Wisconsin Real Estate Club

32 students from the Wisconsin Real Estate Club, accompanied by Faculty Advisors Gregory Reed and Arif Qureshi, recently embarked on a fantastic field trip to Charlotte, NC! With its expanding skyline, vibrant streets, and thriving arts scene, Charlotte provided the perfect setting for students to gain insights into an evolving real estate market while connecting with alumni and industry leaders. Organized by the Wisconsin Real Estate Club Co-President Bryan Zaramba with the help of Dave Chandler (MSRE 1989) and Mike Pfaff, CFA (MBA 2008), the trip included the following highlights: 1) ???????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????? 2) ?????????????????? ????????-?????? ???????? ???? ???????????????????????? ???????????????????? 3) ?????????? ?????????? ???????? ???????????? ?????????????? ???????????????? 4) ???????????????????? ?????????????????????? ???????? 5) ???????????????? ?????????????????????? & ???????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????? 6) ?????????? ???????? ??????-?????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????? ???????????? ?????????????? 7) ???????????????????????????????? ???? ???????? ????????????: ?????????????????? ?????????? ???? ?????????????? ??????????: 8) ?????????? ?????????? ???????? @ ???????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????: Thank you to our awesome Charlotte alums for coming out to connect with Wisconsin Real Estate students! Thank you to our alumni, friends, students, and staff who brought this trip to life: James Anderson (BBA ‘09), Vice President, Riverside Investment & Development Company Dave Chandler, Managing Director, RJS Properties Lee Cochran, Senior Vice President,?Laurel Street Residential Brittany Heath, Vice President, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Bob Moore, Senior Managing Director, FCA Partners Compie Newman, Managing Director, CBRE Darrel Palasciano, Broker, The Providence Group Mike Pfaff, CFA, Executive Director, Wells Fargo Stuart Proffitt, Founding Partner, Proffitt Dixon Partners Arif Qureshi, Faculty Associate, UW-Madison Gregory Reed Reed, Associate Director, Graaskamp Center, UW-Madison Robert Stanek (BBA ’01), CFO, Riverside Investment & Development Company Bob Sweeney (MSRE 1978), Property Manager, RJS Properties Christina Argeris Thigpen, APR, SVP, Marketing & Communications, Northwood Development Michael Tubridy, Sr. Managing Director, Crescent Communities Nick Vosnock, Director of Construction, Northwood Development Ryan Wilkerson, Sr. Construction Manager, Riverside Investment & Development Company #UWRealEstate #OnWisconsin #BusinessBadgers #realestate #CRE #RealEstate #uwmadison

Last week, the Wisconsin Real Estate Club took 32 students, along with faculty members Gregory Reed and Arif Qureshi, to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the first time ever! On Wednesday, we started with a market overview at CBRE led by Compie Newman, a native Charlottean and enthusiastic booster for this fast-growing city. Compie walked us through the growing neighborhoods in Charlotte, including the South End, which has seen tremendous transit-oriented development along the light rail corridor. Among the new developments popping up in Charlotte's South End is Queensbridge Collective, led by Riverside Investment & Development Company. Thank you to Andrew Cathlina (MSRE 1988) for introducing us to James Anderson (BBA 2009) and Ryan Wilkinson, who gave students a hard-hat tour of the residential tower currently under construction on the site! We stayed in the South End for a networking happy hour at the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery sponsored by WREAA, Inc. and Edward M. Cherry, CFA (MSRE 1984). It was great to see so many alumni there, including Todd Ewen and Bryan Johnson, who came all the way from Raleigh. Greg Reed, Dave Chandler (MSRE 1989), and Steve Smith (MSRE 1988) represented the last class who studied with James Graaskamp in person!

On Friday, the Real Estate Club’s trip to Charlotte was anchored by Bob Moore of VEST Residential, who gave us an overview of how to build a property management company, and Robert Sweeney of RJS Properties, who shared not only his experience in building a company by targeting small properties, but his life story and advice for aligning your career goals and your life goals. Thank you so much to the Bobs, and to Edward M. Cherry, CFA for connecting us with Bob Moore! ? None of this trip would have been possible without the Herculean efforts of Dave Chandler (MSRE 1989), who made so many personal connections and did so much on-the-ground work to ensure we had a positive experience in the Queen City. Thank you, Dave!

Continuing the Real Estate Club’s Charlotte tour: we kicked off Thursday morning with a visit to Wells Fargo, where students had the rare opportunity to hear from four Managing Directors in an informal setting. Thank you to Bird Anderson, Joel Bartis (MBA 2007), Domeica White, and Matthew Kuhn for sharing your experiences, and to Mike Pfaff, CFA (MBA 2008) for setting this visit up! ? After a short bus ride, we were greeted by Christina Argeris Thigpen, APR and Nick Vosnock of the Northwood Office team to walk us through this 535-acre mixed-use development in suburban Charlotte. A huge thanks is due to Brian Cleary (MBA 2019) for facilitating this visit. ? While in Ballantyne, we stopped by the Crescent Communities market-rate NOVEL Ballantyne and Laurel Street Residential mixed-income senior living Balmore at Ballantyne multifamily developments. Thank you Benjamin Collins (BBA 2002) for setting up this visit and to Michael Tubridy and Lee Cochran for giving us the tour of these beautiful properties! ? In the evening, Real Estate Club collaborated with Nicolas Sanchez and Cecilia Herrera from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Commercial Real Estate Society - UNC Charlotte to host an event emphasizing the importance of utilizing professional networking groups. We would like to thank Stuart Proffitt at Urban Land Institute, Brittany Heath and Patty Drummond (Trepp) at CREW Charlotte, and Darrell Palasciano and Aaron Zucker from ICSC for helping us to understand the importance of these organizations as a resource for young professionals, as well as Crescent Communities for sponsoring the event. It was great to connect not only with industry professionals but also with other students interested in commercial real estate!

Join the UW Real Estate Club for its first-ever visit to Charlotte on November 6th! Network with fellow alumni, local professionals, and students over great food and drinks. Let’s grow our Queen City connections! Register today at https://bit.ly/4eMIMQW

This Wednesday, learn about the ins-and-outs of working on the transaction side of CRE. Hear from four Badger alumni with over 65 years of combined brokerage experience and roles ranging from sales to research. Networking will begin at 6:15pm. Dress is business casual, and food/drink will be provided!

Dallas Badgers! Wisconsin Real Estate Club is hosting a Dallas area happy hour for alumni and students at HG Sply Co. in Lower Greenville. This is a great opportunity to connect with current students and former Badgers! Please RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gKxxHUh7

Calling all NYC Real Estate Badgers! The Wisconsin Real Estate Club is excited to host a NYC summer meet up event for alumni and students at Stout Grand Central. This is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect, meet the current class, and promote the Wisconsin real estate program! RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gFqdfACx

The trip to Orange County was a success! Thank you to all who helped plan it and those who helped sponsor it as well The Bascom Group and WREAA, Inc.