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Live, Work, Play in the Burbs - Trends in Office, Retail, Hospitality and Multifamily

Dan Stone

Dan Stone

CEO

CompuCom

Ned Curran

Ned Curran

President

Northwood Office

Nish Patel

Nish Patel

President

Beacon IMG

Mathew Crosswy

Mathew Crosswy

Principal

Stonehill Strategic Capital

Marc Robinson

Marc Robinson

Vice Chair Multifamily Advisory Group

Cushman & Wakefield

Jaime Boast
Moderator

Jaime Boast

EVP - Tenant Representation

JLL

Dan Stone

CEO

CompuCom

Dan Stone is responsible for providing strong global leadership and operational excellence to advance CompuCom’s mission and strategy. Dan shapes and executes the strategy that enables CompuCom to deliver "best-in-breed" IT services and solutions to its clients – harnessing the Company’s people, culture, capabilities and portfolio to pursue market opportunities that drive growth.

Prior to his appointment as CEO in November 2016, Stone served for two years as EVP and president, End-User Enablement (EUE), a core strength in CompuCom’s market-leading portfolio that helps IT executives manage the convergence of social interaction, mobility, Big Data and cloud – empowering end users as they interact with each other and their information. Dan accelerated EUE’s growth by enhancing CompuCom’s penetration in the growing end-user computing market, where the Company has deep expertise.

Before joining CompuCom, Dan served as President and General Manager of Lenovo Latin America, a $3B business division, where he led 7,000 employees across 15 countries and two continents, and operated six vertically integrated manufacturing sites. Previously, Dan was the Chief Strategy Officer at Lenovo, leading the development and implementation of global corporate strategy technology investments, strategic partnerships/alliances, as well as post-merger management activities across the globe. He also held roles at McKinsey & Company and served as a Team Commander in the Israeli Defense Forces. Dan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration from Hebrew University.

Ned Curran

President

Northwood Office

With a career in commercial real estate and accounting spanning nearly 40 years, Curran oversees strategy and daily operations of Northwood Office. Previously, he was President & CEO of The Bissell Companies. Before joining Bissell, Curran worked at McDevitt Street Bovis (MSB) as Vice President – Taxes. In this position, he coordinated oversight of the company’s substantial real estate portfolio of office, retail and multi-family properties. Before working at MSB, Curran began his professional career as a CPA with Ernst & Young, where he served as Director of Tax for the Charlotte office. Curran serves on the boards of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Charlotte Executive Leadership Council, ARIC and Street Management Company and is the past chair of the North Carolina Board of Transportation, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Central Carolinas.

Nish Patel

President

Beacon IMG

Nishith G. Patel is the senior partner and President of Beacon Investment Management Group, a hotel management company with

seven (7) properties currently under management. His responsibilities include managing Beacon IMG’s daily financial operations in

addition to overseeing vendor relationships, researching business expansion opportunities and increasing the company’s attention to

quality and environmental responsibility.

Mr. Patel began his career with Barclay’s Commercial Corporation in Charlotte, North Carolina as an assistant credit analyst and an

equipment leasing assistant. His primary responsibilities were to prepare various credit related summaries for the British based

financial institution. In addition, he worked on various special projects to identify and resolve discrepancies in escrow accounts and

book new leases.

Mr. Patel originally joined Global Building Company in 1994, a business that built a wide variety of commercial properties throughout

the Southeastern United States, and rose to become a Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His duties with the company

included establishing a pension and profit sharing plan for employees, maintaining all applicable accounting records and building

relationships with key clients, vendors and lenders.

In 1997, Mr. Patel co-founded Beacon IMG (initially known as GNP Management), with the goal of actively managing commercial real

estate (primarily hotels) for investors. He has been extremely successful in this venture because of his company’s focus on

strategically locating the properties they manage, running an extremely efficient operations team and ensuring the highest levels of

quality within the organization. Because of these attributes, Beacon IMG has been able to maintain above average returns for its

investors with below average commensurate levels of risk.

Currently, Mr. Patel’s main focus at Beacon IMG is on finding strategic opportunities to grow the number of hotels under

management and building out the company’s financial platform to continue to operate efficiently.

Mr. Patel holds a BS degree in Financial Management from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte along with several hotel

management certifications. He sits on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association (NCRLA) and is

a member of the American Hospitality & Lodging Association (AH&LA). Previously, he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors

for the Greater Charlotte Hospitality & Tourism Association (HTA). Mr. Patel is proficient in Gujarati (an Indian dialect).

Mathew Crosswy

Principal

Stonehill Strategic Capital

Mathew leads Stonehill Strategic Capital’s efforts in sourcing and underwriting new credit opportunities, while continuing to build and maintain existing relationships with investors and borrowers.

Prior to heading Stonehill Strategic Capital, Mathew was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and financing hotel investment opportunities for Peachtree Hotel Group. He served as a liaison for debt relationships across all types of financial and equity market participants. Since joining Peachtree Hotel Group, he has sourced, arranged and placed over $600 million in deals.

Mathew began his career with Greystone Financial in their CMBS Group consulting with B-Piece Investors to securitize their multi-billion dollar portfolios. He later went on to join Specialty Finance Group (“SFG”) where he enhanced his knowledge of the hospitality industry by underwriting complex hospitality construction and takeout loans ranging in size from $5 to $75 million. At the end of his tenure with SFG, Mathew asset managed a $1.8 billion portfolio.

Mathew earned his business administration degree in real estate finance from the University of Georgia.

Marc Robinson

Vice Chair Multifamily Advisory Group

Cushman & Wakefield

Marc Robinson joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group as a Vice Chair when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. Marc co-founded MHA in 2002 and was instrumental in developing the firm in to a strong regional brokerage firm with over $6 Billion in sales volume, representing more than 140,000 units and 850 transactions.

