CohnReznick, Realty Mogul & Ackman-Ziff join Investors at OPAL's 2015 Real Estate Investors Summit

MIAMI - March 28, 2015 - PRLog -- Real estate developers, managers, family offices, hedge funds, endowment funds, pensions, consultants, attorneys, funds of funds, venture capitalists and other stakeholders in the real estate sector will be converging in Miami, Florida for the Real Estate Investors Summit. This 2-day annual summit will take place at the Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, FL. Leading experts in the real estate sector will analyze the best practices, challenges and opportunities facing the real estate market. Summit discussions will focus on the development trends in the marketplace and explore new strategies for making deals in the real estate sector.

According to David Drake, Founder and Chairman of the Victoria Global, The Soho Loft Media Group and LDJ Capital, says “The real estate sector is experiencing rapid growth. Crowdfunding is offering an alternative way for entrepreneurs in this sector to raise capital by allowing investors with small amounts of capital to invest in projects and properties. Investors are embracing crowdfunding as a way of diversifying and stabilizing their investments."

The 2015 Real Estate Investors Summit attendees arrive to a welcome cocktail reception on Sunday, 29th March  evening.  The agenda for the two day summit features a combination of panel discussions, keynote speeches and plenary sessions. After opening remarks on day one of the summit, summit attendees can expect to participate in two plenary sessions on "Emerging Real Estate Markets" and “Geographic Focus: Secondary vs Primary Markets”  prior to engaging panelists in a discussion around “Market Update and 2015 Forecasts”. More panel discussions are scheduled to run after the morning and lunch breaks with topics ranging from “Financing and Capital Sources”, “Deal Structuring”, “Investment Strategies and Styles”, “Opportunities found in Distressed Assets”, and “ The Family Office and High Net Worth Investors”. The day ends with a cocktail reception sponsored by Alidade Capital, LLC.

Day two starts with a private investor only closed door session for family offices, ultra-rich investors, and other institutional investors. General Sessions are scheduled to begin at 9.00am with opening remarks. Attendees can expect to take part in plenary sessions on “Joint Ventures and Club Deals in Europe”, “Opportunities for CRE Improvement in the U.S.” and “Real Estate Opportunities”. After the morning break, attendees will participate in concurrent panel discussion sessions featuring discussions on varying topics such as “Single Family Residential”, “Diversifying Real Estate Portfolio”, “Multi-Family Office”, “Crowdfunding”, “1031 Exchange” and “Retail Real Estate and Net Lease Assets”. The summit ends with a networking lunch featuring a Q&A session with institutional investors.

The Opal Financial Group organizes institutional investment events in the United States and Europe.   Abe Wellington, their CEO, says: “"Join us for a two-day engaging discussions on topics such as family office investments, crowdfunding, investment strategies and styles to opportunities in distressed assets  between and among investors from around the globe.”

Top experts with vast experience in the real estate sector are scheduled to speak during this year’s Real Estate Investors Summit. They include:

President,  Inter-Local Pension Fund
Managing Partner, Alidade Capital, LLC
Managing Director, Research and Strategy of American Realty Advisors
Norfolk County Treasurer, Norfolk County Retirement Board
Managing Director, Cohn Reznick Capital Markets Securities, LLC
Partner,  Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP
Principal, Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, LLC
General Counsel (Real Estate and Tax Advisor),  The Strategic Group of Companies
Managing Director,  Harbor Group International
Vice President, Meketa Investment Group
Vice President, Investor Relations of Realty Mogul
CEO,  Beacon Asset Managers
CEO and Founder,  The Wealth and Family Management Group
Senior Managing Director, Manchester Capital Management, LLC

Executive sponsors for the 2015 Real Estate Investors Summit are Alidade Capital (http://www.alidadecapital.com/), Rialto Capital Managers (http://rialtocapital.com/), CoreState Capital (http://www.corestate-capital.ch/), TerraCap (http://terracapmgmt.com/), and Ibanez Holdings. General event sponsors include Ackman-Ziff (http://www.ackmanziff.com/), Beacon Asset Managers (http://beaconassetmanagersllc.com/), EII Capital Management (http://www.euroinv.com/), Forever Forests (http://www.foreverforests.net/), FIA Capital Partners, AR Capital (http://www.americanrealtycap.com/), Citrin Cooperman (http://www.citrincooperman.com/), Embree Group of Companies (http://www.embreegroup.com/), iFunding (https://www.ifunding.co/), Realty Mogul (https://www.realtymogul.com/), Schulte Roth & Zabel (http://www.srz.com/), Timbervest (http://www.timbervest.net/), Casoro Capital (http://casorocapital.com/), Christina Development Corporation (http://www.christinadevelopment.com/), CohnReznick Capital Markets Securities, LLC (http://www.cohnreznick.com/) and Trion Properties (http://www.trion-properties.com/). Media partners include Hedge Connection (https://www.hedgeconnection.com/), HedgeCo.net (http://www.hedgeco.net/), Bloomberg Brief (http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/), Commercial Mortgage Alert (https://www.cmalert.com/), Alpha Journal, (http://alphajournal.com/)VC Experts (https://vcexperts.com/), Investing.com (http://www.investing.com/) and Real Assets Adviser (http://www.irei.com/publications/real-assets-adviser).

William Skelley, Founder and CEO of iFunding, says that “Real Estate semi-blind funds is the future for their family office partners.

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