The Jersey City Summit for Real Estate Investment, Placemaking & Innovation
The Jersey City Summit for Real Estate Investment, Placemaking & Innovation has been announced for May 15th, 2025. The 10th special anniversary leadership gathering will be taking place at Harborside with venue partner, The 601W Companies. Harborside is well into a generational transformation with plans well underway to make it the epicenter of the Hudson waterfront and one of the region’s leading live-learn-work-play neighborhoods.
Organizers expect over 1,250 regional investment, real estate & placemaking leaders to attend the annual leadership conference. The summit has grown into a must-attend homecoming for top investment, development & related real estate firms. It is expected to sell-out again this year.
The summit will be at Harborside 1 – taking over the entire 4th Floor overlooking the Manhattan Skyline. The day-long summit will bring together regional owners, operators & advisors to share thought-leadership across the panel discussions and network with other leading principals all aligned with and for Jersey City and Tri-State growth.
Hear from the region’s leading city, master-planning & placemaking leaders on all of the new transformative projects, innovative collaborations, creative financing + capital markets predictions for the next 12-18 months.
Confirmed speakers for this year include:
Phil Murphy, Governor, State of New Jersey
Steven Fulop, Mayor, City of Jersey City
Bruce Beal, President, Related Companies
Timothy Henkel, CEO & Principal, Pennrose
Stephen Cea, Executive Director, Jersey City Housing Authority
Melanie Walter, Executive Director, NJHMFA
Annisia Cialone, HEDC – Housing, Economic Development & Commerce Director, City of Jersey City
Paul Silverman, Co-Founder & Principal, SILVERMAN
Laurent Morali, CEO, Kushner Companies
Nicole Kushner Meyer, President, Kushner Companies
Michael Sommer, Chief Development Officer, Kushner Companies
Eugene Paolino, Senior Partner, Genova Burns
Adam Silfen, President & COO, LeFrak
Joseph Panepinto Jr. , President, Panepinto Global Partners
David Von Spreckelsen, President, Toll Brothers City Living
Christopher Albanese, President, The Albanese Organization
Adam Frazier, President & CEO, Columbia Property Trust
Thomas Stevens, Partner, CrossHarbor Capital Partners
Jamie Block, Partner, Kushner Real Estate Group – KRE
Joshua Kirkham, Executive Managing Director / Co-Head of North American RE, Sculptor Real Estate
Kim McKee, Regional Executive – Commercial Real Estate & SVP, U.S. Bank
Frederick Cooper, SVP – Strategic Partnerships, Toll Brothers
Liz Simon, COO, Industrious
Jeffrey Gural, Chairman & Principal, GFP Real Estate
Luke Robinson, President-North America, WeWork
Anil Erdem, Head of U.S. Asset Management & PropTech Investments – Managing Director, BGO
Kenneth Pasternack, Executive Chairman & CEO, KABR Group
William Rosato, Managing Partner, Alpine Residential
Diana Jeffrey, Executive Director, JCRA
Jeffrey Sica, President & CEO, CircleSquare Alternative Investments
Diego Hodara, Founder & CEO, Titanium Realty Group
Murat Mutlu, Founder & Principal, INOA Architecture
Donald Pepe, Partner, Scarinci Hollenbeck
Abe Naperstak, Partner & COO, G&S Investors
Grant Jaber, Managing Director, Hines
Frank Monterisi, EVP, Related Companies
Wasseem Boraie, Managing Principal, Boraie Development
Jay Minchilli – SVP, Operations & Asset Management, Veris Residential
Drew Fletcher, President, Greystone
And many more.
Topics to be discussed include:
Governor’s Fireside Chat
Mayor’s Fireside Chat
Related Companies Fireside Chat
Office – Owner, Occupier, Future, Workplace
Capital Markets, Finance, Tax & Incentives
Affordable Housing
Kushner Fireside Chat
Placemaking / Arts & Culture
Innovation & Technology
Multifamily
Emerging Markets & Region
Office & Innovation
And much more.
Attend the event to network and learn from the folks behind the region’s largest and most transformative projects. Come together to share what’s great and partner on what’s next.
For the full list of speakers, event details, and registration visit The Jersey City Summit’s website here.