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David Crawford
Moderator

David Crawford

VP

First American Title, National Commercial Services

Ted Jones
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Ted Jones

Chief Economist - SVP

Stewart Title Guaranty Company

Drew Alexander

Drew Alexander

CEO

Weingarten Realty

Keith Oden

Keith Oden

President

Camden

Darrell Betts

Darrell Betts

Principal

Avison Young

Ron Miller

Ron Miller

Managing Director - Acquisitions

Invesco

Paul Wasserman

Paul Wasserman

Head of Real Estate Portfolio and Asset Management

KKR

Glenn Lowenstein

Glenn Lowenstein

CIO

Lionstone Investments

Drew Alexander

CEO

Weingarten Realty

Mr. Alexander graduated from the University of Texas (Austin) with highest honors majoring in real estate. Drew joined WRI in 1978 as a Leasing Executive in the Retail Division. He held various positions and was named President of WRI in 1997 and was appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in 2001. Mr. Alexander serves on the Board of Weingarten Realty Investors.

Mr. Alexander is active in a number of civic and charitable organizations. He serves as a director of The Texas Medical Center, The Gladney Fund, The Endowment Board of the Houston Food Bank, The Real Estate Center at the University of Houston, and United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast. Mr. Alexander previously served on a number of Boards including Houston Food Bank, Houston Achievement Place, The Gladney Center, Rebuilding Together Houston, Charter Bancshares, Academy Sports & Outdoors and Susser Holdings Corp. Additionally, he is a past member of several committees at Congregation Emanu El and the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. Further, Mr. Alexander is a trustee and past chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers and current trustee of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Darrell Betts

Principal

Avison Young

Darrell L. Betts, CCIM is a Principal with the Capital Markets group of Avison Young and is in

charge of the representation for dispositions of investment properties owned by financial

institutions, pension funds, REIT’s and private investors. Darrell began his commercial real

estate career over 30 years ago and was recruited by Avison Young in 2010 to lead the

company's Capital Markets practice in Texas and the Southwest U.S. Over the past three

decades, Darrell facilitated over $5 billion worth of real estate transactions.

Numerous times throughout his career, the Houston Business Journal named Betts a "Heavy

Hitter of Commercial Real Estate, including 2017." Among other awards, Darrell was listed in

Commercial Property News’ 2005 Hot Brokers of America and Top Producer for another leading

firm for eight years. Darrell was Avison Young's 2011 top producer in the U.S. for Capital Markets

and has been presented with the Circle of Excellence award recognizing the top producers

globally for 2017.

Prior Experience

• 2010 - Current | Principal, Capital Markets, Avison Young

• 2009 - 2010 | Executive Director, Capital Markets Group, Cushman & Wakefield

• 2008 - 2009 | Chief Investment Officer, Thompson, National Properties

• 1998 - 2008 | Senior Vice President, Grubb & Ellis

• 1996 - 1998 | Dunkum Mortgage Group

• 1995 - 1996 | Cushman & Wakefield of Texas

• 1992 - 1995 | American National Insurance Co.

• 1989 - 1992 | First Interstate Bancorp - FIMSA, Inc.

Education & Affiliation

Darrell Betts graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business

Administration in finance with an emphasis in commercial real estate. Darrell also received

a highly recognized Certified Commercial Investor Member (CCIM) designation through

the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute, an affiliate of the National Associate of

Realtors.

He is currently a member of Texas A&M's Master of Real Estate Advisory Board. Darrell is

also an active member of the bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce and has made

multiple visits to the Middle East, most recently for Business Development and International

Relations trade missions.

Ron Miller

Managing Director - Acquisitions

Invesco

Mr. Miller has completed more than $4.0 billion in real estate transactions in his 30 year career. He has extensive experience in sourcing and placing both U.S. and international capital. Mr. Miller is responsible for executing IRE’s investment strategy for larger portfolio acquisitions, recapitalizations and programmatic investing in the western U.S.

Prior to joining IRE, Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President for Internacional Realty and Royalton Real Estate Capital. He was the founder and President of Meridian Global Investors and prior to Meridian, Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Lehndorff USA Group of Companies.

Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University and is a current member of ULI and ICSC.

Paul Wasserman

Head of Real Estate Portfolio and Asset Management

KKR

Paul Wasserman (Houston) joined KKR in 2014 and is responsible for KKR's real estate asset management and portfolio management activities. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Och-Ziff Capital Management, Inc. in New York where he was head of asset management, responsible for establishing and running asset management and for asset-level operational oversight of the firm's real estate funds as well as spearheading certain acquisition opportunities. Previously, he was an acquisition and asset management professional at Time Equities, Inc. where he acquired and managed a diverse portfolio of office industrial, retail, residential, and development assets in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Wasserman has also held real estate positions with Workspeed, Jones Lang LaSalle, and the NYC Department of Design and Construction. He is a council member of the Urban Land Institute and received his B.A. with honors from Trinity College.

Summary

Join us for another Bisnow morning event as our all star speakers discuss how Houston ranks as an investment market, the impact of lower oil prices, who the key buyers are now, the feasibility of achieving value-add returns in both primary and secondary markets, and how the latest deal terms are structured.
 
We'll also hear about changes in the lending market- who's actively lending, how much capital is now available, and what lending requirements look like. 

Come early and enjoy breakfast & networking with the people you know & the people you need to know!

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