| New Sustaining Sponsor Partners with the REC |
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The Real Estate Center is pleased to announce that Paul Fisher, President of CenterPoint Properties Trust, has joined the REC as a Sustaining Sponsor. CenterPoint is a Chicago based investor and developer, focused on industrial real estate and related rail, road and port infrastructure. CenterPoint owns or controls 42 million square feet of buildings and over 6,000 acres of developable land.
Mr. Fisher will be working closely with The Real Estate Center in this exciting new partnership as we aim to provide premier real estate education and programs to industry professionals. He will be team teaching the graduate investment seminar in the spring quarter.
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| DePaul Real Estate Alumni Association (DREAA) Kick-Off Event |
 On November 6th, DePaul alumni representing graduating classes from the 1970's through 2007, gathered in the Wolfpoint Ballroom at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza to officially launch the newly formed DePaul Real Estate Alumni Association (DREAA). Susanne Cannon, REC
Director & Charles Wurtzebach
The event featured a keynote address from DePaul alum and founding sponsor, Charles H. Wurtzebach, Ph.D.--Managing Director and Property Chief Investment Officer, North America at Henderson Global Investors, who spoke on "Real Estate Investment in Turbulent Times."
Alumni Paul Einum, Chris Siavelis and Jennifer Zellner
In addition, DREAA Co-Presidents, Jennifer Zellner (MBA '05) and Iosef Demin (BS '06) talked about the mission of DREAA which is to partner with DePaul to promote the Real Estate Center and its undergraduate and graduate real estate programs, to support and mentor current DePaul real estate students, and to create an official forum for networking and business opportunities for alumni of DePaul's real estate programs. For more information on DREAA, please visit their new website at www.dreaaonline.org. |
| Counselors of Real Estate Annual Fall Meeting at DePaul |
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The Counselors of Real Estate hosted their annual fall meeting at DePaul and honored Real Estate Center founding sponsor and DePaul alum, Richard Hanson (MST '74), Principal of Mesa Development. In recognition of Hanson's contributions to the real estate industry and his commitment to education, the Counselors funded a $2500 scholarship in Hanson's name which will be awarded to a graduate or undergraduate student in the real estate program.
CRE Chicago Chapter Members from left: Mike Marous, Rich Hanson, Susanne Cannon and CRE President, Mary Fleischmann |
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Mixed Use Development Conference |
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 The Real Estate Center and the Chaddick Institute are organizing a conference that will explore the effects of a turbulent market place on the mixed-use sector. As real estate developers in cities and suburbs are stepping up their investments in mixed use projects to create lifestyle centers and revitalize downtowns and planned communities, some critical questions need to be answered:
- How will the market for mixed use development change in the next 24 months?
- Are the success drivers of mixed use development changing as well?
- Should expectations about the retail components be realigned?
- What common mistakes should developers--and cities--avoid?
These, and many other questions, will be addressed by leading experts from the interdependent sectors of mixed use development. Some panelists include Joe Antunovich, Owner & President, Antunovich Associates; Tom D'Alesandro IV Senior Vice President of General Growth Properties; Tim Angell, Deputy Director of Community and Economic Development at the City of Des Plaines; Terry McEwen, Principal of Poag & McEwen among others. In addition, the conference will open with a keynote address from Glen Marker, National Director of Market Research at Grubb & Ellis, who will discuss the precarious economic environment and its effect on future projects.
Date: January 15, 2008
Program: 1:00-5:15pm
Reception: 5:15-6:00pm
Location: Chicago Cultural Center
Registration: $125
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| Managing Risk in Sustainable Building Conference |
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In the rush to build green, owners, developers, contractors and design professionals are taking on new risks--often unkowingly. Many don't understand that sustainable building involves more than achieving ratings.
This two-day conference, co-sponsored by The Real Estate Center and the Alberti Group, will bring risk into the sustainable building equation: how policy affects the playing field, why building performance is key to the bottom line, and how decision makers can manage risk and avoid pitfalls.
Speakers include:
Roger H. Bezdek, President of Management Information Services Dan Lemieux, Wiss Janney Elstner, Washington, DC
Vuk Vujovic, Legat Architects, Chicago
Bryan Seifert, CNA Surety, Chicago
Steven Del Percio, Esq., Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP
Mark Jewell, President, RealWinWin, Philadelphia
Roger Pielke, Jr., Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies
Jim Woods, Building Diagnostics Research Institute,
Dave Birr, Synchronous Energy Solutions, Chicago
Frederick Butters, FAIA, Esq., Thomas M. Keranen & Assoc
Ted Kantrowitz, Vice President, Canadian GeoExchange Coalition, Montreal
Steven P. Hubert, Principal, Buchanan Partners, LLC
Molly McCabe, Hayden Tanner
Dates: February 7 & 8, 2008
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm each day
Location: The University Club, 76 E. Monroe
Registration:
Early Bird by January 7th: $850
After January 7th: $950
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| Calendar of Events |
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December 5
Undgergraduate Info. Session
December 6
Graduate Info. Session
January 15
January 18
CPE: Buildings & Construction Part 1
January 25
CPE: Buildings & Construction Part 2
January 28-February 1
Financial Analysis
February 4-7
February 7-8
CPE: Condominium Law
February 25-29
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| Endowment Donors |
| Douglas & Cynthia Crocker
George L. Ruff
Michael J. Horne Education & Healthcare Assistance Foundation |
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