We look forward to seeing you on campus in less than a month for the 13th annual SREC Conference. We also hope you will join us for Wednesday’s Welcome Dinner at the Rosewood and Thursday’s Hall of Fame Banquet, celebrating the inductions of fellow SREC members Brad Geier and Ken Woolley.
Day 1 – Wednesday, November 15 (Partners/Spouses Welcome)
Rosewood Sand Hill
6:30 - 7:30pm | Cocktail Reception
7:30 - 9:30pm | Welcome Dinner & Speaker*
* Matt Abrahams, the popular and acclaimed Stanford GSB lecturer and host of the Think Fast Talk Smart: The Podcast. Receive your complimentary copy of Matt's new book THINK FASTER, TALK SMARTER!
Day 2 – Thursday, November 16
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center (McCaw Hall)
7:45 - 8:30am | Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45am | Welcoming Remarks
8:45 - 9:45am | Real Estate with Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates: Can the Real Estate Market Grow Until Capital Markets Thaw?
9:45 - 10:45am | What is the Public REIT Market Telling Us About Property Values?
10:45 - 11:00am | Break
11:00am - 12:00pm | Keynote: In Conversation with Hamid Moghadam
12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch
1:00 - 1:45pm | The Inside View from the Top with Howard Wolf
1:45 - 2:45pm | Practical Applications for AI in Real Estate Today, and How It Can Transform the Industry
2:45 - 3:30pm | Council Roundtable Networking
Stanford Real Estate Hall of Fame Banquet* (Partners/Spouses Welcome)
Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club
6:00 - 9:00pm
* Honoring Brad Geier and Ken Woolley
Day 3 – Friday, November 17
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center (McCaw Hall)
7:45 - 8:25am | Breakfast
8:25 - 8:30am | Welcoming Remarks
8:30 - 9:30am | An Insider’s View on the SVB Failure, the Banking Industry, and the Road Ahead for Real Estate with Tim Mayopoulos
9:30 - 10:30am | Cap Rates, Discount Rates, Interest Rates, and NOI Growth: a Longer-Term Perspective
10:30 - 10:45am | Break
10:45 - 11:30am | Council Roundtable Networking
11:30am - 12:30pm | The Surprising Housing Market with John Burns
12:30 - 1:30pm | Closing Remarks and Lunch
Day 4 –Saturday, November 18 (Partners/Spouses Welcome)
Chuck Taylor Grove and Stanford Stadium
Tailgate (Time TBA)
Big Game (Time TBA)
SPEAKERS
MATT ABRAHAMS
Lecturer at Stanford University, Founder at TFTS Communication LLC
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MATT ABRAHAMS
Lecturer at Stanford University, Founder at TFTS Communication LLC
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MATT ABRAHAMS
Lecturer at Stanford University, Founder at TFTS Communication LLC
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2023-2024 SREC Members
Preferred Name: Mike
Last Name: Biggar
Degree String (Type, Year): ('81, MBA '94)
Job Title: Managing Partner
Company Name: Orchard Partners, LLC
Phone: 408 - 888-6200
Email: mbiggar@orchardpartners.com
Bio: Mike Biggar is Managing Partner of Orchard Partners, LLC, a privately held real estate development and investment company. He began his career in Bay Area commercial real estate in 1981. Prior to forming Orchard Partners in 2007, Mike co-founded Orchard Investors, LLC in 1994 to continue the investment and development activities of its predecessor company, Orchard Properties, a real estate organization well known throughout Northern California since 1973. His Orchard entities have been responsible for the acquisition, development, financing, and operation of over 4,000,000 sq. ft. of R&D, industrial, and tech office product and over 360 acres of development land in the Bay Area, typically in partnership with institutional capital. In addition to SPIRE and SREC, Mike is a past president and current board member of NAIOP Silicon Valley, and is a founding board member of the Hale Ranch Foundation. He received his AB in political science from Stanford University and his MBA from the Stanford GSB.
