Annual Report 2011 - ULI Los Angeles - Urban Land Institute

David Herjeczki, Gensler, and Ryan Spruston, Gensler, discuss their experience of Hollywood and Vine.
Programs and Case Studies
Over the past year the Young Leaders Group hosted a number of exciting
programs that sparked insightful discussions and highlighted best practices of
new initiatives and development projects, including: “Hollywood & Vine Case
Study” and “Revitalizing Historic Corridors.”
Partnership Forums
The ULI LA YLG Partnership Forum provides an ongoing opportunity to share and
discuss with a group of peers the issues that real estate professionals face each
day. We would like to thank each of our moderators for their time and commitment
to mentor the next generation of leaders: Jeff Gault, Sunbrook Partners; Lew
Horne, CBRE; Greg Gotthardt, Alvarez and Marsal; David Malmuth, David
Malmuth Development; Ray Evans, Austin Equities; Marty Borko, Gensler.
Bob Eidson, Bank of America; Jonathan Littrell, Raines Law Group; Andrew Raines of the Raines
Law Group; Bobby Borisov, Barons Empire; and Greg Mino, Fuscoe Engineering at the YLG Intro to
Receivership Event.
Education
The YLG hosts a variety of workshops to educate its membership about
current trends in real estate and help them expand their professional expertise.
Workshops from this past year included: “Debt: Where to find it in 2010,” “Intro
to Receivership,” “Forbearance, DIL, & Workouts: How to Banks Decide?”, “Asset
Management: Who, What, Why, and How?”, and “ABC’s of BID’s”.
Find ULI LA YLG on Facebook and Linkedin
and online at www.uli-la.org/young-leaders
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YOUNG
LEADERS GROUP
The mission of the ULI Los Angeles Young Leaders Group (YLG)
is to create opportunities for young professionals to develop skills
and build relationships that will help them advance in their careers,
to help foster a connection to the great ULI community, and to
gain an understanding of thoughtful land use and development
practices.
Lauren Madden, Urban Strategy Group, LLC.; Lev Gershman, GE Capital; Karin Liljegren, AIA,
Architect, Omgivning; Justin Weiss Downtown BID; Noel Hyun, USC Law; Christine Fedukowski,
Principal, CFC; Mott Smith, Principal, Civic Enterprise; Jessica Wethington McLean, Executive
Director, Bringing Back Broadway; and Ryan Spruston, Gensler.
Leading the Way Breakfast Series
YLG continued its successful monthly breakfast series, titled “Leading the
Way”, which provided an up close and personal opportunity to sit down with
top real estate industry professionals and gain insight into leadership, career
paths, success, lessons learned, and what ULI means to them. Thank you to
Bud Ovrom of the Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety, Michael
Lesser of Eastdil Secured, Jonathan Genton of Genton Property Group, James
Sohn of LAUSD, Mark Weinstein of MJW Investments, Tony Liou of Partner
Energy and Dean Pappas of Goodwin Proctor.
Below: Dennis Allen, LA Street Car; Lev Gershman, GE Capital and YLG Chair; and Noel Hyun, USC Law
at a networking reception.