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7th Annual Detroit Commercial Real Estate Summit

Thursday, October 28, 2021
8:15 am – 12:00 pm EST

The Westin Southfield Detroit
1500 Town Center
Southfield, MI 48075

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Moderator

Randall Thomas

President and Chief Executive Officer

Insite Commercial

Moderator

Alex Beachum, J.D.

Associate Broker

Income Property Organization

Moderator

Andy Gutman

President

Farbman Group / NAI Farbman

Brendan George

Senior Vice President

CBRE, Inc.

John-Paul Wolfe

Director, Acquisitions & Underwriting

Friedman Real Estate

DeVon Jackson

Senior Associate

P.A. Commercial

Quinn Kiriluk

Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

KIRCO

Conrad Schewe

Senior Vice President of Project Development and Partner

Burton-Katzman LLC

David Wilkins,

Managing Director

Walker & Dunlop

Kevin Jahnke

Sales Associate, Michigan | Broker, Indiana

Income Property Organization

Jennifer Thomas

Entitlements Manager/CREW Detroit Board of Directors

Lombardo Companies

Kevin Dillon

Senior Managing Director

Berkadia

Joseph Hamway

Vice President | Principal

Signature Associates, Inc.

Cynthia Kratchman

Principal

Mid-America Real Estate-Michigan, Inc.

Kristen Diamond

Vice President of Multifamily Management

Hayman Company

Kevin Kovachevich

Principal

District Capital

Steven Chaben

Senior Vice President

Marcus & Millichap

Barry Swatsenbarg

Executive Vice President

Colliers International

8:15 am
Registration, Breakfast & Networking

9:00 am
Apartment Market Update & Forecast: Opportunities & Challenges
  • What is state of the Detroit multifamily market from a development, investment, and operations standpoint?
  • New Development vs. Existing Rehab: Where are the opportunities and why
  • Apartment Investment Sales Update – Who is buying what and CAP rates
  • What continues to drive the Detroit Apartment Market and where are we trending?
  • How does the Detroit Apartment Market compare with rest of the U.S.?
  • What does the future look like for Detroit multifamily development and investing?

10:00 am
Detroit Market Sector Update: Industrial, Office, Retail, Investment & Healthcare
  • What are the strongest and weakest CRE sectors in today’s climate?
  • What 2021 headlines will impact 2022 activity?
  • Reshaping the “New Normal” what to expect today & beyond
  • How can investors maximize their returns in today’s climate?

11:00 am
Downtown & Suburban Developments—Game Changing Projects
  • Where is the biggest potential for growth for Urban/Suburban Detroit? What are the drivers?
  • What new developments have recently been completed? What is currently under construction and in the pipeline?
  • What are the current fundamentals contributing to site-selection?
  • New Development predictions for 2022 & beyond

Walker & Dunlop

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200E

Bethesda, MD 20814

301-215-5500

www.walkerdunlop.com

Services Provided

Company Description

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) is the largest provider of capital to the multifamily industry in the United States and the fourth largest lender on all commercial real estate including industrial, office, retail, and hospitality. Walker & Dunlop enables real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where Americans live, work, shop and play — to life. The power of our people, premier brand, and industry-leading technology make us more insightful and valuable to our clients, providing an unmatched experience every step of the way. With over 1,000 employees across every major U.S. market, Walker & Dunlop has consistently been named one of Fortune’s Great Places to Work® and is committed to making the commercial real estate industry more inclusive and diverse while creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.

Signature Associates

One Towne Square, Suite 1200

Southfield, MI 48076

248-948-9000

www.signatureassociates.com

Steve Gordon

President

[email protected]

Mark Woods

Chief Operating Officer

[email protected]

Services Provided

Signature Associates provides a diverse service platform including brokerage services, tenant/purchaser representation, investment sales, property/asset management, advisory services, strategic consulting, project management and marketing/research. Our global presence, experience, and partnership with TCN Worldwide enables us to deliver a higher standard of services around the world.

Company Description

Founded in 1989, Signature is the region’s leading commercial real estate firm with 8-regional offices throughout Michigan and Northwest Ohio. The firm employs more than 150 professionals and manages more than 8 million square feet of third-party property. Our varied range of services gives us the broad resources to handle complex transactions and additional experience and knowledge to analyze tenant improvement packages, construction requirements and all collateral needed to solidify a positive result for our clients. The best results carry our Signature.

Berkadia Real Estate Advisors, LLC

28411 Northwestern Highway Suite 300

Southfield, MI 48034

248-646-7701

berkadia.com

Kevin P Dillon

Senior Managing Director

[email protected]

Services Provided

The dynamic Great Lakes Team brings more than 150 years of experience and knowledge to our clients. Simply put, there is no other Midwest team that can match our experience, depth of market knowledge, and track record of closings in the Midwest. Services offered include: Broker Opinion of Values or RFP; Acquisition / Disposition Brokerage; Mutlifamily Market / Demographic Information; Equity Sourcing; Access to All Major Lending Platforms

Company Description

Berkadia is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Powered by deep relationships and industry-changing technology, our people sell, finance, and service commercial real estate, providing support for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets. Our unique ownership structure allows us to put our clients’ interests first and create a marketplace that delivers a superior experience.

