WDC 2023 Programs

Upcoming Programs

SAVE THE DATE: April 25, 2023 at 1 PM ET:  Planting Seeds: How crowdfunding, micro-loans and philanthropy are catalyzing transformative developments.

WDC's next virtual program will focus on how predevelopment funding is planting seeds to support the growth of women developers. Our panel of experts will describe how micro-loans, philanthropy and crowdsourcing are helping to fund transformative developments in Michigan and across the US.

SAVE THE DATE: WDC Toronto in May - 05/14 & 05/15 at the start of ULI Spring Meeting

  • Monday May 15– 2:30-8:30 PM – Program begins next to Union Station at KG&A with an inspiring panel of Toronto women developers followed by a tour through downtown Toronto and finishing with a reception at Urban Strategies.
  • Pre-Program– Sunday May 14– 3:30-8:30 PM– Tour of Toronto’s historic downtown eastside featuring women-led developments begins at Bousfields followed by 6 PM dinner at Terroni Adelaide with conversations about transformative development and investment in Canada and US.
  • Program locations are near many downtown hotels, with easy transit access from the airport and luggage storage available during tours.

Recent WDC 2023 Programs

January 11, 2023 at 1 PM ET:  WDC Investment Forum - Organizing Investment Club of Accredited Investors.

Organizational and strategy meeting where we initiated the formation and implementation of a real estate investment club of WDC members who are accredited investors:

January 17, 2023 at 5 PM ET:  WDC Investment Forum - Organizing Investor Collaborative.

Organizational and strategy meeting where we will initiate the formation and implementation of an Investor Collaborative, an informal educational club of WDC members who are dedicated to advancing investment in women-led developments:

  • Investor Collaborative (mix of investors)— Informal educational club focused on crowd funding opportunities and individual investments in women-led developments by WDC members who are non-accredited and accredited investors.

March 2, 2023 at 1 PM ET:  Room of Our Own - Disruptive Innovators Propelling Housing Forward.

We joined these dynamic innovators who are disrupting the housing industry and discussed how they are deploying technology to reduce our carbon footprint and make housing faster, cheaper and easier to construct. Katherine (Katie) Faulkner showcaseed how her company, Highland Park Technologies, is developing a cost-effective, exterior panel that provides a deep energy retrofit for low-rise multifamily residential buildings. Meea Kang of Related California discussed how she is deploying modular construction by Factory OS to build 248 apartments south of Lake Tahoe in California. Dafna Kaplan demonstrated how her construction technology company, Cassette, is simplifying construction 1000 homes at a time through modular system engineering and deployment. Kate McGee, Principal of KM Planning Strategy, moderated the program.

Save The Date!

  • Tuesday April 25, 2023 at 1 PM ET, Planting Seeds: How crowdfunding, micro-loans and philanthropy are catalyzing transformative developments
  • Monday, May 15, 2023 at 2:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET, WDC Program begins next to Union Station at KG&A with an inspiring panel of Toronto women developers followed by a tour through downtown Toronto and finishing with a reception at Urban Strategies.
  • Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 3:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET, WDC Pre-Program Tour of Toronto’s historic downtown eastside featuring women-led developments at Bousfields followed by 6 PM dinner highlighting investors and developers