SOLD OUT! ULI San Antonio + Craft SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS FORUM

When

2022-05-22 - 2022-05-24

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    Hotel Emma Will open in a new window 136 E. Grayson St. San Antonio, TX 78215 United States

    THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!

    BUILDING SMALL: THE FORUM IS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO, TX - MAY 22-24, 2022!
    CRAFT Development and ULI San Antonio are bringing this nationally acclaimed gathering of Small, Incremental Developers to San Antonio May 22-24, for its 17th program.  Based out of the Pearl and centered at the world-renowned Hotel Emma over two and one-half days, we will embark on active tours, case studies, deal discussions and great networking with other entrepreneurial developers. Projects include Missing Middle Housing, Innovative F+B, Arts and Adaptive Reuse.  Dig into the weeds during our discussion of how to make percentage rents work for curating unique tenants and get inspired with design insights from some of the countries most admired designers - Lake|Flato and Overland Partners.
     
    Stir in Small Scale Developer Forum signature happenings – Small Pecha Kucha, casual networking with your tribe, peer-to-peer sharing of lessons learned – and we have
    another can’t miss gathering for any entrepreneur Building Small.
     
    AGENDA

    Sunday, May 22nd
    An Evening on the San Antonio River
    Welcome Reception
    6pm
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    Monday, May 23rd
    DAY ONE
    Introduction to San Antonio
    Pearl: Big Deal with a Small Heart
    Networking Lunch at Botika
    Small Case Studies
    (residential, mixed use, adaptive reuse projects)
    Featured Conversation
    Cocktails
    Small Pecha Kucha
    Networking Dinner
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    Tuesday, May 24th
    DAY TWO
    Adaptive Reuse: Overland Partners
    Coworking: 500 6th
    Missing Middle Housing Tour
    Networking Lunch
    Missing Middle Housing Tour
    Creative Leasing Strategies
    Help! Desk Happy Hour
    Closing Remarks
    Depart 5pm
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    CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
     
    Ed Cross, SA Commercial Advisors
    Irby Hightower, Alamo Architects
    Katherine O’Rourke, Trinity University
    Bill Shown, Pearl BUILD
    Omar Gonzalez, Pearl BUILD
    David Lake, Lake|Flato Architects
    David Adelman, AREA Real Estate
    Madison Smith, Overland
    Kristin and Clay Hefty, DADO Group
    Liz Dunn, Dunn + Hobbes
    Lorenzo Perez, Venue Projects

    Speakers and program subject to change.

      
     
    CURATOR OF BUILDING SMALL: THE FORUM

    Jim Heid, FASLA
    UrbanGreen® Advisors
    CRAFT Development / Healdsburg, CA
     
    Jim is a real estate developer and strategic real estate advisor focused on the tools and techniques that lead to a more sustainable built environment. Jim founded CRAFT, a real estate company focused on incremental development and intentional place-building. He currently has three projects under development in his hometown– an 8 unit Cottage Court with 4 accessory dwelling units, a 5,000 SF lifestyle driven coworking business, and a 7,000 SF mixed-use complex.

    An active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Jim writes and speaks regularly on sustainable design, resilience, and the value of small scale, incremental development.
     
    His recent book – Building Small: A Handbook for Real Estate Entrepreneurs, Civic Leaders and Great Communities – provides a detailed look at the why and how of fine grained development based on national research and Forums in over 15 cities. The book articulates why small scale development provides a more economically resilient and socially impactful approach to building and regenerating communities, than more common institutional methods.
     
    Trained as a landscape architect at the University of Idaho, Jim went on to receive a Masters in Real Estate Development from MIT as a way to more effectively integrate economics, development and design thinking.
     
     
    MORE ABOUT BUILDING SMALL: THE FORUM
     
    Building Small: The FORUM is the premier gathering of real estate professionals
    working with small, incremental and transformative projects to shape a better
    built environment in their communities.
     
    Held twice a year, each FORUM visits a new city or town to provide fresh inspiration
    and take home lessons that come from a variety of settings. The FORUM
    brings together individuals who are passionate about using real estate development
    as a tool to create better communities and build personal wealth.
     
    The program spans 2 ½ days and delivers invaluable content using a variety of
    methods:

    • Panel Discussions - experienced and emerging developers and policy makers
    in interactive, intimate and candid discussions about the successes and
    tough lessons of projects and small development.

    • Curated Project Tours - walking tours with the development team to see
    real projects (complete or in construction) and hear what worked and what
    didn’t. Projects span mixed use, residential, hospitality, F+B and civic - but
    always oriented to Small in scale and innovative in thinking.

    • Skill Sessions – educational sessions specific to Small - legal issues, raising capital, operating your business, and curating tenants are some examples

    • Networking – plenty of time to talk one-on-one with your peers and contemporaries, while helping to build your network for advice, provide peer
    review of emerging projects or even partner on future deals.

    • PechaKucha Slam - our signature, fast paced event where every attendee shares what they are doing: using three slides and 45 seconds of commentary!

    • Help Desk – an open source, facilitated conversation for participants to share real time challenges and gain valuable feedback from others in the
    room that may have had to navigate the same issue.
     
    Attendance is open to anyone who works in, or aspires to enter, the world of small scale development. Cost is $1,000 for the two and half day program (with
    discounts available for early registration and payment). Fee includes welcome reception, lunch both days, and signature cocktail hour and dinner. Travel and lodging is responsibility of the attendee, although CRAFT Development always seeks out a preferred hotel partner whose values and experience reflects the spirit of Small, and provides us a great rate. Upon registration, you will receive a discount code for our Hotel partner.
     
     
    "These Forums are extraordinary! The value is immeasurable. The experience is a firehose of inspiration, camaraderie and knowledge."
    - Damian Farrell, FAIA | Damian Farrell Design | Ann Arbor, MI 
     
     
    BUILDING SMALL : THE BOOK
     
    Building Small provides the What, Why and How of small scale, incremental development. An inspiring and educational call-to-action, the 250-page toolkit champions fine grained, evolutionary development as a way to support more resilient local economies, foster more authentic places, heal and grow disinvested neighborhoods, and provide a democratic form of community building that spans age, economic means and the rural to urban transect. Graphically accessible and organized to serve as a long-term reference - Building Small presents an insightful view at what is possible along with the tools needed to make it happen.  
     
     
     
    THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
     
    Ed Cross
    1836 Asset Development LLC
    Pearl     

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