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Opening Keynote from Top Economist in Atlanta

Thomas Cunningham, Ph.D
Opening Keynote

Thomas Cunningham, Ph.D

SVP, Metro Atlanta Chamber

Christopher Martorella

Christopher Martorella

President

The Integral Group

John Heagy

John Heagy

Senior Managing Director

Hines

Travis Garland

Travis Garland

Chief Development Officer

Portman Holdings

Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson

Principal

Greenstone Properties

Wesley Hudson
Moderator

Wesley Hudson

Partner

Cherry Bekaert

John Heagy

Senior Managing Director

Hines

Mr. Heagy is a senior managing director and is responsible for the leasing and marketing of the office projects and for securing corporate services and mixed-use development assignments in the Southeast Region of the United States. Mr. Heagy joined the firm in 1996 and has been active in Atlanta's commercial real estate market since 1977.

Heagy received his BA in Political Science from the University of Georgia. Mr. Heagy serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, Central Atlanta Progress (CAP); Metro Atlanta Chamber; and the Perimeter Community Improvement District (PCID).

Travis Garland

Chief Development Officer

Portman Holdings

As Chief Development Officer, Travis Garland oversees the day-to-day business across all asset classes at Portman, playing a key role in shaping strategy, executing transactions, and driving the development of new and existing product types.

Previously, Travis served as Managing Director of Office at Portman, where he led transactions totaling over $4 billion in gross value, including leasing, operations, and dispositions. He is an active member of NAIOP and ULI. His achievements have earned him recognition as a NAIOP “Top Producer” in 2014 and 2018, as well as the #2 Producer in 2016, 2020, and 2021. He was also named one of Real Estate Forum’s 40 Under 40 in 2014 and has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker from 2013 to 2021.

Travis holds a B.B.A. in real estate from the University of Georgia and is a licensed Broker in Georgia and North Carolina. He has been active in commercial real estate since 2005.

Bo Jackson

Principal

Greenstone Properties

Bo leads the acquisitions practice for Greenstone. He has been involved in 10 million square feet of office and mixed use properties in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast United States. His previous Atlanta office properties include Concourse, One-Ninety-One Peachtree Tower, Perimeter Center, Three Ravinia, Mansell Overlook, The Pinnacle and 3630 Peachtree among others.

Bo has a passion to optimize workforce productivity by creating extraordinary workplace environments. His focus is to deliver attractive economic results for Greenstone investment partners.

Bo’s organization involvements include: Urban Land Institute (ULI) , and is a board member of the Atlanta chapter of National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP).

Bo is a graduate of The University of Delaware.

Wesley Hudson

Moderator

Cherry Bekaert

An experienced commercial real estate advisor for over 20 years, Wesley is an Opportunity Zone National Leader and Audit Partner with Cherry Bekaert’s Real Estate & Construction industry group. Based in the Atlanta office, he provides guidance to clients on real estate tax credit transactions, pre-acquisition due diligence, purchase price allocation, tax mitigation structuring, real estate consulting and financial statement audits.

Wesley’s technical ability encompasses an assortment of expertise with clients in the hotels and resorts, student housing, military housing, multi-family/affordable housing, and retail/office sectors. He also consults on equity rollups, public filing preparation and large-scale real estate portfolio acquisitions. In addition, Wesley has helped real estate holding companies, developers, contractors and private equity funds with transactions ranging from $25 million to $4 billion.

Prior to joining Cherry Bekaert, Wesley led the Atlanta office and Commercial Real Estate Group for the Southeast for a Top 15 National Accounting Firm. He previously held various Board of Directors positions with local chapters of NAIOP, Central Atlanta Progress, and the City of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Chapter of the Urban Land Institute for five years (including three years as Treasurer) and was on the National Board of Directors for the National Multi-Housing Council. Wesley is a regular speaker at various real estate conferences around the nation.

Derek Schiller

Derek Schiller

President, Business

Atlanta Braves

Amanda Rhein

Amanda Rhein

Senior Director - TOD & Real Estate

MARTA

Dr. Eloisa Klementich

Dr. Eloisa Klementich

President & CEO

Invest Atlanta

Ceasar C. Mitchell, Jr.
Moderator

Ceasar C. Mitchell, Jr.

