Students, local business leaders attend UC/PNC Economic Outlook Conference
Annual UC Real Estate Center event provides economic insights
The University of Cincinnati Real Estate Center hosted its 29th annual UC/PNC Economic Outlook Conference last week in downtown Cincinnati. A crowd of more than 300 attendees filled Music Hall’s sprawling second-floor ballroom to gain insight into the latest local, national and global economic developments and trends.
Real Estate Center Executive Director Carl Goertemoeller’s opening remarks accentuated the “longstanding and extraordinarily productive partnership” between the Real Estate Center and PNC Bank, the Center’s premier partner for over a decade.
Goertemoeller also touted the support received from the Real Estate Center’s platinum partner, Eagle Realty Group, and six gold partners: Brandicorp, Hills Properties, Neyer Properties, Inc., North American Properties, Inc., Procter & Gamble and Truist Bank.
Attendees of the 29th annual UC/PNC Economic Outlook Conference network before the start of the event.
“Without your collective efforts, we could not offer informative events, and we could not provide what I would describe as a complete academic, business-centric and networking-focused experience for our students, who are the future of this business,” Goertemoeller said.
PNC Bank Regional President Warren Weber noted the massive increase in the number of real estate majors within Lindner from 2014 (33) to the present (177). Weber also highlighted the Lindner Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board, comprised of a cross-section of business leaders from the Greater Cincinnati region that have a passion for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in business.
Lindner Dean Marianne Lewis, PhD (second from right), with Lindner real estate students.
“There are more opportunities than ever to connect our real estate community with our students through in-class lecturing, judging case competitions and mentoring,” Weber said.
Lindner Dean Marianne Lewis, PhD, cited the Real Estate Center as a “valued hub of expertise, talent and learning.”
“This event is a beautiful reminder of why partnerships matter so dearly to us. In this room are just a few key ingredients for a vibrant, ever-rising city, and a caring and collaborative — albeit competitive — real estate community, energized by a great university.”
Program speakers
Stuart Hoffman, senior economic adviser for PNC Bank, and Greg Valliere, chief policy strategist for AGF Investments, headlined the event. They were introduced by Pam Weber, senior vice president, PNC Bank.
“We are all desperate for someone to give us information on how we’re going to navigate this very interesting time in our real estate history,” Weber said.
Real Estate Center Executive Director Carl Goertemoeller (right) moderates a Q&A panel for Stuart Hoffman, senior economic adviser for PNC Bank (left), and Greg Valliere, chief policy strategist, AGF Investments.
Hoffman, a longstanding speaker at the Economic Outlook Conference, talked through highlights from PNC’s 2023 economic forecast, with an emphasis on:
- U.S. real gross domestic product
- Unemployment rate
- "The Great Resignation"
- Housing prices
- Interest rates
- Labor and industrial production
Valliere complemented Hoffman’s economic insights with perspective on trends and policies that could shape future markets. Valliere specifically highlighted the war in Ukraine, U.S.-China relations, social unrest in Iran and the debt ceiling as major variables to monitor.
Up next
The Real Estate Center’s next Roundtable event is March 17 at Cooper Creek Event Center in Blue Ash. Elisha Herrmann, BBA ’07, of Amazon Web Services and an adjunct instructor in Lindner’s department of operations, business analytics and information systems, and Stefan Kyntchev, an entrepreneur, investor and software development professional, will discuss real estate and blockchain technology.
The UC Real Estate Center thanks its Board of Executive Advisors in Real Estate (BEARE) for their support. The BEARE represents the top leaders in the real estate industry, and its members guide the direction of the Real Estate Center and the real estate program.
- Mario San Marco, BEARE Chairman, Eagle Realty Group
- Scott Arentsen, Towne Properties
- Doug Armbruster, CORE 5 Industrial Partners
- Brian Banke, P&G
- Traci Boeing, WesBanco Bank
- Mike Brandy, Brandicorp
- Chad Burke, GBBN
- Mark Caesar, Truist Bank
- Mark Cinquina, PNC Bank
- Craig Coffman, Uptown Rental Properties
- Scott Csendes, KZF Design
- Michael Dooley, Bayer Becker
- Karl Dostal, MCM CPA’s and Advisors
- Brian Doyle, Messer Construction
- Jeff Eichhorn, Schueler Group
- Gregg Fusaro, CIG Communities
- Eric Gardner, Gardner Street Commercial Real Estate Group
- Jason Gibson, Anchor Associates
- John Greiwe, Cintech Construction
- Louis Guttman, Hills Properties
- Michael Heekin, Hunt Builders
- Adam Hemmer, Paul Hemmer Company
- Richard Herndon, Griffin Fletcher & Herndon
- Nick Hodge, Essential Growth Properties
- Don Huffner, James Campbell Company
- Noah Juran, NorthMarq Capital
- Chip Kupferberg, BlueMark Capital
- Daniel Lessing, BDHP Architecture
- Joe Lockett, altafiber
- Bob Luebbe, Fifth Third Bank
- Sean McGrory, Clark Schaefer Hackett
- Elizabeth Mangan, Miller Valentine Group
- Erin Mignano, Turner Construction
- Ryan Moore, North American Properties
- Shenan Murphy, Colliers International
- Abigail Murray, Viking Partners
- Rusty Myers, JLL
- Kyle Neumann, Bellwether Enterprise
- Dan Neyer, Neyer Properties
- Greg Olson, Urban Sites
- Ken Oswald, Oswald Company
- Kelly Postlewaite, BKD CPAs & Advisors
- Tom Powers, Cushman & Wakefield
- Ryan Reardon, Al. Neyer, Inc.
- Lee Robinson, Robinson Sotheby’s Realty
- Josh Rothstein, OnSite Retail Group
- Jeffrey Sackenheim, SHP Architects
- Jeanne Schroer, The Catalytic Funding Corp. of Northern Kentucky
- Kevin Schutte, CBRE
- Paul Silva, Eagle Realty Group
- Christina Sprecher, Frost Todd Brown
- Mike Spurlock, Ameritas Investment Partners
- Richard Sterling, First Financial Bank
- Adam Stypula, Park National Bank
- Dan Sutton, Kemba Credit Union
- Daniel Utt, Keating Muething & Klekamp
- Pamela Weber, PNC Bank
- Mark Wilhoite, ComptonAddy
- Kristin L. Woeste, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Featured image: From left: Real Estate Center Executive Director Carl Goertemoeller; Greg Valliere, chief policy strategist, AGF Investments; Pam Weber, senior vice president, PNC Bank; Stuart Hoffman, senior economic adviser, PNC Bank; and Lindner Dean Marianne Lewis, PhD. All photos by Danielle Lawrence.
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