BizTimes Milwaukee’s annual Commercial Real Estate and Development Conference featured some of the industry’s top leaders, who discussed industry trends and outlooks.
The event’s sell-out crowd of nearly 450 people packed the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward.
Panelists broke news and covered a range of topics, including the state of metro Milwaukee’s office market amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, suburban development opportunities, and the need for investment in Milwaukee’s lower income neighborhoods.
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- Nearly 450 business leaders and commercial real estate professionals attended.
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- Tracy Johnson, president and CEO of the Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin, shared the results of CARW’s annual membership survey.
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- The first panel focused on the current and future state of the local office market.
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- Jenna McGuire, broker – office property specialist, at Founders 3.
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- Mark Irgens, CEO at Irgens Partners.
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- Mike Wanezek, office broker and partner at Colliers International | Wisconsin (center).
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- Josh Jeffers, president and CEO of J. Jeffers & Co.
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- The second panel discussed the numerous development issues and opportunities facing the Milwaukee metro area.
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- Frank Cumberbatch, vice president–engagement at Bader Philanthropies.
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- S.R. Mills, president at Bear Real Estate Group and Josh Krsnak, president and CEO at Hempel Companies.
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- Andy Hunt, director of Marquette University’s Center for Real Estate, moderated both panel discussions.
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- Mark Henschel of First American Bank and Heather Baylor of First Midwest Bank.
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- Anna Lovell and Madeline Warren, both of Marquette University.
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- Pat Kressin of GRAEF and Michael Brush of Plunkett Raysich Architects.
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- Jack Justice, George Justice of Town Bank and Landon Wirth of Wangaurd.
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- Chris Hitch of raSmith and Matt Dumich of SmithGroup.
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- Brent Pitcher of GRAEF, and John O’Neil and Kim Nelson, both of AVI Systems.
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- Brittani Miller and Roy Wagner, both of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.
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- Nick Kitzman and Nick Benson, both of Foley & Lardner.
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- Luke Wasylik of Northland Securities and Dave Arnold of Irgens.
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- Brad Dallet of Husch Blackwell LLP and Sam Gleischman of CBRE.
