Housing Council
The ULI New York Housing Council is a group of prominent New York owners, developers, investors, managers and public sector leaders topically focused around housing policy. Our membership draws from a full range of price points (affordable and market) and housing vehicles (rental, condo, supportive, etc.).
Mission
The mission of the ULI New York Housing Council is the development of housing policies and sharing of best practices in support of accessible, affordable, sustainable, and thriving communities throughout New York.
Goals & Objectives
The focus of the ULI New York Housing Council is to discuss opportunities and challenges that relate to the creation, development and financing of housing as it relates to policy. In this context, the Housing Council convenes a diverse group of stakeholders in a forum that contributes to finding solutions for affordability, design, construction and accessibility.
- The Housing Council‘s focal point is the nexus of the solutions that are presented as recommendations; including economic, policy initiatives, the environment and best-practices.
- A key behind this initiative is to integrate the local activities of the ULI New York Housing Council with those of the national level ULI “initiatives groups” which are collaborating on the agenda for full-spectrum housing, workforce housing, land-use, infrastructure and energy.
- This council format is similar ULI’s national product councils. Members convene every other month to hear from a prominent best speaker(s) from the Housing industry.
Leadership
James Hedden | Managing Member | Treun Realty Investments
Susan Wright | Owner | Susan Wright AIA
Council Members
| Molly Anderson | Senior Associate | NYC Economic Development Corporation |
| Tal Bar-or | Founder | Lantern Company |
| Bina Bhattacharyya | Associate Partner | Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
| Bruce K. Bruene | Co-CEO | Keysite Capital Partners |
| Navish Chawla | Senior Vice President | Willton Investment Management |
| Patrick Connell | Managing Director, Head of Capital Raising | L&L Holding |
| John Curtis | Director | John Curtis Architecture PLLC |
| Bo Diamond | Director | Arc Real Estate Group |
| Caitlin Elliott | Development Associate | The Albanese Organization |
| George Evans | Associate | Goulston & Storrs |
| Brett Goldberg | Analyst | Roosevelt Management Company |
| R. Douglas Hamilton | Design Director | Archilier Architecture |
| Jiren He | Construction Manager | Equity Residential |
| Robert Hellman | Managing Director | Pembrook Capital Management |
| Monique Henley | Director, Development | Rockefeller Group |
| Mark Hughes | Vice President | ACRES Capital |
| Vickram Jambu | Senior Managing Director, Investment Sales | Lee & Associates NYC |
| Michael Jones | Partner | Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
| Camila Jordan | Program Director | Cypress Hills Local Development Corp. |
| Robin Kramer | Partner | Duval & Stachenfeld LLP |
| Jeffrey Levine | Senior Trader | Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Leroy Li | Director of Project Management | Think! Architecture & Design |
| Mark Matthews | Assurance Senior Manager | Ernst & Young, LLP Mark Lokhin | Vice President | China Orient Asset Management |
| Brian McFarland | Principal | CetraRuddy Architecture |
| Caaminee Pandit | Development Manager | Lendlease |
| Tatiana Pena | Project Manager | Trinity Financial |
| James Powers | Director | Bohler Engineering |
| Paul J. Proulx | Partner | Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP |
| Silke Rapelius | Principal | GKV Architects |
| Christopher Reynolds | Director, Development | AvalonBay |
| Tiffany Rufrano | VP, Director of Asset Management | Related Companies |
| Marc Schulder | Managing Director | BlueGate Partners |
| Josh Schuster | Managing Principal | Silverback Development |
| Raphael Sidelsky | Chief Investment Officer, Real Estate | W5 Group |
| Chad Sinsheimer | Managing Director | Ackman-Ziff |
| John Sweeney | Principal | Park Madison Partners |
| Jordanna Tichner | Acquisitions & Development Associate | Urban Builders Collaborative LLC |
| Thomas Toland | Senior Vice President | Walker & Dunlop |
| Eric Wald | Executive Director, Acquisitions | J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
| Joseph Weishaar | Director, Asset Management | L+M Development Partners |
| Mark Willis | Executive Director & Research Fellow | NYU Furman Center |
| Jie Zhu | Design Director | HLW International |
Get Involved
The application window to join the Council is open annually from January through March. Limited guest seats are available for every Council meeting. Please contact Chris Karakul via e-mail at chris.karakul@uli.org or call 917-773-8825 for more information.
Basic Guidelines for a ULI NY Local Product Council:
- Must be a member of ULI to join a Local Product Council
- To be considered for participation on a Local Product Council, a member must apply (application window is open from January – March)
- Member must have relevant knowledge of subject matter
- Members can only participate in one Council at a time
- All members must actively participate in discussion and sharing information
- Council members must attend 4 out of the 6 meetings during the ULI fiscal year
- No more than two members of a firm may sit on the same product council