Charleston, SC State of the Market

Welcome to the Holy City: Exploring Top Investment Trends, Development Deep Dive, Economic Drivers and Major Projects Making Waves in CHS

Event Ended On: Thursday October 23 2025

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Speakers and Panels

Keynote: Why Charleston? Exploring the Holy City's Economic and CRE Opportunities

Keynote

William Cogswell

Mayor, City of Charleston

Moderator

Ben Yelm

VP, Marcus & Millichap

Embracing the Southern Charm: A Residential and Mixed-Use Update

Who's Calling Charleston Home, and How Residential Owners and Developers are Keeping Up with the Demand

Katie Blum

Managing Partner - South Carolina, East West Partners

Brad Cooke

EVP, Development, Strategic Property Partners

Brent Gibadlo

SVP, Brookfield Residential

Ian Mills

Executive Director, Morris Adjmi Architects

Tyler Epps

SVP, Originations, American South Capital Partners

Moderator

Jim Sewell

Senior Managing Director, Investment Sales, Berkadia

Port Impact: Industrial Momentum in Charleston

Logistics demand, opportunity, and infrastructure enhancements to drive continued activity

Byron Miller

Chief Commercial Officer, South Carolina Ports

Peter Fennelly

President, Bridge Commercial

Tanner Hicklin

Senior Director, Industrial Development, Greystar

Derek Mathis

EVP, SunCap Property Group

Moderator

Janice Bergeron

President & CEO, RND Consultants

The Place to be in CRE: Charleston Development Outlook

Exploring the Rise of Charleston's development ecosystem through hotel, retail, office, and additional assets

Daniel Doyle

President, The Beach Company

Jake Farver

Mr. Farver is the Founding Partner of Fourthline Capital Management, LLC (“FLC”) and is responsible for directing the firm’s strategic growth and day-to-day operations. FLC owns and oversees a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate assets, including hospitality, retail, industrial, multi-family, and office properties exceeding $500 million in value, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. Mr. Farver has over two decades of experience in the commercial real estate industry, after starting his career in investment sales, Mr. Farver has been acting as a principal since 2004, where he has been directly involved in the acquisition and administration of a portfolio exceeding $1 billion in total acquisition basis. Mr. Farver’s experience and expertise lie in sourcing and structuring investments and joint-venture partnerships for both structured equity, joint-venture equity, and wholly-owned long-term generational portfolio construction. FLC is intentionally structured for long duration ownership of exceptionally located assets using a low-leverage model. FLC is not fund-based as it directly invests the equity of its principals and related family enterprises alongside other family offices and private investors. Mr. Farver also serves as the Co-Chairman of the family office serving his own family’s enterprise. Mr. Farver is a fourth-generation shareholder of a manufacturing business founded by his great- grandfather in 1925, which his family still owns and controls. Mr. Farver was integral to the formation of their family office more than two decades ago, which was also a catalyst for his desire to work alongside other SFO’s and private investors who share a passion for aligned partnerships and a “investor as partner” mentality. In his chairman role Mr. Farver focuses on investments, family enterprise governance, and transition dynamics in multi-generational privately held businesses. Mr. Farver is active an active leader, speaker and participant in both real estate and family enterprise organizations that support his dual passions of real estate investment and multi-generational private enterprise growth. Mr. Farver, his wife Claire, and their two children reside in Washington, DC. Mr. and Mrs. Farver enjoy supporting organizations focused on education and mental health in addition to establishing a scholarship at their alma matter, Wake Forest University, focused on supporting students that are the first in their family to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

Fourthline Capital Management

Founding Partner

Jake Farver

Founding Partner, Fourthline Capital Management

Jason Ward

President, Landmark Enterprises

Lenn Jewel

Principal - Charleston, RealtyLink

Moderator

Quinn Balderson

Director, Choate Construction

Why You Can't Miss this Conference

Bisnow is delighted to be hosting our first event in Charleston, South Carolina!

