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April 14, 2026 @ 8AM – 11: 30 AM ET Convene 601 Lexington, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
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Jeremy Hellinger

Managing Director

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Matthew Ostrower Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Chief Financial Officer

Link Logistics

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Matthew L. Ostrower

Chief Financial Officer, Link Logistics

Matthew is Link Logistics’ chief financial officer, responsible for overseeing all aspects of corporate finance, including treasury, cash management, financial planning and analysis, accounting and tax. He also leads the firm’s strategy and innovation functions. Prior to joining Link in 2019, Matt served as chief financial officer of various REITs, including SITE Centers, which invests in shopping centers; Retail Value Inc., among the largest owners and managers of value-oriented retail real estate in the United States; and Equity One, an owner of coastal shopping centers, which merged with Regency Centers in 2015. ​Matt has also held the positions of managing director and associate director of research at Morgan Stanley and served as a member of the board of directors of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, a publicly traded retail REIT, from 2010 to 2015. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American history from Tufts University and a dual Master of Science degree in real estate and city planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an active member of the ULI Technology & Real Estate Council and the Wall Street Journal CFO Council, and serves as a board member of the nonprofit Water For People.

Chris Allman Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Partner

CIM Group

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Chris Allman

Partner, The CIM Group

Chris Allman is a Principal & Partner in the Capital Markets – Debt Group
at CIM Group, where he oversees real estate financing for assets owned, under development, or being acquired by CIM’s various investment vehicles, as well as fund level leverage. He also manages the firm’s
banking relationships.

Mr. Allman is a member of the Firm’s Investment, Credit, and Valuation
Committees and sits on the Board of several CIM portfolio companies.

He was a founding partner of the firm’s credit strategies.

Over the course of his career at CIM, Mr. Allman has overseen the
origination and closing of nearly 600 real estate and corporate financing
transactions, as both a lender and borrower, totaling more than $82
billion in loan commitments.

Prior to joining CIM in 2013, Mr. Allman was Head of Capital Markets at Thayer Lodging Group/Brookfield Hotels, Senior Vice President in
Capmark’s Hospitality Finance Division and an Investment Performance
Analyst at Cambridge Associates.

Mr. Allman is a frequent speaker at leading industry events, including
ULI, CREFC, ICSC, NAIOP, ALIS, the NYU Hotel Conference, Bisnow, and
GlobeSt., among others.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Environmental
Science from Virginia Tech, an MS from Georgetown University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from S.C. Johnson School of Business at Cornell University.

Mark Finan Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Director, Debt & Structured Finance

CBRE

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Mark Finan

Director, Debt & Structured Finance, CBRE

Mark Finan is a Director in CBRE’s Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group within Debt & Structured Finance. Since joining CBRE in 2016, Mark has assisted in arranging real estate financings totaling over $67 billion. Mark’s transaction experience covers all property types across acquisitions, refinances, recapitalizations and construction financings.

Mark covers all asset classes, with a particular focus on industrial assets and data centers. Since 2021, Mark has arranged over $8 billion in data center financings and is currently working on over $11 billion of active data center financing mandates. Mark’s data center financing experience ranges from speculative construction assignments to CMBS SASBs.

Prior to joining CBRE, Mark was a Financial Analyst in Wells Fargo’s commercial real estate group. During his two years at Wells Fargo, Mark helped arrange more than $1 billion in real estate debt transactions ranging from single assets to large portfolios.

