4th Annual Chicago Construction & Development Forum

Barry is part of the third generation of TMG ownership and brings more than 30 years of industry experience to his role as CEO of The Missner Group. As CEO he leads TMG’s real estate operations including investment and disposition strategy. During his career, Barry has facilitated the development of award-winning real estate valued at more than $500 million. Barry is an active NAIOP National Forum Member and is affiliated with the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE).

As Executive Vice President and Regional Manager of McShane Construction Company's Rosemont office, Mat oversees the day-to-day operations of the firm's headquarters and is a pivotal team member in the strategic planning process. He contributes 18 years of construction experience at the McShane organization with a focus on multi-family residential and the commercial construction markets. Mat establishes and maintains many of the firm’s relationships with clients, real estate developers and the brokerage community as well as governmental officials, architects and other affiliated industry representatives. He contributes proven leadership and experience providing direction and guidance throughout the region to ensure a growing portfolio of assignments, on-schedule project deliveries and superior client satisfaction. Education: • Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management • Master of Business Administration Marquette University • Bachelor of Science – Civil Engineering Professional Designations: • Registered Professional Engineer – Illinois • OSHA 30-Hour Certification Professional Affiliations: • ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) • AGC (Associated General Contractors of America) • Builders Association (AGC Chicago Chapter) • CBC (Chicago Building Congress) – Merit Awards Committee • NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Association) – Chicago Chapter • HACIA (Hispanic American Construction Industry Association) • USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council)

John Russell is President of W.E. O’Neil’s Chicago and Austin regions and has been with the company throughout his entire career, beginning as a Project Engineer and progressing through the ranks over the last 40 years. He assumed leadership of the Chicago region in 2018 and has worked to deliver on W.E. O’Neil’s mission of bringing thoughtful leadership to the building experience through his collaborative personality. His strong management skills and operations background make him an excellent leader and a trusted business partner in real estate development, design, and construction industry. John is passionate about promoting diversity and inclusion in the construction industry and is active in various community workforce development initiatives on the south and west sides of Chicago. He is also a founding member of HIRE 360, Chicago’s leading workforce development organization. In addition to his support of diversity and inclusion in the construction industry, John is an active member and former Chairman of the Chicago Builders’ Association, and is involved with the American Institute of Architects, the Lean Construction Institute, Chicago Architecture Foundation, as well as several organizations near W.E. O’Neil’s Chicago office, including the West Central Association Chamber of Commerce and the West Loop Community Organization.

As President of Ryan's Great Lakes region, Tim provides overall leadership and direction for the Ryan development, design, construction and property management divisions. With more than 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, Tim has a well-established track record of performance in site selection, planning and design concepts, financial packaging, managing construction coordination and lease or sale negotiation.

