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Speakers and Panels

Building a Better Queen City

Todd Collins

Todd Collins

CEO

Red Hill Ventures

Alan Wise

Alan Wise

Managing Director, NFP Southeast

NFP

Scott Harris

Scott Harris

VP

Choate Construction

Hank Farmer

Hank Farmer

Co-Founder

Third & Urban

Travis Garland

Travis Garland

Chief Development Officer

Portman Holdings

Hunter Sheehan
Moderator

Hunter Sheehan

Business Development Engineer

Turner Construction Company

Alan Wise

Managing Director, NFP Southeast

NFP

Alan Wise serves as Managing Director at NFP Southeast. Alan began his brokerage career with Knauff Insurance and in 2001 founded Trinity Consulting, serving as CEO for fourteen years before joining NFP Corporation in March of 2015. He has served on the Advisory Council for American United Life, Crum & Forster, Aetna, Great West and EBS. Alan graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Insurance and Economics in 1986. Alan was designated in 1991 as a CIC.

Hank Farmer

Co-Founder

Third & Urban

Hank oversees development for Third & Urban, providing construction management and driving design and entitlement efforts. Additionally, he leads all financial analysis and assists in development concepting and pricing for potential acquisitions.

Previously, Hank worked as a Development Manager at Jamestown, responsible for due diligence, feasibility analysis and project management for current and future development deals. His focus was both on new construction and adaptive reuse across multiple southeastern markets across multiple product-types and in mixed-use environments.

Prior to Jamestown, Hank worked at both Morgan Stanley and Deloitte, and he holds a Masters in Accountancy from the University of Georgia. Hank is a CFA charterholder and a LEED Accredited Professional. He is co-chair of the Atlanta Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and recently served on the Historic 4th Ward Park Board. He and his wife, Christie, live in Morningside with their two black labs and daughter Janie.

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.

Hunter Sheehan

Moderator

Turner Construction Company

Hunter Sheehan is a Business Development Engineer for Turner, using her operational experience working with a variety of clientele to enhance overall sales strategy and industry relationships. Previously, Hunter was Lean Manager for the Atlanta|Carolinas region. Her commitment to lean focuses on maximizing customer value while minimizing waste. She traveled across the region analyzing our construction projects’ efficiencies while keeping a pulse on changes in the market regarding client expectations and industry innovations. In this role, she excelled as an exemplary trainer to those of all levels of experience, empowering teams to focus on continuous improvement as well as showing respect for all. Hunter is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a double major in Building Science and Interior Design.

Analyzing Charlotte's Development Pipeline

Steven McCraney

Steven McCraney

President & CEO

McCraney Property Co.

Ian Wagoner

Ian Wagoner

Managing Director, Multifamily Division

Spectrum Companies

Steve McClure

Steve McClure

CEO

The Spectrum Companies

Meredith Ball

Meredith Ball

Partner

Foundry Commercial

Erik Johnson

Erik Johnson

Co-Founder

White Point Partners

Jared Hoeflich
Moderator

Jared Hoeflich

VP, Division Manager

Swinerton

Steven McCraney

President & CEO

McCraney Property Co.

Steven E. McCraney, President & CEO of McCraney Property Company, has offices

in West Palm Beach, Orlando, FL. and Charlotte, NC. A self-made entrepreneur, he

and his team have developer of Industrial/distribution and office-flex properties.

Additionally, the company has developed and operated some 24 company-owned fuel

properties within the Florida markets. The company's present active Industrial /

distribution developments in South Florida, Orlando (Central Florida), Charlotte

and Atlanta total 6,600,000 sf for 2017 / 2018.

Mr. McCraney is an active member of The Florida Council of 100, The Orange Bowl

Committee, NAIOP’s National Board of Directors, and past President of NAIOP

South Florida. National Real Estate Investor magazine acknowledged McCraney to

its Top 50 list of US Industrial Developers for 2017. He was Developer of the Year

for Central Florida in 2013, 2014 and 2016. He was the former Chairman of the

YPO Florida, and serves on its Southern US Executive Board. He serves on the

University of Florida’s Bergstrom Real Estate Advisory Board, Place of Hope

Children's Charity, Villanova University DiLella Center for Real Estate, and was

honored by the South Florida Business Journal as an Ultimate CEO. He holds the

CCIM Designation and is a delegate member of SIOR.

Mr. McCraney earned his degree from Villanova University, Villanova,

Pennsylvania, and has completed additional post graduate work at Harvard

Business School and Duke University.

He is an active alpine mountain climber, having scaled many of the world’s tallest

peaks for Children’s Charity "Place of Hope". Recent climbs include: The Avenue of

Volcanos, Cayambe, Ecuador 19,000', Elbrus, Russia – 18,510', Aconcagua,

Argentina-22,241', Kilimanjaro-Tanzania, Africa-19,340', Mt. Rainier14,411', the

Grand Canyon 48 Mile-24 Hour Challenge, and ran the Marine Corp Marathon –

Washington, DC.

