Beyond E-Commerce: What Else is Driving CRE Industrial Demand?

Holly Amaya has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a journalist, attorney, and public relations maven, but she’s been telling stories professionally since she snagged her first newspaper column in the Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press at age 11. Her C.V. includes stints at Harper’s Bazaar in New York City, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, in the office of a U.S. senator, and as general counsel of an international retail services provider. As a PR consultant, she has managed media campaigns for some of the world’s largest companies, and is a highly sought-after crisis manager, media trainer, branding expert, and communications coach.

Alex Motiuk is responsible for managing broker relationships, consultants and property owners throughout the country to source and underwrite acquisition opportunities for GREP and its investors, in addition to coordinating financing and dispositions.

He is highly skilled in identifying unique opportunities, negotiating critical documents, marketing and leasing new developments. With more than a decade of experience in real estate, before Greek Alex began his career at CBRE and Transwestern. He continues to stay active in the commercial real estate and development market through his memberships with NAIOP, ULI and IOREBA. Alex earned his B.A. in International Business and Management from Dickinson College.

Jack Fraker is President, Global Head of Industrial & Logistics Capital Markets for Newmark. He is responsible for driving Newmark’s industrial & logistics business, primarily capital markets but also leasing.

Throughout his career, Jack has been a consistent top national producer in industrial & logistics sales, representing some of the country’s largest corporations, global investors, pension fund advisors, REITs, and corporate tenants. Jack has personally completed over 1,800 industrial & logistics capital markets transactions totaling 1.5 billion square feet | $85 billion in more than 60 U.S. cities, Mexico, Europe, Japan, and South America. He has also advised on approximately 12,000 acres of development sites and over 300 office/industrial leasing assignments. As a partner with other firms prior to Newmark, Jack was cumulatively involved in over 3.3 billion square feet | $220 billion in various projects.

Consistently recognized by the Dallas Business Journal and D CEO Magazine as one of the “Heavy Hitters/Power Brokers” in commercial real estate, Conrad specializes in industrial development & project leasing, land and building sales, investment property sales, and corporate services/tenant representation consulting for clients, where he has transacted over 60 Million SF in over 150 cities across the globe. His extensive insight and experience enable him to forecast and anticipate market conditions and trends which allow his clients to capitalize and maximize their returns.

Brynn Hogan is Director of Product Management for JLL Technologies. She is focused on solving problems in the CRE operations space through technology. Brynn has 10 years of experience working with property teams to select and implement technology solutions, while building new solutions to drive property efficiency.