Patrick Miller's practice focuses on construction law and real estate litigation. He has significant design-build and P3 procurement expertise and extensive experience with heavy civil and highway construction, process projects, and real estate development. Patrick's practice areas include: Design-Build and P3 Projects and Procurement Patrick serves on the Design-Build Institute of America's National Legal Committee and is one of few lawyers in the nation approved to teach DBIA's Contracts and Risk course. His representative engagements include: Represents short-listed developers and design-build joint ventures responding to P3 solicitations on the Illiana Expressway, I-69 Section 5, the Indianapolis Justice Center and other P3 transactions. Lead counsel representing an Illinois municipality during procurement of design-build services for ultra-violet water treatment systems. Lead counsel in arbitration of claims arising out of an EPC contract to design and construct multiple frac-sand processing facilities. Lead counsel representing private water utility in development of integrated design procurement and contract documents for the design and construction of a new ground water treatment plant. Lead counsel representing municipality in dispute to remediate defective membrane filtration system in $50 million water treatment plant on Lake Michigan designed to process 17.3 million gallons per day. Lead counsel in preliminary injunction proceedings in first-ever award protest under Indiana's public design-build procurement statute. Co-counsel representing design-build joint venture in arbitration of eight-figure delay and disruption claims on P3 tollway project. Construction and Real Estate Litigation In addition to his design-build expertise, Patrick handles a variety of construction and real estate disputes in Chicago, Indiana and throughout the country. His representative engagements in this area include: Lead counsel representing contractor in successful trial of seven-figure change and delay claim on public highway project. Representation of Chicago high-rise developers in construction defect matters. Representation of private equity funds and REITs in litigation throughout the country. Representation of lenders in commercial foreclosure and workout litigation throughout the Chicagoland area. Honors Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2014-15 Moot Court Executive Board Corporate Law Moot Court Competition — Coach and First-Place Overall Team, 2002; Participant, 2001 National Health Law Moot Competition — Participant, 2001 Professional Associations Indiana State Bar Association Illinois State Bar Association State Bar of Wisconsin American Bar Association — Forum on Construction Industry; Litigation Section: Construction Litigation Committee and Subcommittee on Damages (Co-Chair) Civic Activities Steppenwolf Theatre Corporate Council — Steering Committee Presentations P3: Water Supply Issues & Models for Successful Water Collaboration Co-presenter, 2015 Water Conference, Faegre Baker Daniels, Indianapolis, 2015 Design-Build Contracts and Risk Design-Build Institute of American, Multiple Offerings Every Year 3rd Annual Development and Construction Summit Moderator, Bisnow Chicago, 2015 Current Issues in Sustainable Design and Construction Halfmoon Education, 2013 Illinois Construction Case Law Update Faegre Baker Daniels Construction Seminar, 2013 Integrated Project Delivery Solutions for Illinois Home Rule Communities and Municipalities Faegre Baker Daniels Construction Seminar, 2012 Mind Your RFP's and RFQ's: Case Studies in Recent Design-Build Award Protests DBIA National Conference, 2012 UV Disinfection and Design Build: Thinking Outside of the Box Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), New Orleans, 2012 Successful Teaming: Turning Sticks and Stones into Bricks and Mortar DBIA National Convention, 2011 Drafting and Negotiating LEED Design and Construction Contracts U.S. Green Building Council-Chicago Chapter, 2010-11 One Contract, One Integrated Team DBIA-Chicago, 2011 Masterminding the Best Design-Build and IPD Contracts AIA-Chicago, 2011 Choosing the Best Design-Build Contract: A Comparison of DBIA, AIA and ConsensusDOCS Design-Build Contracts Design-Build Institute of America – Great Lakes Region, 2010 Successful Design-Build Competitions: What Public Agencies and Design-Builders Need to Know Faegre Baker Daniels Webinar, 2010 Legal Trends, Incentives and Best Practices in Going Green Association of Indiana Counties Annual Meeting, 2008 Cutting Edge Design and Construction Risks (IPD, BIM and Green) CSI Indianapolis Annual Trade Show, 2008 Winning Design-Build Competitions (Moderator) Design-Build Institute of America, Great Lakes Region, 2008 The 2007 AIA Documents Mechanical Contractors Association of Indiana, 2008 Contract Claims Management: Avoidance, Recognition, Documentation Indiana Construction Association Annual Meeting, 2007 Bringing the Public Law to Life: Best Practices for Public Design-Build in Indiana Water and Wastewater Projects Indiana Water Environment Association, Annual Conference, 2007 Indiana University's Service Building: A Design-Build Project (Moderator) Design-Build Institute of America Great Lakes Region All-Industry Event, 2007 How to Write Letters and E-Mails on Projects (That Don't Drive Your Lawyer Crazy) Faegre Baker Daniels, 2007 The Construction Project, Law and Claims Indianapolis Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute Seminar, Indianapolis, 2007 Water and Sewer Construction Inspection Course Indiana Water Environment Association, Indianapolis, 2005 and 2006 Ask Me What's Great About America Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis, 2005 Published Articles Mind Your RFPs and RFQs: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Public Design-Build Procurement Monticello, Quarterly Journal of the Jefferson Society, April 11, 2015 The AIA Document B101-2007: Major Implications of AIA's New Owner/Architect Agreement Indiana Construction Cites, Indiana State Bar Association, Fall 2008 Public Design-Build In Indiana: A Common Sense Guide To Procurement Under Indiana's Public Design-Build Statute Faegre Baker Daniels, 2007 Understanding the Limits of the Spearin Doctrine: Are Design-Builders Out of Luck? Indiana Construction Cites, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. 3, Issue No. 3, Fall 2007 Breaking Down and Managing the e-Discovery Process (Co-author with Lisa Berry-Tayman and Jeffery M. Stovall) American Bar Association Section of Litigation, September 2007 Evidentiary Framework for Enhancing of Refuting Contractor Claims Construct!, ABA Section of Litigation, Construction Litigation Committee, Vol. 16 No. 1, Fall/Winter 2006 Mutual Responsibility and the Allocation of Risk Among Parallel Prime Contractors (Co-author) Construct!, ABA Section of Litigation, Construction Litigation Committee, Vol. 15 No. 3, Spring 2006

Bob Flannery serves as Chief Operating Officer at CA Ventures with a focus on CA’s national multifamily development platform, along with involvement in CA’s strategic planning, acquisitions, capital markets and asset management activities. Bob is also active in decisions regarding the holding, selling, repositioning and refinancing of CA assets. Prior to joining CA Ventures, Bob was Chief Operating Officer at JRG Capital Partners and Chief Financial Officer at Jameson Real Estate, an affiliated company of JRG. Bob has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate and executive leadership. He has worked for many of the industry’s top firms, including Prudential Insurance, JP Morgan Chase and Sam Zell’s Equity Office. He has been involved in transactions totaling over $2 billion and has managed real estate portfolios consisting of office, retail industrial and multifamily in major markets throughout the United States. Bob holds a BS in Finance from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in International Business from Wayne State University.

