CREtech New York Announces Pamela Thomas, Executive Vice President, Portfolio and Asset Management at AvalonBay Communities, as Main Stage Speaker

New York, NY — May 18, 2026 — CREtech New York, the largest real estate AI and innovation conference and the flagship event of NYC Real Estate Week, has announced Pamela Thomas, Executive Vice President, Portfolio and Asset Management at AvalonBay Communities, as a featured Main Stage speaker for its 2026 edition at the Javits Center, taking place October 20-21, 2026.

As commercial real estate enters a defining era shaped by artificial intelligence, capital discipline, operational reinvention, and shifting sector dynamics, Pamela Thomas brings a powerful portfolio and asset management perspective to the Main Stage conversation. At AvalonBay Communities, she leads the company’s portfolio and asset management organization, with responsibility for optimizing portfolio performance, directing capital planning, overseeing sustainability strategy, leading the mixed-use business, and guiding allocation decisions across AvalonBay’s 300+ community national footprint.

Session Details:
Title: The State of Global Real Estate: The C-Suite View
Date: October 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Location: Main Stage at CREtech New York
Speakers: Amy Price, Co-President, BGO; Carter Andrus, Chief Operating Officer, Prologis; Ross Cooper, President & Chief Investment Officer, Kimco Realty; Ben Brown, Co-President and Head of the Americas, Real Estate, Brookfield; Pamela Thomas, Executive Vice President, Portfolio and Asset Management, AvalonBay Communities.

This opening Main Stage session will bring together executive perspectives from some of the most influential companies in real estate, including Prologis, Kimco, BGO, Brookfield, and AvalonBay Communities. The conversation will examine where the commercial real estate industry is heading, with leaders sharing firsthand insights on capital deployment, portfolio strategy, market shifts, and the sectors heating up or cooling down across today’s complex landscape.

With more than two decades of institutional real estate investment and asset management experience, Pamela brings a deep understanding of how major portfolios are being positioned for long-term performance. Before joining AvalonBay in 2024, she spent seven years at CPP Investments as Managing Director and Head of U.S. Real Estate, where she led investment and portfolio management strategy for a $7 billion U.S. portfolio. She also served as the sole U.S.-based member of CPP’s Global Real Estate Investment Committee, sharing responsibility for investment decisions across a $37 billion global real estate portfolio.

Earlier in her career, Pamela served as Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, overseeing a $4 billion, 5,800-unit multifamily portfolio in New York City and Northern New Jersey, and held investment roles at RREEF/Deutsche Bank focused on multifamily across the eastern U.S.

Her session will anchor CREtech New York’s overarching theme, Commercial Real Estate in the Age of AI, which examines how artificial intelligence is transforming:

• C-suite leadership and governance
• Capital flows and investment strategy
• Agentic AI and workflow automation
• Construction and robotics
• Leasing and tenant experience
• Sustainability and performance optimization
• Data centers and power demand
• The line between hype and measurable ROI

CREtech New York brings together thousands of C-suite executives, investors, developers, brokers, occupiers, and technology leaders for two days of forward-looking content and the largest meetings program in real estate. The event’s structured, high-value meetings program is designed to connect decision-makers with solution providers in curated, ROI-driven conversations that move business forward.

Pamela Thomas’ portfolio-level perspective will help attendees understand how one of the nation’s leading multifamily owners and operators is navigating market complexity, capital allocation, sustainability priorities, and long-term value creation in a rapidly evolving real estate environment.

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