Join us for a Networking Reception
Join Newmark for an evening at Moody Tongue Brewing Company, the MICHELIN-starred brewery and restaurant in Chicago’s South Loop, just steps from McCormick Place.
Set beneath an expansive skylight and the original bowstring truss roof, guests will enjoy award-winning chef-driven beers, exceptional culinary offerings, and elevated service in a refined, mid-century modern atmosphere.
Monday, October 26, 2026 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Moody Tongue
2515 S Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
CORENET INNOVATION PAVILION
Find us at Booth
#505
Tuesday, October 27 | 10:30am - 6:00pm
Wednesday, October 28 | 10:30am - 2:00pm
Hear from Newmark Experts
FEATURED SESSION
Your Next Real Estate Decision
Won’t Be Made in the Office
How infrastructure, industry and geography are redrawing the map of growth
Tuesday October 27 2026 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
The next generation of real estate growth is being shaped well beyond the traditional office portfolio. Advanced manufacturing, life sciences, AI and data infrastructure, quantum computing, defense, and other emerging industries are creating new demands for power, water, transportation, land, talent, and resilient operating environments.
This session will explore how corporate real estate leaders, developers, investors, institutions, and public-sector partners can respond to these forces and make better-informed location, portfolio, and capital decisions. Drawing on Jacobs’ experience across commercial real estate, real estate development, science and technology, industrial facilities, infrastructure, and urban regeneration, the discussion will address:
- How infrastructure capacity, resource constraints, workforce availability, and regional characteristics are reshaping site selection and investment decisions.
- What makes an emerging technology campus or industrial district successful, connected, resilient, and scalable.
- How location, infrastructure, phasing, and capital strategy must work together to support emerging industries.
- How CRE leaders can engage earlier in enterprise growth, manufacturing expansion, and regional development decisions.
- How advisory, design, delivery, asset management, and infrastructure expertise can be integrated across portfolios and geographies.
- How adaptive reuse, urban regeneration, and infrastructure-led development can create new value in established markets.
Speakers
Robert Hess
Vice Chairman, Global Strategy
Newmark
Filo Castore
Vice President, Global Principal
JACOBS