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Real Estate to Support a growing Life Sciences Sector
Suzet McKinney
Investor
[Previously with Sterling Bay]
Karoline Eigel
Executive Director
Cushman & Wakefield
John Flavin
Founder & CEO
Portal Innovations
Scott Brandwein
Managing Director
JLL
Rich Smith
Life Science Principal
HKS Architects
Monique Salas
National Healthcare Business Development Manager
SageGlass
Innovation and Partnerships to support a growing Ecosystem
Christine Karslake
Managing Director
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at University of Chicago
Alicia Loffler
Executive Director, Innovation & New Ventures
Northwestern University
Michael Fassnacht
President & CEO
World Business Chicago
Kate Schellinger
Interim Executive Director
Illinois Medical District
Kevin Masi
Co-Founder
Torque Real Estate Marketing
Facility Types & The Future Of Architecture & Design
Randy Guillot
Design Principal
Gensler Chicago
Herb Dawson
Project Executive
W.E. O'Neil
Thomas McElroy
Principal & CEO
Level-1 Global Solutions
John Murphy
CEO
Murphy Real Estate Services
Graham Grady
Partner, Taft
Founder, Chicago Emerging Minority Developers Initiative (CEMDI)
Why This Matters
What You'll Learn:
In a recent report from JLL, Chicago ranked No. 13 on the list of American life sciences hubs. How can Chicago climb that list?
Three separate multi-billion-dollar developments plan to incorporate life sciences. Will there be a race for tenants between these new developments?
The office market is currently in flux. Could life sciences help fill vacancies in the office market?
How feasible is it to turn existing office products into life sciences buildings and is it worth the cost?
Who You'll Meet: Developers, investors, manufacturers, life sciences tenants, engineers, architects, city officials, and brokers.
How You'll Do More Business: Chicago may be struggling a little more than your average urban center from the pandemic. With a nasty winter, many residents and companies are waiting for warmer days before they come back to the windy city. Many are looking for a silver bullet to help bring Chicago back and life sciences may be just that. An affordable city with incredible universities, the fundamentals for Chicago to become a life sciences hub are there.
What Your Ticket Gets You: Digital summit tickets include two panels of content and access to three virtual networking opportunities including direct messaging with other attendees, the ability to request and host video meetings and three-minute video-enabled speed networking to make deals happen. Unable to attend live? Don’t worry, you will be able to access recordings of all panels for 30 days after the summit!
Agenda
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3:00 PM
3:30 PM
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Pre-Event Networking
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3:30 PM
4:15 PM
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Real Estate to Support a growing Life Sciences Sector
As demand for life science lab space increases, Chicago’s real estate industry must first learn to understand the industry in order to meet the demand. With multiple billion-dollar developments underway that include life sciences there is lots of opportunity for the real estate community. |
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4:20 PM
5:10 PM
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Innovation and Partnerships to support a growing Ecosystem
Chicago has the ability to become a life science hub with the infrastructure and amazing academic institutions already there. That being said, it is not the only city vying to become the next hub and it will take partnerships with the city and local businesses to come out on top. |
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5:10 PM
6:00 PM
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The Ins & Outs of Creating Life Science Facilities
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6:00 PM
6:45 PM
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Post-Event Networking
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