Making the Grade

February 11, 2010     

While the past several months have been challenging, the education sector has been one of our economy's bright spots. Join us as we explore how these public and private institutions, charter schools, and other City of Chicago educational initiatives have benefited and will continue to take advantage of the current real estate market.

•  What is Renaissance 2010?
•  What are the challenges in creating new and innovative schools that will provide high quality educational options to serve the diverse needs of Chicago's public school students?
•  How has higher education evolved over the past 18 months? Will these institutions continue on their current trends?
•  What are the real estate opportunities? (i.e., adaptive reuse of industrial/warehouses or vacant big box retailers to classrooms)
•  What are the impacts and new trends for student housing?

Moderator:
•  Craig Cassell, Vice President-Education Practice Group, Grubb & Ellis

Speakers:
•  Miroslava Krug, Chief Financial Officer, Roosevelt University
•  Phyllis Lockett, President and CEO, The Renaissance Schools Fund
•  Dan Oltersdorf, Vice President of Residence Life, Campus Advantage
•  Steven Altschul, Executive Director of New Campuses, Kaplan