Blake R. Johnson

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) is a non-profit trade association based in Hartford, CT, for the institutional real estate investment industry. The company's members include public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and investment advisory firms. PREA provides its members with materials to keep up to date on trends and issues in real estate investment decisions, including sustainability and other ESG considerations. The company also offers access to the MSCI/PREA U.S. Property Fund Index, which allows for detailed analysis of the performance of open-end property funds and their underlying investments.

The Urban Land Institute operates as a non-commercial research organization. It provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. The company was founded on December 14, 1936 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Eastdil is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank. The company specializes in the brokerage and financing of commercial and residential buildings -- primarily office buildings -- for institutional and private investors. With offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC., the firm has completed more than $63 billion in transactions. The company was founded in 1967, and specializes in the financing, disposition, merger & acquisition and asset management of commercial real estate.

PGIM, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a direct subsidiary of PGIM Holding Co. LLC, ultimately owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM provides institutional clients with investment solutions worldwide. It is comprised of autonomous asset management businesses each specializing in a particular asset class with a focused investment approach: PGIM Institutional Advisory & Solutions (provides advisory services to institutional clients located in the US and outside of the US), PGIM Fixed Income (an adviser primarily focused on public fixed income investments), PGIM Real Estate (a provider of real estate investment advisory services) and PGIM Capital Group (a private fixed income investment adviser, also known as Prudential Capital Group).

The John Buck Co. LLC provides integrated real estate services. It develops office, residential, hospitality, mixed-use, and in development projects. The firm also provides leasing services, including market analysis, marketing plan development and implementation, tenant relations, competitive analysis, advertising and public relations, strategic planning and underwriting, lease negotiations, asset positioning, broker relationships, and prospecting and canvassing. The company was founded by John A. Buck II in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.