The 2015 CCIM Commercial Real Estate Forecast Competition scheduled for Friday, February 13, provides one of the best opportunities to learn about the many factors affecting Houston’s complex real estate marketplace.

The annual CCIM Forecast has become one of Houston’s best attended events for commercial real estate professionals. Attendees hear seasoned industry leaders discuss market conditions as well as earn four hours of MCE credit.

Future market trends are predicted with a debate-style competition by local experts in the office, retail, industrial, land and multi-family markets. In addition to the brokers discussing the various property types, the economic picture for the region and state will be presented by Dr. Mark Dotzour, Chief Economist of the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, in a keynote address at 8 a.m. Conducted at the Westchase Marriott, 2900 Briarpark Drive, the Forecast concludes at noon.

Although the CCIM Forecast event is billed as a competition, the event is more about a shared perspective. The presenters listed in the table below typically agree on most substantive points. But having two presenters approach the same topic from different perspectives provides additional insight into a large, complex set of markets. One presenter may be more optimistic and the other perhaps more pessimistic, but the format creates a conversation that describes the markets in more detail than a matrix of market metrics and prognostications.

Make plans now to attend the CCIM Forecast Competition if you want to gain the knowledge to make better business decisions in the Houston and Texas Gulf Coast commercial real estate marketplace.

Friday, February 13
Westchase Marriott
2900 Briarpark Drive
7:30 a.m. Registration
Program 8 a.m. – 12 noon

Costs are: $75 for CCIM chapter members and $100 for non-chapter members with a $15 fee increase added after February 1. For more information, contact Ginger Coleman, (713) 783-0297, ginger@amchouston.com.

 

CCIM Commercial Real Estate 2015 Forecast Competitors

Land
Competitors Carlos Bujosa Transwestern
Kirk Laguarta Land Advisors
Moderator David Hightower, CCIM Wolff Companies
Retail
Competitors Jeff Read Read King
Jason Baker, CCIM Baker Katz
Moderator Lilly Golden, CCIM Evergreen Commercial Realty
Industrial
Competitors Tom Lynch CBRE
John Ferruzzo NAI Houston
Moderator David Boyd, CCIM Boyd Commercial
Office
Competitors Scott Martin Granite Properties
Steve Burkett JLL
Moderator Brad Marnitz NAI Houston
Multi-Family
Competitors Ryan Epstein CBRE
Brian Dinerstein The Dinerstein Companies
Moderator Greg Austin Berkadia