Real Estate Development: Featuring Continental Properties 

Continental Properties focuses on developing multi-family properties with a community focus across the United States. Learn from UW-Madison alumni as they share the Continental IDEA and discuss current implications in the development industry.

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Preview and Key Terms beginning at 6:30pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks are provided! Please bring your WisCard.

Innovator Award: Presented by Jacques Gordon, Director of the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate

The Innovator Award is a distinguished recognition within the Wisconsin Real Estate program, celebrating individuals who personify its enduring legacy of excellence.

This year, the 2025 Graaskamp Center Innovator Award will be presented to Sarah Wick (BBA ’03), Senior Vice President, Affordable Housing, Related Midwest, and a dedicated advocate for affordable housing. Sarah leads Related Midwest’s affordable housing practice, overseeing the development and preservation of an impressive portfolio of affordable residences.

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Preview and Key Terms beginning at 6:30pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks are provided! Please bring your WisCard.

Affordable and Sustainable Development: Featuring Habitat for Humanity of Dane County 

Listen to a local developer as they discuss their mission, unique structure and provide an overview of what affordable and sustainable development entails.

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Preview and Key Terms beginning at 6:30pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks are provided! Please bring your WisCard.

AREIT Board Panel: Featuring Jonathan Brown, Ken Statz, Joe Betlej and Jay Rosenberg

Discussing the collaboration amongst badgers on real estate deals in the industry and advice for upcoming real estate leaders.

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Preview and Key Terms beginning at 6:30pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks are provided! Please bring your WisCard.

State of the Office Market: Featuring Hudson Pacific and US Bank

Boots on the ground from a range of Office Investors provide their take on both the problems and opportunities of what many view as CRE’s most troubled sector

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks provided! Please bring your WisCard.

CRE and the Insurance Industry: Featuring Northwestern Mutual and Mortenson

Learn about the importance of insurance company financing within the CRE industry and how deals come together, with a case study on the Madison Lake Street Garage Mixed-Use Project

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks provided! Please bring your WisCard.

The REIT Industry: Featuring Centerspace Homes

Centerspace Homes’ Director of Investor Relations and former Securian portfolio manger shares his perspective on the important role REITs hold within the CRE industry

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks provided! Please bring your WisCard.

We are excited to announce that we will once again be partnering with the Madison Capitols for Dollar Beer Night on Friday, September 27th!

Tickets cost $17 and can be ordered here. Transportation will be provided!

This is a great opportunity to have fun and network with your fellow members over some hockey and cheap brews!

The link will be open until September 23rd, so order your tickets now!

Transactions & Brokerage Panel, featuring Colliers and Cushman Wakefield | Boerke Group

Learn about the ins-and-outs of working on the transaction side of CRE. Hear from four Badger alumni with over 65 years of combined brokerage experience and roles ranging from sales to research

Time:

• Networking beginning at 6:15pm

• Presentation: 7:15 - 8:30pm

Attire:

• Business casual: Be professional! No shorts, hoodies, or t-shirts

Food and drinks provided! Please bring your WisCard.

The Wisconsin Real Estate Club is excited to kick-off the semester with our first ever REC Tailgate! Come for the food, stay for the company, and get ready for an exciting semester with REC!

RSVP: here

When: Saturday, September 7th, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Where: Budget Bicycle Center parking lot, 1230 Regent St

Who: Open to all members; feel free to bring a friend!

Alcohol will be served to 21+ 

Please share this message with fellow Badgers and alumni.

Calling all NYC Badgers!

The Wisconsin Real Estate Club is excited to host a NYC summer meet-up for alumni and students at Stout Grand Central (60 E 41st St).

When: Thursday, July 25th at 6 pm
Where: Stout Grand Central (60 E 41st St New York, NY 10017)

RSVP: here

Limited food and drink may be provided based on attendance.

Please note all attendees must be 21+.

Calling all Dallas Badgers!

The Wisconsin Real Estate Club is excited to host a Dallas summer networking event for alumni and members at HG Sply Co. in Lower Greenville! This is a fantastic opportunity for alumni to reconnect, meet the current class, and promote the Wisconsin real estate program. 

When: Wednesday, July 24th at 6:00 pm

Where: HG Sply Co. (2008 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206… on the roof, weather permitting!)

RSVP: here

Please note all attendees must be 21+

Limited food and drink may be provided based on attendance.

Join us for our third REC meeting of the semester, which will focus on sustainability and how its impacting the industry. Guest speakers will include Tyler Krupp (Threshold Development), Chris Timmins (UW Madison), Jim Green (Axiom Energy Group), and Michael Lane (Sage Glass - Smart Windows).

