Bremner Real Estate's Ron Penix attended the 9th Annual Interface Carolina’s Conference on May 31st. InterFace Carolinas Held May 31st in Charlotte Southeast Real Estate Business and Shopping Center Business magazines along with France Media's InterFace Conference Group were proud to produce the 9th annual InterFace Carolinas information and networking conference on May 31st at the Hilton Charlotte Center City. Last year's event attracted nearly 300 attendees and we expected an even larger crowd of office, industrial, multifamily and retail property owners, investors, developers, brokers and lenders this year for what has become a favorite and valued industry event. The conference featured a keynote address from top economist Mark Vintner, six high-level panel sessions and numerous networking opportunities. If you are active in commercial real estate in North and South Carolina, or if you are based outside the area but are invested in the region, THIS IS A MUST-ATTEND EVENT! http://www.cvent.com/events/2018-interface-carolinas/event-summary-a03ebfd138824942a54565735ce85ed2.aspx

Jim Bremner joins two other former Duke Realty executives launch new HRE development firm One of the most familiar names in healthcare real estate (HRE) is back in the game. Jim Bremner has reunited with two former Duke Realty (NYSE; DRE) colleagues, Bill Mooney and Ron Penix, to form Bremner Real Estate. The new Indianapolis based HRE development firm opened for business in early July. In an exclusive interview with HREI in mid-August, Mr. Bremner told us, “I felt the space needs more boutique-like and flexible people like ourselves.” "We want to have a small company that will provide an exceptional level of service in delivering developments,” Mr. Mooney added. He said the new firm doesn't aspire to be national in scope, and will probably focus on the East and Southeast regions. Messrs, Bremner and Mooney say they envision a small, nimble, HRE development firm with the flexibility to serve the diverse needs of a few select clients, with a goal of developing perhaps four to six projects annually. “We are extremely optimistic about our pipeline, even after 30 days in business,” [...]