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405 Colorado

405 Colorado

As one of the leading owners of Class-A office properties, Brandywine Realty Trust continues to expand its footprint in Austin—arriving downtown with a striking addition to the City’s skyline, known currently as 405 Colorado. Spanning two decades of smart, sustained growth, Brandywine has set precedents for creativity in real estate—anticipating the future and delivering first-class solutions. We’ve evolved from a startup office landlord to one of America’s most prolific multi-market property owners, inclusive of over $2 billion in successful development. This new landmark project at 405 Colorado in the Texas state capital will be designed to surpass standards for innovative workplaces and exceed expectations for the modern, urban, lifestyle experience, 405 Colorado embody the spirit of Austin’s dynamic culture and vibrant citizenry.

Speakers and Panels

State of The Market

How Are Austin's Biggest Players Getting Deals Done?

William Redd

William Redd

EVP & Senior Managing Director

Brandywine Realty Trust

Seth Johnston

Seth Johnston

SVP

Lincoln Property Company

Rob Shands

Rob Shands

Partner

RedLeaf Properties

Erin Morales

Erin Morales

Principal & Managing Director

Avison Young

Eric Marcella

Eric Marcella

Co-Founder

Balcones Real Estate Group

Brad Wells
Moderator

Brad Wells

Principal

Core Office Interiors

William Redd

EVP & Senior Managing Director

Brandywine Realty Trust

Mr. Redd is our Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director for the Austin and Metro DC regions with responsibility for the leasing and marketing, asset management, evaluation of building and land acquisitions and dispositions, third party services and property management of a diversified portfolio consisting of urban and suburban high-rise and mid-rise properties. He joined Brandywine in 1999 as Vice President of our Richmond operations. Formerly, Mr. Redd was a partner from 1988 until 1999 with Childress Klein Properties, a privately-held real estate firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. From 1985 until 1988, he was with the Trammell Crow Company.

In Austin, Mr. Redd serves on the Board of Directors of the Hill Country Conservancy, the Opportunity Austin Economic Development Council, and is a member of the Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) and ULI Austin. He is also a member of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Real Estate Circle of Excellence, Greater Richmond Association of Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE), and Richmond Real Estate Group. Mr. Redd earned his law degree from the University of Virginia, and a B.A. degree from Hampden-Sydney College.

Seth Johnston

SVP

Lincoln Property Company

Seth has been with Lincoln Property Company in Austin since 2013. As Senior Vice President, Seth is responsible for assuming a market leadership role in sourcing and executing office and retail development opportunities in Austin and surrounding markets. In addition to development, Seth is also responsible for the leasing and marketing efforts for Lincoln’s Austin office portfolio, which involves lease negotiations and asset valuations for both LPC and third-party clients. Some of the clients Seth has served during his time with Lincoln have been Goldman Sachs, Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, Greenfield Partners, Lionstone Group, and the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois.

Before joining Lincoln, Seth worked for four years as a broker and leasing agent for McAllister and Associates in Austin. Prior to that, Seth played professional baseball in the San Diego Padres organization from 2005-2009. Seth attended the University of Texas and received a BA in Corporate Communications in 2005. While at Texas, Seth was a two-time NCAA national champion for the men’s baseball team, where he earned 1st team All-America honors and was voted Team Captain by his teammates in 2005.

In addition to his responsibilities with Lincoln, Seth currently serves on the board for Opportunity Austin 4.0, in conjunction with the Austin Chamber of Commerce. He is also currently serving on the board of The First Tee of Greater Austin. He has served on the board for CASA of Travis County and is a founding member of Community for CASA. Seth is currently a member of the Real Estate Council of Austin, Urban Land Institute, CBA of Austin, ICSC, and the T Association for the University of Texas. Seth is also a proud husband to Emily and father to his three sons, Wyatt, Beau and Jack.

Rob Shands

Partner

RedLeaf Properties

Rob Shands is a Partner with RedLeaf, where he is primarily focused on capital markets, financing activities, acquisitions, vertical development, and strategic partnerships.

