Autonomous trucking promises to hugely disrupt the future of the transportation and logistics industry. What building infrastructure will be needed in the future to accommodate this new technology (cueing lanes, charging stations, guidewires, physical buildings elements)? What will the population reach look like when autonomous trucking is ubiquitous? How will autonomous trucks change the site selection process? Explore these questions and many more.

In 2018, the industrial investment market was dominated by large portfolio transactions with domestic and global capital making significant bets in this sector. Looking ahead, our experts discuss where there are the next opportunities to invest, what an effective strategy looks like, and how to compete with large-scale institutional investors.

In this session, explore how buying habits are influencing the grocery supply chain, the role that a 3PL plays in assisting grocery stores in meeting consumer demand, and learn about the innovative new designs being built to meet consumers changing needs.

Where the cannabis market is concerned, there seems to be more questions than answers. Hear direct from the players in the space about the regulatory challenges and considerations for this type of investment, how to find operators, and gain understanding of the business models for growing and manufacturing, and how these deals are financially structured.

Industry expert Will Strong, executive managing director at Cushman & Wakefield, will identify the most provocative ideas explored at the conference and help you head back to the office with actionable insights that you can implement now.

Hear from experts as they share the key characteristics of effective omnichannel distribution networks, the associated labor and transportation costs, and what the distribution network of the future looks like.

During this session, Rockefeller Group and Optimus Building Corporation will discuss the difficulties, challenges and obstacles they faced and how they worked together as buyer and seller to create a highly successful project for each party.

Molly McShane, chief operating officer with The McShane Companies, will facilitate the discussion, asking Phil Hawkins about his vision for the future of industrial, the potential for disruptors ahead, and why he thinks small, privately held companies are going to be just as crucial as large companies going forward.

This panel will discuss the myriad challenges and success with the transformative Randall Park Mall redevelopment project, and the impact on the community of flipping retail to industrial.

During this insightful panel discussion, the most active buyers and sellers shaping the market will share strategies for investing at this point in the cycle, their forecasts for the industrial sector, what they’re seeing in aggregation strategies, and predict pricing and investor demand for the balance of the year.