Ian Wagoner

Managing Director, Multifamily Division

Spectrum Companies

As The Spectrum Company’s Multifamily Managing Director, Ian Wagoner is responsible for sourcing and executing both acquisition and development opportunities for multifamily communities across the Carolinas. He has 2,800 units recently completed or under development in award-winning communities that exemplify Spectrum’s mission to “change lives by creating special places.” Ian is an active member of ULI and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in business from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and an MBA in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Georgia.

Steve McClure

CEO

The Spectrum Companies

As CEO, Steve leads all aspects of The Spectrum Companies, implementing strategy, guiding team leaders, and overseeing the operations of its four service lines: Asset Management, Capital Management, Development, and Contract Services.

A 16-year veteran of the company, Steve joined Spectrum’s commercial leasing team in 2004, then led its residential division for 10 years before being named Chief Operating Officer in January of 2017.

Steve was the key leader in forming Spectrum’s new vision to become an evergreen company and establishing our mission to “change lives by creating special places.” He is responsible for ensuring team members are aligned and focused on living our vision and mission daily.

Steve lives in Charlotte with his wife, Erin, and their two small children, Grace and Jack.

Meredith Ball

Partner

Foundry Commercial

Meredith Ball is a Partner at Foundry Commercial, where she provides advisory and leasing expertise to institutional investors, real estate firms, and property owners. Meredith handles a portfolio of over 2 million SF, for clients including Cousins Properties, Portman Holdings, New York Life, and ICM Group.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Meredith spent three years as a part of the Asset Services team with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. Before that, Meredith was with the Charlotte office of Coldwell Banker Commercial MECA for eight years. She earned the distinguished Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation in 2009, and served as the President of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR) in 2018.

Meredith is a graduate of East Carolina University, and has been recognized as one of the Charlotte Business Journal’s Forty Under 40, and Women in Business. She was also honored as the Top Producer in the Office category at CRCBR’s Deal Makers awards for 2019, and was recognized by Globe St. Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in 2020.

Erik Johnson

Co-Founder

White Point Partners

Erik is a co-founder of White Point Partners with over 15 years of real estate experience. He focuses on asset management, underwriting, equity and debt structuring, and investor relations. Erik previously served as SVP of Finance for a publicly-traded student housing REIT where he was responsible for capital markets strategies, underwriting, asset management, and managing the joint venture and investor relations programs. Prior to his tenure at the REIT, he worked in J.P. Morgan’s Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Group where he advised clients on M&A transactions and raised over $6.5 billion of debt and equity capital. Erik began his career at Wells Fargo, where he provided large real estate firms with acquisition and development financing.

Erik received a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Advisory Board of the McCombs School of Business Real Estate Investment Fund at The University of Texas at Austin.

Jared Hoeflich

Moderator

Swinerton

Jared is a Vice President and Division Manager with responsibility for Swinerton’s Southeast operation with offices in Charlotte, Atlanta, Greenville, and Raleigh. Swinerton is an ENR Top 20 National General Contractor serving Multifamily, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education, Aviation, Office, Corporate Interiors, and Renewable Energy markets with 19 offices across the US. Jared relocated to Charlotte from Swinerton’s Denver, Colorado office two years ago to lead the operation in the Southeast and significantly increase Swinerton’s capacity to serve clients in the region. Jared is highly motivated and driven to form and maintain partnerships, working in collaboration with groups to leverage a transparent process, new technology and progressive delivery systems to achieve project success. He is passionate about culture and building high performing teams, and supporting them to reach their full potential. Jared holds a bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

What You'll Learn

What You'll Learn: 

  • How are rising construction costs impacting Charlotte's tremendous development pipeline?

  • How is the city's Comprehensive Plan impacting what asset classes developers choose to invest in

  • With both lumber and timber prices soaring higher, what innovative strategies are GCs and developers using to build?

  • How have recent zoning changes impacted Charlotte's development pipeline?

  • Repositioning 101: as Charlotte's workforce is deciding between WFH or RTO, are developers considering pivoting their downtown office assets?

How You'll Do More Business: The cost of lumber, timber, and steel are sparking concern across the country. With companies advising builders to buy raw materials in advance before prices continue to climb, how will the frenzy for materials impact Charlotte's CRE scene? Learn what asset classes are still fueling Charlotte's expansion and where to make the best investment amidst tensions pertaining to costs, labor, and more. 

Who You’ll Meet: Charlotte's top GCs, owners/developers, and investors fueling Charlotte's robust development pipeline.

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. 

For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Mid-Atlantic Senior Event Producer, Elizabeth Baker, at liz.baker@bisnow.com.

Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Registration, Networking, & Breakfast
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
Building a Better Queen City
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
Networking Break!
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
Analyzing Charlotte's Development Pipeline
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
More Networking!

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