Mr. Robinson currently serves as co-head of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Multi-Family practice group. In that role he serves as the national spokesperson for C&W’s apartment brokerage service line while continuing to serve multifamily clients throughout the Southeast region.

Marc is actively involved with the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC), serving as a Board of Directors member and PAC contributor. Marc also active with numerous local and regional non-profit organizations, including the Regional Advisory Council for Apartment Life, Sheltors to Shutters, and Brookstone School. Marc holds a BS in Resource Management from Virginia Tech.

Jaime Boast

Moderator

JLL

Jaime focuses on alignment of clients, real estate, and strategic goals. She prides herself on collaborating with her clients to truly understand their business drivers. Jaime consults corporate service clients in lease negotiations for renewals, expansions, relocations, and dispositions throughout the Carolinas. Jaime has over a decade of extensive design, construction, and project management experience. Her background brings a unique perspective to helping clients see how their vision can become a reality.

Prior to joining the Tenant Representation Team, Jaime was a Senior Project Manager with JLL’s Project and Development Services group in the Carolinas. In this role she was responsible for business development, client relationship management and project delivery. She focused on interior build-outs, campus and building renovations, workplace strategy, relocation management and capital improvements for numerous JLL clients.

Before joining JLL, Jaime was a Project Manager in Washington, DC, delivering multiple renovation and master planning projects for a large agency within the intelligence community. Prior to that work, Jaime managed a $55 million phased furniture and equipment installation project for over 6,600 employees. The project encompassed 1.8 million square feet for 27 agencies within the Department of Defense. Jaime began her career as Project Architect and Sustainability Specialist for an architecture and design firm in Washington, DC.

Jaime holds a Bachelor of Science degree in interior design from Virginia Tech. In addition, she completed her graduate certificate in project management from Boston University. Jaime has her Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute, is a licensed real estate broker in North and South Carolina, as well as a member of the Charlotte Regional Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR).

Amazon HQ2

Ronnie Bryant

Ronnie Bryant

President & CEO

Charlotte Regional Partnership

Steven Pearce

Steven Pearce

Director of Business Development

Charlotte Regional Partnership

Ronnie Bryant

President & CEO

Charlotte Regional Partnership

As president and CEO of the Charlotte Regional Partnership, Ronnie Bryant leads the economic development organization that promotes the 16-county Charlotte USA region as a premier location for businesses considering expansion or relocation. With more than 35 years of technical, managerial and economic development expertise, Bryant is nationally known for his proven track record of establishing and implementing successful economic development programs, with a strong emphasis on existing industry expansion and retention, regionalism and marketing.

Bryant, a certified economic developer (CEcD) since 1991, is a graduate of Louisiana State University in Shreveport and the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma (OU/EDI) in Norman. While attending OU/EDI, he received the American Economic Development Council’s Robert B. Cassell Leadership Award. He previously served as dean of OU/EDI, and is currently a member of the Executive Board and a member of the OU/EDI faculty.

Bryant is well known in economic development circles. He is a past chairman of the board for the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), which has designated him as a Fellow Member (FM) and an Honorary Life Member (HLM) for furthering the profession of economic development as a teacher and inspiration to others in many communities. His other professional affiliations include the International Asset Management Council (IAMC), the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and both the North Carolina and South Carolina Economic Development Associations. Bryant’s civic participation includes board memberships with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Charlotte Community Advisory Committee, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte, Charlotte Research Institute, Aspire Capital Development Corporation, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Charlotte Industry Roundtable, the Charlotte City Club, Jazz Arts Initiative and The North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.

He is the father of three adult children – Rarland, Remeka and Ronda.

Steven Pearce

Director of Business Development

Charlotte Regional Partnership

As Senior Project Manager, Steven seeks to attract new capital and investment through participation in domestic and international business development missions and works directly with site selection decision makers to represent Charlotte USA as the premier location for business. Throughout the project management process Steven coordinates resources in response to client's needs from initial request to successful location. Additionally, he leverages the collaborative strengths of regional economic development stakeholders to proactively enhance the client experience.

Steven joined the Partnership in 2015 as Director of Research before becoming Project Manager in July 2016. Prior, Steven served as Director of Marketing & Communications with the NCEast Alliance where he assisted in representing the diverse economic interests of 26 counties in eastern NC. He has worked on the community college level as a WorkKeys administrator, responsible for developing the program’s use for the business community and the public.

Steven holds a Master of Business Administration and bachelor’s in Marketing from East Carolina University.

Summary

1. What does the live, work, play lifestyle feel like in the suburbs?

2.  What is attracting out of state investors to the Charlotte suburbs?

3. What are the hottest new developments in Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville?

4. What are the driving factors behind millennials moving out of the city?

5. What does the future of retail look like in the burbs?

6. How does Charlotte plan for to court Amazon HQ2?

7. How could HQ2 positively and negatively affect the Charlotte suburbs, and how do local businesses view this opportunity?

Venue

Hilton Center City
22 E 3rd St
Charlotte, NC 28202

Ballroom: The Mecklenburg Ballroom, 3rd Floor


Self-parking $18 Daily, Valet - $25

Agenda

Time Activity
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Breakfast & Networking
1:30 PM
1:35 PM
Welcome Remarks
1:35 PM
1:50 PM
Amazon HQ2 Remarks by Ronnie Bryant
1:50 PM
2:35 PM
Live, Work, Play in the Burbs - Trends in Office, Retail, Hospitality and Multifamily
2:35 PM
3:30 PM
Post-Panel Networking

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