Thought Leaders

Redwood Living, Inc. (Redwood) is an innovative development and property management company with neighborhoods in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky, currently. Redwood believes in the growth of the rental population, and provides remarkable and unique neighborhoods to meet this demand. The success of this approach continues to be validated in new markets.

NewPoint Real Estate Capital (“NewPoint”) is a prominent finance company delivering lending solutions to investors of multifamily, affordable housing, seniors housing and healthcare properties. In addition to being a Fannie Mae DUS®, Freddie Mac Optigo®, and HUD/FHA lender, NewPoint also offers proprietary bridge and affordable housing financing, as well as third-party placement solutions.

For more than 30 years, EBI has helped clients maximize value in the built and natural environments, delivering quality insights that move business forward. Founded in 1989 at the intersection of business and development, we've always been committed to delivering the information clients need to make the best business decisions. With nearly 600 industry experts coast-to-coast, our capabilities include due diligence, climate risk, architecture and engineering, and environmental, health and safety services.

Headquartered in Rye, NY, Serendipity Labs Inc., is an American flexible office space company that opens, manages and markets its upscale coworking brand as a service for office asset owners. Serendipity Labs was established in 2011 by industry leader John Arenas to serve as a trusted, outsourced extension of the corporate workplace. Its hub and spoke network of locations offers highly hosted workplaces caters to the trusted knowledge workforce with private offices, coworking, all-access Worktopia memberships along with meeting and event facilities and business continuity plans. Companies of all sizes use Serendipity Labs strategically, as an outsourced real estate solution.

With the resources and experience of a $95B+ portfolio, the Capital One national commercial real estate team delivers tailored financing solutions. The Top 10 U.S. commercial bank and Top 6 agency lender offers a full suite of permanent and construction loans including industrial, multifamily housing, offices and student housing. For more information, visit www.capitalone.com/commercial/.

Counselors of Real Estate are trusted advisors finding solutions to complex real estate challenges. Experienced, innovative, and credentialed problem solvers, Counselors reside in 22 countries, practice in many more, and offer expertise in more than 60 real estate disciplines across all asset classes. Each has earned the prestigious CRE® designation.

Freddie Mac Multifamily is the nation's multifamily housing finance leader. Historically, more than 90% of the eligible rental units we fund are affordable to families with low-to-moderate incomes earning up to 120% of area median income. Freddie Mac securitizes about 90% of the multifamily loans it purchases, thus transferring the majority of the expected credit risk from taxpayers to private investors.

The SVN® brand was founded in 1987 out of a desire to improve the commercial real estate industry for all stakeholders through cooperation and organized competition. SVN is now a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and its communities. SVN Advisors work to ensure that maximum cooperation equals maximum value in every type of transaction. SVN’s unique business model is built on collaboration and transparency and supported by an inclusive culture. We believe in sharing data, fees, knowledge, and opportunities among all members of the CRE industry to create maximum value for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As the industry leader in collaboration, SVN believes in the power of working together to create shared prosperity and drive commercial real estate forward.

NAI Global is a leading global commercial real estate brokerage firm. NAI Global offices are leaders in their local markets and work in unison to provide clients with exceptional solutions to their commercial real estate needs. NAI Global has more than 300 offices strategically located throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific, with over 5,100 local market professionals, managing in excess of 1.1 billion square feet of property and facilities. Annually, NAI Global completes in excess of $20 billion in commercial real estate transactions throughout the world.

Lee & Associates offers an array of real estate services tailored to meet the needs of the company’s clients, including commercial real estate brokerage, integrated services, and construction services. Established in 1979, Lee & Associates is now an international firm with offices throughout North America. Our professionals regularly collaborate to make sure they are providing their clients with the most advanced, up-to-date market technology and information. For the latest news from Lee & Associates, visit lee-associates.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Link, our company blog.