Chris Graham Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Managing Director

Blue Owl Capital

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Chris Graham

Managing Director, Blue Owl Capital

Chris Graham is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on the firm’s real estate lending business and serves on multiple investment committees across the platform. In addition to real estate direct lending, Chris helps guide trading and investment activities in real estate-related securities, including CMBS, RMBS, and corporate real estate debt. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Chris was part of Blackstone’s Real Estate Securities Group, where he directed investment strategies for the firm’s insurance platform. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Goldman Sachs within the Real Estate Financing Group of the Investment Banking Division. Chris earned a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Villanova University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Dan Haroun Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Co-Founder and Partner

Catalyst Investment Partners

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Dan Haroun

Co-Founder and Partner, Catalyst Investment Partners

Dan Haroun is a Co-Founder and Partner at Catalyst Investment Partners overseeing all investments. Prior to founding Catalyst, Mr. Haroun was responsible for acquisitions and asset management at Meadow Partners, a New York City-based real estate private equity firm. While at Meadow Partners, Mr. Haroun was involved with the acquisition or development of over $1.0 billion of real estate across New York City and Washington D.C. Mr. Haroun led the launch of Meadow Partners’ fleet parking & industrial outdoor storage platform focused on acquisitions across the New York City Metropolitan Area. Prior to joining Meadow Partners, Mr. Haroun evaluated equity and debt investments as part of the acquisitions team at SL Green Realty Corp., closing $4.0 billion in transactions. Mr. Haroun received a B.S.E. in Systems Science & Engineering Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Financial Systems.

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Justin Horowitz

Senior Managing Director

Cooper Horowitz

Yi Shan Huang Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Managing Director

BGO

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Yi-Shan Huang

Managing Director, BGO

Yi-Shan Huang is Managing Director for BGO based in New York. She is on the asset management team where she manages a portfolio of assets across the US and leads special projects initiatives across the platform.

Yi-Shan has over 25 years experience in the origination, underwriting, acquisition and asset management of private equity real estate investments in the US and Asia. She has complete deal lifecycle experience across all real estate asset classes, and substantial investment experience investing across the risk curve, in both open and closed-end structures, as well as cross-border investments.

Yi-Shan joined BGO in 2021 based in Hong Kong, where she oversaw their Greater China investments, from 2021-2023. Prior to BGO, Yi-Shan had a 19-year career at JPMorgan, based in NY from 2000-2007 with roles in asset management, acquisitions, and alternative acquisitions,, and then based in Hong Kong and Shanghai from 2007-2018, where she led the team’s investment activities in Greater China, South Korea, and Singapore. Her most recent title with JPM was Managing Director, Head of Acquisitions, China.

Yi-Shan graduated with honors from Cornell University with a B.A. in Policy Analysis and Management, an interdisciplinary major with coursework focused on core disciplines of economics, statistics, government, sociology and ethics.

A native New Yorker, Yi-Shan is on the Board of Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association and serves as chair of the Development/Finance Allocation Committee, responsible for fundraising and allocation of funds. Since she joined the Board in 2021, the alumni association has significantly increased membership outreach and more than tripled its annual fundraising goals.

She is a recipient of GlobeSt’s 2025 Women of Influence award in the Investment Professional category. She is a member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate and on the Mentoring and Philanthropy committees, and on the ULI Mixed-Use Development Council.

Mark Levy Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Chief Investment Officer

FRP Development Corp

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Mark Levy

Chief Investment Officer, FRP Development Corp.

Mark Levy is a seasoned real estate executive with extensive experience in logistics and industrial development. Following the October 2025 sale of Altman Logistics Properties, a company he founded and led as President, to FRP Holdings, Mark now serves as Chief
Investment Officer at FRP. In this role, he oversees FRP Development Corp’s investment strategy, capital deployment, and portfolio performance across its logistics platform. He guides growth initiatives, optimizes returns, and ensures disciplined underwriting and execution throughout the investment lifecycle.

Over his extensive real estate career spanning over 25 years in logistics development, Mr. Levy
has deployed over $12 billion of capital including large scale, multi-phase logistics development
projects across South Florida, New Jersey, Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Mid Atlantic. He is considered one of the most experienced and knowledgeable real estate developers in the
logistics sector and has been recognized by numerous trade associations and publications. 

