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David Cibrian

David Cibrian

CEO & Co-CIO

American Triple I Partners

Ryan LeVasseur

Ryan LeVasseur

Managing Director - Direct Real Estate

Rice Management Company

Travis Land

Travis Land

Partner

NAI Partners

Susan Davenport

Susan Davenport

SVP, Economic Development

Greater Houston Partnership

Robert Cromwell, II

Robert Cromwell, II

Managing Director

Moody Rambin

George Craft
Moderator

George Craft

Shareholder

Winstead

Kim Schell
EMCEE

Kim Schell

Houston Market Manager

Bisnow Media

David Cibrian

CEO & Co-CIO

American Triple I Partners

David is Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Co-Founder of American Triple I Partners. He is responsible for developing and directing overall business strategies; building trusted relationships with asset and investor partners; leading high-quality investment decisions; and enforcing adherence to compliance, legal, and operating guidelines and policies. David was formerly a Managing Director with Brevet Capital, a New York City-based investment firm founded in 1998. Among other responsibilities, he headed Brevet’s firm-wide Government Financing Programs. He is experienced in various facets of fund management, including originations, underwriting/structuring, and asset management. David also served in a variety of roles during his career – lawyer, accountant, corporate executive, and investment professional. David was formerly a CPA with Ernst & Young, Los Angeles and was a practicing international and corporate attorney for 25 years, including his experience in public finance at O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles. David formerly served on the Board of Mirage Energy Corporation, a start-up developer of natural gas storage facilities outside of the United States, and the Board of Onko Solutions, a development stage medical device company. He was also a Senior Advisor to Civitas Capital Group, an alternative investment firm.

David is a former member of the Texas Finance Commission and the Texas Credit Union Commission having been appointed by then Texas Governor Rick Perry. David holds a Juris Doctor with honors from Georgetown Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with honors from Loyola Marymount University.

Ryan LeVasseur

Managing Director - Direct Real Estate

Rice Management Company

Ryan LeVasseur joined Rice Management Company in 2019 as the Managing Director of Direct Real Estate. In this role, Mr. LeVasseur is responsible for investments in strategic development opportunities in Houston. Prior to joining RMC, Mr. LeVasseur spent five years in Hines’ New York development office where he was a Managing Director. Prior to joining Hines, Mr. LeVasseur was a Director at HR&A Advisors. While at HR&A, he was responsible for urban development assignments in an array of locations including the New York City metropolitan area, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Detroit. Mr. LeVasseur received an MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University where he was a Kinne Fellow and a Bachelor of Architecture and a BA in Architecture from Rice University. Ryan serves as a member of the Columbia GSAPP Alumni Board and was an adjunct professor at Columbia University teaching a course on real estate market analytics.

Travis Land

Partner

NAI Partners

Travis Land specializes in the industrial sector of the Commercial Real Estate market. Travis has extensive closed deal experience associated with all types of real estate transactions including tenant and buyer representation, property dispositions, and build-to-suit/design-build representation. His market knowledge, combined with his hands on approach to the real estate industry, helps his clients evaluate their real estate options and choose a strategy that best meets their facility needs. Travis is recognized in the marketplace as a consistent top producer and adds significant value throughout the transaction process by creating substantial leverage for his clients. Once a client – always a client.

Susan Davenport

SVP, Economic Development

Greater Houston Partnership

Susan Davenport serves as Senior Vice President, Economic Development at the Greater Houston Partnership. In this role, Susan leads the organization’s domestic and international economic development efforts and provides assistance to companies considering expanding, relocating or investing in the greater Houston region.

Prior to her work in Houston, Susan served as the President/CEO of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, a five-star accredited Chamber with approximately 1,300 member companies and organizations. Prior to her role as President/CEO she served for two years as the Chamber’s Vice President of Economic Development. From 2013 through 2018, the Gainesville Chamber announced the creation of more than 1,100 new jobs and more than $400 million in new capital investment.

Susan came to Gainesville in 2013 after spending 13 years with the Austin Chamber of Commerce, most recently as Senior Vice President of Global Tech Strategies. While there she served as a key team member for the Opportunity Austin strategy which created over 174,000 new jobs and enhanced regional payrolls by $8.7 billion over an 8-year period from 2004-2012. During her tenure in Austin she developed and executed Austin’s regional business retention and expansion program, Portfolio Austin, where over 4,800 regional retention visits were undertaken with 520 regional expansions tracked. She also developed and managed the Central Texas Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization, which resulted in assisting 34 companies accessing $60 million in funding with an additional $30 million for local research and university projects. Susan also developed the Greater Austin Technology Partnership and Austin TechLive, which engaged over 100 regional technology executives in various economic development activities and supported entrepreneurism through a downtown co-working technology hub partner.

Susan received a Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from The University of Texas Medical Branch. She is also a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma and is an active member of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and the International Economic Development Institute.

Robert Cromwell, II

Managing Director

Moody Rambin

Bob joined Moody Rambin in 1994 bringing his office agency leasing experience to the firm. Bob has leased office properties throughout the Houston metro market for numerous clients from high net worth individuals to national institutional clients. As Managing Director and over thirty years in office leasing, Bob directs the daily operations with a team of tenured agency leasing office professionals.

Prior to joining Moody Rambin, Bob started commercial real estate in 1983 with a local developer Don Mafrige Real Estate where he focused on interior construction and office property management. In 1988, Bob joined Everest Funds and worked under the late Howard Weathers where he transitioned from property management to landlord focused leased transactions.

Bob is a native Houstonian, married to his wife Leia and has two daughters, Lillian (14) and Margaret (12). He enjoys spending time with family anywhere along the Texas coast or in central Texas hill country enjoying outdoor activities.

George Craft

Moderator

Winstead

As a shareholder in the Real Estate Development and Investments Practice Group in the Houston office of Winstead, George represents a variety of investors, developers, and lenders in connection with complex real estate transactions throughout the country. George provides counsel to purchasers and sellers in the acquisition of unimproved and income producing commercial real estate, as well as developers in all stages of the development cycle for numerous asset classes, including multi-family, office, retail, industrial, and age-restricted living projects. His real estate finance practice includes the representation of institutional lenders and borrowers in connection with debt and equity structured financing, including construction, mezzanine, and permanent loans, as well as representation of lenders and borrowers in workouts of distressed assets. As the Managing Shareholder of Winstead's Houston office, George is dedicated to preserving and cultivating the firm's culture. He is also focused on strategic areas of expansion within the Houston market to complement the attorneys in the Houston office and the needs of their clients.

Kim Schell

EMCEE

Bisnow Media

Kim was born in Flushing, New York and come from many generations of New Yorkers. It was a culture shock when she first moved to Houston, Texas in the late 70's but can now say Y'all with the best of them. Kim graduated from the University of Houston with a BBA in Marketing and has worked in media her entire life. Kim played and coached soccer for many years and even spent a summer in England playing in tournaments. The oldest of three girls, she now has two sons (the first born Texans in her family), a husband and three male rescue dogs.

Summary

  1. If developers could buy or pick up land anywhere in the greater Houston right now, where would they go and what would they build?

  2. Which asset class will see the most change in 2021? Which will be the first to rebound?

  3. The coronavirus has sped up trends we were already seeing. Which of these trends is going to change the CRE landscape for years to come?

  4. How has the pandemic impacted the Houston office leasing space? Where do you see the market going?

  5. How will the innovation district and The Ion help Houston diversify its economy?

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