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9:00AM to 5:00PM
Holiday Inn by the Bay
88 Spring Street, Portland, ME
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Nearly 1000 of the state’s leading real estate experts are expected to attend MEREDA’s TD Bank Sponsored Signature Event being held on January 16, 2020 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. This unique conference brings together the largest gathering of commercial real estate professionals in Maine, and is specifically geared toward developers, brokers, architects, bankers, attorneys, accountants and other industry professionals. Each year MEREDA assembles some of Maine’s top real estate leaders to provide an economic overview and outlook on the profession’s key economic indicators, along with the popular market overview by property type, focusing on both commercial and residential real estate forecasts.
This event is well-known as an annual “must attend” for anyone involved in, or touched by, the real estate industry. You should attend if:
Supplementing the conference each year is MEREDA’s popular Member Showcase with MEREDA members exhibiting their products and services. The exhibition has become an integral part of our annual event providing a unique opportunity to network with MEREDA’s members.
Click Here to See a List of the 2020 Showcase Exhibitors
The speaker roster for this year’s event is outlined below. Be sure to make your calendar now to attend one of Maine’s premier real estate conferences!
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Registration | Member Showcase Open |
10:00 AM | Seminar Introductory Remarks: |
Joshua Fifield, President, MEREDA Board | |
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW | |
10:15 AM | Welcome Address |
TBD | |
Economic Overview | |
10:45 AM | Invited: James Marple, Managing Director and Senior Economist, TD Bank Group |
SECTOR ANALYSIS | |
11:00AM | Southern Maine Industrial Forecast |
Justin Lamontagne & Sam LeGeyt, The Dunham Group | |
11:25 AM | Bangor-Area Market Forecast |
Tanya Emery, City of Bangor | |
11:45AM | Recognition Awards Ceremony |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch Served in the CN Brown Landing |
Member Showcase Re-Opens | |
MEREDA HIGHLIGHTS | |
1:00 PM | Overview of MEREDA's Legislative Agenda |
Elizabeth Frazier, Pierce Atwood | |
SECTOR ANALYSIS | |
1:25 PM | Southern Maine Residential Forecast |
Multi-Family: Brit Vitalius, Vitalius Real Estate Group | |
Single-Family: Dava Davin, Portside Real Estate Group | |
2:05 PM | Central Maine Market Forecast |
Frank Carr, Maine Realty Advisors | |
2:25 PM | Midcoast Maine Market Forecast |
Dave Holman, RE Max Riverside Commercial | |
2:45 PM | *10 Minute Break* |
SECTOR ANALYSIS: | |
2:55 PM | Maine's Vacation / Hospitality Forecast |
Sean Riley, Maine Course Hospitality Group | |
3:15 PM | Southern Maine Retail Forecast |
Peter Harrington, Malone Commercial Brokers | |
3:35PM | Southern Maine Office Forecast |
Nate Stevens, The Boulos Company | |
4:00 PM | Conclusion of Event |
Showcase Re-Opens | |
Social Hour & Raffles - Main Lobby |
Your RSVP is requested by January 9, 2020. Payment is expected at the time of registration. No refunds will be granted to anyone who registers, but fails to attend or cancels after January 9.
Are you a MEREDA Cornerstone or Sustainer Level Member? Please remember that as part of your membership benefits, you are entitled to 5 and 2 (respectively) complimentary conference tickets. Please email the names of those using these tickets to info@mereda.org before registering additional attendees.
Members: $120.oo ea | Non-Members: $275.00 ea
Prices increase by $15 after January 9
Special pricing is available for municipal officials ($50.00 ea) and students ($25.00 ea).
Presentation materials will be available in either a 3-ring binder or on electronic media. During registration, attendees will have the option to order presentation materials in a 3-ring binder for an additional $10 fee. If binder is not selected, presenter materials will be provided on electronic media at the event.
Opening Remarks
Economic Overview: Leslie Preston, TD Economics
Keynote Address: Heather Johnson, Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development
Southern Maine Industrial Forecast: Justin Lamontagne, NAI The Dunham Group
and York County Market Forecast: Will Armitage, Southern Maine Finance Agency
2020 Annual Awards Recipients
Overview of MEREDA’s Legislative Agenda: Andrea Cianchette Maker & Elizabeth Frazier, Pierce Atwood, LLP
Southern Maine Residential Forecast, Multi-Family: Brit Vitalius, Vitalius Real Estate Group
Southern Maine Residential Forecast, Single Family: Dava Davin, Portside Real Estate Group
Central & Coastal Maine Market Forecast: Mac Simpson & Tim Millett, Porta & Co.
Bangor Area-Market Forecast: Tanya Emery, City of Bangor
Maine’s Vacation / Hospitality Forecast: Sean Riley, Maine Course Hospitality
Southern Maine Retail Forecast: Karen Rich, Malone Commercial Brokers
Southern Maine Office Forecast: Nate Stevens, The Boulos Company