REAL Professionals Network

James Bass Executive Director, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority was the featured speaker at Austin’s REAL Professionals Network meeting. A fantastic turnout of individuals eager to share insights and collaborate. We extend our sincere appreciation James and all attendees. ·??????The conversation focused on Austin's real estate market, including water shortage and mobility issues, and the impact of economic uncertainty on the market. ·?????James talked about the Mobility Authority's various roadway projects, including 183 Phase Three and the North Mobility Project, with a focus on funding strategies and potential trafficmanagement solutions. ·??????James also addressed concerns about rapid growth and infrastructure needs, as well as potential traffic and revenue losses.

Job Itzkowitz, Executive Director, Old City District provided an informative and interesting presentation to our Philadelphia Group at their June meeting! Old City is a business improvement district. They are a municipal authority under state law, not a non-profit. The goal of the organization is to supplement municipal services. Service area covers Florist St. to the north, Walnut/Doc to the south, Front St to the east and 6th St to the west. The BID includes both sides of Walnut St. The City Council created the BID and reauthorized it to exist through 2038. Thank you to Job and everyone who was able to attend! We look forward to seeing you next month!

Mallory Clark-Sokolov with Dresdner Robin presented to our Norther New Jersey group on Resiliency Planning! Urban resiliency is how quickly you can recover whereas sustainability is the ability to maintain at a certain level. There is social resilience, structural resilience and economic resilience. Their focus is on structural resilience. A lot of work has been at the state level since Sandy but has moved into the municipal level. This topic brought up a great discussion and made for a robust meeting! We look forward to seeing you next month!

Warren Tingen with Tingen Creative provided a very informative and interesting presentation on AI in real estate to our Chicago group at their May meeting. Thank you to BEAR Construction for hosting the group in your beautiful office space! We look forward to seeing you next month.?

Ha Koehler, Communication Director with VDOT Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT) was the featured speaker at our Hampton Roads April Meeting! Ha talked about the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project, which is more than just a tunnel! ·??????New, twin 2-lane bored tunnels ·??????5 bridges replaced ·??????20 bridges rehabilitated or widened ·??????1 mile of interstate widening in Hampton ·??????4 miles of interstate widening in Norfolk ·??????2 general-purpose lanes (free) plus HREL lane & drivable shoulder in each direction We look forward to seeing everyone in May!?

Stuart Hair, Assistant Airport Director at Charlotte Douglas International Airport provided a very interesting and informative presentation of CLT. Primary Objectives: ???????Generate non-aeronautical revenue that helps fulfill FAA requirements for Airport financial self-sufficiency ???????Put vacant and underutilized Airport property into productive use ???????Ensure that future development around the Airport is appropriate for an airport environment and does not negatively impact aviation Thank you Stuart for sharing your valuable time and insights with our Charlotte group and thank you to everyone that was able to attend and contribute to the discussion! We look forward to seeing in May!?

Katharine Kelleman, CEO, Pittsburgh Regional Transit attend the April Pittsburgh meeting as their guest speaker. Katharine provided an engaging and informative presentation to the group! Katharine is responsible for the operations of a 700-vehicle bus fleet and an 80-vehicle light rail system, which provide service to a total of more than 220,000 riders a day. Thank you to Katharine Kelleman and everyone who was able to join us! We look forward to seeing you in May!?

Raleigh’s guest speaker for April was Warren Tingen of Tingen Creative, he discussed and demonstrated how to implement generative AI, like ChatGPT and Midjourney, into your workplace. There were $60B expenditures globally in AI in 2023; 500 companies provide AI-powered services to the RE market. Tingen said the pros of generative AI are idea generation, speed and efficiency, cost effectiveness and usability. The cons are AI can be plagiaristic and can hallucinate as well as the theft of IP and lack of quality or personalization. It is helpful in RE for data analytics. Thank you to Warren for providing such an interesting and informative presentation and to everyone that was able to join us for the presentation and discussion! We look forward to seeing you in May!?

Join us for our 'Networking with the Network' session - powered by REAL Professionals Network - on Friday, April 19 at 10am Eastern. Think 'speed networking' with commercial real estate and development professionals from across the country. 3, 15 minute sessions and we will facilitate your follow up. Register for this virtual session at [email protected] #CRE #Networking

Colleen Kardasz, Assistant Director, Alex Gonski, Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Vanessa Simon, Real Estate Intelligence Manager with Loudoun County Economic Development shared their valuable time and insights with our Washington DC group at their April meeting! Loudoun is growing: ·??????Information and Communications Technology ·??????Highly Specialized Manufacturing and Logistics ·??????Agriculture-Based Businesses Full Service Economic Development Organization ·??????Business Development Assistance ·??????Public and Community Relations Assistance ·??????Real Estate Development ·??????Workforce Development ·??????Site Selection o??Our Real Estate Intelligence Manager can run no-cost land and property reports, based on our robust property databases and relationships with commercial developers and brokers throughout the county. All we need to know is what you're looking for. Thank you to Colleen, Vanessa and Alex and everyone who was able to join us for such a great presentation! We look forward to seeing you in May!?