Threshold Development - Threshold Development Group is a second-generation development company with 40+ years experience developing in Madison, Wisconsin, specializing in urban infill, mixed-use multifamily development. Founder Joe Krupp was instrumental in the revival of the Schenk’s Atwood and Basset neighborhoods.

Axiom Energy Group - Axiom Energy Group is now home to both Engineered Concepts and Marathon Engine Systems, offering innovative clean energy solutions. Whether it be in the oil field to eliminate flaring, providing heat and electricity in your home, or generating off-grid power in remote locations, we have the answer. Headquartered in East Troy, WI, Axiom Energy Group currently occupies a 70,000 sq ft. manufacturing facility. We have the resources to draw on the local manufacturing base in the Midwest for raw materials as well as all varieties of machining and assembly. This facility focuses on prime and remote power technologies.

Sage Glass - Smart Windows - By tinting as needed throughout the day, SageGlass® smart glass technology creates energy-efficient spaces that people love—unobstructed by curtains or blinds. Buildings with smart glass products offer daylight and views with less glare and reduced energy use.

Bring WisCard | Business Casual

Come join us to for our Affordable Housing Panel on February 22nd and hear from panelists Ryan Zerwer (CEO/President of Forward Community Investments), Elmer Moore (CEO of WHEDA), David Ginger (VP of WI Housing Preservation Corp.), and Chris Jillings (Senior VP of Cinnaire).

Forward Community Investments - Forward Community Investments makes loans and grants and provides advisory support to organizations, initiatives, and coalitions throughout Wisconsin driven by the mission to reduce racial disparities and achieve social justice. They provide these loans and services on terms that are more favorable than generally available in the commercial market. Their services are provided at the lowest possible cost and at a margin of profit that is below the market rate. In addition to providing favorable terms, they strive to bring added value to their clients through their expertise in non-profit strategy development, financial management, and governance.

WHEDA - WHEDA works closely with lenders, developers, local government, nonprofits, community groups, and others to implement its low-cost financing programs. Since 1972, WHEDA has financed more than 87,300 affordable rental units, helped more than 138,300 families purchase a home, and made more than 29,280 small business and agricultural loan guarantees.

WI Housing Preservation Corp - Since their inception in 2002, the Wisconsin Housing Preservation Corp. (WHPC) has acquired, developed and renovated over 158 affordable rental housing developments, which represent more than 8,444 family and senior units in Wisconsin. WHPC preserves affordable housing by acquiring properties and making improvements to these properties. These improvements benefit the community and state with higher Section 8 rents, better value, better management and increase a property’s energy efficiency by emphasizing the use of green materials, fewer water resources, and better technologies inside and out.

Cinnaire - Cinnaire is a nonprofit community development financial organization that invests in people and places to transform communities through capital investments and development solutions. We believe that every community needs affordable housing and economic development in order to thrive.

Bring WisCard | Business Casual

We are excited to be hosting a career panel discussion with esteemed members of Matter Development (MKE), Turnstone Group, and New Year Investments. Join us at the Pyle Center at 7:00 PM for the first REC meeting of the semester.

Matter Development (MKE) - Matter Development believes the role of developers is to identify opportunities for hidden value in their company that others may not see. They are an opportunistic development firm that specializes on investments within the senior living and multifamily asset classes.

Turnstone Group - Turnstone Group, which was established in 2001, focuses on making real estate and real estate-related investments in the United States. They seek to capitalize on opportunities created by the prevailing economic trends as well as the associated fundamental market dislocations found in various real estate-related markets and securities.

New Year Investments - New Year Investments, which was founded in 2019, is a boutique real estate development and brokerage firm located in Downtown Madison, Wisconsin. They focus on the creation of thoughtfully-designed, mixed-use, urban infill properties.

Bring WisCard | Business Casual

Jonathan Lindell (BA), Executive Vice President at Heitman

Come join us to hear from alumni Jonathan Lindell who is an executive on the private real estate debt team in North America for Heitman. Heitman is a global real estate investment manager with over $52Bn in AUM.

Bring WisCard / Business Casual

Come and join us this Thursday for a fun evening! We will be meeting up with WIRE at the Sett at Union South for some bowling.

There will be food and drinks provided!