Previously, Shands held the following positions:

Partner and Director of Investment for Live Oak-Gottesman, a full service commercial real estate firm based in Austin. Shands was responsible for operations and execution of investment activities. He served as a member of the management team and investment committee.

While at Live Oak, Shands established and executed a thesis based acquisition strategy focused on class B office properties in San Antonio. He played an integral role in the development and acquisition of over 650,000 SF of office and retail product in Austin and San Antonio.

Acting through a strategic partnership, Shands helped start a standalone self-storage development platform, which successfully developed a portfolio of class A storage projects in Central Texas.

Shands began his career at Frost Bank in the Real Estate group where he managed a loan portfolio consisting of retail, office, industrial, multi-family, land and self-storage.

Erin Morales

Principal & Managing Director

Avison Young

Erin Morales is Principal and Managing Director of Avison Young’s Austin office. Erin brings over 22 years of experience in brokerage services with a focus in corporate occupiers in the technology sector and strategic real estate planning.

Prior to joining Avison Young, she served as Senior Vice President with CBRE, where she was a founding member of and leader in the Technology & Media Practice. While at CBRE, Erin garnered consistent industry recognition as one of the top tenant representation professionals in the Austin MSA. Over the course of her successful career, Erin participated in lease and sale transactions totaling more than 4.5 million square feet.

As part of Avison Young's continued global expansion, Erin will focus on the strategic growth of the Austin office, by developing new business and recruiting additional talent to enhance the firm’s service offerings in Austin and its neighboring cities.

Brad Wells

Moderator

Core Office Interiors

A career-long commercial furniture expert with over 32 years of professional experience providing stylish and productive furniture, fixtures & technology solutions for commercial environments nationwide, Brad Wells utilizes his experiences to provide companies with proven solutions that enhance employee workflow. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Brad got his start in 1989 working in the Dallas market as a furniture manufacturers representative. In 1994, Brad re-located back to Austin, TX to gain a foothold in the growing Central Texas market. Recognizing a need for a commercial furniture dealer that supports technology growth in Central Texas, he founded Furniture for Business in Austin in 1997. Furniture for Business served the Austin market for 21 years. In 2019, he created a partnership with two other talented contract furniture specialists to create CORE Office Interiors, a bold commercial interiors and technology solutions provider that disrupts the industry by putting clients first with their metric-driven proven process. Brad is driven to help mentor industry professionals by providing knowledge and experience within the latest furniture, architectural, and technology solutions to create a productive, safe, and collaborative work environment to help today's companies thrive. Let's work boldly together!

What Do Tenants Really Want?

The Hybrid Work Model, Sustainability, Flexibility & Everything In-Between

Lindsay Wilson

Lindsay Wilson

President & Interiors Sector Leader

Corgan

Philip Croker

Philip Croker

Senior Managing Director

Hines

Shawna Eiland

Shawna Eiland

VP, Property Management

Endeavor Real Estate Group

Victor Young

Victor Young

Principal

Cypress Real Estate Advisors

Brad Shipp

Brad Shipp

Director of Strategic Alliances

Vari

Helen Jobes
Moderator

Helen Jobes

Managing Partner

Capella Commercial

Lindsay Wilson

President & Interiors Sector Leader

Corgan

Lindsay Wilson is President at Corgan, focused on the firm's culture and brand development. Lindsay is the firm’s first female President and the youngest in Corgan’s 80-year history. A hallmark of Lindsay's career has been the relationships she's developed in her 20+ years in the real estate industry. Her collaborative leadership style and vision have been instrumental in leading the firm's growth through partnerships with premier corporate clients, including Fossil, Toyota, Neiman Marcus, Southwest Airlines, Keurig Dr. Pepper, and State Farm.

In addition to her role as President, Lindsay serves as the Interiors Studio leader for Corgan’s 14 offices, working with clients to develop workplace solutions that reflect their culture, challenge conventional thinking, and help to transform their business.

Under Lindsay's leadership, Corgan’s Interiors Studio has grown in reach as well as services, developing additional focus on Workplace Strategy, Wellness, Change Management and Branded Environments. Her reputation for understanding what drives a client’s business, combined with creative problem solving and identifying the "hot buttons" for success, make her a go-to resource for her teams and her clients.

