The topic “What Office Tenants Need To Know for 2021 And Beyond?” will explore answers and advice from the perspective of Owners, Tenants, Brokers, Developers, and Analysts expert in the greater Seattle/Bellevue CRE marketplace.
Tenants drive the demand-side of commercial real estate. So ultimately, the whole industry serves them and their best interests. Expect this roundtable to be an honest and “real” look at all the dynamics in play today, and provide expert information for what Office Tenants should consider as they return to the marketplace this year.
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PANELISTS
Michael Christ, Founder/CEO of SECO Development
Michael a visionary developer from the Seattle with successful projects spanning over 30 years. With projects ranging from 140,000 SF to more than 2,400,000 SF, most recently a 730,000 SF Class A lake-side office campus in Renton, Michael Christ has dedicated his career to creating developments that improve the living and working environment of the communities he builds.
Jared Kadry, Senior Market Analyst for CoStar Group
CoStar is the market leader in analytic and marketing tools for commercial real estate professionals. As Senior Market Analyst, Jared reports on commercial real estate submarkets in the state of Washington, analyzes and forecasts real estate trends, and presents research findings and general market outlook to real estate economy stakeholders.
Maverick Olivares, VP for Broderick Group
Maverick specializes in representing clients in the leasing, disposition, and acquisitions of commercial office properties throughout the Greater Puget Sound region. Maverick currently represents over 1 million square feet of Class A office space.
Cody Morrison, Portfolio Director PNW, for WeWork
Cody is a CRE veteran with over 15 years of tenant representation and portfolio optimization success in the Pacific Northwest. Today Cody leads a team of data driven CRE pros whose mission is to fill large availabilities with the best possible outcomes across WeWork’ substantial office portfolio across the region.
Owen Rice, EVP for Hughes Marino
From Fortune 500 to small businesses, Owen has orchestrated nearly 800 commercial real estate transactions, including 61 in 2020 exclusively representing Tenants. In addition, he oversees lease portfolios (representing $600M in transaction value) for companies headquartered in the Pacific Northwest.
Brian Kelly, Executive Managing Director & Co-Market Leader for Savills
Brian has a 25-year history of expertly advocating for tenants and completing significant and complex lease transactions at all levels. Brian joined Savills in 2020 from Washington Partners, where he had been a founding partner since 2001. From 2017 to 2020, Brian completed more than 4 million square feet of commercial real estate transactions.
Binu & Meghana, Founders of extraSlice Inc
Meghana Subramanian and Binu Reghunathan are the co-founding duo of extraSlice Inc. With 35 years combined working experience in tech with companies including Ericsson, Oracle and IBM, they founded their flexible office enterprise to best serve tech companies including Accenture, Slalom, HCL, UST Global to name a few. Plans for 2021 include launching a new platform to better connect tenants with space and simplify the leasing process.
MODERATOR
Scott Warner, VP of Growth for extraSlice Inc.: extraSlice provides Best Business Case Office Space® by integrating real estate, technology, and flexible workspace expertise to deliver offices that truly work best for business.
scott@extraslice.com / 425.435.7321
