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Brian Liston
Moderator

Brian Liston

Partner

Liston & Tsantilis

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Chief Development Officer

CenterPoint Properties

Ryan Bain
Moderator

Ryan Bain

First VP

CBRE

Mark Goode

Mark Goode

Founding Principal

Venture One Real Estate

Aaron Paris

Aaron Paris

Partner

Merit Partners

Elise Couston, SIOR
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Elise Couston, SIOR

Senior Managing Director

NGKF

Steve Schnur

Steve Schnur

Regional EVP

Duke Realty

Barry Missner

Barry Missner

CEO

The Missner Group

Jojo Yap

Jojo Yap

CIO

First Industrial Realty Trust

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Chairman

Brennan Investment Group

Carter Andrus

Carter Andrus

SVP

Prologis

Geoffrey Kasselman

Geoffrey Kasselman

Executive Managing Director

Newmark Knight Frank

Steve Trapp

Steve Trapp

SVP

JLL

Sean Henrick

Sean Henrick

Senior Director

Cushman & Wakefield

Brian Liston

Moderator

Liston & Tsantilis

BRIAN P. LISTON, MBA, JD, is president of Liston & Tsantilis

in Chicago where he specializes in the area of eminent

domain, property tax litigation and incentives. He has

successfully tried numerous jury and bench property tax

appeal hearings and eminent domain trials throughout the

State of Illinois bringing successful resolutions to his clients. He has

secured jury verdicts and tax refunds in excess of one billion dollars.

Mr. Liston has been on the team of 61 National Association for

Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) awards given for his legal work

on Incentives and land use projects throughout the Midwest. He has

been ranked #1 by The Leading Lawyers Network for 8 straight years,

and has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal as one of the

premier lawyers in the United States.

Barry Missner

CEO

The Missner Group

Barry is part of the third generation of TMG ownership and brings more than 30 years of industry experience to his role as CEO of The Missner Group. As CEO he leads TMG’s real estate operations including investment and disposition strategy. During his career, Barry has facilitated the development of award-winning real estate valued at more than $500 million. Barry is an active NAIOP National Forum Member and is affiliated with the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE).

Jojo Yap

CIO

First Industrial Realty Trust

Mr. Yap is the Chief Investment Officer and a co-founder of First Industrial Realty Trust. He directs the overall investment and disposition strategy of the Company, including the approval process, for both on-balance sheet and joint venture transactions. During Mr. Yap's career with First Industrial, he has overseen the underwriting and execution of more than $12 billion of industrial real estate transactions. He is also responsible for management of the Company's West Region portfolio and personnel.

Mr. Yap has led the sourcing and structuring of more than $1 billion of UPREIT investments that established the Company's national platform. He has also directed the formation of several joint ventures, which have significantly expanded First Industrial's franchise.

Prior to joining First Industrial, Mr. Yap worked for The Shidler Group where he was responsible for financing, construction management, leasing, asset and property management, and sales.

His professional affiliations include the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). Mr. Yap also serves on the Board of Advisors of the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin.

Mr. Yap earned his Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Architecture from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and his Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of the Philippines.

Geoffrey Kasselman

Executive Managing Director

Newmark Knight Frank

Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP, serves as an Executive Managing Director at NKF where he leads the company’s National Industrial Practice. In this capacity, he guides the direction and expansion of the firm’s industrial brokerage capabilities across North America, including supporting various corporate portfolio, e-commerce, manufacturing, food & beverage, and data center projects, while also promoting the benefits of sustainability, technology and innovation for the sector. He also serves as CEO and Founder of Op2mize Energy, a strategic energy procurement firm.

Mr. Kasselman was recently honored as a member of the 2017 Midwest CRE Hall of Fame, a 2016 CoStar Power Broker, and recently won NKF’s Outstanding Service Award for 2016, in addition to numerous other honors and distinctions received over his 30-year career. He is a prominent national speaker and accomplished author on a variety of topics including economic trends, innovation, sustainability and the exponential future of CRE. Over the course of his career he has completed more than 1,000 transactions worth in excess of $1 billion.

In addition to his NKF responsibilities, Mr. Kasselman is serving a one-year term as the 2017 Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR) Global President. SIOR was founded in 1941 by the US Government to help secure industrial facilities in support of the World War II effort. In this regard, SIOR has been servicing the commercial real estate industry for over 75 years. In this volunteer role, Kasselman leads the preeminent non-profit commercial real estate services organization in an array of strategic and global initiatives while acting as an ambassador and discussing the many benefits of becoming a SIOR designee.

Summary

Can Chicago and the US continue its strongest performance since 2005? Overall vacancy has continued to decline, but what is on the horizon?

We turn to an all-star cast for an update on one of the nation's best industrial real estate markets. Our panelists will break down the various submarkets with space available, future developments, capital market trends, and acquisitions & dealmaking. Enjoy coffee & networking with your friends and colleagues in the business.


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Hyatt Regency O’Hare
9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Rosemont, IL 60018

Room: Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level


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