We are thrilled to be hosting four accomplished alumni for a discussion of our current capital markets environment. Panelists include:

Jonathan Brown (MBA), JP Morgan

Pat Dempsey (BA, MS), Walker & Dunlop

Rebecca Brielmaier (BA), JLL

Dan Levitt (BA, MS), Ryan Companies

Bring WisCard / Business Casual

Come join us to hear from Hines, Sterling Bay, & Colliers. Our speakers will include two former Real Estate Club Presidents:

John “Fordy” Gates (MBA, 2018), Director at Hines

Fordy specializes in industrial development in the central US at Hines and sits in their Chicago office.

Scott Gibbel (MBA, 2016), Managing Director at Sterling Bay

As Managing Director, Gibbel spearheads Sterling Bay’s industrial strategic initiatives including overseeing acquisitions, development projects, leasing activities, and building strong relationships with industry stakeholders.

Tyler Ziebel, Vice President at Colliers

Clients utilize Tyler for expertise in investment sales of institutional quality industrial properties ranging in value from $5 million to $200 million.

Business Casual / Bring WisCard

Innovator Award with Jeff Shapack (B.A.)– founder & CEO of Shapack Partners – presented by Michael Brennan (BS) founder of Brennan Investment Group.

In 2009, Jeff founded Shapack Partners and by early 2011 Shapack Partners asserted itself as a leader in the creation of Fulton Market district. Since that time, Shapack Partners has been acquiring and developing properties in Fulton Market including Soho House Chicago, The Hoxton Hotel, 811 Fulton (an office building anchored by Knoll, Inc.) 167 Green (a 750,000 SF office building), and The Parker Fulton Market (a 29-story luxury residential apartment building), in addition to several nationally acclaimed restaurants such as Momotaro and Formento’s. Jeff graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Michael Brennan is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Managing Principal of Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial properties in select major metropolitan markets throughout the United States. Brennan owns and manages an industrial portfolio with a market value in excess of $3 billion.

Dress Code: Business Professional / Bring WisCard

The 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 has over 60 employers signed up and we encourage all students to register and attend! This Fall Career Fair will coincide with the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association (WREAA, Inc.) Biennial Conference on Thursday, September 21st and Friday, September 22nd.

Link: To Register

Come join us to hear from The Bascom Group and Real Estate Development Associates. Speakers will be:

David Kim (BBA), Managing Partner at The Bascom Group

Jason Krotts (BA), Founder and Partner at REDA

Since The Bascom Group’s formation in 1996, the firm has completed over $21 billion in multi-family and over $4 billion in commercial value-added transactions, totaling more than 100,000 multifamily units transacted. Bascom’s apartment program typically seeks value-added properties with in-fill locations and repositions them by adding extensive capital improvements, improving rents, reducing expenses and implementing institutional-quality property management.

Real Estate Development Associates (REDA) is a diversified investment company which acquires and develops industrial and office properties in Southern California. REDA’s strategy is designed to create value through transformation by focusing on targeted market opportunities where we can create the highest possible risk adjusted returns.

Business Casual / Bring WisCard

Register here: https://forms.gle/rXv2zQypoTFzVRee8

$5/person buy in (Venmo @WI_REC), food/drinks provided

Come join us for a fun, end of the year kickball tournament! Everyone is welcome, and food and drinks will be provided.

Casey Burns (BBA), Vice President at Blue Vista Capital Management

Jack Day (BBA), Vice President, Acquisitions at Blue Vista Capital Management

Jenna Raphaeli (BBA), Senior Financial Analyst at Blue Vista Capital Management

Today, Blue Vista’s platform offers a national footprint in the U.S. and Canada, local operating expertise, and best-in-class investment strategies in exclusively student housing, middle market equity and real estate credit. Since the firm’s inception in 2002, Blue Vista has invested over $12.7 billion in total capitalized value through institutional real estate vehicles focused on U.S. and Canadian real estate strategies.

Lauren Zalaski (HR) and Sadie Rothstein (UW Alumn, and Director in the Midwest Region)

Hines is a privately owned global real estate investment, development and management firm, founded in 1957, with a presence in 395 cities in 30 countries and $95.79 billion of investment assets under management and more than 96 million square feet of assets for which Hinesprovided third party property level services. 

Come join us to hear about a couple of the Midwest projects that either Sadie has worked, or the team is currently working on as well as answer any questions about the company itself.

Zoom Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93965877717

Join REC and WIRE to meet with the founders of RE|STRUCTURED News and discuss their biweekly digital real estate news platform. They will be answering questions regarding their origination story, startups, and recent real estate news.

REC is headed to Capitol Ice! Come join us for a fun night of hockey and networking.

Link to register: https://forms.gle/k1A2UpFqhWkQ468P7