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Traditional Office Update

Sabine Gaedeke Stener

Sabine Gaedeke Stener

CEO

Gaedeke Group

Stephen Modory

Stephen Modory

Managing Partner

Champion Partners

Bill Cawley

Bill Cawley

Chairman & CEO

Cawley Partners

Mark O’Briant

Mark O’Briant

Managing Director

Henry S. Miller Realty Services

Rhett Miller
Moderator

Rhett Miller

Southeast Regional Director

VTS

Sabine Gaedeke Stener

CEO

Gaedeke Group

Commercial real estate expertise combined with investments in unconventional energy plays on behalf of international family office. Co-investment partner with other family offices who seek to diversify their real estate portfolios.

Long-term track record of real estate investing results draws on more than 20 years of experience and a track record as marketing director for Premiere/ Canal+, a television venture of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's largest multimedia companies, as well as account management for global advertising agency BBDO.

Gaedeke Group's primary mission is to create high-end office environments by in investing new capital and devoting sound management principles to high quality, well-built Class A office properties across the country. The real estate portfolio holdings are currently located in Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Washington DC (www.gaedeke.com).

Additionally, Gaedeke Energy is an independent investor in oil and gas properties (predominantly based in Williston Basin) and renewable energy ventures that show significant potential upside from additional investments or infield drilling, yet lack sufficient capital needed for further development to build long-term value.

Stephen Modory

Managing Partner

Champion Partners

Stephen M. Modory currently serves as the Co-Managing Partner at Champion Partners. Prior to joining Champion in 1993, Mr. Modory was a portfolio manager for Trammell Crow Ventures, where he participated in the acquisition, investment, management, and capitalization of two closed-end real estate opportunity funds that included numerous commercial real estate product types, including office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hotels, land, and debt/mortgages. He started his real estate career at Trammell Crow Ventures as a Financial Analyst and after two years was promoted to being an Acquisitions Associate. Mr. Modory is a Current Member, Founding Member, and Past Chair of the Office Development Council of ULI, and currently serves as the Chair of the North Texas District Council of ULI. He is a past Board Member of The Real Estate Council of Dallas, a past Board Chair of their Foundation, and a past Member of their Government Affairs Committee. He is a Current Member and Past President of the North Texas Chapter of NAIOP. Mr. Modory earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with distinction from Stanford University.

Bill Cawley

Chairman & CEO

Cawley Partners

Bill Cawley is the brand and vision behind Cawley Partners, a

full-service, Dallas-based real estate company historically focused

on commercial office product. Over the course of his career, Bill has

owned all classes of commercial real estate in multiple markets

across the country. He is continually recognized as one of the most

influential business leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 2020, Bill was

named Developer of the Year by D CEO Magazine, and most recently,

he was the 2022 inductee to the NTCAR (The North Texas Commer-

cial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals) Hall of

Fame. Bill has acquired and developed more than 15 million square

feet of commercial office product. His company, Cawley Partners,

has been the premier office developer along the Dallas North Toll-

way, developing more than $500 million of Class A office space and

totaling more than 1.5 million square feet within the last 5 years.

Bill Cawley served as the 2020 Chairman of TREC (The Real Es-

tate Council) and is a past board member of NTCAR. Bill is an ac-

tive member of ULI (Urban Land Institute) and serves on the SMU

COX Folsom Institute for Real Estate Advisory Board. In addition to

his industry related committee positions, Bill supports numerous

charitable organizations.

Rhett Miller

Moderator

VTS

Rhett started his career as a Tenant rep and Landlord broker at JLL in NYC in 2011 where he worked on a team of six including VTS Co-Founder Ryan Masiello and VTS Head of Business Development Andrew Flint. Rhett assisted in the leasing of a 2.5 million square foot portfolio in Downtown and Midtown Manhattan, while also advising technology and financial services clients in their real estate decisions. It was at JLL where Rhett found his love for real estate and technology, and from there he decided to make the jump to the start up world.

Rhett officially joined VTS in the spring of 2013 and moved back home to Dallas in January of 2014 to open the Dallas office and oversee the Southeast Region.

Rhett resides in Dallas, Texas but is in an airport or on an airplane about 50% of the time.

Creative Office Update

Bill Brown

Bill Brown

CIO

Granite Properties

Justin Segal

Justin Segal

President

Boxer Property

Chad Cook

Chad Cook

Founder

Quadrant Investment Properties

Drew Steffen

Drew Steffen

Managing Director

Hines

Jim Rainbolt-Bailey
Moderator

Jim Rainbolt-Bailey

Business Development

Staffelbach

Bill Brown

CIO

Granite Properties

"We are an active investor with the history and insight to bring value to every transaction."

Bill joined Granite in 1993 and is the Chief Investment Officer overseeing all investment activity—acquisitions, dispositions and financial structuring. Prior to joining Granite, Bill was with Financial Resource Management, Inc. (Nations Bank). Bill serves as a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks and past board member of The Real Estate Council. He is also an alumnus of The Real Estate Council's Associate Leadership Council.

Bill received his bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from Texas Christian University.

Justin Segal

President

Boxer Property

As President of Boxer Property Management Corporation, Justin Segal oversees operations, marketing, leasing, and technology for a portfolio of commercial property across the country. Justin takes the lead on analytics, enterprise data and process engineering. Thanks to his contributions, Justin was instrumental in the creation of the company's reputation as a national leader when it comes to the use of tech for designing, implementing, managing and supporting business decisions, operations and goals.

Justin is associated with a number of affiliated entities, acting as director or principal. Among them are Boxer Finance (commercial real estate lending), CasAlegria (residential sales and lending) and Tidewell Energy (natural gas). Before joining Boxer, Mr. Segal founded a real estate financial accounting software company, Stemmons Software. He also spent several years offering counsel to early-stage venture-funded startups in Silicon Valley.

Justin serves on the boards of the RealComm CIO Advisory Council, the Houston Education Research Consortium, the Governing Body of the Houston CIO Leadership and YES Prep Public Schools, where he chairs the Technology & Operations Committee. He is also a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, which manages the Webby Awards. Justin attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a Bachelors. He received a Juris Doctor from the New York University School Law.

Chad Cook

Founder

Quadrant Investment Properties

Before founding QIP, Chad was Vice President, Acquisitions for Hillwood Investment Properties, where, from 2004 to 2012, he focused on development and acquisition opportunities in numerous markets nationally. In addition to helping lead the company’s acquisition team Chad coordinated over $1 billion in dispositions. He also played an integral role in the sourcing and structuring of numerous institutional joint ventures and development partnerships. Prior to joining Hillwood, Chad was a Director of Leasing and Dispositions with Emerson Partners, a Dallas based owner and operator of office and industrial properties.

Summary

It's 2015.  People are wearing Apple watches. Uber just ordered 500,000 driverless cars. Across the country, people are asking: what's next?

Although we can't predict every effect that changes like these will have on the way we work, innovators in real estate are up to the challenge of making sure the industry isn't left behind. Hear from some of the most prominent and creative stakeholders in office development, design, and leasing as they discuss the steps they're taking to anticipate the next generation of workplace environments.

As always, expect plenty of networking!

Venue

The Centrum
3102 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX 75219

Floor level: 3rd Floor


Free self-parking

Agenda

Time Activity
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
Breakfast and Networking
8:30 AM
9:15 AM
Traditional Office Update
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Creative Office Update
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
Post Event Networking