Philippe B. Visser is President of Related Office Development where he leads the company’s expansive commercial office development efforts nationally, focused on Related’s efforts to create the optimum 21st century workplace for its corporate partners and employees. Mr. Visser has led the execution of real estate projects and transactions valued at billions of dollars including the Hudson Yards project, the largest ever private development in the U.S. He has structured leases of over 10 million sf with the world’s leading companies including Meta, KKR, WarnerMedia and Wells Fargo. Prior to joining Related, Philippe served as Director of World Trade Center Redevelopment for the Port Authority and has over 25 years of experience leading large scale real estate projects at Tishman Speyer, Vornado Realty and Forest City. Philippe has served on multiple non-profit boards including the YMCA of New York, the Regional Planning Association and the Downtown Alliance. He is also a proud partner of Project Destined and is a founding board member of a new urban center of Jewish life in Brooklyn.
Tue Apr 09
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton South
Category
Trends
The past few years have brought into sharp focus the scale and breadth of the interconnecting challenges we face. Economic pressures, climate change, a generational shift in work habits, and more are challenging real estate leaders in unprecedented ways. It can be hard to know where to focus your energy and resources first. What's clear is that unique challenges require innovative solutions. Join Gensler's co-CEO Jordan Goldstein, managing principal Joe Brancato, and a panel of real estate leaders from the work, lifestyle, and cities sectors as they help you reveal the signal within all the noise.
Diving into Gensler's renowned Design Forecast publication, this session will be rich with the latest trends in design for the built environment together with actionable advice and new ideas that you and your teams need to be paying attention to now and in the year ahead.