A summit designed to identify commercial and industrial real estate opportunities is returning to Louisville next week for its second outing.
By Marty Finley – Reporter, Louisville Business First
Jun 10, 2015 Updated Jun 18, 2015, 11:55am EDT
The Midwest Institutional Real Estate Investment Summit is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, at the Ice House at 225 E. Washington St. in downtown Louisville. Co-hosted by the Real Estate Venture Exchange and the Kentucky CCIM Chapter, the conference will include panel discussions among developers and institutional finance executives about the trends and opportunities in the Louisville and regional commercial real estate markets, according to a news release.
The featured speaker is Mark A. Denien, executive vice president and CFO of Duke Realty Corp., an Indianapolis real estate investment trust that owns or is associated with more than 150 million rentable square feet of industrial and office space.
Two panel discussions will focus on several topics, including development issues, deal structures, the economy and interest rates.
The developer/principal panel, which will be moderated by Reed Weinberg, president and principal of PRG Investments of Louisville, is made up of:
- Mike Garcia, CFO and senior vice president of acquisitions and development of Omni Hotels and Resorts in Dallas. Omni is constructing a nearly $300 million hotel, apartment and retail complex in downtown Louisville.
- Jeremy Stephenson, president and principal of Milhaus Ventures in Indianapolis. The company helped lead development of a $425 million JW Marriott convention center hotel in downtown Indianapolis.
- Matt Cohoat, executive vice president and CFO of Becknell Industrial in Indianapolis.
- Lee Wilburn, president of Crossdock Development of Louisville. Crossdock has been involved in the development of several properties in Louisville and Southern Indiana, including a large warehouse at 800 Patrol Road and a building for Swiss auto supplier Autoneum at River Ridge Commerce Center.
The capital/investment panel, moderated by Geoff White, real estate service team leader of Frost Brown Todd LLC in Louisville, consists of:
- William Lafferty, managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Atlanta.
- Michael Vu, vice president, of Artemis Real Estate Partners, a private-equity investment company in Washington, D.C.
- John Hollenbach, principal of Hollenbach-Oakley LLC, a development firm in Louisville. Hollenbach’s firm is the developer of Blankenbaker Station, a nearly 600-acre Class A business park bordered by Blankenbaker Parkway, Interstate 64 and the Gene Snyder Freeway.
Reserved tickets for the half-day event are $50 for REVE and CCIM members and $60 for non-members and guests, according to the release. The tickets are $70 at the door. REVE members and guests can register at www.revellc.org, and CCIM members and guests can register at www.kyccim.org. The ticket cost includes coffee and lunch.