National Industrial & Logistics Midwest Summit

A Full-Day Premium Event

Event Ended on August 1, 2018

Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel

Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel, 5300 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018, USA

Event Has Ended

Speakers to be Announced

Speakers

Ward Fitzgerald

CEO
Exeter Property Group

Wendy Berger

CEO & Founder
WBS Equities

Wendy Berger is CEO and Founder of WBS Equities, LLC. WBS Equities is a real estate development firm which specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development, sale lease back transactions and acquisition of industrial buildings for food and beverage manufacturers and distributors. Wendy is also an active investor across multiple real estate asset classes including retail, multi-family, senior housing and self-storage. Over the last 28 years she has been involved in the real estate business as a developer, property manager, broker and principally as an owner-investor. Wendy began her career at American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago (a subsidiary of First Chicago, now JP Morgan Chase) in Commercial Lending. Wendy spent several years as a principal with Berger Realty Group, an 80-year- old family owned Real Estate business where she focused on residential and industrial property management and development. She was responsible for managing 3,000 apartment units, 200,000 square feet of commercial space and 250,000 square feet of industrial space. Aside from her experience in the real estate field, Wendy spent 10 years working with ultra-high growth technology startups. Wendy was employee number 10 at Orbitz, the Travel web site founded in 2000 by American, Continental, Delta, Northwest and United Airlines. Wendy was Director of the Enterprise Planning at Orbitz and focused on strategic planning. Prior to Orbitz, Wendy co-founded and was COO of Neoglyphics Media Corporation, one of the country’s first web site development firms. Neoglyphics grew from a small start-up to a corporation with a staff of more than 150 employees before it was sold in March 1998 for $65 million. Wendy earned her MBA in Finance and Real Estate from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business. She received a B.S., cum laude, in Finance and Marketing from Syracuse University. In her spare time Wendy is an avid triathlete and runner, having completed 31 Olympic Distance triathlons and six half-marathons. Wendy serves on the Board of directors of the Chicago Public Library Foundation (2016 – present), the Board of directors of the Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Chicago (2001 – 2007, and 2009 – present). Wendy has volunteered for TimeLine Theater, The Marwen Foundation, Chicago Run and the Uptown Cafe. Wendy served until 2004 as Vice-President and Membership Chair at The Standard Club of Chicago and as a member of the Board of Directors (1994 – 2004). Wendy is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and served as the chair of the Real Estate Membership Committee. Wendy served two years on the Board of Directors of TEDxMidwest. Wendy co-founded Illinois Women in Cannabis in 2014. Wendy is an active mentor, a role she takes very seriously, usually mentoring 4 – 5 young women at any given time. Most recently, Wendy is proud to now call herself a TED speaker, her talk is available on the TED web site.

Jim Martell

CEO
Logistics Property Company

Jim Clewlow

CIO
CenterPoint Properties

Ferdinand Seefried

Executive Chairman
Seefried Industrial Properties

Mr. Ferdinand Seefried founded Seefried Properties in 1984 to develop industrial real estate, focusing on locations near airports and targeting international freight forwarding and transportation companies. With Mr. Seefried's close ties to European financial institutions and leading international freight forwarders, the company quickly emerged as the leader in warehouse development around Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Mr. Seefried has expanded from his origins as a European capital investor in Southeastern U.S. commercial real estate to become one of the most active builders of highly functional distribution and warehouse facilities in the United States. Starting in the 1990s Mr. Seefried expanded his successful business to Orlando, Tampa, Dallas- Ft. Worth, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Seefried Properties is now actively developing bulk distribution and air cargo warehouses in all these markets. Mr. Seefried's vision for the company is to grow a significant presence in all major U.S. distribution markets. The company has developed 60 million square feet of industrial properties and is managing over 25 million square feet of warehouses. Prior to starting Seefried Properties, Mr. Seefried served as an executive for Transatlantic Group, a European based real estate advisory group. He was responsible for the acquisition and property management of a commercial real estate portfolio in excess of $450 million. Mr. Seefried has served as a diplomat for his native Austria since 1989. He is Honorary Consul General of Austria for Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. He is a member of the Capital City Club Atlanta, the US Austria Chamber of Commerce New York and holds a Director position in Stonebranch, Inc., Atlanta. Mr. Seefried is also a member of the Advisory Council of Emory University, Department of German Studies and a board member of the Goethe Zentrum Atlanta. Mr. Seefried holds a master's of business administration from the University of Munich.

