June 20 2022, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at University of Redlands Orton Center

The in-person event is hosted by Western Real Estate Business, Shopping Center Business, California Centers, and Western Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business magazines, along with the InterFace Conference Group.

The conference will attract attendees from throughout Southern California and surrounding areas, including owners, developers, property managers, economic development executives, buyers and lenders who are active in the retail, industrial and multifamily sectors.

Topics for discussion include:

• What is the economic outlook for the next 12 to 24 months?
• How has demand for industrial properties grown and what is the outlook for new development?
• What is the availability of industrial land? How are land prices affecting future development?
• Who is developing and who is buying industrial properties?
• How have changes in e-commerce and advances in logistics impacted industrial development and design?
• How has the retail sector fared through the pandemic? Where are the strengths and weaknesses as the retail sector recovers from the pandemic?
• What retailers are opening and closing in the market?

What is the market seeing in terms of experiential retail, pop-ups, and nontraditional tenants?

IMN Conferences, Inc. has chosen Los Angeles-based real estate developer Bob Sonnenblick to moderate the keynote panel at their upcoming 3rd Annual Distressed Hotels Forum, to be located at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday November 16th.

Mr. Sonnenblick is the Chairman of both Sonnenblick Development LLC and Sonnenblick Resorts LLC.. His panel will feature institutional hotel lenders and investors who are active in today’s post-Covid hotel investment marketplace. The panel title is: “Private Equity Outlook-Hotel Industry Fundraising and Capital Structuring”.

For more information on this conference, please go to www.IMN.org or to www.SonnDev.com

PRESS RELEASE: Monday February 15, 2021 Ny City, NY

IMN Conferences, Inc has announced that Los Angeles-based real estate developer, Robert Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Resorts LLC, has been chosen to moderate their keynote panel at the upcoming 2nd annual Distressed Hotels Virtual Forum & Webinar on February 18th.

Mr. Sonnenblick’s panel is entitled “Domestic & Global Opportunities in Distressed Hotel Investments”, and it will feature fund-investors and money sources from around the world who finance and acquire distressed hotel deals. The panel will discuss the current and future state of the lodging industry, and the money that funds new hotel transactions.

For more info, please see: www.lMN.org

Domestic and Global Opportunities in Distressed Hotel Investment

• Globally, which markets are proving most resilient throughout the pandemic?
• Where are luxury hotel investments on the rise? Which investor groups are driving activity?
• How are institutional investors viewing offshore vs. domestic distressed hotel investment opportunities?
• How are global tourism rates trending, and how will this impact investment and development pipelines?
• How do you finance acquistions?
• Partnering with foreclosure banks and funds
• How long is the domestic hotel industry down turn?
• What hotel segments recover first? (Urban, Itd services, resorts)?
• Which markets are leading in new construction activity?
• What are the unique complexities and risks of cross-border distressed hotel transactions?

For more info, please see: www.IMN.org

IMN Conferences Inc has announced that Los Angeles-based real estate developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has joined their keynote Finance Panel to speak at the upcoming Real Estate & Mezzanine Debt Conference to be held in New York City on November 7th at The Union League Club on East 37th Street.

• Where are the opportunities for the year ahead? Which markets and what deal types are you pursuing?
• What is the availability of capital (both debt and equity) in the current market?
• Who is financing your deals? Banks, insurance companies, CMBS, debt funds or other specialty finance companies?
• What projects are you looking to finance with mezzanine and other subordinated debt?
• What market factors are keeping you up at night?

Press Release: San Diego, Calif. March 5, 2019

Crittenden Conferences Inc has announced that Los Angeles-based real estate developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has been chosen to moderate their keynote conference panel at the upcoming Crittenden National Real Estate Conference on April 19th in San Diego, California.

The panel topic is:
New Southern California Construction projects for 2019. The conference will take place at The Hard Rock Hotel in Downtown San Diego.

For more information, please see www.CrittendenNational.com

Press Release: New York City, Feb 14, 2019

IMN Conferences has chosen Los Angeles-based hotel developer Robert Sonnenblick to be the keynote panel moderator for their upcoming Hotel Development & Construction Conference on Feb 25 & 26 at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in New York City.

Construction & Design Differences Between Different Hotel Segments And Brands:

• Full service vs Limited service
• Select service vs Extended stay
• Branded vs un-branded
• Resort vs all-inclusive
• High-rise vs Low-rise
• Concrete vs Steel vs “Stick”
• Hotel garage vs Surface parking
• Roof top pools & bars vs ground floor
• Pre-Construction/Construction
• Union construction vs Non-union

Marriott NY Downtown Hotel-85 West Street. For more info, please see: www.IMN.org

Press Release: New York City – Dec 3, 2018

IMN Conferences Inc. has chosen Los Angeles-based hotel developer Robert Sonnenblick, the Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, to be the marquis panel moderator for their upcoming Hotel Development & Construction Conference on Feb. 25 & 26 at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in New York City.

