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Institutionalizing the Industrial Market

How the Market Has Evolved & How Firms Are Approaching Opportunity

Justin Curis

Justin Curis

Managing Director

Alliance Industrial Company

Ben Schon

Ben Schon

SVP

Trammell Crow Company

Drew Nations

Drew Nations

Market Leader

Panattoni Development

Mike Barnes
Moderator

Mike Barnes

Principal

Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co.

Justin Curis

Managing Director

Alliance Industrial Company

Leads and oversees all industrial investment and development activities from the Carolinas Office based in Charlotte. Before joining Alliance Industrial Company, played a pivotal role in the development of over 12 million square feet of build-to-suit and speculative projects throughout the United States. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, holding a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Finance. Currently, a 2024 MBA candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Mike Barnes

Moderator

Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co.

Mike is a Principal and serves as Regional Director for the Charlotte office. He brings 30 years of experience in the management and design of site development projects including Industrial, Educational, Residential, and Governmental pursuits. A licensed Professional Engineer and certified LEED Accredited Professional, Mike holds both a Master and Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering and Construction Management from North Carolina State University. He is a graduate and former member of the Board of Directors for Leadership North Carolina, Board member of the CPN of North Carolina, and chair of the Construction Professionals Network Institute, a non-profit initiative focusing on construction industry related projects and community service throughout North Carolina.

Developing for Today's Users: Designing & Building Around Tenant Need

Analysis of the Spec, Build-To-Suit, Multistory and Taller Clear Height Demands Present in the Market

Tim Robertson

Tim Robertson

Partner, Industrial

Beacon Partners

Jordan Quinn

Jordan Quinn

Partner, Industrial

Trinity Capital Advisors

Bryan Blythe

Bryan Blythe

SVP, Southeast Market Officer

Leon Capital Group

Warren Snowdon

Warren Snowdon

Principal, Managing Director

Foundry Commercial

Dianne Jones

Dianne Jones

Managing Director

JLL

Henry Lobb
Moderator

Henry Lobb

Principal

Avison Young

Tim Robertson

Partner, Industrial

Beacon Partners

Tim is a resourceful problem-solver. He leads the industrial activities for Beacon’s existing 10+million square foot industrial portfolio. He also is actively involved in identifying industrial build to suit opportunities as well as additional acquisition and development opportunities within the Carolinas. Tim earned a bachelor's degree in history from Davidson College. He is a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Jordan Quinn

Partner, Industrial

Trinity Capital Advisors

Jordan Quinn is an industrial real estate executive who over his industrial real estate career has completed transactions totaling more than 100 million square feet and spanning almost every market across the entire United States. He leads Trinity Capital’s Industrial Platform, responsible for growing the firm’s industrial acquisition and development operations nationally — via identifying new opportunities and maximizing current industrial investments. He is charged with raising the company’s profile nationally within the industrial sector. Prior to Trinity Capital, Jordan worked for over 15 years at JLL, where he was a recognized industry leader and trusted real estate advisor for many Fortune 500 companies and institutional landlords and developers. Among his specialties: tenant and landlord representation, national site selection, investment sales and global real estate advisory. Jordan is a member of the American Industrial Real Estate Association (AIR) and Charlotte Regional Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR). The New Jersey native ventured South for college. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business from The University of South Carolina, where he was an All-American soccer player. After graduation, Jordan headed West to begin his career in California. Jordan now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their two young daughters. In his free time, he enjoys keeping active, being with his family and coaching his daughters in soccer.

Warren Snowdon

Principal, Managing Director

Foundry Commercial

Warren Snowdon serves as Managing Director and Principal for Foundry Commercial in Charlotte, NC.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Warren was with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer serving on the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance since 1996. Warren has focused on forward thinking site selection and tenant representation as well as disposition and leasing strategies for institutional, industrial clients to rationalize supply chain networks and drive value for institutional owners. He possesses an extensive background in build to suit projects as well as investment sales for distribution and manufacturing clients.

Warren’s early career was shaped by several years spent in property management (1993-1996) and development after receiving a degree in Industrial Relations from UNC Chapel Hill. Warren is a licensed real estate broker in North and South Carolina, holds a North Carolina General Contractor’s license, is a multiple year winner of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR) Deal Maker’s award, and was a recipient of the Charlotte Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award.