KIRCO

101 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 200

Bloomfield Hills

(248) 680-7180

https://kirco.com/

Quinn Kiriluk

Executive Vice President, Corporate Real Estate & Chief Marketing Officer

[email protected]

Quinn Kiriluk

Adam Manix

[email protected]

Services Provided

Pre-Development Site Evaluation, Analytics, and Procurement (if applicable) Project Team Selection (Architects, Engineers, Consultants, etc. including contract ownership Design Development Capital Sourcing (Debt Equity, Institutional) Budget Management Entitlements and Incentives Construction / Project Accounting Project Reporting Marketing and Public Affairs Acquisitions / Adaptive Re-use Sale / Lease-Back

Company Description

About KIRCO KIRCO is an award-winning commercial real estate development, construction (KIRCO MANIX) and property management organization. Having planned and developed over 30 million square feet, KIRCO is a major developer of build-to-suit own or lease properties coast to coast. Because of KIRCO's vertical integration, with development, construction, and property management under one roof, all facets work seamlessly as one extraordinary unit to bring out the best in every project. Founded in 1974, KIRCO is a third-generation family-owned and operated, and has expertise in the corporate services (office, industrial, R&D), retail, senior living and healthcare sectors. KIRCO is headquartered in Troy, Mich. with a presence in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida. For more information, please visit www.kirco.com.

CBRE

2000 Town Center, Suite 2200

Southfield, MI 48075

+1 248 351 2030

cbre.us/detroit

Paul Van Devender

Managing Director

[email protected]

Services Provided

Since opening its doors for business in 1985, CBRE's Detroit office has become the dominant player in the Detroit commercial real estate market. CBRE Detroit is a full-service office featuring the core business lines of Brokerage, Corporate Services, Investment Property Sales, Project Management, Property Management, in-house Appraisal/Valuation Services and Move Management Furniture Advisory. There are two CBRE brokerage office servicing Michigan, our main office in Southfield and to better serve Southwest Michigan, a Grand Rapids office.

Company Description

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2020 revenue). The company has more than 100,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

Colliers International | Detroit

2 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Southfield

2485401000

www.colliers.com/detroit

Paul Choukourian

Executive Managing Director

[email protected]

Kimberly McMahon

Regional Operations Manager

[email protected]

Services Provided

Brokerage & Agency (Landlord & Tenant Representation), Corporate Solutions, Investment Services, Project Management, Real Estate Management Services, Valuation and Advisory Services, Tax Appeal Services and Consulting

Company Description

Colliers International is a leader in global real estate services, defined by our spirit of enterprise. With three offices located in Metro Detroit, we are able to provide our clients with convenient local expertise while utilizing our global platform across 67 countries.

Income Property Organization

6421 Inkster Rd., Suite 200

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

248-932-0300

www.incomepo.com

Greg Coulter

Managing Member

[email protected]

Alex Beachum

Associate Broker

[email protected]

Services Provided

Customized brokerage, disposition, and acquisition services.

Company Description

Income Property Organization offers specialized brokerage services to owners of multifamily properties throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Over the past decade IPO has brokered over $2 Billion dollars’ worth of multifamily sales, representing hundreds of transactions and over 30,000 units. As the largest privately held multifamily brokerage in Michigan, IPO’s success has been predicated upon this highly specialized practice, coupled with a focus on client relations and service typically found with a family owned and operated business.

District Capital LLC

42 Watson Street

Detroit

13132419200

www.DistrictCapitalDetroit.com

Kevin Kovachevich

Principal

[email protected]

Crystal Kalinowski

Managing Director

[email protected]

Services Provided

District Capital is a mortgage banking firm located in Detroit, MI. We specialize in commercial real estate debt and equity placement. Our services also include local in-house servicing of the loans we procure.

Company Description

District Capital provides strategic solutions for real estate capital concerns by leveraging our collective knowledge base, extensive experience, and unsurpassed senior level lender relationships to offer the most innovative, forward thinking capital market solutions.

Marcus & Millichap

2 Towne Square, Suite 450

Southfield, MI 48076

(248) 415-2600

www.marcusmillichap.com

Steven R. Chaben

Senior Vice President/Regional Manager

[email protected]

Services Provided

Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) is a leading firm specializing in commercial real estate investment sales, financing, research and advisory services with offices across the United States and Canada. Our services are customized to meet the diverse needs of private and major/institutional investors.

Company Description

With over 2,000 investment sales and financing professionals located throughout the United States and Canada, Marcus & Millichap is a leading specialist in commercial real estate investment sales, financing, research and advisory services. Founded in 1971, the firm closed 8,954 transactions in 2020 with a value of approximately $43 billion. Marcus & Millichap has perfected a powerful system for marketing properties that combines investment specialization, local market expertise, the industry’s most comprehensive research, state-of-the-art technology, and relationships with the largest pool of qualified investors.

Contact Us for More Information

Mark Menzies

Senior VP, National Publisher

312-644-4610

Ernie Abood

Vice President of Sales & Midwest Conference Sales Director

312-644-7119

Frank Biondo

Vice President of Sales

248-670-2691

Alyssa Gawlinski

Managing Director, National Events & Marketing

312-644-2394

We are always looking for speakers who represent diverse populations.

Please help us out by volunteering to speak or introduce us to anyone who you think would be a good fit.

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