Real Estate Club Outlines Fall '07 Trips and Speakers

At Wisconsin, real estate students learn just as much from industry pros as they do from teachers. Fall Semester 2007 is already packed with events!

 

 

 

Day Trip - Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Date: September 14, 2007.

Plans: Club members will meet with Chief Operating Officer Robert Monnat and Senior Development Manager (and Real Estate alumnus) Phillip Aiello of the Mandel Group, one of the premier high-end residential developers in the Midwest. They will visit the University Club Tower construction site and Mandel corporate offices to discuss the North End project.

REC members will then meet with Milwaukee Department of City Development Commissioner Rocky Marcoux to discuss the Milwaukee condo market, the use of TIF proceeds, and "green" construction.

Last but not least, members will visit Miller Stadium to watch the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds.

 

Three-Day Trip - Chicago, Illinois

On the heels of its highly successful and popular club field trips to Los Angeles and Boston in 2006-07, Wisconsin's Real Estate Club in September will offer a three-day visit to Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: September 26-28, 2007.

Plans: Club members will tour a number of projects including Lakeshore East, Block 37 and Millennium Park, as well as meet with representatives from Jones Lang LaSalle, HFF and Centrum Properties.

 

Real Estate Club Fall Speakers

September 6:

Tad Wefel (MBA 1995) of General Growth Properties. General Growth is a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") which owns, develops, operates, and/or manages shopping malls in 44 states, as well as Master Planned Communities in three states, including Summerlin in Nevada, The Woodlands and Bridgeland in Texas, and Columbia in Maryland.


September 13:

Jerry Rauenhorst of Opus Corporation, a $2.1 billion national real estate development company.


October 11:

Brian Berry (BBA 1989) of Tishman Speyer. Tishman Speyer is one of the leading owners, developers, operators, and fund managers of first-class real estate in the world, having managed a portfolio of assets since its inception of more than 100 million square feet and approximately 14,000 residential units in major metropolitan areas across the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia.


October 25:

John Urban & Rob Klinkner (MS 1995, BBA 1990) of Principal. Principal is a diversified asset management organization and a member of the Principal Financial Group that manages $213.6 billion (as of March 31, 2007) primarily for retirement plans and other institutional clients.

Note: Real Estate Club Members are now busy with summer internships. To learn about how to join, please see this link.

Photos from Los Angeles Club Trip, Fall 2006.