Before his tenure at FRP and Altman, he served as Chief Investment Officer at HRP Group, where he was instrumental in directing large-scale redevelopment projects nationwide and played a crucial role in establishing HRP’s logistics platform, successfully overseeing the acquisition, development, and management of 20 million square feet of logistics space. Mr.
Levy’s extensive experience encompasses senior leadership and capital deployment positions, including Head of Capital Deployment for the Eastern United States at Prologis, Vice Chairman at JLL, Senior Vice President for Florida at both Duke Realty and Opus, and Senior Investment Officer at Sumitomo Corporation of America.

A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Levy earned his degrees in Economics and English from
Syracuse University. Among his many professional associations, he is a member of the Zell Lurie
Real Estate Center at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Governor of the NAIOP Research Foundation, and a leader of ULI’s Florida Industrial Development Council.
Additionally, he is an advisor of the United States Chamber of Commerce, a member of the United States Capital Historical Association, an adjunct instructor of Georgetown University’s
Master’s in Real Estate Capstone Program, and serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Clubs
of Broward County.

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Richard Prokup

U.S. CEO

Mapletree

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Richard Prokup

CEO, United States, Mapletree

Richard Prokup is the Chief Executive Officer, United States, for Singapore-based Mapletree, overseeing the Group’s nationwide non-REIT business operations. Since the U.S. platform’s inception, he has spearheaded its development, scaling it to over $15 billion in assets.

With more than 35 years in commercial real estate, Richard has worked across the industrial, office, retail, hotel and residential sectors. Throughout his nationally focused career in private and public companies, he has overseen more than $30 billion in assets and driven over $10 billion in acquisitions and development.

Before joining Mapletree in 2018, Richard spent 14 years at First Industrial Realty Trust, where, as Senior Vice President of Operations, he oversaw operations for the central region. He previously held leadership roles at Grubb & Ellis as Senior Vice President of Asset Management and M&J Wilkow as Vice President of Asset Management.

Richard is active in industry leadership and civic initiatives. His past and present associations include serving as a BOMI instructor, a member of the BOMA Executive Industrial Board, an advisor to the Chicago Housing Authority and a member of the editorial board for Chicago Industrial Properties.

He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Memphis.

EJ Wislar Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Managing Director, Mission Critical Assets

PRP Real Assets

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EJ Wislar

Managing Director, Mission Critical Assets, PRP Real Assets

EJ joined PRP in 2024 and leads the Mission Critical Net Lease platform. He has over 12 years’ experience in various real estate sectors encompassing leadership, acquisitions, and asset management oversight.

Prior to joining PRP, EJ was Chief Investment Office of a publicly traded net lease REIT where he was responsible for overseeing the firm’s acquisition and asset management activities.

PRP’s Mission Critical Net Lease platform develops and acquires Class A manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure investments across the United States leased to marketing leading tenants. PRP Real Assets is a national real estate investment management and development firm with a focus on three key verticals: Mission Critical Assets, Multifamily, and Thematic Special Situation Investments.

Alex Readfearn Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Founder, President, and CEO

Redfearn Capital

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Alex Redfearn

Founder, President, and CEO, Redfearn Capital

Alexander (“Alex”) Redfearn is the Founder, President, and CEO of Redfearn Capital, a private equity real estate firm specializing in the acquisition, development, and management of commercial real estate properties across the Southeastern United States. Since founding the company in 2014, Alex has driven Redfearn Capital’s impressive growth, amassing a portfolio of small bay, manufacturing, and logistics warehouses that exceeds $700 million in assets under management and spans more than 4.5 million square feet.

Alex’s entrepreneurial journey in real estate began during his pursuit of an MBA at the University of Miami, where the concept for Redfearn Capital first took shape. What started as a case study evolved into a successful business, acquiring over 70 properties across four states.

Under Alex’s leadership, Redfearn Capital has focused heavily on both tenant and broker relationships, resulting in long-lasting partnerships with over 225 active tenants to date. His ability to develop strong relationships and make quick decisions has been central to the company’s sustained growth and reputation as a trusted operator.

