Tracking the Market: Grubb Properties Leaders Share Conference Takeaways

June 17, 2026

Grubb Properties leaders participated in major industry events this spring as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the firm’s approach to multifamily housing investing. 

“We believe it’s mission-critical to be part of the conversations shaping our industry,” said Clay Grubb, CEO of Grubb Properties. “Industry events provide opportunities for us to engage directly with peers and thought leaders to help ensure we’re best-positioned to meet the evolving needs of our investors, partners and residents.”

At the GlobeSt. Multifamily Owners Summit, Chief Investment Officer Skip Schwartz took part in the roundtable discussion Owners Fireside Chat: Lessons from the Portfolio - Scaling Success in Multifamily Ownership. “The conference reaffirmed the supply-and-demand dynamics that continue to drive the need for essential housing,” he said. "My panel and the conversations across the event validated Grubb Properties' focus and commitment to helping address the essential housing shortage in the United States.”

Skip also noted: “An aspect of our strategy that was particularly resonant with conference participants was how Grubb Properties leverages state and local financial incentives to forge public-private partnerships that reinforce our investment thesis and our essential housing communities.”

Skip stressed that there was broad consensus among conference participants that the multifamily housing industry is seeing a recovery characterized by a reduction in new supply and a stabilization of rent economics. “More importantly, there’s continued longer-term demand – especially from our target cohorts of middle-income Millennials and Gen Zers – for affordable rentals.” 

With Grubb Properties’ growing presence in New York City, team members are also sharing insights about the multifamily investment opportunity in the city. Link Apartments℠ 8 Carlisle is under construction in Manhattan’s Financial District, while Link Apartments® QPN in Long Island City has reached stabilization for its market-rate units.

Lauren Cahill, Senior Vice President, Development, represented Grubb Properties at Markets Group’s Private Wealth Tri-State Forum in April. Lauren shared that participants were largely in agreement that “markets change, cycles come and go, but New York City’s housing shortage remains and demand is remarkably resilient.”

Representing the Grubb Properties team at the PEI Investor Relations New York Forum were Sherry Long Sowers, Managing Director, Investor Relations; Jenny Flora, Vice President, Investor Relations; and Emily Ethridge, Vice President, Corporate Communications.

“The conference reinforced our belief that investors look for more than transparent performance metrics. They want clarity around strategy, market positioning and how we’re navigating change,” said Sherry.

The team is already applying some lessons learned from the conference, including in their plans for the 2026 Annual Investor Meeting. 

Grubb Properties team members plan to attend further events this year to stay close to the conversations shaping the industry. 

Read Supply, Demand and the U.S. Multifamily Housing Shortage for our latest insights on the market dynamics driving the need for essential housing.