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Piece by Piece – Modular Construction’s Future in the LA Region

Returning to In-Person Events!
Please note our new day and time!

Thursday September 22, 2022
8:30 am - 9:30 am PST
Helms Design Center
Doors open at 7:45 for breakfast and mingling before the panel begins

RSVP Required

Modular construction has been long promoted as the future of real estate development, but still has yet to widely and significantly break ground for how we build in Los Angeles.  However, with skyrocketing construction costs, a historic housing supply crisis, and advances in technology, is this sector poised to reenter the mainstream and become a widespread method of construction?  As property prices and market rate rents soar, and with affordable housing construction costs regularly exceeding $500,000/unit, governments, community leaders, and real estate professionals are eager to find ways to reduce the cost of building and bring more units to market.  Can modular construction reduce costs and usher in a future of housing abundance? Are city governments and the State welcoming this new technology?  Or are the cost savings not so clear, is implementation easier said than done, and are our building codes and lending practices too rigid to meet this new opportunity?  

Join the Westside Urban Forum as we gather to discuss present and future obstacles for modular construction and explore its potential for transformative change.

Panelists
Margaux Rotter, Director of Development, BLVD Hospitality
Lana Cook, Business Development Manager, Prefab Logic
Angela Brooks, FAIA, Managing Principal, Brooks + Scarpa
Scott Baldridge, President, Aedis Real Estate Group and Hope Street Development Group Partner

Moderator
Shane Phillips, Housing Initiative Project Manager, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Registration Fees
$50 Members
$65 Non-Members
$10 Student Members
$15 Student Non-Members

Pre-registration closes on Wednesday, September 21st, at 4:00 PM.  After Wednesday, September 21st, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10.  No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. 

Event Time
7:45 am - 9:30 am
7:45 am - Registration & Light Breakfast
8:30 am - Panel Discussion

Returning to In-Person!
We are excited to be returning to in-person events at the Helms Design Center! The Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City.  Google map and directions

COVID UPDATE
Please note that while the use of a face mask will not be mandated, we highly encourage all of our attendees to wear a mask at all times while indoors.  

Transportation & Parking
The garage will not be open for the event; please park in any of the other surface lots at Helms and walk to the Design Center. There is ample street parking, or you can arrive via the Expo Light Rail line that is located one block to the west of Helms Bakery.

Thanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community.  If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month's panel presentation, but would like to join us, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS…

As a non-profit organization we are dependent upon donations in order to continue our monthly programming.  Please keep this in mind when registering for this event; we appreciate contributions of any amount.