The topic of the panel is:
Construction & Design & Operational differences between hotel brands and hotel segments…
The panel will be a discussion with industry experts on construction-cost differences and design differences and operational differences between the various brands and differing hotel market segments, such as:
Full Service vs Limited Service
Select Service vs Extended Stay
Branded vs Un-branded
Resort vs All-Inclusive
High-rise vs Low-Rise
Concrete vs Steel vs “Stick”
Hotel Garage Parking vs Surface Parking
Union vs NON-union (effects on both construction and operations)
Roof-Top Pools & Bars vs Ground Floor construction

Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has signed on to speak at Bisnow’s upcoming Downtown Los Angeles real estate conference.

PRESS RELEASE: Los Angeles, California

Bisnow Conferences Inc has announced that Los Angeles-based real estate developer, Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has signed on to speak at Bisnow’s upcoming Downtown Los Angeles real estate conference.

The event will be held on Tuesday April 3rd at The Pettibone Building on 510 South Broadway, in the heart of Downtown LA’s theatre & arts district. The event will kick-off at 3pm & end with a 6pm cocktail reception.

For event ticket information, please go to: www.Bisnow.com/events

Press Release: September 21, 2017
Hotel Management Magazine and Questex Conferences Inc are pleased to announce that Mr. Robert Sonnenblick, Chairman of Los Angeles-based Sonnenblick Development LLC has been chosen to moderate the “Hotel Brands” panel at their upcoming Hotel ROI hospitality conference on October 11th.

The conference will be held at the Events Center at Johnson & Wales University in
Charlotte, North Carolina, and will begin at 8am. The Brands panel will feature hotel
industry leaders from across the East Coast.

For more info, go to: www.HotelsMag.com

Powered by Hotel Management and AAHOA, Hotel ROI is a series of regional one-day events, focused on how to leverage a hotel asset for maximum returns.The series is fresh, fast-paced, and built to give action to insights that can be implemented as soon as you return to the office.

Intelligent hotel operations should be your greatest 2017 investment. Hotel ROI: Los Angeles will walk you through how to successfully set your portfolio up for the greatest returns, all while networking with leading local owners, management companies, brands, developers, asset managers, and local planning and development officials.

“LA is one of the most popular cities in the country, with about 50 million visitors every year who collectively spend over $18 billion. Despite those numbers, however, there is still enormous capacity for growth, and the Hotel ROI Conference will show how LA’s hoteliers can take further advantage of that capacity and give profitability a major boost.” – Hitesh (HP) Patel, AAHOA Vice Chairman

#Hotelprofitstothemax

Press Release:

Bisnow’s Second Annual Lodging and Innovation Series (BLIS) Conference.

Venue: The LA Hotel- Downtown
Time: 9am to 6pm
California Grand Ballroom- 2nd floor
333 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071

For more information, please go to: www.bisnow.com
or call (202)-293-0370.

PRESS RELEASE: Los Angeles, Calif. August 1, 2016
Hotel developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has been chosen by RENTV/ RECG Conferences to moderate the L.A. Hotel Industry Update panel at the upcoming “Westside L.A. State of the Market” Conference on Thursday
August 18 at 8:30am at the DoubleTree Hotel in Culver City.

Westside Los Angeles State of the Market Conference

Westside Los Angeles State of the Market Conference
August 18, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton LA Westside
6161 W. Centinela Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230

7:15 am Registration
7:30 am Breakfast
7:55 am – 12:00 pm Program

PROGRAM AGENDA:

Industry leaders gather to discuss the State of the Commercial Real Estate markets throughout the
Westside of Los Angeles

7:55 AM RETAIL PANEL
Bob Champion, President, Champion Real Estate Company
Felix Gutnikov, Partner | EVP, Origination, Thorofare Capital
Alex Kozakov, Senior Vice President, CBRE | Capital Markets
Others to Be Announced

8:40 AM HOSPITALITY and ONE BEVERLY HILLS PANEL
Bob Sonnenblick, President, Sonnenblick Development
Jay Newman, Chief Operating Officer, Athens Development

9:15 AM MULTIFAMILY PANEL
Ken Kahan, Founder & President, California Landmark
Kitty Wallace, Senior Vice President, Colliers
Abraham Mehrian, President & Co-Founder, Strategic Legacy Investment Group
Henry Manoucheri, Chairman & CEO, Universe Holdings
Others to Be Announced

For more conference info, call 310-242-8613

More Info

HOTELS

Bob Sonnenblick, Principal, Sonnenblick Development

Greater Los Angeles Development Summit
DoubleTree by Hilton LA Westside
6161 W. Centinela Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230

7:15 am Registration
7:30 am Breakfast
7:55 am – 12:00 pm Program

PROGRAM AGENDA:
Bringing together major players in commercial real estate development to discuss their projects
and how to get projects built in the Greater LA area.

