John Todderud, multifamily syndicator with 40 years in the game, went from writing code at Boeing and Fortune 500 tech companies to writing checks in real estate. Early in his conference strategy, he thought the play was to work the room, meet new people, cast the widest net possible. But he realized the actual deals, the real money, weren't coming from strangers met once in a hallway. They were coming from people he kept seeing. Over and over. Depth, not breadth. And here's the thing nobody's talking about. If you've been in commercial real estate and capital raising for any amount of time, you know there used to be pivotal events. Industry gatherings that everyone circled on their calendar. The rooms where deals got done. Where relationships compounded year after year. A lot of those events? Sunsetted. Minimized. Gone. There's a vacuum right now. The central gathering point for operators and capital in this space doesn't exist like it used to. That's exactly why C.R.E.I.C. matters. This isn't just another conference. This is the new anchor event for people who no longer have one. If you know, you know. You show up to one C.R.E.I.C., you walk away with contacts. You show up three years in a row? You've got a network. You've got trust. You've got partners. That's where deals actually get done.

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CREIC | Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference
Miami | November 6-7, 2026
500 seats. Free general admission. Spots are limited.
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Q1 2026 office market breakdown: U.S. office vacancy hit 21%, a record high and four full points above pandemic lows.

Simultaneously, tenants signed 120 million square feet of new leases - a 25% jump over Q1 2025 and the highest single quarter since mid-2018. This episode breaks down the paradox. The leasing surge wasn't driven by blockbuster deals but by an unusually high number of smaller transactions. Average new lease sizes remain 15% below pre-pandemic norms. Tenants are taking less space, committing to shorter terms, and moving into spec suites. This is flight to quality playing out in real time. Financial services firms are propping up stronger markets. Charlotte and New York both posted leasing volumes above pre-2020 averages. San Francisco is getting a lift from AI-driven tech leasing. But the ceiling is coming into view. Return-to-office movement may be approaching its peak. Job growth remains tepid. Rising energy costs are creating demand-side headwinds. For owners of high-quality, amenitized products in the right markets - Charlotte, New York, San Francisco, Orange County, Dallas - the demand signal is real. For everyone else, rising vacancy and expiring leases are still the story.

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CREIC | Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference
Miami | November 6-7, 2026
500 seats. Free general admission. Spots are limited.
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This episode introduces the three people behind CREIC.

Cameron Iuvancigh from Thunder Bay, Ontario - working with TribeVest, strategic relationships with fund managers across the country, and his off-grid island project Superior Island. Vanessa Haynes from Tempe, Arizona - founder of Greattly, 15 years of executive marketing management, daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes, and founder of Greattly Gives nonprofit. Adam Carswell from Painesville, Ohio - architect of the capital-raising ecosystem, built RaiseMasters from zero to ten million dollars in 31 months, hosted over 1,000 interviews, and the Global Capital Connector. Together, they're creating a goldmine.

Episode Sponsor: Rise 48 Equity
Rise 48 helps you protect and grow your wealth by investing in large multifamily apartment buildings. Vertically integrated property management. Vertically integrated construction. They do all the work.
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CREIC | Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference
Miami | November 6-7, 2026
500 seats. Free general admission. Spots are limited.
creicmiami.com