Investing In Industrial Real Estate: How to Capitalize on the Strongest E-commerce Market of Our Lifetime – CRG – 4.5.21

Overview:
Title: Investing In Industrial Real Estate: How to Capitalize on the Strongest E-commerce Market of Our Lifetime
Date: Monday, April 5, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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The U.S. industrial market has cemented itself as the most in-demand commercial property sector, fueled by an unprecedented increase in e-commerce sales due to the pandemic. Ten years ago, e-commerce sales accounted for just 6.4% of total retail purchases. In 2020, U.S. consumers purchased 21.3% online for a total of $861 billion, an incredible increase of 44.0% compared with 2019. This trend has led e-commerce and logistics companies to rapidly expand their distribution networks, resulting in record low vacancies and record high rents for modern industrial real estate properties.

CRG has delivered more than $12 billion of private real estate and was named the No. 1 developer in 2020 by Midwest Real Estate News. During this in-depth discussion, CRG will share:

  • The benefits of investing in industrial real estate
  • The pandemic’s impact on our distribution network and the opportunity presented by this “new normal”
  • How to opportunistically invest in modern, institutional industrial projects

Speakers:
Shawn Clark Shawn Clark President & Partner CRG

Shawn Clark serves as President of CRG. He is responsible for providing strategic direction of the company and managing day-to-day operations. Shawn also maintains an active role in deal structuring, fund and project level financing activities, development management and asset management. Under Shawn’s leadership over the past five years, CRG has developed 32 industrial, multifamily and office projects valued at $1.4 billion. During that tenure, the firm has developed projects across the United States for Fortune 500 companies, such as Amazon, Lowe’s, Kimberly-Clark and Kohl’s. Shawn earned his Master’s degree in Real Estate Finance from DePaul University and his Bachelor’s degree in Construction Science and Management from Clemson University. He is the founder of Illumination, an immersive theatrical event that raises money for rare disease research and sits on the steering committee for the Chicago Real Estate Awards benefiting The Greater Chicago Food Depository. He was named to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum’s 50 Under 40 Awards in October 2020.
Ben Harris Ben Harris Senior Vice President, Investor Relations CRG

Ben Harris oversees CRG’s capital raising efforts and maintains existing investor relationships. He has raised more than $400 million of investor capital in his career and he has an established track record working with institutional investors, registered investment advisors, family offices and high-net-worth-individuals. Prior to joining CRG, Ben was Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Development at Origin Investments, a Chicago-based real estate investment firm, where he partnered with more than 1,000 clients and expanded the firm’s local footprint to a national one. Prior to Origin, he was one of the first employees at Starwood Retail Group, a subsidiary of Starwood Capital that is now one of the largest owners of regional malls in the United States. Ben received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CRG is currently raising equity for a $300 million fund focused on developing modern industrial assets across the U.S. for leading e-commerce and logistics tenants, including many Fortune 500 companies.