Inflation Reduction Act and its Impact on Commercial Real Estate Investment and Development

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate Law

• Project Development

• Land Use

Tony Watson personally manages clients with over $350 Million dollars in real estate holdings. He has spoken for hundreds of trade organizations throughout the State of California. Holding a federal license as an Enrolled Agent tax practitioner, Tony can advise, represent, and prepare tax returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and any other entity with tax-reporting requirements.

Aside from his full-time position at Robert Hall & Associates, Tony is an active real estate investor, entrepreneur and enjoys short and long term trading. With over a decade and a half of experience, Tony, along his team at Robert Hall & Associates, actively look for the newest and most up-to-date strategies to implement on client tax filings. They all operate with the same goal in mind: to help taxpayers keep more of their wealth and not overspend with the federal and state revenue agencies.

Alex Heil, PhD, is a Senior Economist at The Conference Board. An applied economist, he has more than 20 years of experience in the energy, environment and infrastructure space. His work is centered on the energy transition, renewable energy resources, urban economics, and how infrastructure and transportation will affect development patterns and economic trends.

Before joining the Conference Board, Alex was VP for Research at the Citizens Budget Commission, a think tank focused on the finances and operations of New York City and State governments. Prior to CBC, Alex was the Chief Economist of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In that role, he analyzed regional economic conditions, conducted regional cost benefit analysis, assessed the regional economic impacts of transportation investments, and undertook economic and financial project evaluations. He also worked as a consultant on energy and utility projects for private and public sector clients as an economist for CDM Smith, Inc.

Alex has been a frequent speaker and presenter at conferences and events for commercial real estate, transportation, and financial executives in the Greater New York metropolitan region and nationwide.

His background includes a strong focus on environmental economics and sustainability. He contributed to a Congressional Study on Investments in Transportation Resilience, and has been an adjunct faculty member in the Sustainability Management Program at Columbia University for nearly a decade.

Originally from Germany, he received his BSc from Hawai’i Pacific University in Honolulu, his MSc from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, and his PhD from the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom.

David Blatt is the CEO of CapStack Partners, an asset manager specializing in real estate debt investments.

Prior to CapStack, Mr. Blatt was a founding Principal at DBP Capital in New York where he ran a special situations fund for over a decade that acquired and repositioned distressed real estate assets. Since 2001, Blatt has been involved in the negotiating and structuring of countless acquisitions and brings an expert level understanding to successfully capitalizing and closing a deal.

Mr. Blatt is a member of the Bloomberg Breakaway CEO network, an influential circle of international leaders, investors, technologists and policymakers, and has participated at the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He is also a former NYU professor of Negotiation. He has hosted the real estate investment youtube and podcast, "Make the Deal: Real Estate Investing with David Blatt" and has been a regular contributor to New York’s top commercial real estate trade publication, Commercial Observer. He is a frequent public speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation and capital & investment trends in real estate. Mr. Blatt has been frequently sourced by national business and real estate trade outlets, including the Financial Times, LA Times, GlobeSt, Commercial Observer and The Real Deal for his expert opinions on how to make good investment decisions, how to effectively negotiate and structure deals and where to invest in the real estate industry.

Blatt earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management from Yeshiva University, JD from Cardozo School of Law, Executive MBA from Baruch College, and Master's in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law. He is a Registered Investment Advisor, is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey and California., and is a real estate broker in New York and Florida.

Specialties: Standardization, Processes, Mentoring, Coaching, Understanding the specific audience and balancing high technical scrutiny with big-picture goals

Nicholas Allen-Sandoz, an Associate in the JB&B Deep Carbon Reduction Group, is a dedicated building science professional committed to the advancement of reliable building energy-efficiency practices throughout the industry. He has considerable experience with a diverse range of building types, including commercial, residential, academic, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, grocery stores, and sports complexes.

Mr. Allen-Sandoz has conducted advanced energy modeling analysis, ranging from 1 million+ square foot healthcare campus central plant upgrades to several LEED Platinum projects. He has performed extensive onsite field testing and analysis for energy audits and commissioning services, and has served as a technical consultant for several rating authorities having jurisdiction throughout the country, supporting the quality assurance of new construction and renovation energy modeling programs and enforcing program rule sets with program applicants. These combined skill sets give him an intimate understanding of the dynamic among day-to-day building failures, design intent, and actual realized performance.

A passionate educator and experienced orator and curriculum developer, he has conducted training sessions on building science and energy modeling for architects and engineers across the country, to groups as large as 100 people and as small as custom one-on-one online support.

Mr. Allen-Sandoz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics from Drexel University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York, an ASHRAE Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP), and he also sits on the ASHRAE BEMP exam subcommittee to help develop new exam questions. He is a member of the Standing Standard Project Committee of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 Energy Standard for Building except Low-Rise Residential to help consult on new language and rulesets for future releases of the standard.