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2026 Real Estate Impact Conference
2026 Real Estate Impact Conference

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Nadeem Meghji and Arnaud Karsenti

Keynote Speakers

Nadeem Meghji

Global Co-Head, Blackstone Real Estate

Arnaud Karsenti

Managing Principal, 13th Floor Investments

Nadeem Meghji and Arnaud Karsenti

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Peter Linneman

Principal and Founder, Linneman Associates

Willy Walker

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Walker & Dunlop

Steve Witkoff and Stuart Miller

Keynote Speakers

Steve Witkoff
Special Envoy for the President of the United States
Founder & CEO, Witkoff Group

Stuart Miller
Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Lennar Corporation

Steve Witkoff and Stuart Miller
Research Initiative

The eighth-annual Commercial Real Estate Sentiment Survey highlights key trends and issues that are driving the South Florida real estate market and investment landscape.   This year’s survey focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on our industry. 

Research Initiative

2025 Real Estate Impact Conference

University of Miami

The Real Estate Impact Conference is proudly hosted by the School of Architecture, and the Miami Herbert Business School. Visit our website to learn more about our real estate programs.

 

For more information, contact reimpact@miami.edu.

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Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing, founded in 1991, with US$325 billion in investor capital under management. As the largest owner of commercial real estate worldwide, Blackstone operates assets across logistics, data centers, residential, office, and hospitality sectors. Its opportunistic funds target undermanaged, well-located assets globally. The Core+ business invests in stabilized real estate through institutional and income-focused strategies, including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT). Blackstone also manages a leading real estate debt business, offering financing solutions and overseeing Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BXMT).
Douglas Elliman Real Estate is New York's largest residential brokerage, with over 70 offices in New York City, Long Island, the Hamptons, and South Florida and more than 4,000 real estate agents and a network of national and international affiliates. The company also controls a portfolio of real estate services, including Manhattan’s largest residential property manager, Douglas Elliman Property Management.

H&M Development is an integrated development & construction company with over 50 years of combined experience in property development. Founded in 2002 and based in South Florida, the firm specializes in delivering risk-adjusted, high-quality, institutional development projects across the major commercial property sectors.

The Kislak Family Foundation, Inc., is a private philanthropic foundation established in 1992 to support leadership and innovation in the fields of education, arts and humanities, animal welfare and environmental preservation, and other charitable endeavors in the United States and abroad. Based in Miami Lakes, Florida, the foundation provides grant funding to a wide range of nonprofit organizations and projects.

The Witkoff Group is a fully integrated real estate investment firm that owns a diverse portfolio of real estate in select U.S. markets. The company specializes in identifying and acquiring undervalued properties in key central business locations as well as assets with strong repositioning potential in newly emerging markets.

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