The final roster of speakers is almost set for the 10th Annual CIP Industrial Real Estate and Transportation & Logistics Conference being held on Oct. 30 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont.
From the opening, one-on-one conversation between Lynn Reich of Colliers and Carter Andrus of Prologis through the final panel that focuses on Transportation & Logistics and features experts such as John Grueling of Will County, Adam Roth of NAI, and Brian McKiernan of CenterPoint, the event is filled with some of the best and brightest in industrial real estate.
With one keynote conversation, two general session panels and two breakouts, attendees will have ample opportunity to understand the latest dynamics that characterize Chicago’s industrial marketplace.
“We’ve assembled a stellar roster of speakers who are prepared to share their knowledge and expertise about the marketplace,” Mark Menzies, Group Publisher, Real Estate Publishing Group, said. “Everything points to continued positive momentum, and our speakers will elaborate on what we can expect moving forward.”
This year’s conference kicks off with a one-on-one conversation that “gets inside the mind” of Lynn Reich, SIOR, an executive vice president with Colliers International. Lynn will be interviewed by Carter Andrus, an executive with Prologis.
Following the 45-minute interview, the conference will feature four panel discussions that will provide valuable insights and perspectives into various aspects of the Chicago area industrial and trans/logistics markets. The first of the panels will be a high-profile panel looking into the state of the 1.4 billion-square-foot industrial market.
Just ahead of a panel that will take a closer look at the transportation & logistics industry there will be concurrent breakout sessions on design and construction trends and on investment in industrial properties.
The conference begins at 7 a.m. with registration and continental breakfast. The program formally begins at 8 a.m. with an introduction by Tom Boyle, the president of the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers and a principal with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
Confirmed speakers to date include Lynn Reich, Colliers International; Carter Andrus, Prologis; John, Coleman, SIOR, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Trevor Ragsdale, Jones Lang LaSalle; Dan Fogarty, The McShane Companies; Don Schoenheider, Liberty Property Trust; Steve Schnur, Duke Realty; John Morris, Cushman Wakefield; Erik Foster, Avison Young; John Abuja, Marcus & Millichap; Alissa Adler, Podolsky|Circle CORFAC International; Matt Goode, Venture One; Gabe Beukinga, SomerCor 504; John Dunneback, Ryan Companies US, Inc.; Karl Heitman, Heitman Architects; Rick Steger, Jones Lang LaSalle; Howard Green, Meridian Design Build; Mike Sullivan Jr., Peak Construction; John Grueling, Will County Center for Economic Development; Adam Roth, SIOR, NAI Hiffman; Elise Couston, SIOR, Paine Wetzel; and Brian McKiernan, CenterPoint Properties.
Registration, $89 for the event, can be completed at www.rejournals.comconferences.
