2020 Real Estate Forum

The CU Real Estate Center is part of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.  The Center was founded in 1989 by local real estate industry leaders with the goal of offering real estate students access to world-class faculty, relevant and broad course offerings, and a professional network of developers, investors, and real estate managers.

The Annual Real Estate Forum has been part of the university’s offering for over 23 years and is the major real estate event for both the region and the Real Estate Center each year.

TICKETS
CU Real Estate Council Members $225
Non-Members $385

NETWORKING RECEPTION
February 26, 2020 | 5:30 p.m.
Los Chingones (RiNo), Denver, Colorado
 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
February 27, 2020 | 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Mile High Station, Denver, Colorado

Doug Bibby

President
National Multifamily
Housing Council (NMHC)

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Ric Clark

Senior Managing
Partner & Chairman
Brookfield Property Group

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Jeff DeBoer

President and CEO
Real Estate Roundtable

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Mike DelPrete

Real Estate Tech Strategist
& Scholar-in-Residence
Leeds School of Business

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Brian Lewandowski

Executive Director,
Business Research Division
Leeds School of Business

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Mark Perusse

Director, Acquistions
Revesco Properties

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2020 Sessions and Keynote

The Intersection of Entertainment and Real Estate

There is a growing trend of real estate projects driven and anchored by entertainment uses.  Our panel of speakers will include experiential art disruptor, Meow Wolf denver.meowwolf.com/, and Marc Percusse, Director of Acquisitions, Revesco Properties, the team of developers behind McGregor Square Residences, Denver. mcgregorsquare.com/

Mark Perusse
Director, Acquistions
Revesco Properties

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Keynote - A View from Washington

Jeff DeBoer, President & CEO of the Real Estate Roundtable will provide a look inside the beltway and implications of the 2020 elections on the real estate industry.

Jeff DeBoer
President and CEO
Real Estate Roundtable

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Fireside Chat

 Fireside Chat: Jeff DeBoer and Ric Clarke, Senior Managing Partner & Chairman, Brookfield Property Group, Brookfield Property Partners and Brookfield Property REIT will examine the future of global real estate.

Jeff DeBoer
President and CEO
Real Estate Roundtable

Ric Clark
Senior Managing
Partner & Chairman
Brookfield Property Group

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Focus on Multi-Family

Doug Bibbey, President of the National Multi-Family Housing Council (NMHC), will provide a state of the industry view of national multi-family trends and issues.  He will then moderate a panel of local and national multi-family players.  The Panelists will include developers, owners, operators and lenders including David Kim CEO, Bascom Group and Scott Johnson Division President, LMC.

Doug Bibby
President
National Multifamily
Housing Council (NMHC)

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The iBuying Revolution

iBuying companies, who purchase homes based on market data, without inspections or brokers, are increasing their market share. Mike DelPrete, Scholar in Residence and nationally recognized iBuyer expert and Real Estate Tech Strategist, will speak on this growing trend, accompanying risks, opportunities and insights.

Mike DelPrete
Real Estate Tech Strategist
& Scholar-in-Residence
Leeds School of Business

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The Economic Crystal Ball

Brian Lewandowski, President of the Denver Association of Business Economists, a nationally recognized economist and Associate Director of the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, will provide a much anticipated and needed perspective and outlook on local and regional economic trends.

Brian Lewandowski
Associate Director,
Business Research Division
Leeds School of Business

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