2022 AZRE Forum

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Get ready for the 8th annual AZRE Forum! This year, we’ll bring together some of Arizona’s most influential commercial real estate leaders to share their thoughts for a mid-year industry update. The year 2021 was a momentous one, and the market is now hotter than ever! AZRE Forum takes place 3:00-6:00 p.m. Thursday, August 4 at The Arizona Biltmore, at 2400 E. Missouri, Phoenix, 85016. Our theme will be “Industrial Revolution.”  We’ll have a lot of engaging topics to talk about at this event, with two full broker panels AND two full development panels. Complimentary valet will be in use and attire is business or business casual.

LEGAL COMMENTATOR
Ben Gottlieb, founding partner, MacQueen & Gottlieb

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Mathias Hughes, vice president and investment officer, Prologis (Moderator)
Rusty Martin, general manager, Southwest division, Graycor Construction Company, Inc.
Andrew Geier, executive vice president, Layton Construction Company
James Murphy, CEO, Willmeng
Erik Powell, vice president, Stevens-Leinweber

BROKER PANEL – MULTIFAMILY, RETAIL AND LAND
Dave Cheatham, co-founder and president of Velocity Retail Group (Moderator)
John Kobierowski, president and CEO, ABI Multifamily
Zach Haptonstall, CEO and co-founder, Rise48 Equity
Ari Spiro, founding principal, Orion Investment Real Estate
Brian Rosella, senior vice president, Kidder Mathews

BROKER PANEL – OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL
Bob Mulhern, senior managing director for Arizona, Colliers (Moderator)
Jessica Morin, head of U.S. office research, CBRE
Trey Davis, Pinal County specialist, Land Advisors Organization
Brian Uretzky, capital markets practice group leader, Keyser
Tyson Breinholt, president and designated broker, Commercial Properties, Inc.

THE MONEY FLOW IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Larry Pobuda, executive vice president and GM, Opus Development Company (Moderator)
Will Strong, vice chairman, capital markets, Cushman & Wakefield
David Krumwiede, senior vice president, Lincoln Property Company
Steven Schwarz, founding partner, ViaWest Group
Robert Guerena, managing partner, GO Industrial

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