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ULI Los Angeles: StimULI Panel - The Post-COVID Office Building Market
This will be a discussion by experts in their fields of how the future will look for the office building market and the physical workplace in the post-COVID world. Comprehensive tenant and building owner studies have been done that will inform how office buildings will need to evolve both long and short term. The menu of design and technical options will be explored as well as the cultural and financial implications of our current COVID-19 crisis.
- How will the design of future workspace look when addressing the impact of social distancing, the focus on Wellness, and work from home? What are the technological strategies being considered related to indoor air quality, vertical circulation, and the increased reliance on data capacity?
- How will the market adjust to the future demand for office space, the financial impact on leases, and the type of product to be developed? Will there be a rent premium with the potential higher vacancies and the added investment in project improvements?
- What are the return to work strategies currently being implemented and the challenges anticipated? How will this affect corporate culture and how work will be done going forward.
Hear first-hand from our panel of experts as they discuss what is actually happening and how it will affect the future.
MODERATOR
Sara Hickman
Sustainability Director / Senior Associate
Sustainability Director / Senior Associate
RDC
LEED AP, WELL AP, EcoDistricts AP
LEED AP, WELL AP, EcoDistricts AP
Sara Hickman has over 14 years of experience in the field of green building, energy analysis and project management. Sara serves as the studio’s Sustainability Director where she drives environmentally responsible and healthy initiatives throughout the studio’s projects, fostering a creative and innovative culture around responsible design.
SPEAKERS
Michael White
Managing Principal
Gensler
Managing Principal
Gensler
Michael White is the Co-managing Director of Gensler’s Los Angeles Office. Drawing on his extensive expertise in architectural design and real estate development, Michael has built a reputation as a leading strategic planner and design innovator, specializing in creative workplace campus environments. As a member of Gensler’s Management Committee, Michael contributed to the ongoing focus and development of the firm’s practice area expertise. He also is a leader of the firm’s global Media and Technology Practice, and he has been responsible for some of today’s most innovative workplaces in the industry – such as Amazon Studios, Apple, Google, Riot Games, Live Nation, and HBO.
Rob Kane
Executive Vice President
Lincoln Properties
Rob Kane oversees the Los Angeles market for LPC West. Since joining LPC in 2012, Rob has been involved in the acquisition and development of over 6 million SF totaling nearly $4.5 billion, including securing approvals for the largest project ever approved by the City of Pasadena at 100 West Walnut. Rob has played a key role in establishing and growing LPC’s Occupier Group, which provides real estate advisory services for major entertainment, media and technology companies and universities on the West Coast and throughout the country. Prior to joining LPC West, Rob was Vice President at Thomas Properties Group, Inc., where he focused on acquisition and development of office, residential, and mixed-use properties throughout the country. Rob currently serves on the Board of LA Headquarters Association, USC/Ednovate Hybrid High School, and the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles.
Executive Vice President
Lincoln Properties
Rob Kane oversees the Los Angeles market for LPC West. Since joining LPC in 2012, Rob has been involved in the acquisition and development of over 6 million SF totaling nearly $4.5 billion, including securing approvals for the largest project ever approved by the City of Pasadena at 100 West Walnut. Rob has played a key role in establishing and growing LPC’s Occupier Group, which provides real estate advisory services for major entertainment, media and technology companies and universities on the West Coast and throughout the country. Prior to joining LPC West, Rob was Vice President at Thomas Properties Group, Inc., where he focused on acquisition and development of office, residential, and mixed-use properties throughout the country. Rob currently serves on the Board of LA Headquarters Association, USC/Ednovate Hybrid High School, and the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles.
Todd Doney
Vice Chairman
CBRE
Over his 30-year career, R. Todd Doney, Vice Chairman at CBRE’s headquarters in Los Angeles, has completed commercial real estate transactions encompassing over 86 million square feet of office space.
Todd is a preeminent broker in the greater Los Angeles area. His success on behalf of tenants, investment clients, and landlords is unparalleled. He has represented such major institutional tenants as Nestle, KPMG, GE/NBC, AT&T, Southern California Edison, AECOM, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cigna and Northern Trust.
Vice Chairman
CBRE
Over his 30-year career, R. Todd Doney, Vice Chairman at CBRE’s headquarters in Los Angeles, has completed commercial real estate transactions encompassing over 86 million square feet of office space.
Todd is a preeminent broker in the greater Los Angeles area. His success on behalf of tenants, investment clients, and landlords is unparalleled. He has represented such major institutional tenants as Nestle, KPMG, GE/NBC, AT&T, Southern California Edison, AECOM, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cigna and Northern Trust.
Rob Bolin
National Director of High Performance & Sustainability
Syska Hennessy
National Director of High Performance & Sustainability
Syska Hennessy
Rob is a Senior Principal with Syska Hennessy Group’s San Francisco Office and National Director of High Performance Building Solutions, with over 30 years of sustainable consulting engineering experience. His expertise in sustainable architecture and green buildings includes building designs for passive, low energy systems such as natural and mixed-mode ventilation, displacement ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and building integrated renewable energy systems.
Some of Rob’s notable high performance projects include the Long Beach Civic Center (targeting LEED Platinum), Long Beach Courthouse (LEED Gold), Los Angeles Federal Courthouse (LEED Platinum), Lawrence Public Library (LEED Gold), Lawrence, KS, Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China; EPA Region 8 Headquarters Building, Denver, CO (LEED Gold); Santa Monica Library, CA (LEED Gold), and NRDC Santa Monica HQ Office (LEED Platinum).