Key Assignments

Riverwalk Business Park (mulitple properties), Rock Hill, SC - 2,000,000 SF

Premier Distribution Center, Charlotte, NC - 1,400,000 SF

American Real Estate Holdings, Eastern NC –1,400,000 SF

Commerce Station, Huntersville, NC - 582, 980 SF

L & J Schmier – Westlake (3 buildings), Charlotte, NC – 565,000 SF

New York Life, Charlotte, NC – 511,200 SF

Logistics 77 at Riverwalk, Rock Hill, SC - 507,512 SF

First Industrial Buildings & Land, LLC, throughout NC & SC - 400,000 SF

Duke Energy Site, Charlotte, NC - 300,000 SF on 110 acres

Room & Board, Newton, NC - 252,000 SF

M. David Properties, Charlotte & Huntersville, NC – 225,000 SF

Agility Fuel Systems, Salisbury, NC - 200,000 SF

854 Paragon Way, Rock Hill, SC - 111,500 SF

Education, Memberships and Awards

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Bachelor degree in Industrial Relations

Licensed Real Estate Broker - North Carolina and South Carolina

Licensed General Contractor - North Carolina

Industrial Member, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) -

Member, Council of Supply Chain Professionals (CSCMP)

Charlotte Business Journal 40 Under 40

Member, Cushman & Wakefield Global Supply Chain Services (1996-2015)

CRCBR Top Three Industrial Producer 2009, 2012

#1 Top Producer in 2014, 2016

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Charlotte Top Listing Leader 2011, 2012

Eagle Scout

Dianne Jones

Managing Director

JLL

Dianne Jones serves with JLL as a Managing Director under the Business and Economic

Incentives Practice in the Carolinas. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, she specializes in

assisting clients with full-service site selection and incentives negotiations across the Southeast.

Dianne is responsible for the oversight of site selection and incentives negotiation services to

both privately held and publicly traded companies across the United States. Dianne’s expertise

has assisted several expansions, site selection and corporate relocation projects, ranging in size

from $120,000 to over $1 billion in multiple states. She has a heavy focus on operational analysis

and labor analytics in the location decision making process.

Dianne received a B.A. in Business Administration from Methodist University. She is a licensed

real estate broker in both North Carolina and South Carolina.

Henry Lobb

Moderator

Avison Young

Henry has 7 years of experience in Industrial commercial real estate transactions in which he has worked with both corporate occupiers and institutional investors and developers. He is a passionate and creative consultant that is devoted to keeping the real estate transaction process streamlined for his clients while ensuring to maximize costs savings and value creation wherever possible. Since joining Avison Young, Henry has transacted over 800 acres of land for industrial development projects while also assisting the Silverman Group in the leasing of their 2.1 million square foot industrial park in Concord, North Carolina, Hartz Mountain in the leasing of their 1.1 million square foot park in Charlotte, North Carolina and Evergreen Industrial Properties in the leasing of their 944,000 square foot infill park in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Aside from the above mentioned assignments Henry is proud to have active working relationships with The Silverman Group, Hartz Mountain Industries, Evergreen Industrial, Trammell Crow Company, Johnson Development, Scannell Properties and Chen Development here in the Charlotte Market.

Henry received the “Power Broker” designation for Top Industrial Leasing Broker from Costar in 2016, 2017 & 2020. Henry also is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and an active member of CRCBR here in the Charlotte Market.

Why You Should Attend

What You'll Learn: 

  • What financial dynamics have led to some of the nation's largest industrial firms looking to establish a presence in Charlottte?

  • How should new firms look to integrate into a market that's cooled to normalcy?

  • What submarkets will win out as development pushes further afield from the center of the Queen City?

  • What do leases look like in the current environment as vacancy remains low but more supply comes online?

  • What elements are today's tenants latching onto in terms of design elements, square footage, clear heights, and more?

How You'll Do More Business: 

As the national industrial market has cooled, it still remains one of real estate's most viable and best bets. In Charlotte specifically, properties are performing well, with vacancy is at just 3%. With that side, millions of sf continue to come on line in the financing and development rush of the last few years. Join us as we discuss where the market settles between these two particular dynamics. Furthermore, new firms flock to the Carolinas routinely to join the mix. We'll dive into how they can succeed and what their influence will mean for an increasingly competitive market. 

Our panels will discuss the latest in site selection, development trends, tenant demand in the market and more! 

Who You'll Meet:

The area's top industrial owners, developers, investors, brokers, contractors, designers, architects, municipal officials, financial institutions and more.

For questions, recommendations, comments, press inquiries, or if you are interested in sponsoring, please email our Triangle Event Producer, Brandon Elsasser, at brandon.elsasser@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact Lizzie Smith at lizzie.smith@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Venue

The Union at Station West
919 Berryhill Road
Charlotte, NC 28208


Complimentary onsite self parking available and offsite lot for overflow parking located at 1115 Berryhill Rd. Street parking available on Berryhill Rd.

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Agenda

Time Activity
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Pre-Event Networking, Registration & Breakfast
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
Institutionalizing the Industrial Market

-How the market has evolved in recent years & how firms are approaching the market today

2:45 PM
3:00 PM
Networking Break
3:00 PM
3:45 PM
Developing for Today's Users: Designing & Building Around Tenant Need

-Analysis of the spec, build-to-suit, multistory and taller clear height demands present in the market today

3:45 PM
4:00 PM
Closing Networking

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