Investing In Bioregions: The Future of Place-Based Real Estate Value Creation

​As climate risk, biodiversity loss, and supply chain disruption reshape markets, investors are increasingly looking beyond individual assets toward the broader systems that make communities physically and financially resilient. This shift toward systems investing weigh's an asset's returns alongside the health of the regional economy it depends on.

​Presenters

• ​Jonathan F.P. Rose — Founder and CEO, Jonathan Rose Companies

• ​Peter Stein — Managing Director, Lyme Timber, a leading sustainable forestland investor

​Join these two pioneers in impact investing for an in-depth discussion on place-based real estate investment and bioregional resilience. The conversation will explore how real estate development and sustainable forestland management can be mutually reinforcing investment strategies. Buildings create durable demand for regionally-sourced mass timber and wood products; working forests meet that demand while sequestering carbon, protecting watersheds, and sustaining rural jobs. Capital deployed on both sides can rebuild domestic supply chains, restore biodiversity, and advance climate and economic goals in ways neither investment could achieve alone.

​Projects featured

• ​Watershed, Burlington, VT — a mixed-income community to be built from regionally-sourced mass timber

• ​Lyme Timber's northeastern forestry work — advancing sustainable forestry and regional forest-product supply chains across the northeastern United States

​Together, both projects illustrate how patient, place-based capital can generate returns while strengthening the regional ecosystems that communities depend on.

​Agenda:

• ​8:00 — 8:30 Breakfast snacks, coffee & networking

• ​8:30 — 8:35 Welcome remarks

• ​8:35 — 9:20 Moderated panel and discussion

• ​9:20 — 9:30 Closing remarks

• ​9:30 — 10:00 Conclusion & networking