In front of a sold-out crowd, ULI Charlotte hosted the Emerging Trends in Real Estate program featuring Dean Schwanke of ULI and a panel of regional speakers.  The following takeaways were offered:

• Charlotte’s Outlook is Optimistic
• Labor costs and labor shortage is a huge concern for future development.
• Mind your business – focus on what you are good at, know your market and product, and don’t worry about what the others may be doing (we sometimes get nervous about what the out of town guys are doing – don’t let it impact what you know in Charlotte)
• Time to build in Charlotte…hot market through 2017!
• Balanced opportunities in all sectors in 2015.  Not just Multifamily.  Charlotte is now a top ten market.

The PowerPoint of the national highlights, is available by clicking here.

During the program, local polling was conducted.
The outcomes and social Q&A are available by clicking here.