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German Real Estate Expert Speaks at NSU
NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship recently hosted real estate expert Dietmar Georg, owner of GLL Real Estate Partners, Germany’s largest real estate investment advisor in the U.S. The first of two events held in the Carl DeSantis building brought in nearly 100 attendees. The program began with a presentation by Georg and followed with a panel of real estate development experts, which was led by Anthony Trella, M.S. in Real Estate Development (MSRED) advisory chair and former CEO of Pulte Homes. The second event was a one-on-one luncheon, which was attended by nearly 30 students enrolled in the MSRED program. The luncheon was sponsored by Trella.
Georg, a renowned international expert in real estate acquisitions and portfolio management, made a very informative presentation about how and why Europeans invest in U.S. real estate assets. Georg wowed the audience showing his firm’s $6 billion investment portfolio.
Following Georg’s presentation, Trella lead the panel discussion comparing and contrasting the differences in investment approaches between the U.S. and Europe. Marc Koppelman, Investment Advisor at Raymond James and the former head of capital markets at several well-known regional real estate investment firms, also participated on the panel.
At the conclusion of the panel Georg and Trella joined MSRED students and faculty for the one-on-one lunch, where Georg made a second presentation to explain how his firm operates, what kind of employees it seeks, and how GLL Partners cultivates and hires talent to manage its portfolios.
GLL Partners is at the leading edge of European real estate investments in the U.S. with its branching into retail and logistics properties. GLL Real Estate Partners is based in Orlando, Florida and Hamburg, Germany. The firm has commercial property investments throughout Western and Central Europe in addition to the U.S. It is currently expanding into South America with recent investments Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aries, Argentina.