Alex holds an MBA from the University of Miami and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business, where he was captain of the Division I golf team during his junior and senior years. Beyond his professional achievements, he is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

Stefan Sansone Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Senior Vice President, Investments

Kurv Industrial (formerly Bridge Industrial)

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Stefan Sansone

Senior Vice President, Investments, Kurv Industrial (formerly Bridge Industrial)

Stefan Sansone joined Kurv Industrial in April 2022. Currently, as Senior Vice President, Investments, Northeast Region, he leads all development and acquisition efforts across the Northeast region. He is responsible for identifying strategic investment opportunities, managing the full acquisition lifecycle, and overseeing development projects from initial underwriting through execution. His work focuses on expanding Kurv’s footprint, leveraging market data, broker relationships, and institutional partnerships to drive growth.

Prior to Kurv Industrial, Stefan worked at Seagis Property Group LP where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and asset management for acquisitions in the Outer Boroughs of New York City and Northern New Jersey. He graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s in political science and minor in real estate. He was a 4-year varsity football player and captain of the football team. He is an active member of NAIOP Developing Leaders and a junior board member for The Boys and Girls Club of greater St. Louis.

Peter Zuk Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Managing Director

Oxford Properties Group

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MODERATOR

Jonathan Adelsberg

Partner & Co-Chair, Real Estate

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Nicole Fenton Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

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Real Estate Partner

HSF Kramer

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Nicole Fenton

Real Estate Partner, HSF Kramer

Nicole Fenton, Real Estate Partner at HSF Kramer, brings more than 25 years of experience to her work advising U.S. and international investors in real estate transactions across the country involving virtually every type of asset class, including multifamily, mixed-use, retail, office and hospitality projects. Nicole’s clients include owners, developers, investors and lenders, and she counsels and represents them in acquisitions and dispositions, development, construction and mezzanine financing, joint ventures, and preferred equity investments. Nicole also advises developers, family offices, private equity funds and institutional investors through every stage of financing, from capital raise to development, leasing, marketing and disposition. Nicole’s work often involves ground-up development transactions, advising on all aspects, including structuring, acquisition, joint venture, financing (including acquisition/land loans, construction loans and permanent financing) and construction management agreements. She regularly deals with complicated development issues, including development agreements, entitlements and related issues.

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Co-Head, Real Estate | New York

Polsinelli

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John Vavas

Co-Head, Real Estate | New York, Polsinelli

John Vavas’ practice is focused on commercial real estate finance, where he represents financial institutions and real estate funds in connection with single-lender and agented, multi-lender transactions. John has vast experience representing clients in connection with the closing of newly originated commercial mortgage loans, acquiring existing commercial mortgage loans and negotiating loan documentation. Additionally, John is skilled at representing various lenders in the origination of CMBS, balance-sheet loans, construction, mezzanine and syndicated loans secured by real estate.

John serves as his clients go-to legal partner when navigating emerging asset classes and transformative investment opportunities. From data centers to office-to-residential conversions, he works closely with clients to capitalize on the latest market trends with practical, business-focused legal strategies.

John also has significant experience as internal counsel for commercial real estate lenders. His prior in-house experience allows him to bring a different perspective to his clients and provide counsel that draws on his knowledge from those prior positions.

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andrew warin

Executive Managing Director

Newmark

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Andrew Warin

Executive Managing Director, Newmark

Andrew Warin is an Executive Managing Director at Newmark and leads their Strategic Advisory and Liquidity Solutions group. He has advised on a broad range of assignments including M&A, programmatic joint ventures, recapitalizations, GP led secondaries, GP stakes, fairness opinions, IPOs, and capital raising efforts for clients. Prior to joining Newmark, Warin worked at Citigroup’s Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Group and Sera Global, a subsidiary of Brookfield Financial. Warin started his career his career as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in the Strategy & Organization group.

Warin received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

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Editor-in-Chief

Commercial Observer

What You Need To Know

Over the past decade, industrial real estate has become one of the most strategically critical sectors in commercial real estate. As AI adoption continues to accelerate, global supply chairs are re-engineered, e-commerce demands faster delivery expectations, and digital infrastructure surges, industrial assets — including data centers, logistics, manufacturing and IOS — have become key economic drivers.

