Celebrate Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake

Please join us for an in-person Lunar New Year / Spring Festival celebration to ring in the Year of the Snake! 

We encourage you to wear red, symbolizing success and good fortune, or traditional attire.

When: Wednesday, January 29 at 5:30pm EST

Where: 100 Federal Street, Floor 13

Asian food and drinks will be served. Each attendee will receive a surprising red envelope. Play raffle game and win Amazon Gift Cards! 

This event is generously sponsored by Colliers International! 

This event is invitation only and open to AREPA members. Sign up membership and join the Lunar New Year celebration! 

https://www.arepainc.org/membership-application

JOIN US AT

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
4 - 7 pm EST

IQHQ Office
665 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215

On Site Tour
109 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215

Join fellow Real Estate Industry peers for a site tour and networking, food, snacks and drinks. The event will be hosted at IQHQ office located at 665 Beacon St, Boston, as well as 109 Brookline Ave for a site tour.

Fenway Center is Boston's first over-the-Pike project in nearly 40 years, spanning the Massachusetts Turnpike between Brookline Avenue and Beacon Street. Along with 109 Brookline, the two sites will house 1.3M SF of lab/office space, retail space, new pedestrian pathways, landscaped open space, and connections to transit. 

Guest Speakers:

William Ashton, Senior Director of Development, IQHQ

Kim Thai, Director of Development, IQHQ

Ryan Weber, Vice President of Leasing, IQHQ

Agenda:

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Presentation

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM: Site Tour

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Networking
 

AREPA Members: FREE
Non-AREPA Members: $25

Registration Link: Summer Construction Site Tour & Networking in Fenway Tickets, Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Registration Deadline: July 7th, 2024

This event is generously sponsored by IQHQ.

For AREPA Membership, please visit here.

AREPA Board of Directors will speak at the conference!

WHEN:

April 23, 2024 all-day

WHERE:

Hilton Boston / Dedham Hotel
25 Allied Dr
Dedham, MA 02026
USA

COST:

$195 (After 4/3, add $25)

Attend this program to stay on top of current events impacting commercial real estate and network with a broad cross section of CRE professionals.

Date:  Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Location: Hilton Boston Dedham, 25 Allied Drive, Dedham, MA

Schedule of Events:

• 7:45 am – 8:15 am Check-in / Continental Breakfast

• 8:15 am – noon – CE Program / Economic, Government and Real Estate Trends overview

• 12:00 pm – Lunch: 12:00 pm

• 1:00 pm – 4:45 pm – CE Program – Real Estate Tax Trends and Valuation, Real Estate Tax Agreements and Surcharges

• 5:00 pm – Networking/Cocktail Reception

Registration Fee:  $195; After 4/1, add $25

See attached speakers and topics

About the Program:

This program is intended to make attendees aware of current economic and real estate trends, expand their knowledge of real estate tax issues, and provide the opportunity to network with colleagues.

The program starts with Massachusetts economic and budget projections followed by Greater Boston life science, office, and retail market overviews. The morning will also include the discussion of real estate trends involving the growing single-family rental housing industry and the status of construction material and labor costs. Following the afternoon luncheon, the program will focus on the adverse impact of rising mortgage interest rates on property values, real estate tax assessments, and municipal budgets. The afternoon program will also explain TIF agreements, CPA charges, and BID districts. The event will finally conclude with a networking cocktail reception.

REGISTRATION:

https://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/search/state-of-market-2024-c-marime/523089

Sponsorship opportunities for this event are available. Please contact info@arepainc.org

Join us at Unispace for our Life Science Speaker & Networking Event: Why Life Science Real Estate Now?

The event will be hosted at Unispace located at 1 Post Office Square 37th floor, Boston, MA 02109.

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: Unispace, 1 Post Office Square 37th floor, Boston, MA 02109

Lunch & Drinks will be provided.

This Event is generously hosted and sponsored by Unispace. Unispace | Workplace Design, Strategy, & Construction

Guest Speaker: Jessie O’Neil, Designer of Unispace Jessica O'Neil | LinkedIn

Moderator:
Kaitlin McCarthy, Founder & CEO of Ionic Development Team — Ionic Development (buildionic.com)

Panelists:
Daniel Hackett, Regional Principal – Life Sciences of Unispace Daniel Hackett (unispace.com)

Jennifer Schultz, Partner of Sullivan & Worcester Biography | Jennifer R. Schultz (sullivanlaw.com)

Joe Collura, Director of Portal Innovations Portal Team - Portal Innovations

There is limited capacity and tickets will sell out, so please purchase early!

Registration Deadline for Early Bird: February 18th, 2024

Registration Deadline for General Admission: February 25th, 2024

Click here to register!

• Early Bird Admission Tickets are $50

• General Admission Tickets are $60

• Event is Free for 2024 AREPA Members

• Event is Free for CRE Members

Individual AREPA Member rate and renewal fees for Calendar Year 2024 will be $100.00. For AREPA Membership Application, please visit Membership Application — AREPA (arepainc.org)

For AREPA Corporate Sponsorship, please contact rose.liu@colliers.com.

The Future of Housing - Metro Boston and Beyond
Presented by REFA & AREPA

Thursday, October 19th, 2023 
Registration 12:00 p.m. | Program 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. 
Goodwin Law Firm, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, 17th Floor

Moderator:

Fred Cooper, Senior Vice President Finance, International Development and Investor Relations, Toll Brothers

Speakers:

Edward Augustus, Secretary, Massachusetts Office of Housing & Livable Communities
Ryan Gorman, Co-Founder, btcRE, Former Chief Executive Officer, Coldwell Banker
Kairos Shen, Executive Director Center for Real Estate, Associate Professor of the Practice, MIT
Yali Wang, Managing Director, U.S. Head of Real Estate Development, Manulife Investment Management

REFA has partnered with AREPA to bring you on a journey into the future of housing with "The Future of Housing - Metro Boston and Beyond'!

