Nashville Office of the Future

Jim Irwin is the President of New City, LLC and directs the company’s real estate development and consulting operations, as well as new business pursuits. Over the course of his career, Jim has been responsible for over $500 million of new investment around the United States. Prior to founding New City, Jim served as a Senior Vice President at Jamestown Properties, leading the development of Ponce City Market, a 2.1 million square foot former Sears, Roebuck & Co. distribution facility that was originally constructed in the 1920’s. During its redevelopment, the project was one of the largest and most significant historic renovations underway in the United States. Jim began his career in real estate working for Atlanta-based Barry Real Estate Companies. Among other projects, Jim managed the development of a FBI Regional Headquarters, a $60 million-build-to-suit project in Minneapolis, and Harrison Square, a 16 acre mixed-use development in Fort Wayne, Indiana, anchored by an 8,000 seat minor league ballpark associated with the San Diego Padres. Since it opened to the public, the ballpark has been named “best overall minor league baseball experience” in the country four separate years. Jim earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, where he played football for four years. After college, he served as a legislative aide to two U.S. senators and a U.S. representative before returning to Atlanta to pursue a MBA with a concentration in real estate finance at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Jim and his wife, Elisabeth, have three young children.

Based in Nashville, Dave leads all of Hall Emery’s office and mixed-use development and investment activities in the Southeast as well as overseeing all commercial services for their Nashville portfolio. Dave is a Founding Partner of the firm and possesses more than 17 years of focused industry experience, specializing in the leasing, marketing, and development of Class A office and mixed-use properties across a variety of geographic markets. Dave began his career in 2004 as a junior leasing broker for the Spectrum Companies in Charlotte, NC and relocated to Nashville in 2010 to help Spectrum open the office with Pat Emery. Over his career, Dave has successfully negotiated over 9.5 million SF of office leases with a total value of over $1.1 Billion, and most recently (since 2013) led the visioning, development, marketing, and lease-up of four speculative Class A office projects in the greater Nashville area totaling over 900,000 SF, with a combined stabilized value of over $400 million. These development projects included Franklin Park, a forward thinking 71- acre mixed-use campus in Cool Springs including two, 280,000 SF office towers, 18 th & Chet, a boutique office development in the heart of Nashville’s iconic Music Row totaling 136,000 SF anchored by EY, and 17 th & Grand, which is currently under construction representing the firm’s second Music Row office development and consisting of 165,000 SF. These developments have been recognized by ULI and NAIOP as “Best in Class” and have attracted companies such as EY, Schneider Electric, CKE Restaurants, UBS, RBC, Wework, and HCA. Dave brings extensive experience and relationships throughout the Southeastern U.S. and has consistently delivered outstanding results for an array of institutional clients in two of the most dynamic markets in the Country, Nashville and Charlotte. Notable owner clients include JP Morgan Asset Management, Bank of America Employee Pension Plan, CIM Group, and Yarbrough Capital. Dave was awarded the “Developing Leader Award” in 2011 and has received the distinguished “Broker of the Year” award twice. Dave is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and resides in Nashville, TN with his wife Elizabeth and two daughters, Maggie and Kate.

Greg specializes in office and retail leasing, representing both tenants and landlords, and in investment sales. Since 2005, Greg has served diverse clients ranging from local independent companies to large national corporations and has participated in multiple regional and national office relocations. His accolades include being awarded the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Stellar Achiever Award and nominated for the following: the Nashville Emerging Leader Award (Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce), the Rising Star Award (NAIOP), and the Horizon Award (Cassidy Turley).

Construction stakeholders, insurance policyholders and insurance companies benefit from Mark Bell's assistance in a wide range of insurance and construction matters. Mark handles insurance-coverage matters involving:<br/> Directors and officers insurance<br/> Cyber liability insurance<br/> Errors and omissions insurance<br/> Commercial general liability insurance<br/> Commercial property insurance<br/> Builders' risk insurance<br/> Reps and warranties insurance<br/><br/> Mark frequently speaks on insurance and construction issues. He has presented at annual insurance conferences across the country including, Florida, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Hawaii. His article on concurrent causation, published in the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, has been cited in opinions by the New Mexico Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and briefs submitted to various courts. Mark also serves as an editor for the CGL Reporter and contributes a regular column on construction liability insurance as an invited commentator with the International Risk Management Institute (IRMI).

