2021 Real Estate Forum
Welcome to the 2021 Annual Real Estate Forum.
For the last 24 years the University of Colorado Real Estate Center has had the honor of collaborating with national industry leaders to organize and host the region’s premier real estate conference and networking event. This year the format is new but, the content and the engagement opportunities are as strong as ever. As the global, U.S. and Colorado economies recover from a pandemic-induced calamity, challenges and opportunities abound. The 2021 Annual Real Estate Forum will examine not only where we are as an industry but also where we are headed, along with sharing unique insights into our future. We are very fortunate to have an exceptional collection of speakers and contributors. Our deepest gratitude to all of them for sharing their time and wisdom with us. Without them this would be just another “Zoom” call.
Thank you for joining us and supporting the real estate industry, the University of Colorado, the Real Estate Center and our hundreds of CU real estate students, many of whom are attending this event. They represent the industry’s brightest leaders of tomorrow.
The Annual Real Estate Forum is the largest annual fundraiser for the Real Estate Center, which operates entirely through the generosity of our donors and supporters. A very special thank you to the sponsors of this year’s Annual Real Estate Forum who not only enable us to offer this program but also to advance our mission of academic excellence, thought leadership and life-long professional development and engagement.
Thank you for helping us achieve our goal of being the nation’s premier real estate program.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship Opportunities
The CU Real Estate Center is proud to bring sponsors, speaker experts, and attendees together to continue the conversation of how technology and innovation will inform the real estate industry. Sponsorship funds support everything we do to prepare our students to provide instant impact when hired. We are sincerely thankful for your financial backing.
We have a limited number of affordable opportunities ranging from $1,500 to $20,000.
Contact:
Dave Hadsell
@ 303-398-3121
gdreier@centennialrealtyadvisors.com
OR
Campbell Davis @ 303-583-2021
campbelldavis@cbre.com
2021 Sessions
As the largest publicly-held owner/developer of Class A office properties in the US, two leaders of Boston Properties will discuss the changing landscape of office space in a post-pandemic world. This session will explore how important (or not) physical office space will be to employers as we come out of the pandemic, whether or not tenants will dramatically change the way they occupy space, what impact this will have on employees, on rents and occupancy, and on the capital markets.
Mike LaBelle - EVP, Chief Financial Officer &Treasurer, Boston Properties
Owen Thomas - Chief Executive Officer, Boston Properties
Metro Denver has experienced unprecedented population growth, however, impediments to creating new housing supply exist, driving up prices and creating a crisis of affordability and attainability.
CUREC Research Director and Professor Tim McQuade, Leeds School of Business will share data-driven insights on affordable housing, and then moderate a discussion with the following industry experts on how to combat the housing crisis:
Kimball Crangle - Colorado Market President, Gorman & Company specializing in downtown revitalization and the preservation of affordable and workforce housing.
Robin Kneich - Denver City Councilwoman, policy expert for affordable housing at the local, state, and national level.
Gene Myers - Chief Executive Officer, Thrive Home Builders, developers of well-designed, carefully crafted for sale income-qualified affordable housing.
Spencer will offer his thoughts and answer questions on the economy and commercial real estate, especially as conditions evolve due to a new U.S administration, the pandemic and the vaccine.
Spencer Levy - Chairman of Americas Research and Senior Economic Advisor, CBRE
This session will highlight economic observations through the pandemic-induced recession and will provide insight into near-term economic expectations.
Brian Lewandowski - Executive Director, Business Research Division Leeds School of Business
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
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