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The Effects of Federal Tax Policy on Real Estate Values and Capital Formation

June 20, 2013

The Effects of Federal Tax Policy on

Real Estate Values and Capital Formation

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Continental Breakfast 7:45 a.m. – Program 8:15 a.m.

Maggiano’s Little Italy

111 West Grand, Chicago

REIA Member $35 – Non-Member $55

Onsite Registration – REIA Member $45 – Non-Member $65

Valet Parking Available

REIA has assembled a group of real estate tax experts to discuss the short term and long term effects of the Federal Tax Policy and the Affordable Health Care Act on real estate values and capital formation.

Our panelists will provide you an opportunity to gain greater insight into Federal policy, its future direction and the impact on your income.  We hope you will join us at this very informative discussion.

Moderator: E. James Keledjian, Chairman & CEO, REIA

Panel: David C. Blum, Partner, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC

Daniel F. Cullen, Partner, Bryan Cave LLP

Jennifer Seaton, Director, McGladrey LLP

Kelly Toole, Managing Partner, Tax Services, Baker Tilly

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors

Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Cole Taylor Bank • Colliers International Continuum Capital Funding LLC • Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Leopardo Companies Inc. Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. • McGladrey LLP • Midland IRA • Pathway Senior Living, LLC Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects • Wiedner & McAuliffe

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Summer Cocktail Party

August 15, 2013

Summer Cocktail Party

Thursday, August 15, 2013

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Erie Café

536 W. Erie Street, Chicago

REIA Members $50 – Non-members $75

Onsite Registration – REIA Members $60 – Non-Members $85

Valet Parking Available

Enjoy a festive evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres outside overlooking the river. Relax and network with fellow REIA members and friends at our very own “REIA Summerfest.” Bring your friends and clients!!!

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors & Patrons

Special Event Sponsor: Sperry Van Ness LLC

Patrons: Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP • Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Cole Taylor Bank • Colliers International • Continuum Captial Funding LLC • Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Leopardo Companies Inc. • Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. • McGladrey LLP • Midland IRA • Pathway Senior Living, LLC • Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects • Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd.

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Ninth Annual REIA/DePaul Summit

September 18, 2013

Ninth Annual REIA/DePaul Summit

September 18, 2013

Breakfast 7:45 am - Meeting 8:15 – 10:30 am

Maggiano’s Little Italy

111 W. Grand Av., Chicago

Dealmakers Dinner

October 16, 2013

Dealmakers Dinner

Date TBD

Location TBD

Debt and Capital – How to Use One to Create the Other

November 21, 2013

Debt and Capital – How to Use One to Create the Other

November 21, 2013

Breakfast 7:45 am - Meeting 8:15 am

Maggiano’s Little Italy

111 W. Grand Av., Chicago

REIA Holiday Luncheon

December 11, 2013

REIA Holiday Luncheon

December 11, 2013

Gibson’s Steak House

1028 N. Rush St., Chicago

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Recent Events

Public – Private Partnerships: Government Capital – putting the “free” in free enterprise

May 16, 2013

Public – Private Partnerships:

Government Capital – Putting the “free” in free enterprise…

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Continental Breakfast 7:45 a.m. – Program 8:15 a.m.

Maggiano’s Little Italy

111 West Grand, Chicago

REIA Member $35 – Non-Member $55

Onsite Registration – REIA Member $45 – Non-Member $65

Valet Parking Available

Explore public sources of capital and options to get your deal financed. Join our dynamic panel to learn how to tap into some of the best sources of capital available.  What is a HUD 223(f), d(4)?  What are tax credits, tax exempt bonds and soft money?? Confused, learn about innovative sources of capital and how to access them. Our all-star panelists will give you the ins-and-outs of getting your deal done.

Moderator: Andrew Niewiarowski, Principal, Park, Inc.

Panel: Mary Anderson, Director of Operations, HUD

Mary Kenney, Executive Director, Illinois Housing Development Authority

Monica Sussman, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Thomas Monico, Principal, Thomas & Thomas Associates, Inc.

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors

Patrons: Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP • Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Cole Taylor Bank • Colliers International • Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Leopardo Companies Inc. • Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. • McGladrey LLP • Midland IRA • Pathway Senior Living, LLC • Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects • Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd.

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Inside Chicago’s Redevelopment of the Year – Reinventing Chicago Real Estate

April 18, 2013

INSIDE CHICAGO’S REDEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR

Reinventing Chicago Real Estate 

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Networking, property tour, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres 5:30 p.m.

Program 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Hillshire Brands Headquarters

400 S. Jefferson, Chicago

REIA Member $30  **MEMBERS ONLY**

  Redevelop. Reuse. Reinvent. Rejuvenate. Revitalize. Renaissance.