How You’ll Do More Business From Attending This Event:

Considered a top 'movers and shakers' market according to the ULI x PWC report, Charleston, South Carolina is experiencing an incredible economic transformation. Charleston’s growth is not only fueled not just by tourism, accounting for a quarter of the region’s overall economy and attracting approximately 15M visitors annually, but also by growth in the industrial and manufacturing sectors and a population surge of almost 200,000 new residents in the past decade.Such dynamic growth has attracted the interest and investment of commercial real estate leaders, who are betting big on the Holy City for residential, retail/restaurant, hotel and industrial opportunities.

With such growth, however, comes challenges. With home prices surging to meet the demand of Charleston's growing population, the cost of living has also risen considerably. And with still a substantial tie to tourism, today's economic volatility can create uncertainty. Challenges aside, Charleston's CRE community are betting big on the market — and this event is an opportunity to meet the movers and shakers making Charleston commercial real estate deals happen.

Join industry leaders as they discuss the demand for CRE and how it impacts the development and construction of multifamily, hotel, industrial, retail, mixed-use and master-planned communities. Gain insight on best practices, entering into the market, where opportunities lie and how industry leaders are adapting to meet the ever-growing demand for commercial real estate in the area.

Bisnow is excited to expand into Charleston, South Carolina -- and host its first ever CRE conference! The team looks forward to building relationships in the Holy City and meeting CRE professionals at our events. For questions, recommendations, comments or press inquiries please email our Director of Production, Elizabeth Baker, at liz.baker@bisnow.com. For sponsorship interest, please email Nicole Sorrentino at nicole.sorrentino@bisnow.com.

What You’ll Learn From Charleston Commercial Real Estate Leaders:

What major multifamily, mixed-use, industrial, hospitality and retail developments are we seeing in Charleston, South Carolina's pipeline? Which projects will have the greatest impact on the residents, employers and tenants in the greater Charleston area
What areas and submarkets in and around Charleston are developers, owners and industry leaders finding the most opportunity to deploy capital in today’s market?
In what ways is population growth driving economic development?
How are developers, owners and industry leaders keeping up with the rising need for housing in the region?
How are industry leaders getting creative in order to provide placemaking destinations to those living, working, playing and visiting the area?

Who You'll Network With:

CRE owners, developers, investors, architects, construction, designers, brokers, lawyers, financial institutions, government officials and more.

Why You Should Attend This Summit:

Bisnow is the world's leading B2B platform serving the commercial real estate industry. From events and news to branded content and recruiting solutions, Bisnow reaches more than 11 million readers and hosts more than 650 events each year. Operating in over 50 local markets across the U.S., Canada the UK and Ireland, we inform and connect the commercial real estate business to do more business. Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the commercial real estate industry to identify opportunities, build networks and expand businesses. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us!

For questions regarding our content, or speaking and sponsorship opportunities, please email Bisnow Director of Event Production Elizabeth Baker at liz.baker@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact janet.fernandez@bisnow.com no later than 7 business days prior to the event.

Venue

Homewood Suites by Hilton Charleston Historic District
415 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403

Ballroom: Magnolia 1,2 ,3

Parking Information:

$18 valet parking

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Registration, Networking, and Breakfast
9:00 AM 9:30 AM	Why Charleston? Exploring the Holy City's Economic and CRE Opportunities Welcome to CHS: Hear from the Experts On Why Charleston Has Piqued the Interest of CRE Investors and Owners
9:30 AM 10:15 AM	Embracing the Southern Charm: A Residential and Mixed-Use Update Who's Calling Charleston Home, and How Residential Owners and Developers are Keeping Up with the Demand
10:15 AM 10:35 AM	Networking Break!
10:35 AM 11:20 AM	Port Impact: Industrial Momentum in Charleston Logistics demand, opportunity, and infrastructure enhancements to drive continued activity
11:20 AM 12:05 PM	The Place to be in CRE: Charleston Development Outlook Exploring the Rise of Charleston's development ecosystem through hotel, retail, office, and additional assets
12:05 PM 12:45 PM	Closing Networking

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