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MAY 15TH 8:30AM- 5:00PM UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY 4001 W MCNICHOLS RD DETROIT 48221
INVEST ONE DAY. ELEVATE YOUR ENTIRE YEAR. Earn up to six continuing education hours while gaining practical insights from some of the industry’s most respected experts, professionals who understand today’s challenges and know what’s coming next. This isn’t theory, it’s real-world knowledge you can put to work immediately. Just as valuable? The room. Connect with property professionals and brokers from across the region, expand your network, exchange ideas, and strengthen relationships that drive deals and careers forward. If you’re serious about staying competitive, informed, and connected in commercial real estate, this is where you need to be.
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BOMA METRO DETROIT’S COMMERICIAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
8:45am WELCOME Trevor Duke, President, BOMA Metro Detroit Coffee and Bakery Goods 9:00am - 10:00am Ballroom - Open Buildings: The Future of Real Estate is Connected, Intelligent, and Unlocked KODE LABS 10:15am – 11:15am Room A - Security - In a World of Protest, Protecting Your Assets with Planned and Unplanned Events – Prudential Alarms Room B - Transform Rising Energy Costs into Lasting Savings: A Strategic Approach to Commercial Building Energy Efficiency. Energy Sciences 12:15pm Lunch 12:45pm – 1:15 pm Main Room - The Financial Bridge, Operational Excellence: Connecting Financial Excellence with Efficient Operational Strategies Farbman Group 1:30pm – 2:30pm Ballroom - Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Save You Money in Daily Operations Thomas Duke Company 3:00pm-4:00pm Fountain Lounge - Legal Updates Affecting Building Owners and Property Managers Kitch Attorneys 4:45: Closing Comments
Open Buildings: The Future of Real Estate is Connected, Intelligent, and Unlocked Presented By: Walter Amicucci, Vice President KODE LABS • We Don’t Have a Technology Problem, We Have a Connection Problem. • Buildings are filled with systems that don’t talk— creating inefficiency, silos, and hidden costs that scale across portfolios. • Closed Systems Create Closed Possibilities.
• Vendor lock-in limits innovation. • Data Isn’t Powerful, Usable Data Is. • Insight without action is just noise.
• The Best Buildings Don’t Just Operate, they Think. • The future is autonomous, adaptive buildings that continuously optimize, reduce costs, and deliver measurable ROI.
Security - In a World of Protest, Protecting You Assets with Planned and Unplanned Events. Presented By: Greg Wier, President / CEO Prudential Alarms Why businesses need to proactively protect their assets in today’s unpredictable world. Understanding the Security Threat Landscape • Planned Events vs. Unplanned Events. • Threats Businesses Face: Unauthorized entry, theft, looting, arson, safety risks. • How Security Technology Plays a Role.
Security Strategies for Planned Events • Pre-Event Security Assessment
Responding to Unplanned Events • Real-Time Threat Detection & Incident Response • Lockdown & Access Control Measures • Crisis Communication & Notification Systems Case Studies & Best Practices - Real-Life Examples of How Security Technology Prevented Losses.
Transform Rising Energy Costs into Lasting Savings: A Strategic Approach to Commercial Building Energy Efficiency. Presented By: Diana Nash- Customer Engagement Manager, Avelino DeVeyra- Customer Engagement Specialist, Ezgi T. McCarthy- Associate Program Manager, Laurie Catey-Director of Engineering – Energy Sciences The Michigan energy code required commissioning and functional testing . Compressed air leak surveys & utility incentives. ASHRAE energy audits and Treasure Hunts. Utility program rebates and custom calculations to maximize savings. Building Commissioning • Full System Commissioning • Retro-commissioning • Re-commissioning The Consumers Energy RCx Program Building systems investigations and troubleshooting for MEP systems. MEP system property condition assessments.
The Financial Bridge: Connecting Operations to Asset Value Presented By: Jordan Valasek, Senior Vice President / Director of Property Management Farbman Group "The Price is Right” - Understanding actual costs in property management. The "Financial Bridge" Concept - Why property managers must act as financial stewards. Operational Foundation - How daily actions must support a property’s financial mission and strengthen stakeholder confidence. Core Impacts - How operational efficiency critically influences long-term competitiveness and asset valuation. Strategic Learning Objectives: The course outlines four primary professional outcomes for managers: Contract Auditing: Moving beyond pricing to assess the long-term value of vendor contracts. Maintenance Planning: Using lifecycle tracking to extend asset life and reduce emergency repair costs. Expense Management: Optimizing staffing and utility use to control operating expenses (OpEx). Financial Communication: Building confidence in justifying building expenditures to owners and investors. Operational Decision-Making Themes - The pillars of the Financial Bridge: • Value-Driven Vendor Management: Shifting focus from the lowest bid to high- value performance and risk management. • Lifecycle Costing: Using ROI and total cost of ownership to decide whether to repair or replace equipment. • Resource Optimization: Eliminating inefficiencies in staffing and utilities. • Risk Mitigation: Understanding that deferred maintenance is a future liability that can lead to property downgrades.
AI — Tech-Driven Productivity & Savings for Commercial Real Estate Presented By: Trevor Duke, Thomas Duke Company AI is a practical force multiplier, not a buzzword, for commercial real estate teams. • The Pivot: How to turn workflows into productivity • AI as Development Partner: Establishing the core thesis that AI isn't just the product, it's the partner. • Roadmap: Day-to-Day Task Relief, Data Summarization, Business Trend Visibility, and Safe Use. • AR Collections: Replacing manual aging reports with a unified dashboard. • CAM Allocator: Turning weeks of CAM reconciliation spreadsheet gymnastics into a guided upload. Summarizing Large Amounts of Data - A focus on how AI unlocks institutional data • PropertyOS — Unified Property Dashboard: Consolidating Skyline financials, Fyxtwork orders, call logs, and lease terms. • Skyline Accounting + AI: Bridging 45+ years of legacy Actian PSQL accounting data so anyone can ask questions and get answers in seconds. • Call Intelligence: Recording, transcribing, and summarizing broker calls. Staying on Top of Business Trends • Broker Deal Pipeline: A visual kanban deal tracker across four deal types (Sale Listing, Lease Listing, Buyer Rep, Tenant Rep), with follow-up alerts and AI-generated daily summaries of what moved, what stalled, and what needs a push. Using AI Safely & Getting Started Critical risk management and a practical launch plan attendees can act on the next day. Data Privacy: Understanding where your data goes — the difference between free tools that train on inputs and paid/enterprise tiers that don't.
Legal Updates Affecting Building Owners and Property Managers
Presented By:
Keith Wright, Esq. and Rosanna Ameriguian, Esq., Kitch Attorneys
General Case Law
Statutory Changes in 2024
Proposed changes in 2025 and the impact on commercial real estate
Administrative Law Changes in Commercial Real Estate
Q & A
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