Mark Your Calendar for the 7th Annual Downtown Development Day

Central Atlanta Progress in partnership with CREW Atlanta will host the seventh annual Downtown Development Day on Tuesday, November 10th. If you are wondering what is going on in the Atlanta real estate community – this day is for you.  It starts at 7:15 a.m. with a coffee hour/registration and will conclude by 12 p.m. It will mark the first time the event will be held at the AmericasMart, Building Two, West Wing, 235 Williams St.

Mark Becker, the seventh president of Georgia State University, will be present for the first time to deliver the keynote address.

Three breakout sessions will be held beginning at 10:15 a.m. under the following titles:

• Infrastructure Improvements in Downtown Atlanta
• A New Outlook on Real Estate Financing
• What’s Ahead on the Horizon

Some of the panelists in the sessions include: Maria Saporta, Atlanta Business Chronicle columnist; Prakash Patel, CEO of the Georgia Center for Foreign Investment and Development; Mike Alexander, Chief, Data Research & GIS Divisions, Atlanta Regional Commission and Cynthia Stanford, Managing Director – Special Situations Group – Wachovia Bank.

Tickets are $45 each if purchased by November 6th. Advance registration ends after that date, and ticket price rise to $55. An optional tour of new developments in Downtown Atlanta will take place at 12:30 p.m. There is an additional $15 fee for all participants. This includes a boxed-lunch and one-hour guided bus tour. Ticket prices rise to $25 after the pre-registration period.