Department of Real Estate
Views from the Top
Every year since 1986, AREA GSU hosted Atlanta’s premier industry conference – “Views from the Top”, bringing together thought-leaders to an industry panel with insights from an economic outlook, and keynote speakers with a unifying theme.
2019 VIEWS From The TOP
The 33rd annual breakfast event will be held January 7th in Buckhead will feature:
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Edward Glaeser
Harvard University Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Author – Triumph of the City: How our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (NYT Best Seller); Manhattan Institute senior fellow; City Journal contributing editor. Book sales and signing event immediately following Views program.
Industry Panel: “New Faces, New Spaces, and the Shared Economy”. Moderated by Doug Sams, Commercial Real Estate Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle – targeting players such as WeWork and Airbnb.
Price includes full event access, onsite parking, breakfast (catered, table service), access to Keynote Speaker book signing event immediately following the program, networking with anticipated audience of 400 real estate industry professionals.
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32nd Annual “Views from the Top” – 2018
Date: January 9th, 2018
Venue: University Club – Georgia State Stadium
Program Chair: Dany Koe (GSU Alum)
Keynote Speaker: Mark Pendergrast (Author – “City on the Verge”)
Industry Panel: Egbert Perry (Integral Group); Dave Nelson (Carter Developments); Steve Howe (WRS); Katharine Kelley (Newport)
Moderator: Doug Sams (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Economic Outlook: Dr. Ken Johnson (Associate Dean, Florida Atlantic University)
31st Annual “Views from the Top” – 2017
Date: January 5th, 2017
Venue: Cherokee Town & Country Club
Program Chair: Dany Koe (GSU Alum)
Keynote Speaker: John Brooks Klingenbeck (Managing Partner, Artist Entertainment Management)
Economic Outlook: K.C. Conway (Senior Vice President, SunTrust)
Industry Panel: Jennifer Ball (Vice President, Planning & Economic Development, Central Atlanta Progress)
Rich McKay (President & CEO, Atlanta Falcons)
Lynne O’Brien (Director, Corporate Real Estate, The Coca-Cola Company)
Moderator: Doug Sams (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
30th Annual “Views from the Top” – 2016
Date: January 7th, 2016
Venue: Cherokee Town & Country Club
Program Chair: Jeff Warwick (GSU Alum)
Welcome: Dr. Mark Becker (President, Georgia State University)
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard Florida
Economic Outlook: Dr. Glenn Mueller (GSU Alum, PhD ’90)
29th Annual “Views from the Top” – 2015
Date: January 8th, 2015
Venue: Cherokee Town & Country Club
Program Chair: Erik Rowen (GSU Alum)
Dual Interview: Mayor Joe Riley (City of Charleston, SC); Hon. Ceasar Mitchell (Atlanta City Council)
Industry Panel: David Allman (Regent Partners); Lance Patterson (Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group); Scott Smith (WRS)
Moderator: Maria Saporta (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Economic Outlook: Dr. Frank Nothaft (chief economist, Freddie Mac)
28th Annual “Views from the Top” – 2014
Date: January 9th, 2014
Venue: Cherokee Town & Country Club
Program Chair: John Beam (GSU Alum)
Keynote Speaker: E.J. Burke (chairman, Mortgage Bankers Association)
Industry Panel: Egbert Perry (Integral Group); AJ Robinson (Central Atlanta Progress); Larry Gellerstedt (Cousins Properties); Penelope McPhee (Arthur Blank Foundation)
Moderator: Maria Saporta (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Economic Outlook: Dr. Sam Chandan (Chandan Economics)
27th Annual “Views from the Top” – 2013
Date: January 8th, 2013
Venue: Cherokee Town & Country Club
Program Chair: Jewelle Kennedy (GSU Alum)
Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Andrew Young
Industry Panel: Jerome Russell (HJ Russell & Company); David Allman (Regent Partners); Will Yowell (CBRE); Chris Cummiskey (GA Dept of Economic Development); Bill Maher (LaSalle Investment Management)
Moderator: Mark Elliott (Troutman Sanders)
Economic Outlook: Dr. Rajeev Dhawan (GSU)
