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Big crowd celebrates a strengthening market during MREN’s Columbus Commercial Real Estate Summit

Dan Rafter April 4, 2017
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More than 200 commercial real estate professionals attended Midwest Real Estate News’ Columbus Commercial Real Estate Summit: A Gathering of Industry Experts in early April at Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph, the new hotel in downtown Columbus by developer Pizzuti.

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James Garrett, managing director at Colliers International, was the emcee for the event.

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The summit featured panels filled with industry experts. This inclded The Apartment Market Is Hot: How Long Will It Last? This panel featured Brett Kaufman, CEO, Kaufman Development; Daniel Burkons, Senior Director, National Multi-Housing Group, Marcus & Millichap; Kenneth Bowen, Senior Vice president, OakGrove Capital; Brent Crawford, Principal/Founder, Crawford Hoying; and Craig Kegg, Senior Vice President, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital.

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The Importance of ROI (Retail, office & Industrial) & Healthcare panel from left to right: James Garrett, Managing Director at Colliers International; Wayne Harer, Executive Vice President, Continental Realty; George Stecz, First Vice president, CBRE; Dan Wendorf, Senior Vice President, JLL; Melanie Wollenberg, Executive Vice President, Equity Inc.; Steve Miller, Regional Sales Director, CoStar; and Jeff Ungar, Senior Leasing Agent, lGR Realty/Plaza Properties.

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The 2015 Columbus Commercial Real Estate Titans panel from left to right: Mark Wagenbrenner, President, Wagenbrenner Development; Frank Kass, Chairman, Continental Real Estate Companies; Judith Levine, Partner, Roetzel & Andress; Franz Geiger, managing Director, Polaris Centers of Commerce; and Robert Weiler, Sr. Chairman, The Weiler Company.

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