Philip Croker

Senior Managing Director

Hines

Senior Managing Director for the Southwest Region with responsibility for

the overseeing, analysis and execution of development for Houston

Commercial Office projects as well as being co-head of the Austin / San

Antonio market for all development product types and acquisitions.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Architectural Engineering – Project Management

University of Texas at Austin, 1997

Master of Business Administration

Rice University, 2002

Career Highlights

 Senior Managing Director responsible for the development of the T3

Eastside office development, which is a mixed use, 100,000-square-

foot development in East Austin, TX.

 Senior Managing Director responsible for the development of two

suburban multi-family projects in the greater Austin area.

 Senior Managing Director responsible for the development of the SCI

Headquarters project, which is a 240,000-square-foot office

development in Houston, TX.

 Senior Managing Director responsible for the development of the

Marathon Oil headquarters project, which is a 500,000-square-foot

office development in West Houston, TX.

 Managing Director responsible for the day-to-day management of

Texas Tower, a 47-story, 1.1 million-square-foot Class-AA pre-certified

LEED Platinum office building in Houston’s Central Business District,

with Ivanhoé Cambridge.

 Managing Director responsible for development and leasing for 609

Main at Texas, a 1,050,000-square-foot, $450M office development

pre-certified LEED Platinum office tower in Houston, on behalf of

Hines CalPers Green Fund (HCG).

 Managing Director responsible for the development of 1111 Travis, a

475,000-square foot office tower, including the interior design and

buildout for the tenant, Hilcorp.

 Project Manager responsible for the development, leasing, and

disposition of BG Group Place, a 1,000,000-square-foot, $350M office

development in Houston, TX.

 Project Manager responsible for the site and market analysis, due

diligence, and early schematic design for a 350,000-square-foot,

mixed use development in Austin, TX.

Shawna Eiland

VP, Property Management

Endeavor Real Estate Group

Endeavor Vice President Shawna Eiland is responsible for implementing the company’s property management services for a portion of the suburban portfolio. In this role, Shawna oversees and coordinates management resources for property owners, asset managers and investors.

She is responsible for the successful operation of Endeavor’s property management services in suburban Austin commercial spaces and vertical mixed-use, providing oversight and coordination of management resources for property owners, asset managers and investors. She identifies issues and problems that are counter to the building’s brand or that take away from the tenant experience and spearheads programs to address problems and define solutions. Shawna also incorporates technology and social media to build community, brand and experience.

Prior to joining Endeavor Real Estate Group in May 2011, Shawna served as a General Manager for Stream Realty Partners and a Senior Property Manager for CB Richard Ellis where she was responsible for the property operations and management of several suburban office projects. In addition, Shawna served as the President of HPI Real Estate Management where she oversaw a portfolio of approximately 12 million SF of office, industrial and retail projects located in Austin, Waco and San Antonio with a team of approximately 35 employees.

Shawna’s 28 years of real estate experience encompass a full range of real estate services including project management, property management, transaction management, and leasing and development assistance for such companies as Menlo Equities, Clarion Partners, Lionstone Investments, Spear Street Capital, TA Associates Realty, Prudential Real Estate Investors, RREEF, Principal Financial Group, Northwestern Mutual Real Estate Investments, Maier Siebel Baber, Wells Real Estate Funds, Granite Properties, KBS Realty and Scher Investment Group.

Victor Young

Principal

Cypress Real Estate Advisors

Victor Young Is a Principal at CREA where he is responsible for the office development and acquisition platform.

Prior to joining CREA, Victor owned and operated Greenbelt Commercial from 2013 to 2019, where he focused on acquiring and developing office projects in the city’s urban core. Prior to founding Greenbelt Commercial, Victor led the investment advisory group at Aquila Commercial and was responsible for both principal and third-party investment services. Victor received his undergraduate degree from Rice University in 1999 and a JD from the University of Texas School of Law in 2005. He also serves as a board member of JuiceLand, an Austin based retailer with over 35 locations in the state of Texas.

