February Luncheon: Real Estate Forecast: Retail, Hospitality, + Development Wed February 08 @11:30AM - 01:30PM
Distinguished panel will include: Moderator: Mark Dillon, Director of Business Development, Corporate Concepts: Mark is a 30 year veteran in the industry, currently he is the Director of Business Development for Corporate Concepts – the 2nd largest Knoll dealership in the United States. He attended Boise State University and DePaul in Chicago specializing in Marketing and Communications and is involved with several charitable organizations including: March of Dimes, City of Hope as well as Chair of the 2012 Greater Chicago Food Depository Real Estate Awards. Bob Chodos, Executive Vice President, Principal, Colliers International: Bob is a Colliers Chicago Office leader with 30 years experience in commercial real estate focused in the Occupier Services Practice area, primarily representing tenants in both the Metropolitan Chicago market area as well as nationally. Supervised and project managed a broad range of assignments including: Large and medium scale corporate headquarters site selection and relocation projects; Incentives procurement, site selection and project implementation for build-to-suits in the Corporate, Financial Services, Food Service and Data/Technology Center industries; Site selection and project implementation for large and medium sized law firm relocation/restructure assignments; and, Corporate Strategic Real Estate Planning initiatives. Fritz Duda Jr., Principal, Clark Street Development, LLC: Fritz Lee Duda, Jr. is a real estate executive with over eighteen years experience in major real estate acquisition and development projects nationwide and three years experience in corporate and structured finance. Previously, Mr. Duda was the Senior Vice President – Development for Hiffman Shaffer Associates (HSA), a private investment, brokerage and development services company based in Chicago. Prior to HSA, Mr. Duda practiced law with Rudnick & Wolfe’s (now DLA Piper) Real Estate Department in Chicago. Rob Hunden, President, Hunden Strategic Partners: As President of Hunden Strategic Partners, Rob offers extensive experience in managing the feasibility and implementation of major real estate projects. Since launching Hunden Strategic Partners, he has been a sought after consultant for hotel, convention, mixed-use entertainment and retail projects as well as other tourism and economic development projects and master plans. He specializes in convention centers and convention hotel strategy and has worked on numerous such projects across the U.S and internationally. To date, he has worked on over 250 assignments with more than $1 billion in projects built since 1996.
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