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MRED program presents inaugural Clemson University Real Estate Summit
Clemson University's Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program hosted the first-ever Clemson University Real Estate Summit on Thursday, April 18, in downtown Greenville, presented by Choate Construction.
The summit was held at the Huguenot Loft at the Peace Center and included a keynote presentation from economist K.C. Conway, a panel discussion of industry and government leaders about real estate trends, followed by a networking reception.
Conversation starter
“We are uniquely suited as a program to be able to bring minds together and start conversations that strengthen the industry, and I’m thrilled that K.C. Conway will be with us to spark the dialogue,” Dustin Read, director of the MRED program at Clemson, said ahead of the event.
Conway is the founding principal and owner of KC-nomics, LLC, an independent and privately owned economic forecasting and research firm. Known as the “Orginal Red-Shoe Economist,” he previously co-founded Red Shoe Economics, LLC, and served as chief economist for the CCIM Institute. Conway has more than three decades of experience as an economist, teacher, lender, appraiser and credit officer.
The keynote and panel discussions focused on the state of the national and regional economy, real estate capital market and space market conditions, real estate development opportunities and challenges and the evolution of the build-to-rent housing market.
Industry partnership
Nearly 20 sponsors stepped up to support the summit, led by presenting sponsor Choate Construction.
“This summit is an idea whose time has come. Our industry partners have shown keen interest and overwhelming support for our event,” Read said.
The summit was supported by featured sponsors CF Evans Construction and SouthCoast; table sponsors Burr & Forman, Homes Urban Development and Metromont; orange sponsors CBRE, Graycliff Capital, Greystar, LS3P, Orange Capital Advisors, Pintail, SeamonWhiteside, Truliant Federal Credit Union and United Community Bank; and in kind sponsors CREW-UPSTATE, Greenville Commercial GGAR, SIOR®-CCIM and ULI-SC.
