Asset and Property Management Specialty Interest Group
December 12, 2024
| 12:00 pm
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Guest Speaker: Cia Buckley Marakovits, Chief Investment Officer and President of Dune Real Estate Partners, LP
Evaluating Opportunities for Office-to-Residential Conversions This session will explore the key factors that impact feasibility for the conversion of Office Buildings to Residential and how asset and property managers can evaluate potential available opportunities. We are pleased that Cia Buckley Marakovits, Chief Investment Office and President of Dune Real Estate Partners, LP will present and lead a discussion on this topic. Dune Real Estate Partners is a New York City-based real estate investment firm executing an investment strategy that focuses on distressed, deep value-add and contrarian investing balanced by region, sector, and risk profile. In her role as Chief Investment Officer and President, Cia Buckley Marakovits is responsible for the management and performance of Dune’s investment activity and operating business. In addition to her management role at Dune, Ms. Buckley Marakovits is a very active member of the broader real estate community. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Investment Committee for ULI, the Pension Real Estate Association’s Board of Directors, the Columbia Business School MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board, and the Executive Committee of the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Dune, Ms. Buckley Marakovits was the President of the U.S. Fund Business for JER Partners, an affiliate of the J.E. Robert Companies. Ms. Marakovits received an M.B.A from Columbia University and a B.A. from Lafayette College.