Lessons from My Worst Mistakes
Mon May 12
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
Colorado Convention Center - Street Level, 102-106
Join John McNellis, author of ULI's bestselling title Making It in Real Estate, as he candidly—and humorously—recounts the hard lessons he's learned from four decades of developing commercial real estate. Not only will John dissect his biggest disaster—the loss of a 300,000-foot shopping center to foreclosure—he'll explain why one should never buy real estate for the wrong reasons; why working on "Goldilocks" deals is critical; why one should be wary of partners, bankers, and investment advisors (basically, anyone with money); why only the track wins horse races; and why successful development is invariably based on taking risk . . . but only after accurately gauging it. John will leave plenty of time for an extended Q&A. Each attendee will receive a free eBook version of Making It in Real Estate.
Speakers
Moderator
Moderator
Associate Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Hallie is an Urban Designer at LJC in St. Louis, MO. She joined LJC after four years as an architectural and urban designer at Trivers after receiving her Masters of Architecture and Masters of Urban Design from Washington University in December of 2018. While at Washington University, she served as Graduate Architecture Council President and Vice President of Student Engagement and held several research and…
Presenter
Presenter
Principal McNellis Partners, LLC
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings College of The Law, John practiced law until he co-founded McNellis Partners, a Northern California retail development firm, in 1982. Since its inception, the company and its affiliates have completed approximately one hundred projects, primarily supermarket-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, and maintains a retail portfolio in excess of two million square feet. In addition, the…