Helen Jobes

Moderator

Capella Commercial

Helen Jobes, CCIM, specializes in the sale and leasing of office, retail, and industrial property as well as investment sales in Central Texas, San Antonio, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. During her 38-year career, Jobes has leased over 800,000 square feet of office space and sold more than 4.419 million square feet of commercial real estate, including office, office/warehouse projects, apartments, retail centers and land. Though skilled in all property types, Jobes focuses primarily on office investments and leasing.

Jobes served as the investment sales broker at Trammell Crow (now CBRE) and was principal and founder of Gold Eagle Investments for ten years. She served as the Regional Director of Marketing and Investment Sales for Kennedy Wilson three years and is currently a partner with Capella Commercial LLC.

Jobes served on the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Council of Austin for eleven years, which is a 2,200 member organization comprised of business and real estate professionals. She is currently a member and has also served on the Board and as past president of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society, and is a member of the Central Texas Commercial Brokers Association, ULI and NAIOP of Austin.

In 2009, Jobes was introduced to the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce (CRECC) and along with the Mayor of Austin, the Chamber of Commerce and Opportunity Austin hosted a delegation of 30 investors who came to the United States to learn about investing in commercial real estate. In 2010, Jobes was a guest speaker at the 2010 International Forum of 50+ Communities held in Sanya, Hainan, China.

Opening Remarks

Tim Ford

Tim Ford

Texas Territory Manager

SageGlass

Tim Ford

Texas Territory Manager

SageGlass

Tim Ford, Texas Territory Manager at Saint-Gobain/SageGlass. Tim is a demonstrated leader who dedicates himself and has extensive experience in a diverse Sales, Operations, and Business Development background with the compliment of an incredible entrepreneurial spirit. Being part of Saint-Gobain puts Tim at the forefront of the most exciting time for innovation, technological advancement, and, more importantly, healthy building in the real estate industry. He focuses on helping architects and building owners improve property values by enhancing the occupant experience/comfort while reducing energy demand and educating about critical benefits and essential factors.

Why This Matters

What You'll Learn: 

  • What high-level trends industry leaders are observing within the market, including topics like (re)developments and tenant migration?

  • With headquarters migrations to the area, what have developers and owners done to successfully attract out-of-state interest?

  • Where are the majority of Austin investments coming from, whether in-state expansions, out-of-state activity or international interest?

  • What role does mixed-use have in the future of office and the emerging hybrid working model?

  • Average asking rents have already begun to climb, reflecting the optimistic outlook for Austin’s office market. What are the experts predicting?

How You'll Do More Business: Companies are migrating from the coasts and finding their way to Central Texas. With more and more companies moving to Austin, owners, investors and developers are  jumping on the opportunity to grow their presence in the city. Join us as we follow the paper trail of companies that have already made the move and discuss what other companies are on the fringe. We will analyze what tenants want moving forward into 2022, including a flight to quality and flexibility. We will deep dive into the transformative developments and projects taking place in the area's hottest office submarkets: the CBD and the Domain. You won’t want to miss this high level discussion on how the Austin office market is evolving! 

Who You’ll Meet: Owners, developers, investors, brokers, architects, engineers, GCs, city officials, economic development authorities and tenants 

What Does Your Ticket Get You: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us. 

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Venue

405 Colorado
401-405 Colorado Street
Austin, TX 78701

Floor: Networking: 14th floor Sky Lounge
Content/ Programming will be on the 20th floor


Parking information: Parking will be $15 and directions: If driving to 405 and using the parking garage: the garage entrance is off Colorado Street. Guests may park in any available open space past the ticket entrance (not marked reserved). At the elevators from any level, select the orange “SKY LOUNGE” button on the panel. The elevator will bring you directly to level 14.

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Agenda

Time Activity
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Opening Networking
3:00 PM
3:45 PM
State of The Market

How Are Austin's Biggest Players Getting Deals Done?

3:45 PM
4:30 PM
What Do Tenants Really Want?

Designing and Developing Today For The Tenants Of Tomorrow

4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Closing Networking