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 - 1:30 PM | Networking & Registration |
| 1:30 PM - 1:35 PM | Opening Remarks |
| 1:35 PM - 2:25 PM | Beyond The Core: What Works, Where and Why? Alternative real estate is attracting investors looking beyond conventional property types, but the opportunity is not equal across every sector or market. Industry leaders compare student housing, self-storage, seniors housing, hospitality and other specialized assets, examining where demand is strongest, which models can be scaled and where investors should exercise caution. |
| 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM | Fireside Chat: Build, Buy or Consolidate? Investors entering or expanding within an alternative real estate sector face a fundamental choice: develop new properties, acquire existing assets or build scale through consolidation. This focused conversation explores how that decision is made, including the effects of pricing, financing, development risk, operating expertise and the availability of suitable assets. |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | What Is It Worth? Valuing Operational Real Estate Valuing alternative real estate requires an understanding of both the property and the business operating within it. This session explores how investors, lenders and advisors assess hotels, student housing, seniors housing, self-storage and other operational assets—and how changing costs, demand and financial performance are affecting values. |
| 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM | Transactions In Motion: Financing and Closing Alternative Real Estate Deals Getting an alternative real estate deal across the finish line can require creative financing, careful structuring and a clear understanding of operating risk. Investors, operators, lenders and advisors discuss what is being financed, how buyers are underwriting opportunities, where transactions are getting stuck and what it takes to close a deal in today’s market. |
| 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM | Cocktail Reception |
For 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
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