No matter what you call it, Chicago is now the fastest-growing urban center in America and will be home to many exciting conversion projects for years to come as antiquated product gets twenty-first-century makeovers to accommodate new tenants. One role-model project for the future of adaptive reuse in Chicago is the Hillshire Brands HQ — among the most decorated redevelopment projects in recent history. Representatives from the Hillshire Brands HQ project team — Sterling Bay, Colliers and Leopardo — will share exclusive redevelopment details and explore other innovative projects that are helping to reinvent downtown Chicago.

Moderator:  Neil Freeman, Principal, Aries Capital LLC and REIA Director

Panel: Bob Chodos, Principal, Colliers International

Patrick O’Connor, Principal, Sterling Bay Companies

Richard Mattioda, President, Leopardo Companies

Damian Eallonardo, Senior Project Manager, Leopardo Companies

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors

Patrons: Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP • Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Cole Taylor Bank • Colliers International • Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Leopardo Companies Inc. • Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. • McGladrey LLP • Midland IRA • Pathway Senior Living, LLC • Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects • Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd.

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Multi-Family Housing

March 20, 2013

Multi-Family Housing:

Everything you ever dreamed of as a kid…

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Continental Breakfast 7:45 a.m. – Program 8:15 a.m.

Maggiano’s Little Italy

111 West Grand, Chicago

REIA Member $35 – Non-Member $55

Valet Parking Available

The rental pool: the water’s warm. Dive right in! Are the sharks swimming under the surface?  Join us for an engaging discussion about the multi-family market in Chicago from the South Side to the North Side neighborhoods, vintage offerings to new towers downtown. Come find out who will be kissed by the sun and who is going to get burned. We will discuss absorption of the many new offerings in River North and Downtown, as well as prospects on the North and South sides. Will rental rates be a continually rising tide or will renters flood the condo market?  Learn from our experts.

Moderator: James Jann, Principal, JAB Real Estate Opportunity Funds and REIA BOD

Presentation: Market Overview – Downtown Chicago by Ron DeVries, Vice President, Appraisal Research Counselors

Panel: Ari Golson, Principal, The Wolcott Group, LLC

Gary Kass, President, Kass Management Services, Inc.

Nicholas Anderson, Vice President, Related Midwest

EVENT SPONSOR

ESSEX REALTY GROUP

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors & Patrons

Patrons: Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Cole Taylor Bank • Colliers International Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Leopardo Companies Inc. • Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. McGladrey LLP • Midland IRA • Pathway Senior Living, LLC • Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects

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Fund Organization, Structure & Strategy

February 21, 2013

Fund Organization, Structure & Strategy

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Continental Breakfast 7:45 a.m. – Program 8:15 a.m.

Maggiano’s Little Italy

111 West Grand, Chicago

REIA Member $35 – Non-Member $55

Valet Parking Available

Please join us as we explore the growth of real estate platforms over time.  Our esteemed panel will share their insight and experiences in raising capital, structuring offerings, and executing strategies.  We will discuss the life cycle and processes involved in growing your business from “one-off” transactions to a fund structure; ascertaining effective investment offerings and business practices.  Our program will begin with a presentation on the pending SEC proposed rule, mandated by the JOBS Act, to lift the “general solicitation” ban on private capital raising.  We hope you can join us for this highly informative program.

Moderator: Brian Lignelli, Managing Principal, Continuum Capital Funding and REIA President

Presentation: JOBS Act: Proposed New Securities Rules Would Revolutionize Private Capital Raising

Speaker: Robert J Walner, Principal, Law Offices of Robert Walner, Counsel, Enterprise Law Group, and REIA Director

Panel: Robert G. Byron, Managing Principal, Blue Vista Capital

Jeffrey Elowe, President & CEO, The Laramar Group

Jonathan M. Glick, Managing Principal, Incubation Capital Partners

James Jann, Managing Principal, JAB Real Estate Opportunity Funds

Thank you to our event Sponsor

Midland IRA

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors & Patrons

Patrons: Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP • Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Cole Taylor Bank • Colliers International Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Leopardo Companies Inc. • Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. • Pathway Senior Living, LLC • Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects

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REIA Cocktail Party

January 31, 2013

Winter Cocktail Party

Thursday – January 31, 2013

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

John Barleycorn

149 W. Kinzie, Chicago

*Members Only*

REIA Members $50

(Beer & Wine included)

Enjoy a festive evening at the new John Barleycorn. Relax and network with fellow REIA members at our annual “REIA Winterfest”. Come join us for a great time!

REGISTER EARLY – SPACE IS LIMITED!!!

Thank you for supporting our 2013 Sponsors & Patrons

American Road Maintenance • Aries Capital LLC • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • Bryan Cave, LLP • Cevaal Insurance Agency, Inc. • Chicago Title Insurance Company • Colliers International • Cray Kaiser, Ltd. • Field and Goldberg, LLC • Ginsberg Jacobs LLC • Lend Lease • Leopardo Companies Inc. • Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC • Mauge, Inc. • McGladrey LLP • Pathway Senior Living, LLC • Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency • Whitney Artchitects

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