UC Real Estate Center event offers perspective on local, national and global economic issues
UC/PNC Outlook attendees include Lindner real estate students, industry professionals
Hosted by the University of Cincinnati's Real Estate Center and PNC Bank, the 31st annual UC/PNC Economic Outlook welcomed more than 300 attendees to The Westin Cincinnati’s Presidential Ballroom on Feb. 14.
In the crowd were current Lindner students, faculty and staff; local and regional real estate professionals; and Real Estate Center advocates and supporters. Attendees received insight on local, national and international economic and geopolitical developments from the event’s two keynote speakers: Stuart Hoffman, MS ’73, PhD ’75, senior economic adviser, PNC Financial Services Group, and Greg Valliere, chief U.S. policy strategist, AGF Investments.
Real Estate Center Executive Director Carl Goertemoeller opened the program by expressing gratitude to the center’s individual and organizational champions.
“Their continued support allows us to fulfill critical pillars of the Lindner strategic plan, namely building valued partnerships and strengthening experiential learning for our students through events such as this.”
Hoffman and Valliere (first row, middle) with real estate students and Real Estate Center personnel.
Goertemoeller specifically thanked PNC, the center’s premier partner, Eagle Realty Group (platinum partner) and six gold partners: Brandicorp, Hills Properties, Kroger, Neyer Properties, North American Properties/Last Mile, and Procter & Gamble.
Warren Weber, PNC Bank Regional President, Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, stepped up to the podium next and cited both Lindner’s commitment to experiential learning and the success of PNC’s longtime co-op program.
“The students and PNC benefit from an eight-to-12-week mutual interview. The student gathers life skills to supplement the knowledge they gain in the classroom. They affirm their decision that banking is a career they want to pursue and whether PNC is the right place for them. At PNC, we have a chance to get high-quality work and see whether a prospective employee can be successful and fulfilled at our company. It’s a win-win.”
Hoffman, Valliere resume keynote roles
Left to right: Gary Painter, PhD, BEARE Chair and Professor of Real Estate; Valliere; Hoffman; and Goertemoeller during the audience Q&A session.
Weber closed by introducing Hoffman and Valliere, two good friends and the event’s longtime keynote speakers. Hoffman shepherded the crowd through PNC’s 2025 economic forecast. Valliere followed with perspective on national and international geopolitical topics and current events.
The program concluded with Hoffman and Valliere joined onstage by Goertemoeller and Gary Painter, PhD, BEARE Chair and Professor of Real Estate, for Q&A with the audience.
Join the Real Estate Center at the Cooper Creek Event Center in Blue Ash the morning of Friday, March 14, for its March Roundtable on institutional investing. Also, mark your calendars for the center’s annual dinner on Wednesday, June 11, at Cincinnati Music Hall.
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
- Michael Brandy, Brandicorp
- Chad Burke, GBBN
- Mark Caesar, Truist Bank
- Craig Coffman, Uptown Rental Properties
- Scott Csendes, KZF Design
- Michael Dooley, Bayer Becker
- Karl Dostal, Cherry Bekaert
- Brian Doyle, Messer Construction
- Jeff Eichhorn, Schueler Group
- Bryant Fox, Park National Bank
- Gregg Fusaro, CIG Communities
- Eric Gardner, Gardner Street Commercial Real Estate Group
- Jason Gibson, Anchor Associates
- Andrew Graf, Katz Teller
- John Greiwe, Cintech Construction
- Louis Guttman, Hills Properties
- Michael Heekin, Hunt Builders
- Adam Hemmer, Paul Hemmer Company
- Steve Hermiller, The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.
- Nick Hodge, Essential Growth Properties
- Noah Juran, NorthMarq Capital
- Chip Kupferberg, BlueMark Capital
- Rob Lancaster, Kroger
- 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
- Ken Moczulski, M-M Properties
- Ryan Moore, Last Mile Investments
- 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, Forvis Mazars
- Tom Powers, Cushman & Wakefield
- Ryan Reardon, Al. Neyer, Inc.
- Lee Robinson, Robinson Sotheby’s Realty
- Joshua Rothstein, OnSite Retail Group
- Jeffrey Sackenheim, SHP Architects
- Joe Schlosser, Phillips Edison & Co.
- Jeanne Schroer, The Catalytic Fund
- Kevin Schutte, CBRE
- Paul Silva, Eagle Realty Group
- Martha Skelton, Huntington National Bank
- Christina Sprecher, Frost Todd Brown
- Mike Spurlock, Ameritas Investment Partners
- Richard Sterling, First Financial Bank
- Daniel Utt, Keating Muething & Klekamp
- Pamela Weber, PNC Bank
- Kristin L. Woeste, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Featured image (left to right): UC Real Estate Center Executive Director Carl Goertemoeller; Stuart Hoffman, senior economic adviser, PNC Financial Services Group; Greg Valliere, chief U.S. policy strategist, AGF Investments; Warren Weber, PNC Bank Regional President, Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky; Pam Weber, Senior Vice President, PNC Bank; Gary Painter, BEARE Chair and Professor of Real Estate; and Dan Mullinger, Executive Vice President, Head of PNC Real Estate. Photos/Joseph Fuqua II
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