Neal Driscoll

VP & Market Officer
Liberty Property Trust

Brad Sweeney

SVP - Acquisitions
Stag Industrial

Michelle Comerford

Industrial & Supply Chain Practice Leader
BLS & Co.

Lee Clair

Managing Partner
Transportation and Logistics Advisors

Mr. Clair is the Managing Partner of Transportation and Logistics Advisors, LLC (TandLA). For over two decades, Mr. Clair has participated in hundreds of consulting assignments with dozens of clients. He has deep experience assisting clients in the transportation and logistics industries, and energy/mining sector, across a wide range of projects. Mr. Clair has significant experience assisting transportation service providers to grow and improve their financial performance, and in assisting shippers and 3PL’s to design and manage their supply chains. He also has considerable experience advising suppliers to the transportation industry, including equipment manufacturers, information service providers, and providers of leasing and other financial services. He has assisted clients with rail, trucking, parcel, ocean, inland barge, airfreight, and 3PL services. Most recently Mr. Clair has been assisting both 3PLs and buyers of 3PL and Transportation Management services. His work has also been significantly in the areas of LTL and TL brokerage, transportation management systems, eCommerce and eFulfillment, but has also covered intermodal, LTL, OEM auto parts, after market auto parts, chemicals, fertilizers, steel and other metals, and agricultural products. Prior starting TandLA, he was a partner at Zubrod/Clair, and at Norbridge. Prior to being in boutique consulting companies he held senior positions at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman). Before becoming a consultant, Mr. Clair was Director of Business Development for IU International (now Landstar Systems). He has also held several management positions at Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Clair is member of the Business Advisory Council (BAC) at the Northwestern University Transportation Center. Mr. Clair received a B.S. (Cum Laude) from the University of Maryland with a double major in Finance and Transportation/Logistics; and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, University of Minnesota. He has completed the Stanford University Law School Directors College program.

Eric Pitcher

Regional Manager - Economic Development
BNSF Railway Company

Geoffrey Kasselman

Executive Managing Director
Newmark Knight Frank

Fred Johanns

Principal
FCL Builders

Nicholas Pell

CIO
Gramercy Property Trust

Graydon Bouchillon

Global Head of Industrial
Nuveen

Shawn Clark

President
CRG

Michael Beckerman

CEO
CREtech

Ian Hirt

Port Director
Ports of Indiana

Ryan Stoller

Principal
Venture One Real Estate

Kevin Matzke

Managing Partner
Clarius Partners

Kevin is a founding member and Managing Principal of Clarius Partners and is responsible for all aspects of the business. This includes the joint oversight of all company operations, including human resources, administration, accounting, financial management, debt and equity financing, marketing, client relations, and new business procurement on a national, regional and local basis. Kevin also leads the company’s management, development and leasing efforts for Clarius Park Morris, Clarius Park Joliet, and Clarius Park McCook in greater Chicago and Clarius Park Arcadia North, in northeastern Pennsylvania. Prior to forming Clarius Partners, Kevin was Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for the Central Region and Northeast Region at Higgins Development Partners, responsible for all phases of land, industrial and office development projects, including new business identification, pursuit, underwriting, entitlement, construction, management and leasing. Prior to joining Higgins, Kevin was a Senior Vice President with Catellus Development Corporation, where he led all aspects of land, office and industrial development projects in the Chicago region, while playing a key role in sourcing new business and opening a new Northeast regional office serving New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In 2005 when ProLogis acquired Catellus, Kevin was named Senior Vice President and Market Officer of Capital Deployment for New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Prior to Catellus, Kevin was a Project Manager for Hines Interests, LP, in Chicago. Kevin graduated with a bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, College of Architecture and Planning, and a Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan. Since 1997, Kevin has directly led in the successful identification, transaction and development of over 1,500 acres of land and 4.7 million square feet of office and industrial build-to-suit projects. Kevin has been a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Chapter of NAIOP since 2001, serving currently as its legislative committee chair, and in the past as its president; in addition to NAIOP, Kevin is active with several other industry and non-industry organizations. Kevin is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois.

