managing Partner
RevOZ Capital
Brett
Johnson
Founder & CEO
Benevolent Capital Advisors
Mark
Czys
Managing Partner
Jackson Dearborn Partners
Ron
Beit
Founding Partner & CEO
RBH Group
Stephanie
Copeland
Partner
Four Points Funding
Jill Homan
PresidentJavelin 19 Investments
USA
Jill Homan is President of Javelin 19 Investments, a Washington, DC-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm and a leader in the new Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) area. Ms. Homan has more than fifteen years’ experience in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, asset management and leasing totaling almost $500 million in total capitalization. Ms. Homan previously worked as vice president for Perseus Realty, where she was responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, assisting in the capitalization of ongoing projects, and managing due diligence processes. Additionally, Ms. Homan assisted in the formation and structure of a discretionary GP investment partnership and managed its investor relations.
Emily Lavery
Former Opportunity Zones Counsel to US Senator Tim ScottUS Senate
USA
Ms. Emily Lavery currently serves as Senator Tim Scott’s Legislative Assistant for his work on the Senate Finance Committee and is the lead policy advisor for Opportunity Zones. In this role, Emily advises Senator Scott on broad federal tax and trade policy in addition to overseeing implementation of the Opportunity Zones tax incentive, which Senator Scott championed and passed into law in 2017. This is her sixth year serving on Senator Scott’s legislative team. Emily earned her J.D. at the Washington College of Law, where she was a Jurist Merit Scholar, and her B.A. at the University of South Carolina, where she was a Simms Merit Scholar.
Pranav Bhakta
Managing PartnerBhakta Capital
USA
Pranav's transactional track record includes negotiating over US $3 Billion of transactions (M&A, Distressed Dispositions, Restructuring), capital markets (debt and equity/fund raising/VC), developments (ground up and conversion), in an international context. Unlike many professionals, he brings a 360-degree, cross-functional and multi-disciplinary perspective to the table – innovation and strategy through business model canvasing, principal investor, third party advisor, developer, and operator/asset manager – that collide into one objective: delivering shareholder value.
Alexander Bhathal
Managing PartnerRevOZ Capital
USA
Alexander S. Bhathal serves as Managing Partner of RevOZ Capital, a leader and early adopter in Opportunity Zone real estate investing. In 2019, Globe St. honored RevOZ as the inaugural “Opportunity Zone Investor of the Year”. He also serves as Managing Partner and Founder of RAJ Capital, the asset management platform of the Bhathal Family, and co-owner and Executive Director of Sacramento Basketball Holdings LLC, which owns the Sacramento Kings franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Golden 1 Center and is the developer of the Downtown Commons entertainment and sports district in Sacramento and other subsidiaries.
Brett Johnson
Founder & CEOBenevolent Capital Advisors
USA
Mark Czys
Managing PartnerJackson Dearborn Partners
USA
He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 16 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
Ron Beit
Founding Partner & CEORBH Group
USA
Ron Beit, founding partner and CEO of RBH Group, LLC and President of RBH Management, has acquired, developed, rehabilitated, and/or operated over 1 million square feet of office, retail, industrial, hotel, and residential space in over 30 projects and throughout the United States.
Stephanie Copeland
PartnerFour Points Funding
USA
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Managing PrincipalQuaker Lane Capital
USA
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