As a founding principal of Structured Development, LLC, J. Michael Drew has been engaged in the real estate development and construction management business for nearly 40 years. Michael matriculated at the University of Illinois where he studied Business Administration and Architecture. Over 25 years as a general contractor, Michael has had extensive experience in all phases of the construction process, especially scheduling of labor forces and subcontractors and comparative purchasing of material and equipment. Notable projects completed include City Hall Lobby and Entrance Renovations, Marshall Field and State of Illinois Pedways, Clark Lake and Roosevelt Subway Stations, McCormick Place Expansion, and numerous utility tunnel installations. He was an active participant in the conversion and renovation of obsolete loft buildings to commercial and residential reuse throughout the City, including Riverworks on Goose Island, Lincoln Lofts in Lakeview, 1415 Dayton and 1333 Kingsbury in the Halsted Triangle. During his tenure as a principal of Structured Development, the firm completed over 2,000,000 square feet of product including Lincoln Park Center, Blackhawk on Halsted, Kingsbury Center, and Kendall College at Riverworks. Structured Development is the Managing Partner on the “nationally significant” New City mixed use project. Structured was awarded the Adaptive Reuse Project of 2008 by the Landmark Preservation Council for its historic conversion of the Chicago and Northwestern Powerhouse to office and retail. Michael represented the Builders Association of Greater Chicago on the City’s Minority Relations Committee, served on the recent Land Use Task Force Committee, and is a long term member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, and Lambda Alpha International. He is a 20 year member of World Presidents Organization, and a past President of Olympia Fields Country Club. Michael has served on the Advisory Board for the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University for over a decade.

Ray Lang serves as the Senior Director of Amtrak’s National State Relations. He is also President of The Chicago Union Station Company, a wholly-owned Amtrak subsidiary. In his role as President of the property, Lang represents Amtrak and the station to City, State and Regional governmental entities. He serve as a liaison to the primary tenant in the building, Metra and work collaboratively with the many stakeholder groups in the Chicago region to make policy decisions that will help the station meet the changing transportation needs of the region.

Mitch Carrel is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on representing public and private companies, land owners, developers and investors and helping them secure land use and zoning approvals, public incentives, local regulatory and siting approvals, as well as performing zoning due diligence. Among Mitch's projects, he has helped obtain approvals for the siting of wireless communications facilities and written about the process from siting to completion. He also represents clients before local plan commissions, zoning boards and city councils. Before joining Freeborn, Mitch was a shareholder and led the Land Use Group at Vedder Price PC in Chicago. As a member of the both the Food and Transportation Teams, Mitch helps companies in these industries secure land use and zoning approvals, public incentives, and local regulatory and siting approvals. Mitch also contributes to The Freeborn Dispatch Blog(link is external), the firm's transportation blog. REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS Land use and zoning approvals for a 53-story, mixed-use, high-rise building in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. Land use and related approvals for a 40-story mixed use, office, retail and residential building on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Oversight of zoning, entitlements, and street vacation matters to ensure rail operations were not impeded or negatively impacted, as part of a sale of air rights over existing rail operations, allowing for a 750-foot tall office building to be constructed in downtown Chicago. Land use, street vacations and related approvals for numerous market rate and affordable senior housing developments including assisted living facilities, supportive living facilities, and memory care facilities in Chicago and the Chicago suburbs. Land use and zoning due diligence in connection with the acquisition of an approximately $112 million 27-story, Class A mixed-use office building in Chicago’s Central Business District. Land use and related diligence to assist a joint venture partner in connection with proposals for a 2,000-foot tall, $1.5 billion project in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. Land use, financial incentives, fiber optic conduit path use agreements and other approvals in connection with data centers in downtown Chicago. Land use and related approvals for a youth sports academy sponsored by two major Chicago sports team in the Chicago suburbs. Conduit Path and Facility Use Agreement with the City of Chicago for a data center project. Land use and public way waivers and approvals for high rise, mixed use projects on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Land use approvals for an approximately 400,000 square foot manufacturing facility in the western suburbs of Chicago. Land use, public way and related approvals for numerous hospital expansions in Chicago. Public way approvals for numerous high rise buildings in downtown Chicago. Land use, zoning and public way approvals for shopping center expansion projects in Chicago and the Chicago suburbs. Land use and related approvals for numerous grocery store projects in Chicago and the Chicago suburbs. Land use and related approvals for numerous branch banks in Chicago and the Chicago suburbs. Represented a food-related company in connection with a drive-through coffee facility on Chicago's north side. Assisted banking institutions with drive-through facilities in Chicago and in the Chicago suburbs, Land use related approvals for numerous dialysis centers throughout Chicago.