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ULI Houston Luncheon - Emerging Trends
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| Pricing | Members | Non-Members |
|---|---|---|
| Private | $75.00 | $100.00 |
| Public/Academic/Nonprofit | $65.00 | $90.00 |
| Retired | $50.00 | N/A |
| Student | $50.00 | $70.00 |
| Under Age 35 | $50.00 | $70.00 |
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Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is an annual series of trends and forecast publications that reflect the views of leading real estate executives in three global regions—the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Undertaken jointly by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, Emerging Trends in Real Estate® provides an outlook on real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues. This special lunch program features a panel of prominent experts in commercial real estate development who will share their perspectives and observations as the report relates to Houston and the broader market.
Moderator:
Tom Fish
Managing Director
Walker & Dunlop
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Fish served as Executive Managing Director and co-leader of the Capital Markets Finance practice of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) from 2010 to 2019. In this role, Mr. Fish was responsible for growing the platform and originating debt for projects and clients throughout the country. Under his leadership, and with his partners Tom and Mike Melody, the Capital Markets business grew to over $25 billion in annual volume. Before joining JLL, Mr. Fish was with CBRE/L.J. Melody & Company for 14 years, where he served as Vice Chairman. Prior to that, he was a co-owner of Post Oak Partners, a Houston-based real estate finance firm.
Mr. Fish has also been involved with numerous industry and community organizations. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), is a member of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Mixed Use Silver Council, and the University of Texas Real Estate Center. He is former Chair of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and currently serves on the board of the Houston Jewish Community Foundation, as well as Co-Chair of the Jewish Federation’s Commercial Real Estate Society.
Mr. Fish earned a BBA with dual majors in finance and marketing from the University of Texas. He is married to Shari Fish and has three children.
Christina currently serves as a Senior Relationship Manager/Senior Vice President in the Commercial Real Estate Group at First Horizon Bank. Christina manages the Houston commercial real estate team and is responsible for originating, underwriting and managing commercial real estate loans for the bank’s balance sheet. She has over 19 years of experience in commercial real estate finance at various institutions, including Hancock Whitney Bank, City National Bank and Countrywide.
Panelist:
Additional panelists to be announced
Christina Blackwell
SVP, Relationship Manager Commercial Real Estate
First Horizon
Christina is a strong advocate for women in business. She is co-founder of the Houston Women’s Initiative Associate Resource Group at First Horizon Bank. She serves on several non-profit advisory boards in Houston, including Dress for Success Houston, Galveston Bay Foundation and Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She is a Board of Trustee at St Francis Episcopal School. She is actively involved with Urban Land Institute (ULI) and is past-Chair for the Development of Distinction Awards Committee. She also enjoys being a mentor for young adults through Genesys Works and veterans through American Corporate Partners (ACP).
Christina is a 5th generation Houstonian and a graduate of Texas A&M University.
Charles DiRocco, CRE, CCIM, FRICS
Director
PwC
Chuck DiRocco is currently the Director
of Real Estate Research at PwC and is based
in Washington, DC, where his focus is on Emerging Trends in Real Estate covering
the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In addition, he
is an author and manager of various internal and external articles and data
analyses on economics and commercial real estate. He also continues to be an industry speaker, providing numerous
presentations for media, and at conferences, webinars,
and seminars.
Mr. DiRocco has over 20 years of experience
in the public and private real estate industry. Before
working with PwC, Mr. DiRocco was the Managing Director of Client Services and
Thought Leadership for Ankura. Mr. DiRocco's role there revolved around client
relationships with private institutional equity and direct lending clientele,
including global investment banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and various
asset lenders and owners.
Before Ankura, he served as the Director
of Research at Altus Group. He created and produced The Real Confidence
Executive Survey, Young Professional Survey, The University Challenge, and The Yardstick. In addition, Mr. DiRocco was
the Vice President of Research for the National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts (NAREIT).
Mr. DiRocco's education includes a B.S degree in
Finance and an M.B.A from The Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in Finance
and investments. Also, he is an active
member of the Urban Land Institute, a Homer Hoyt Fellow, a Counselor of Real
Estate, a Certified Commercial Investment Member, and a Fellow of the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Bryan Sanchez
CEO
Lionstone
Bryan Sanchez serves as Chief Executive Officer at
Lionstone Investments, a data-driven real estate
investment firm that conceptualizes, analyzes, and
executes national investment strategies using
proprietary analytics and research. Founded in 2001,
Lionstone currently manages approximately $10.0 billion
of assets, specializing in the most economically
productive clusters in the United States.
As Chief Executive Officer of Lionstone Investments,
Bryan Sanchez is responsible for executing the firm’s
long-term business plan and ensuring that Lionstone is a
leading investment manager. Bryan chairs Lionstone Executive Committee and serves
on its Investment Committee.
Prior to serving as CEO, Bryan served for several years as Lionstone’s Chief Investment
Officer. As CIO of Lionstone, Bryan was responsible for developing and executing the
firm’s investment strategy, leading a team of professionals in acquisitions, research and
analytics, and risk management functions. Prior to serving as CIO, he held increasingly
senior positions at Lionstone, including roles in research, acquisitions, portfolio
management and corporate development. Prior to joining Lionstone in 2005, Bryan was
an associate at Verde Realty, a real estate investment firm focused on the U.S.–Mexico
border and served as chief-of-staff to the CEO of Seven Seas Petroleum Inc., a publicly traded oil exploration company with operations in Latin America.
In 2017, Bryan played a key role in Lionstone’s successful merger with Columbia
Threadneedle Investments, a global asset manager with approximately $700 billion of
AUM. Columbia Threadneedle is a division of Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMPF), a
Fortune 500 financial services firm. Lionstone remains a subsidiary of Columbia
Threadneedle Investments and Ameriprise Financial.
Bryan is an active member of ULI where he serves as a Global Trustee and a board
member of ULI Americas. He also sits on the leadership team for the UDMUC-Gold
Product Council. He is also an active member and board member of AFIRE, an
international association of real estate investors. Bryan also serves a board member of
Emerge Fellowship, a non-profit that empowers and prepares high-performing students
from underserved communities to attend and graduate from selective colleges
and universities across the nation.
Bryan is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School. He lives in
Houston with his wife and two children.
Danny Signorelli
President & CEO
Signorelli Company
Danny Signorelli, CEO, founder and president of The Signorelli Company, has extensive executive management, marketing, development and leadership experience. Originally founding the company with 10 credit cards, Danny established an evolutionary model quite unique to the real estate development industry. With company divisions focusing on land, commercial, multi-family, recreational and single-family residential, The Signorelli Company focuses on the synergies created within each asset type - from large-scale master planned communities to niche infill/redevelopment and extensive mixed-use projects, Danny’s broad experience and entrepreneurial skills have helped fuel the company’s unprecedented growth for nearly three decades. Today, The Signorelli Company has approximately 200 team members within its various divisions, with offices in Houston and the San Antonio / Austin market. The Signorelli Company has ranked as high as #5 in the Houston Business Journal’s Largest Residential Developers list, #11 on the Largest Commercial Developers list and #23 on the Top Homebuilders list.
With a reputation for vision and execution, the company prides itself on identifying unique opportunities before they are obvious to the market. As the primary principal in the company’s ventures, The Signorelli Company has over 20,000 acres of communities and mix-use projects totaling over $1 Billion in past projects and current development.
Danny exemplifies the company’s focus of “Creating better places to enrich lives and lifestyles.” With a track record of over two decades of strong growth, TSC continues to thrive earning GHBA’s 2018 Developer of the year award and Houston Chronicle's “Top 50 Workplaces in Houston” from 2018-2022.