LodgePress Release: Scottsdale, Arizona
The Lodging Conference, one of the nation’s premier Hotel Industry annual events, is pleased to announce that Los Angeles-based hotel developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has agreed to join the “EB-5 and Crowdfunding” panel at their upcoming conference on October 7th at The Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. The panel will focus on alternative methods to fund new hotel projects and acquisitions.
11:00 – 12:15
CONCURRENT THINK TANKS
T-2: EB-5 and CrowdFunding: Innovative Options for Your Next Hotel Project
Learn how EB-5 and crowdfunding work as the panel reviews the benefits and pitfalls including legal, regulatory and legislative issues, fees, risk, marketing and timeline to meet your fundraising goal for new construction, acquisition or renovation.
Moderator:
David Eisen, Editor-in-Chief Hotel Management Magazine
Panelists:
Tim L. Edgar, Founder & President, Hotel Innvestor
Julie Richter, Chief Financial Officer Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company
Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman, Sonnenblick Development LLC
Gregory Steinhauer, President, American Life Inc.
For more information, please call (800)-252-3540 or email: info@lodgingconference.com
Or go to: www.Lodgingconference.com
IMN Crowdfunding Conf Press Release: Santa Monica, California
NY-based IMN Real Estate Conferences is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Crowdfunding Forum for Real Estate, to be held on September 17th at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
The lead panel will be moderated by Los Angeles developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick development LLC, and it will focus on:
The Future of Crowdfunding as a Money Source for Real Estate Projects.
For more info, go to www.IMN.org or call (212)-224-3207.
9/17 12:15 PM The Future of Real Estate Crowdfunding… How Scalable is it?
- Who will be the real players in 2 years
- With all this portal $$ floating around is scalability now a closer reality?
- Portal growth in numbers… How many actual players are out there? How many pretenders?
- Will banks and other established lenders buy the portals and the knowledge/ technology?
- Industry growth predictions
- Going to independent broker dealers
- Leaving the crowd… Partnering with institutional investors
- What deals have funded so far?
- Why are they only small projects?
- Will this structure work for large projects?
- Construction deals vs Existing projects?
- What real estate product types work best for CrowdFunding?…Why?
PRESS RELEASE: July 8th, 2015
Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Los Angeles-based Sonnenblick Development LLC, has been chosen by Bisnow Conferences to be one of the lead panelists at their upcoming 4th Annual Lodging & Investment Conference in Washington DC on October 19.
PRESS RELEASE: 4-20-15
Los Angeles-based real estate developer Bob Sonnenblick has joined the Real Estate Finance panel at the upcoming CFO Forum Conference in San Diego on May 4th. The conference is run by IMN Conferences Inc and will be held at The Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad. The topic of Sonnenblick’s panel is “Real Estate Fundraising: Navigating Different Sources of Capital”.
| 10:00 AM Fundraising: Navigating Different Sources of Capital |
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- From Foreign, Commercial Banks, Funds, Mezz, weigh various costs and benefits associated with different sources of capital.
- Understanding the current capital climate.
Moderator:
Joseph V. Delaney, CEO, J.V. DELANEY & ASSOCIATES [
BIO ]
Panelists:
Jeff Zuckerman, CFO Western Regions, ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL COMPANY
[BIO ]
Jerome Fink, Managing Partner, THE BASCOM GROUP, LLC
[BIO ]
Tim Trifilo, Tax Partner and National Tax Lead, COHNREZNICK LLP
Charlie Kellogg, CFO/COO, SINGERMAN REAL ESTATE, LLC
[BIO ]
Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman, SONNENBLICK DEVELOPMENT, LLC
[ BIO ]
Hotel developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Los Angeles based Sonnenblick Development LLC, has been chosen by Crittenden Conferences Inc. to moderate its “California Real Estate Development – 2015” panel at the upcoming Crittenden National Real Estate Conference in San Diego, California.
The conference will be held at The S.D. Omni Hotel, next door to The San Diego Convention Center, on April 28-30, 2015.
#302 – Development 2015: What is Going Up, All Around Us?
Hour 3: Wednesday, April 29th – 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Updates on construction activity in favored markets (commercial and multifamily market)
- Updates on construction activity in real estate product types (apartments, hotels, retail, etc.)
- Construction cost discussion (increases in materials or labor this past year?)
- Rent/market updates and construction lender updates
Moderator: Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman – Sonnenblick Real Estate LLC
John Santry, Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Development – Shopoff Realty Investments, L.P.
Christopher Piche, Vice President of Development – The Mayer Corp
Mark Strauss, Managing Director – Cohen Financial
Session 302 Brochure
For more info, go to www.Crittendenconferences.com
Session Chair:
- Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman, SONNENBLICK DEVELOPMENT, LLC [ BIO ]
Panel Participants:
- Al Bokhour, President, BOKHOUR DEVELOPMENTS
- Arik Lifshitz, CEO, DSA PROPERTY GROUP [ BIO ]
- Alex Sifakis, President, JWB REAL ESTATE CAPITAL [ BIO ]
- Andrew Broeren, Director, PARAGON INVESTORS [ BIO ]
- Chris Baker, CEO, TAO INVESTMENTS LLC
- Max Sharkansky, Managing Principal, TRION PROPERTIES [ BIO ]
Monday, March 9th, 2015 1:45 PM The Developers Due Diligence Perspective… Comparing the Major Platforms.. Why did you Choose your Crowdfunder to Raise Capital?
- How did you find the platform?
- Was broker/dealer affiliation a factor?
- Did you consider/use a non-US platform?
- Platform turnaround time
- Due diligence practices from the platform side
- Platform management model and experience
- Fee comparisons
- Did you look at some of the newer platforms?
- Evaluating knowledge of, and experience in, securities industry
- Tools for crowd-vetting
- Process for onboarding investors
- Costs of offering
