As a real estate professional, I always like to attend conferences to both widen my knowledge and in truth I simply love it! I have obtained many designations over the years to better attain that knowledge, and in having those designations have helped with referrals from around the country and my company. I recently co-listed a listing in Tarrytown which was a beautiful award winning GREEN home that secured numerous bids that first weekend listed.
So, all of that aside, I happily attended the 2025 Annual East meets West Manhattan conference on Wednesday, October 22nd. Always arranged to perfection with so many attendees (I heard around 200), and each panel was chosen to help educate and create interest to all.
I found myself learning more about 1031 exchanges, ground up development in Asia (Japan and South Korea being very popular), but the most interesting subject (to me) was learning about 3D -Computer generated housing.
I found truly interesting the presentation by SIRE’s CEO Dr. Sam Suzuki who builds 3D Computer generated homes. A 2000 square foot home can be built in 3-4 days, and was truly impressive to hear about. The company only accepts orders of 8000 + homes but I was thinking how this can really help those areas that have suffered from natural disasters and are homeless. Who cannot appreciate a home that can withstand wind speeds of to 210 miles per hour, offer tornado proof designs and improved energy efficient (back to my GREEN designation appreciation!).
My GREEN newsletter recently cited information on Sustainable Architecture with Soil-Based 3D Printed homes. “Lib Earth has designed a timber frame with self-supporting soil walls, printed using a 3D printer.” This type of building resource will definitely be more visible and prevalent in our future.
Robert Shandley is a Board member and long time friend who was so gracious in introducing me to many of the panel attendees. A delicious lunch was served in addition to having a very Happy Hour later at MJ Smith’s at 9 East 45th Street. A great day!
Westchester is GREAT!
