Join top investors, developers, brokers, lenders, and other industry leaders for a deep dive into the fast-evolving landscape of alternative real estate and non-traditional asset sectors. Explore opportunities in senior housing, self-storage, cold storage, student housing, hospitality, and more. This afternoon conference delivers keynote insights, deal making strategies, and expert panels on how traditional commercial real estate players are expanding into alternative investments. With dynamic networking and forward-looking discussions on finance, risk, and value creation, this is a must-attend event.
October 15, 2026
| 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM | Networking & Registration |
| 1:40 PM - 1:45 PM | Opening Remarks |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Special Presentation: Property Valuation Update from Deloitte
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| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Beyond The Core: What Works, Where and Why? Alternative real estate is attracting more attention, but the opportunity varies by sector, market and operating model. Investors and operators will explore seniors housing, student housing, self-storage and other specialized assets — where demand is strongest, what can scale and what separates durable strategies from those that struggle.
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| 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Transactions In Motion: Financing & Closing Alternative Deals Alternative assets can bring different financing, underwriting and execution challenges. Investors, lenders and operators will examine what is getting financed today, how deals are being structured, where capital is available, what is slowing transactions down and what it takes to move an alternative real estate deal from opportunity to closing.
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| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:45 PM - 4:35 PM | BC CRE at an Inflection Point: Policy, Capital & What Comes Next BC commercial real estate is entering a period of change, with municipal and provincial elections landing within a week of each other and new housing and development proposals already in play — including a proposed tax on completed condos left unsold. Against difficult economics and lengthy approvals, the discussion will explore how policy shifts could reshape development, investment and capital across conventional and alternative real estate.
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| 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM | Cocktail Reception |
Paul Alexa-Janzen
Nikita Choudhari
Bliss Edwards
Eric Horie
Parisa Gerami Hurst
Natalie Ku
Kirk Kuester
Gagan Lalli
Mike McIntosh
Sarah Quinn
Najib Raie
Daniel Simunac
Ben Taddei
Oliver Tighe
Andrew Tong
Jonathan Turnbull
Prakash VenkatFor sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sarah Quinn – [email protected].
Strawberry Farms Golf Course
Address:
11 Strawberry Farm Rd
Irvine, CA 92612
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October 18, 9:00am
At registration select a golf tournament ticket.
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