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Equity, debt, and customer demand: Everyone wants to know about the state of the capital markets, leasing, sales, and development. How is the Chicago market different than other business centers? Is leasing activity poised to pick up in the last quarter of 2010? What lies ahead for the CMBS market? When will equity waiting on the sidelines be deployed and into what asset classes?
Join us on September 21st at the Mid-America Club for a lively and informative discussion about the state of the real estate market led by our all-star cast of luminaries.
September 21, 2010
Mid-America Club
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Agenda
| 7:15 AM – 8:00 AM |
Breakfast and Schmooze |
| 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM |
National Outlook
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| 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM |
Chicago Outlook
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| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
Post-Game Schmooze
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Bruce Duncan
President & CEO
First Industrial Realty Trust
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| Bruce oversees 70M SF of industrial space across the US for First Industrial, an established REIT and owner of industrial real estate serving customers. Since 2005, he has served as Chairman of Starwood Hotels, and from April to September of 2007 he served as Starwood's CEO on an interim basis. Additionally, he has served as President and CEO of EQR and Chairman, President and CEO of Cadillac Fairview Corp., one of N. America's largest owners and developers of retail and office properties. During his 16-year tenure at JMB Realty Corporation, which included his service as President and Co-CEO of JMB Institutional Realty Corporation, the firm grew its asset base from $800M to $25B. |
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Jeffrey S. Quicksilver
Managing Principal
Walton Street Capital
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| Jeff oversees global investments and acquisitions at Walton Street Capital, which has invested $3.3B of equity in transactions with a gross acquisition cost of $13.1B since its inception in 1995. Jeff is a member of the firm's Investment and Management Committee. Prior to joining Walton Street, Jeff was a MD at JMB Realty in the Acquisitions Group. |
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Albert M. Friedman
Chairman & CEO
Friedman Properties
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| Friedman Properties owns or manages 50 properties and 4M SF throughout the Chicago area and has been instrumental in the redevelopment of 12 full city blocks, mainly in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The company has $1B in new construction planned over the next 5 years for the neighborhood. Noted past projects include the redevelopment of the former Medinah Temple/Tree Studios, the former Cook County Courthouse and the former Reid-Murdoch Center along the Chicago River. |
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Paul Zeller
Founder & President
Zeller Realty Group
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| Paul oversees all aspects of Zeller Realty Group's business including the $1.2B of its completed development and acquisition activity totaling 8M SF over the past 18 years. Since 1994, he has focused on acquiring and repositioning existing office buildings. Prior to Zeller Realty Group, Paul was a General Partner and Shareholder of The John Buck Company where he was involved in 4M SF of high-rise office developments with a total cost of $750M. |
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John Pelusi
CEO & Vice Chairman
HFF, Inc.
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| John is also Executive Managing Director and Managing Member of HFF, L.P., one of HFF, Inc's subsidiaries. Responsible for the direction of HFF's 17 offices, he has led a 200% increase in HFF's transaction volume from first half of 2009 to first half 2010. Some of his prominent deals included the $255.4M B note sale of 237 Park Avenue in NYC and the $89.5M sale of Cranberry Woods, a four-building office park in northern Pittsburgh. |
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Todd Lippman
Vice Chairman
CBRE
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| Todd has completed 40M SF in transactions in his career and is the only brokerage professional in Chicago and the Midwest to achieve CBRE's highest honorary title. In 2009, he was the number one producer in Chicago with 1.7M SF of transactions, including some of Chicago's largest office leases of the year – KPMG and Barnes & Thornburg. He has represented the largest corporations in the world including ABN AMRO, Aon, Canon USA, JP Morgan Chase, KPMG and Oracle. Additionally, he is the Regional Director of CBRE's Law Firm Advisory Group. |
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Bruce Miller
Managing Director
Jones Lang LaSalle
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| Bruce heads JLL's Capital Markets Group in Chicago. He focuses on dispositions and recapitalization of assets throughout the Midwest and has sold $3B of investment grade commercial real estate for clients such as Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and Tishman Speyer Properties. Major properties sold include the Leo Burnett Building, 181 West Madison, and One Financial Place. |
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Denise Olsen
Managing Director
GEM Realty Capital
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| Chicago-based GEM has over $3B of real estate assets under management. Denise joined GEM in '96 and serves on the Investment Committee. She oversees business development and capital raising activities for GEM Realty Properties and GEM Realty Securities and has primary responsibility for investor relations. |
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MODERATOR |
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Eugene J.M. Leone
Partner
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
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Gene practices all aspects of commercial real estate and focuses on joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financings and workouts. He served as general counsel for Walton Street Capital from July 2005 to May 2010 and has also represented Commonfund Realty Investors, JMB Realty Corporation, Oaktree Capital Management, Starwood Capital Group, Westport Capital Partners, and Waterton Associates. |
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George Klenovich
Managing Principal - Chicago
Reznick Group
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| George leads the Chicago office and has more than 25 years of experience serving clients in various industries. His real estate experience includes working directly with both developers and syndicators. Prior to Reznick, he was the Office Managing Partner and Director of the Assurance Practice for the St. Louis office of Ernst & Young. There, he focused on strategic growth markets for the Midwest region.
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