Los Angeles-based hotel developer Bob Sonnenblick, Chairman of Sonnenblick Development LLC, has been chosen by Rent TV Conferences Inc. to speak at their upcoming Greater LA Development Conference on the status of the L.A. County hotel market. Mr Sonnenblick will also discuss the firm’s new $80 Million USC Hyatt House Hotel, being developed by Sonnenblick SC LLC on the USC Medical Center Campus.

For more info, please see www.SonnDev.com or www.Rentv.com or call 310-242-8713

Mr. Robert Sonnenblick, Chairman of Los Angeles-based Sonnenblick Development LLC will moderate the 4pm CrowdFunding panel at their upcoming March 10th conference at the Marriott Downtown Hotel in NYC.” class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-2319″ height=”476″ width=”1814″>

Press Release: March 1, 2016-New York City, N.Y. IMN Conferences has announced that Mr. Robert Sonnenblick, Chairman of Los Angeles-based Sonnenblick
Development LLC will moderate the 4pm CrowdFunding panel at their upcoming March 10th conference at the Marriott Downtown Hotel in NYC.

• Choosing the right platform for your deal
• How to make sure your project can be sold
• How much $$ can you raise?
• CMBS defaults
• Looking for bad actor partners
• Technology guys vs. real estate guys
• Portal senior management structure
• Interstate deals: What does it take for a New York company to go over the George Washington Bridge and do a deal in New Jersey?
• Biggest campaign killers

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 | Omni San Diego

Press Release: San Diego, Calif.-Feb.25, 2016

Crittenden Conferences Inc has announced that Mr. Robert Sonnenblick, Chairman of Los Angeles-based Sonnenblick Development LLC, has been chosen to moderate the Hotel Development and Finance panel at their upcoming Crittenden National Real Estate Conference in San Diego, California. The conference will be held at the Omni Hotel in Downtown San Diego.

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BOB SONNENBLICK
Chairman
Sonnenblick Development, LLC

Mr. Robert Sonnenblick, Principal of Sonnenblick Development, LLC, is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania with more than 30 years of experience in various aspects of real estate development and real estate finance. From 1981 to 1991 Mr. Sonnenblick was the driving force and power behind Sonnenblick-Goldman Corporation of California. Mr. Sonnenblick completed over $1.5 Billion of commercial real estate transactions on the West Coast, and as a result is regarded as one of the West Coast’s leaders in the field of commercial real estate finance. Among the more notable projects for which Mr. Sonnenblick personally structured the financing for are The Beaudry Center, Los Angeles, California ($197 million), the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pasadena, California ($97 million), One Waterfront Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii ($100 million), and the Los Angeles World Trade Center, Los Angeles, California ($55 million).

In 1991 Mr. Sonnenblick was appointed Director of Development for the New Jersey and L.A. MetroMalls, with the responsibility for oversight and direction of the design, financing, and leasing programs for two proposed $250 million enclosed regional malls totaling 1.2 million square feet each. Mr. Sonnenblick personally oversaw more than 1 million square feet of leases in connection with this position as well as arranging the necessary debt and equity financing. The New Jersey project opened to one of the strongest starts in the history of the United States mall industry. It is now re-named Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall.

In addition, Mr. Sonnenblick was an original development partner of the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. This 360-room, $90 million hotel was sold for $125 million.
Prior to forming Sonnenblick Development LLC, Mr. Sonnenblick was the senior partner in a Los Angeles-based real estate development firm (Sonnenblick Del Rio Development) which specialized in P-3 public-private partnerships, specifically the development of four government leased office buildings across the Los Angeles basin. During his tenure there as Chairman, Mr. Sonnenblick successfully developed nearly 1 million square feet of government-leased buildings, occupied by such tenants as U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, The Small Business Administration (SBA), the LA County Mental Health Dept, The Social Security Administration, and Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

Mr. Sonnenblick is a frequent speaker and panelist at various real estate-related functions, such as those hosted by Deloitte Touche, ICSC, Value Retail News, Bloomberg News, Crittenden Conference Co., USC Real Estate, UCLA Real Estate, IMN Real Estate Conferences, Bisnow Media, Opal Conference Group, iGlobal Forum, and the Institute for International Research. Mr. Sonnenblick is a published author on subjects ranging from commercial architecture to general real estate market conditions. In addition to Mr. Sonnenblick’s expertise in development, finance, and joint ventures, Mr. Sonnenblick has also been certified as an expert witness in the areas of real estate bankruptcy/foreclosure and finance. Mr. Sonnenblick is a qualified expert witness on the topic of Commercial Real Estate Interest Rates and Finance for the United States Federal Court System in numerous different jurisdictions across the State of Calif, Nevada, and Arizona.