Join us for a lively panel discussion about the challenges and opportunities for housing development in metro Boston, informed by local and national housing experts. This panel will incorporate perspectives from a panel deeply experienced in housing policy, development, brokerage, planning and capital allocation. How are the needs, challenges and opportunities of metro Boston similar to and different from other US markets? How do, or can, policy and planning objectives intersect with existing zoning restrictions, construction costs and capital market constraints to increase the supply of affordable and for-profit rental and for-sale housing? An exceptionally diverse group of highly regarded experts with material real world experience, moderated by a senior officer of one of the nation’s largest home and multifamily builders, will seek to identify not only the challenges but also effective strategies and practices in use today and potential future improvements necessary to scale up the development needed to increase the supply of high quality housing options in the Commonwealth, and elsewhere, in a challenging economic environment.

The Asian Real Estate Professional Association, Inc. (AREPA) is a non-profit professional association founded in 1995. While AREPA was founded to provide a forum for Asians in the real estate profession and for anyone interested in pursuing a career in the real estate profession, the organization has welcomed members from all races and ethnicities and is open to anyone who interested in the purposes and goals of AREPA. Learn more at www.arepainc.org.

ABOUT REFA

The Real Estate Finance Association (REFA), a division of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), is a commercial real estate business association providing members with high quality networking and educational opportunities. REFA strives to maintain its reputation for excellence by promoting the exchange of information between professionals in the real estate finance community, and fostering a platform for growth and development for its Emerging Leader membership.

The Real Estate Finance Association is a trade association formed to bring together the best people, knowledge, and experience to provide informative programs and networking opportunities for commercial real estate finance professionals throughout the Greater Boston area. Real estate professionals from a variety of institutions join REFA to exchange ideas through breakfast panels, luncheon programs, networking events and professional education seminars. From forums with senior-level executive panelists to the Annual REFA Gala awards dinner, REFA has established a reputation for excellence in promoting the exchange of information between professionals in the real estate finance community, and fostering a platform for growth and education. Formed in 1988, REFA currently has 700 members, 100+ corporate sponsors, hosts over 30 educational and networking events each year. 

The contributions of REFA's sponsors are integral to its success and survival. We at REFA would like to acknowledge our 100+ corporate sponsors for their continued support. 

www.gbreb.com/REFA/

REGISTRATION:

AREPA Members: Contact Rose Liu or Bethany Haynes to register.
REFA/GBREB Members: $60
Non-members: $60
**Non-members, please fill out this Registration Form and email it back to Bethany Haynes, bhaynes@gbreb.com.

Topic: AREPA Distinguished Guest Speaker and Networking Event

Time: May 12, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Boston and New York Chapters are pleased to present the following Distinguished Guest Speaker and Networking Event!

MODERATOR:

Margaret T. Ling, Esq., AmTrust Title Agency Counsel

SPEAKER:

Frederick Cooper, Senior Vice President, Finance, International Development and Investor Relations, Toll Brothers, Inc.

Toll Brothers, Inc. (Tollbrothers.com) (NYSE: TOL) is a Fortune 500 Company, the leading builder of luxury homes in the U.S. and one the nation’s largest land developers. The Company began business in 1967 and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1986. Toll Brothers serves first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home buyers, as well as renters, in 60+ suburban and urban markets across the U.S. In 2022, Fortune magazine named Toll Brothers the World’s Most Admired Home Building Company, the seventh time it has been so honored.

Fred joined Toll Brothers in 1993 to establish its Finance and Investor Relations Departments. As the firm’s in-house investment bank, the team he leads is responsible for Toll’s capital markets and investor relations activities, its financial planning initiatives, and its partnering relationships with major U.S. and international financial and development institutions. Since formation, the group has raised over $20 billion from U.S., European and Asian banks, the public capital markets, and domestic and international institutional partners. In addition, they advise on complex project structuring, joint ventures, corporate mergers and acquisitions and major property acquisitions.

Fred has been financial point for Toll’s expansion into the urban high-rise condo business through Toll Brothers City Living, which has grown into an operation of over 45 buildings and 5,500 units. He also has been financial point for Toll’s expansion into the rental apartment business through Toll Brothers Apartment Living, which now controls $3 billion in assets in a pipeline of completed and in-development projects totaling over 20,000 units. He also has overseen Toll Brothers’ development of international relationships in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

He holds an A.B. from Brown University and a Master of Public Policy in finance and international development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Tickets are limited. This event will sell out FAST! Please register your ticket today!

This event is generously sponsored by AmTrust Title based in New York City & Karma, an upscale Asian Fusion Restaurant based in Burlington, Boston.

The event will take place on:                                       

Thursday May 12, 2022

from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST Online

Tickets for the event:  FREE 

Special from Karma Asian Cuisine

• First 25 to sign up for the event will receive 20% OFF coupon

• Next 75 will receive 10% OFF

• WIN the Trivia & RECEIVE Amazon Gift Cards!

• SPIN the Wheel of Fortune & WIN Starbucks Gift Cards!

Registration Link: AREPA Networking & Distinguished Speaker Event w/ Fred Cooper (Toll Bros.) Tickets, Thu, May 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite