Dear Real Estate Students,
The 2008 Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition (ACE) was held at the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, April 9th to 11th. For an overview of the conference, please visit www.airportconference.com. More than 500 executives and top management from 30 countries attended. I was honored to be invited as a representative of the UTA Graduate Real Estate program (REAE@UTA). In addition, four other college students attended representing SMU and TCU.
In general, the conference discussed trends relating to airport development and the growing role of airports for regional economic growth through a series of presentations and showcases. Delegates from national and global airports presented their future development plans about airport city and the economic contributions their airport cites will bring to surrounding regions. The next international conference for airport cities will be in Athens in 2009 and Beijing in 2010.
One of the highlights for the graduate students was a personal tour and presentation by Mr. John Palmer. Mr. John Palmer of Redico Development Co. (see www.redico.com) is in charge of the mega DFW airport development called ‘Southgate Plaza.’ The 32-acre Southgate Plaza is designed to have full-service retail and restaurant space, office buildings, and five-star hotels (for more information visit http://www.mohment.com/dfw/dfw-southgate.html). The Southgate Plaza project is a major development move to establish a world-class airport city at DFW. Redico is partnering with Lutz Real Estate Investment of Farmington Hills to develop Southgate Plaza. Another highlight of this event was an opportunity to meet many of the top executives at DFW Airport including Mr. Jeffrey Fegan, DFW Airport CEO.
Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Palmer who sent out the invitation for a UTA real estate student to attend this very special event. I also appreciate Mr. James E. Ellis, Executive Director of UTA’s EMBA Program, who introduced me to the executives attending the ACE conference.
If anyone has any questions about this event, feel free to contact me at zhaoxuan13@gmail.com. Below are a few pictures from the conference.
Sincerely,
Georgia Zhao Xuan
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Dear Georgia,
Thank you for representing UTA and the Graduate Real Estate program at this special conference. Mr. Palmer said you did a 'stellar' job. With your outstanding representation, we hope the DFW executives think of UTA and the Real Estate program for future events.
Thanks again,
Dr. Hansz
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