President

Atlanta City Council

Amanda Rhein

Senior Director - TOD & Real Estate

MARTA

Amanda Rhein is Senior Director of Transit Oriented Development and Real Estate at MARTA, the nation’s ninth largest transit system which includes heavy rail, bus and paratransit services. She oversees the Office of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Real Estate, whose vision is to create transit oriented communities that connect people to opportunities, drive sustainable community development and promote regional prosperity.

Ms. Rhein previously served as Interim Managing Director of Redevelopment at Invest Atlanta, Atlanta’s Development Authority and the economic development agency for the city of Atlanta. She oversaw the team responsible for managing and marketing the City’s

primary economic development tools, tax allocation districts (TADs) and New Markets Tax Credits (NMTCs). While at Invest Atlanta Ms. Rhein doubled the number of TADs and funded over 30 projects which resulted in the investment of $3.5 billion in Atlanta’s most

underserved communities.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Rhein graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2002. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004. Ms. Rhein is a regular guest lecturer at the School of City and Regional Planning and has presented at numerous national and local conferences on TOD and economic development and in 2015 gave a TED talk at the TEDxAtlanta Conference. She has also authored articles in Urban Land Magazine, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Atlanta

Journal Constitution and contributed to several best practice case studies for the Council of Development Finance Agencies. Ms. Rhein is active in the Urban Land Institute at both the local and national level. Ms. Rhein is a member of the national Transit Orineted Development Council, a group of 50 national industry experts. Locally, she is active on the Livable Communities Council, a facilitator for the UrbanPlan program and a member of the Atlanta District Council Advisory Board. During her tenure as the inaugural co-chair of the ULI Atlanta Center for Leadership she designed and implemented an innovative leadership program for real estate professionals which now serves as a national model. Ms. Rhein served on the Board of Directors Dad’s Garage Theater Company from 2010 to 2015. She is presently a member of the board of Directors of Rebuilding Together Atlanta and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Atlanta Preservation Center for which she also serves as a Downtown tour guide. She is a member of the Outstanding Atlanta Class of 2011 and the 2006 class of Leadership Atlanta’s LEAD Atlanta program, which she co-chaired from 2008 to 2009 and co-chaired the inaugural Alumni Steering Committee. Ms. Rhein was named one of Atlanta’s 40 Power Women in Real Estate and the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Commercial Real Estate Who’s Who. In 2015, Ms. Rhein recieved the Longleaf Award from the Georgia Conservancy’s Generation Green for her work to promote and implement

sustainable growth and multi-modal transportation options in Atlanta.

Dr. Eloisa Klementich

President & CEO

Invest Atlanta

Dr. Eloisa Klementich is President and CEO of Invest Atlanta. Previously, Eloisa served as managing director of business development at Invest Atlanta. In this position, she worked to attract new businesses and create initiatives that promoted job growth in Atlanta. Before coming to Invest Atlanta, Eloisa served as special assistant for economic development at the U.S. Economic Development Administration in the Office of the Secretary. She served as California’s assistant deputy secretary for economic development and commerce and has held various roles with city governments, including the consultant for Mexico’s President Vicente Fox, working on best practices for addressing constituent issues and requests. Eloisa holds a bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College and a master’s degree in business administration from el Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey. She holds two master’s degrees in urban planning and Latin American affairs from the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her doctorate degree in public administration from the University of LaVerne. Eloisa is also active in various business and civic organizations. She serves as a board member for the Latin American Civic Association, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, LaunchPad 2x, Startup Atlanta, and Atlanta Emerging Markets, Inc. A graduate of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2017, she is also involved with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, Georgia Economic Development Association, and International Economic Development Council.

Summary

Bisnow is thrilled to announce our Atlanta 2016 Forecast after a year of non-stop excitement. With loads of new development underway and investment activity at an all time high, join us as we take a look to our future here in Atlanta. Find out what is next of the mega-projects, what we can learn from this year’s development and investment activity, and how we can possibly top 2015. As always, come early and stay late for coffee, breakfast, and ample networking time. 

Agenda

Time Activity
12:30 PM
1:20 PM
Breakfast and Networking
1:20 PM
1:30 PM
Opening Keynote: Thomas Cunningham
1:30 PM
2:15 PM
Atlanta Braves, Invest Atlanta, & MARTA
2:15 PM
3:00 PM
Hines, Integral, Portman, & Transwestern
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Post-Game Networking

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