Panelist
Panelist
Mr. Peter Kadin
EVP Marketing EMPIRE
Peter Kadin is the Executive Vice President of Marketing at EMPIRE, the leading independent record label, distributor, and publisher. Based in San Francisco, Kadin oversees EMPIRE’s global marketing organization and drives strategic campaigns for a wide-ranging roster of artists, including international star Shaboozey, acclaimed rapper Larry June, and Afrobeats hitmaker Fireboy DML.
Prior to joining EMPIRE, Kadin founded and led a San Francisco–based public relations and marketing consultancy, partnering with artists, brands, and cultural institutions such as Stevie Wonder, Bleacher Report, 2 Chainz, and Jeezy.
Previously, he served as Senior Director of Media & Artist Relations at Def Jam Recordings in New York City, where he oversaw national media campaigns for artists including Logic and Pusha T. Kadin began his career at The Chamber Group, a boutique public relations and marketing agency, where he rose from intern to Senior Manager while cultivating cross-industry relationships across music, fashion, and sports.
Kadin is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he began his career in the music industry by booking live performances on campus.
Speaking at
Wed Nov 05
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
Moscone West - Level 2, 2022-2024
Doom Loop to Boom Loop: Is San Francisco on the Brink of the next Gold Rush?
Category
Placemaking
From the literal gold rush of 1849, San Francisco has been a boom and bust town. What is unique about San Francisco that makes for such dramatic cycles, what can we learn about when the next cycle will begin, and what is being done to accelerate its rebound? The latest and most severe cycle may be the bust experienced from the COVID pandemic. San Francisco has been the poster child for problems that were occurring in urban downtowns. Office and retail occupancy decreased, which resulted in the downtown being labeled as a Doom Loop. Will history repeat itself? Are the elements that helped San Francisco rebound in the past again pointing to another once in a cycle opportunity again to participate in the next downtown Boom? Hear about why a tower significantly taller than the current tallest tower West of the Mississippi is moving forward and why downtown will have an electronic music enterprise housed in a building as iconic as Capital Records in Hollywood.
To help accelerate the recovery, ULI and the City of San Francisco partnered to convene an Advisory Services panel of experts from around the country on how to revitalize downtown San Francisco. The panel provided strategic recommendations for leveraging the city's existing physical assets, identifying opportunities for financial incentives, and implementing reforms that promote the economic and social health of the downtown. Learn where downtown San Francisco stands today and what is likely to happen tomorrow.