Mike joined Cooper Carry in 1995 and was named Associate Director in 2012, and was named an Associate Principal in 2015. Mike works in the Hospitality Studio and specializes in complex building programs and finding creative solutions to meet client project objectives. He has worked on several projects that have earned awards including a Georgia American Institute of Architects Award of Excellence for the Lipson Alport Glass and Associates Corporate Headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2001. Mike graduated first in his class from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a 4.0 GPA and a master’s degree in architecture. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Urban Land Institute (ULI), is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP), and is a registered architect.

Tom Harwell is Director of Leasing and Marketing for Eakin Partners, and provides insight and direction regarding acquisition and development opportunities. Tom is a partner in the firm as well as Eakin Properties, the general partner for the Eakin portfolio. A native NashVillian, Tom attended Washington & Lee University and subsequently received his Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Georgia. Tom joined Eakin Partners in 2000 as lead Leasing Representative, responsible for the initial lease-up of Virginia Way Plaza, an 80,000 SF Class A office building in Maryland Farms. He is currently responsible for the existing portfolio of 1,800,000 SF of Class A office space, which includes One Burton Hills, 30 Burton Hills, 6 Burton Hills, Roundabout Plaza, Truist Plaza, Grassmere Business Park, 1201 Demonbreun and Peabody Plaza.

Crissy has been working at the Nashville Downtown Partnership as the Retail Recruiter since 2008. Since that time, more than 450 retailers and restaurants have opened their doors in the downtown area. Crissy is charged with recruiting unique and quality retailers and restaurants that fit the merchandising mix outlined by Downtown Works. She calls herself a “matchmaker” between property representatives and prospective tenants helping to make downtown a true shopping and restaurant destination. She holds an MBA degree from Millsaps College.

Warren Smith is a Principal and Managing Director of Avison Young’s Tennessee Office. Prior to joining Avison young, Warren Smith was the Chief Executive Officer for Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone. Warren focuses on executing clients’ goals at the highest level by fostering a collaborative culture throughout the Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville teams. He plays an active role in supporting brokerage and management efforts to align client requirements with strategic business, financial, and operational objectives.Warren's business philosophy is based on building long-term client relationships, as well as growing Avison Young’s coverage of Tennessee through careful recruiting as well as retaining top talent throughout the company. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Warren was a Partner and President of Mid-South Financial Corporation, which was merged into Cushman and President and CEO of Q10/Vista Commercial Mortgage Group, which he remains actively involved and it remains separately owned. Warren has also served as an adjunct professor of Real Estate Finance at the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt University. Beginning in the Real Estate Investment Division of MassMutual, Warren’s career in real estate spans over 25 years and covers several disciplines within the industry including mortgage finance, property management, leasing, sales, and acquisition. He has built an impressive client roster that includes Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, MassMutual, Summit Investment Partners, TRP Investments, and Canyon Johnson. Warren is a graduate of the University of the South and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Mike has more than 25 years of public accounting experience and currently serves as office managing partner in the BDO Nashville Assurance practice, working with public and privately held companies, both internationally and domestically. Mike has extensive experience delivering a diverse suite of services, including financial statement audits, internal controls, and periodic filings in the technology, transportation, retail, distribution, and industrial products industries. Throughout his career, Mike has worked closely with clients on complex accounting and reporting issues and standards, including revenue recognition, business combinations, goodwill, intangible assets, income taxes, debt, derivatives, and share-based payments. Mike has coordinated services related to major transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and public and private securities offerings. In connection with these offerings, Mike has worked extensively with clients, underwriters, legal counsel (company counsel and underwriters’ counsel), and other parties in completing a portfolio of transactions.

Bo is recognized as a leading real estate attorney by Chambers USA. Since 2005, Best Lawyers has recognized Bo in the categories of Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law and Real Estate Law. Notably, Best Lawyers named Bo Nashville's 2017 "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Project Finance Law. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The Nashville Post recognized Bo as one of the "CRE50" – the top 50 leaders in Commercial Real Estate – and named him to its "2017 Power 100" list of individuals with the greatest impact on Nashville business. Additionally, Bo serves by mayoral appointment on the Electric Power Board of the Nashville Electric Service, one of the 12 largest public electric utilities in the nation.