Cincinnati Industrial Boom 2018 | Bisnow | 24 April 2018 | Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 W 5th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, US

Nationwide, over 51% of space delivered preleased, showing developers’ faith in tenant demand. With the likes of Amazon building a $1.5B distribution facility in N. Kentucky in 2017 Cincinnati’s industrial CRE market has been driven to all-time highs. Record-breaking transactions, such as the sale of the Port Union Commerce Park in Fairfield for a whopping $102M, are undoubtedly indicators of a surging industrial CRE market and reflect Cincinnati's position at the epicenter of the Midwest’s industrial revolution.

These trends have attracted the attention of many an investor, not limited to those in the US. Increased scrutiny has also arisen and resulted in a renewed focus on whether reduced concessions, the opioid crisis and lack of space, are going to have a significant impact on the market are taking center stage.

What You'll Learn?

1) If NAFTA is dismantled under the current administration, how will industrial's international supply chain affect the local and national industrial market?
2) How are the most innovative developers sourcing build to suit tenants in Cincinnati's extraordinarily tight market?
3) With scarcity driving investors to outlying submarkets which, counties provide the best prospects for developers?
4) Given construction costs are still on the rise and critical drivers such as unemployment rates are still declining from lows of 4.5%, how much more can developers margins be squeezed before plans grind to a halt?
5) How will industrial real estate returns compare in the short and long-term compared with equities?

2018 Speakers:

Doug Armbruster
SVP and Regional Director, East Region, IDI Logistics

Doug Swain
Vice President & General Manager, Opus Development Company

Jim Christian
Senior Asset Manager, DRA Advisors

Chris Knueven
President, Construction, Miller Valentine Group

Ryan Reardon
Director, Real Estate Development, Al. Neyer

Si Pitstick
Executive Managing Director, Newmark Knight Frank

Moderators:

John Rickert
Principal and Executive Managing Director, SVN | Ricore Investment Management

Susan Branscome
Managing Director, NorthMarq Capital

2018 Sponsors:

• SVN Ricore Investment Management, Inc.
• FCL Builders
• Crew
• Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
• NorthMarq Capital
• Newmark Knight Frank
• SIOR
• CCIM