Real Estate’s vital stake in infrastructure

New York City would not be a global hub without the transportation infrastructure that knits its boroughs together and them to the world. Subways, surface rail, ferries, highways, bridges, tunnels, terminals, port facilities, and airports constitute an asset of incalculable value. The region runs on it.

But the region is now running on borrowed time as its infrastructure ages, alarmingly, putting the city’s and region’s global competitiveness at risk – with direct consequences for real estate values and development.

Federal investments are bringing infrastructure issues into sharper focus nationwide, as economic and environmental concerns grow more acute. Against this backdrop, top officials, business leaders, and experts from the federal, state and local levels will explore our region’s prospects:

• If adequate and timely investments in transportation infrastructure aren’t made, what might our future look like? What – exactly – is at risk?
• Which investments are most crucial to the real estate industry? Why?
• What federal funds have been allocated to our region, and how are they being spent?
• In the current economy, and with due regard to environmental concerns, how can all parties partner most effectively to overcome obstacles to eeded investment?

Join us for a serious and searching discussion!

List of speakers:

• Christopher P. Boylan, Deputy Executive Director, Corporate and Community Affairs, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Robert W. Burchell, Director, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University
• Vishaan Chakrabarti, President, Moynihan Station Venture, A joint venture of Related and Vornado
• Joel Ettinger, Executive Director, NY Metropolitan Transportation Council
• Stanley Gee, Acting Commissioner, NYS Dept. of Transportation
• Andrew Haughwout, Assistant Vice President, Head f Microeconomic and Regional Studies, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Andrew Herrmann, Chair, Infrastructure Report Card Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Robert E. Paaswell, Inerim President, City College of New York, CUNY
• Christopher Ward, Chairman, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Madelyn Wils, Executive Vice President of Planning, Development and Maritime, New York City Economic Development Corporation