Rene Circ

Director
CoStar

Howard Green

Executive Vice President / Principal
Meridian Design Build

Art Rendak

President
Inland Mortgage Capital

Keith Gill

Director, Solutions Design
DHL

Paul Heitman

Director, New Business Development
Heitman Architects

Moderator

John Morris

Executive Managing Director, Logistics & Industrial Service Line Lead for the Americas
Cushman & Wakefield

John Morris is the Leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s Logistics & Industrial Services for the Americas. He has responsibility for the Logistics and Industrial client business at Cushman & Wakefield, including oversight for the company’s more than 800 brokerage professionals in North and South America. He also oversees the Industrial service line’s collaboration with Cushman & Wakefield’s other service lines, such as Global Occupier Services (GOS), Global Consulting and Capital Markets. John assumed this position in 2013. John is also the lead for Cushman & Wakefield’s Business Incentives Practice (BIP) group. This group and its professionals negotiate, secure and administer relocation and investment incentives from state and local government agencies for our clients. In this role he is responsible for growing the Business Incentives productivity, talent and market presence. John reports to Cushman & Wakefield’s Chief Operating Officer, Todd Schwartz and is based in Rosemont, Illinois. Prior to this role, John was Head of Cushman & Wakefield Global Consulting, where he was the lead practitioner for Cushman & Wakefield’s Supply Chain Solutions Consulting practice. Mr. Morris has been an industry leader in network and location strategy for manufacturing and distribution operations. He has an extensive background in supply chain strategy, network design, supply chain cost reduction and location strategy. He joined Cushman & Wakefield from A.T. Kearney in April, 2005. Mr. Morris is experienced in leading supply chain transformation initiatives at Fortune 500 companies in multi-million dollar consulting engagements working directly with client senior management. Responsibilities have included: network design, location selection, organizational design and network rollout plan development. He has been a key driver of thought leadership in supply chain strategy and logistics at Cushman & Wakefield. John is on the Editorial Advisory Board for Area Development and is an active member of CSCMP, SIOR, and NAIOP.

Moderator

Peter Tsantilis

Partner
Liston & Tsantilis

Moderator

Erik Foster

Principal, Capital Markets Group
Avison Young

Moderator

Joshua Hanna

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis

Moderator

Jake Pepper

Vice President, Integrated Construction Services
Pepper Construction

MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Agenda

8:00 - 9:00 am
Registration, Breakfast, Coffee & Networking
9:00 - 9:45 am
Investment & Capital Markets

Ferdinand Seefried, Seefried Properties
Jim Clewlow, CenterPoint Properties Trust
Brad Sweeny, Stag Industrial
Graydon Bouchillion, TH Real Estate
Nicholas Pell, Gramercy Property Trust
Moderator: Erik Foster, Avison Young
9:45 - 10:30 am
Construction & Design Trends

Wendy Berger, WBS Equities
Jim Martell, Logistics Property Company
Fred Johanns, FCL Builders
Moderator: Jake Pepper, VP, Pepper Construction
10:30 - 11:15 am
Coffee & Speed Networking
11:15 - 11:45 am
Keynote: Ward Fitzgerald, Exeter Property Group
11:45 - 12:30 pm
Tech Disruptors

Geoffrey Kasselman, Newmark Knight Frank
Michael Beckerman, CREtech
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch & Topic Tables
1:30 - 2:15 pm
The Future of Spec Development