The Industrial Forum will convene executive-level owners, investors, financiers, developers and brokers to examine the forces defining the industrial landscape in 2026 and beyond. Experts will discuss how market dynamics, infrastructure investments, energy and power constraints, and consumer trends are influencing site selection, asset valuations, acquisition strategies and capital deployment across the industrial and logistics sectors, as well as who is leading big dollar deals and where real opportunities for data centers lie.

Commercial Observer’s Industrial Development Forum will deliver actionable insights on how investors, developers and lenders are navigating an increasingly complex and competitive market.

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Agenda

State of the Market: Macroeconomic Trends & Emerging Opportunities Fueling Growth for this Critical Sector
Funding the Industrial Boom: Capital Sources Driving Today’s Largest Deals & Developments
Spotlighting Niche Subsectors: Data Centers, IOS, Powered-land, Manufacturing & the Areas Attracting Investor Attention
Adapting Spaces to Meet Tenant Demand: What’s Being Done in the E-Commerce Era

Industrial, Data Centers & Logistics Forum

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 @ 8AM – 11: 30 AM ET
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Founded in 1928, Herrick is a prominent, full-service law firm, providing comprehensive legal services to businesses and individuals around the world doing business in the United States. From its offices in New York City; Newark, New Jersey; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Herrick maintains robust real estate, corporate, finance, litigation, bankruptcy and financial restructuring capabilities, complemented by significant depth in the areas of employment, intellectual property, sports, tax law and private clients. www.herrick.com.

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Link Logistics is a leading operator of last-mile industrial real estate and warehouse properties. Established by Blackstone in 2019, Link Logistics supports the delivery of essential goods through a half-billion-square-foot portfolio of modern warehouses across the U.S. By connecting consumption, technology and e-commerce, we play a vital role in how businesses reach their customers. We leverage our scale, proprietary data, and focus on sustainability and power to help customers run smarter operations and deliver value for stakeholders. At the same time, we prioritize our people and communities, making a positive difference where we live and work.

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Polsinelli is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 1,200 attorneys in over 25 offices nationwide. Recognized as one of the top firms for excellent client service and client relationships, Polsinelli is committed to meeting our clients’ expectations of what a law firm should be. Our attorneys provide value through practical legal counsel infused with business insight, offering comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation and regulatory services with a focus on health care, real estate, finance, technology, private equity and life sciences. Polsinelli PC, Polsinelli LLP in California, Polsinelli PC (Inc) in Florida.

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Redfearn Capital is a private equity real estate firm specializing in the acquisition, development and management of industrial properties across the Southeastern United States. Founded in 2014 by Alex Redfearn, the firm has rapidly grown to oversee $850 million in assets, spanning 5 million square feet and housing more than 250 active tenants across three states. With a focus on value-add, distressed and opportunistic investments, Redfearn Capital stands out for its ability to source off-market deals, close quickly, and manage properties in-house. Headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, Redfearn Capital is committed to creating lasting value for its partners, tenants, and the communities it serves. For more information, visit www.redfearncapital.com.

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Warehub is an AI-enabled operating system for the industrial real estate industry, streamlining how space is leased, activated, and operated across its full lifecycle. Built to eliminate fragmentation, Warehub connects tenants, landlords, brokers, and suppliers within a single, execution-ready platform that simplifies every stage of the industrial leasing and operations process.

By engineering the workflows behind execution, administration, and performance, Warehub replaces outdated, manual coordination with a unified system that accelerates deal velocity, increases portfolio visibility, and drives measurable occupancy outcomes. What once took months can now be accomplished in days.

Warehub’s platform capabilities enhance decision-making across the ecosystem, matching demand with supply more efficiently, surfacing actionable insights, and enabling smarter asset management at scale. From initial discovery to move-in and ongoing operations, every step is structured, standardized, and optimized.

The result is a more connected, efficient, and intelligent industrial real estate ecosystem.