Howard Wedren, Dayton Street Partners Mark Goode, Venture One Real Estate Neal Discroll, Liberty Property Trust Shawn Clark, CRG Moderator: Josh Hanna, Kirkland & Ellis
2:15 - 3:00 pm
Coffee & Networking
3:00 - 3:45 pm
The Future of Supply Chain

Marshall Loeb, EastGroup
Lee Clair, Transportation & Logistics Advisors
Michelle Comerford, BLS & Co.
Kalyan Sakthivelayutham, DHL Supply Chain
Eric Pitcher, BNSF Railway Company
Ian Hirt, Ports of Indiana
3:45 - 5:00 pm Presented By:
Cocktails, Networking & Deal Making Continue

National Industrial & Logistics Midwest Summit

What do summer in Chicago and industrial commercial real estate have in common? Both are hot, hot, hot!

In 2017, we saw a shift in the industrial commercial real estate sector as demand drastically increased with the astronomical rise of e-commerce, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. (You can thank millennials for that one).

According to JLL, in Q1 2018, the industrial vacancy dropped 20 basis point to 4.8%. This is in response to an increased leasing demand of smaller to midsized spaces and the lack of available buildable land for mega-box warehouses.

Which is why it's no surprise that Chicago remains #1 in total inventory with close to 1.2 Billion sq. feet of inventory while vacancy rates hover in the single digits.

2018 is expected to continue to outperform a slow 2017 giving confidence that the Chicago market is far from cooling off.

Join us for our Second Annual Industrial event in Chicago on August 1st as we dive deeper into trends, outlooks and what the future holds for commercial real estates hottest sector.

Please send event questions and topic/speaker recommendations to Kim at Kim.Pomerenk@bisnow.com

Share your comments, post your photos and ask questions using #BisnowIndustrialMW on Twitter and Instagram, and follow us at @Bisnow and @BisnowCHI on Twitter for more local news.

Topics To Include:

1. How does the current economic environment lend itself to the availability of capital? Where is the money coming from and could this be impacted by a possible trade war?

2. What are the current construction and design trends in the industrial space? Will popular trends from Asia make their way over to the US?

3. How does new smart technology impact industrial costs and the labor market?

4. What does the future of spec development look like in Chicago, the Midwest and nationally?

5. What are the hottest trends in supply chain logistics?

6. What are some of the economic incentives in each municipality?

7. Which tenants are moving into the Chicago area and what can landlords do to keep them?

Venue & Travel

Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel
5300 N River Rd.
Rosemont, IL 60018

Ballroom: Guggenheim Ballroom, Lobby Level

Parking Information:
$10 daily self-parking, $36 valet parking

Room Reservations: Loews Chicago O'Hare_Catering Access Link
Enter promo code "catering" to receive a 20% discount on overnight rooms.

Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel

Event Has Ended

Speakers to be Announced

Speakers

Ward Fitzgerald

Wendy Berger

Jim Martell

Jim Clewlow

Ferdinand Seefried

Neal Driscoll

Brad Sweeney

Michelle Comerford

Lee Clair

Eric Pitcher

Geoffrey Kasselman

Fred Johanns

Nicholas Pell

Graydon Bouchillon

Shawn Clark

Michael Beckerman

Ian Hirt

Ryan Stoller

Kevin Matzke

Rene Circ

Howard Green

Art Rendak

Keith Gill

​Paul Heitman

​John Morris​

Peter Tsantilis

Erik Foster

Joshua Hanna

Jake Pepper

MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Registration, Breakfast, Coffee & Networking

Investment & Capital Markets

Construction & Design Trends

Coffee & Speed Networking

Keynote: Ward Fitzgerald, Exeter Property Group

Tech Disruptors

Networking Lunch & Topic Tables

The Future of Spec Development

Coffee & Networking

The Future of Supply Chain

Cocktails, Networking & Deal Making Continue

National Industrial & Logistics Midwest Summit

Topics To Include:

Sponsors

WHY SPONSOR

Venue & Travel

Paul Heitman

John Morris