In March 2014 the Capital Market’s Council held its inaugural convening at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to begin an exchange of information, trends, and perspectives on the state of the real estate capital markets. The senior level council is led by an executive committee which includes: Brian Bailey, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Tom Brown, Ernst & Young; Chip Davidson, Brookdale Group; Lissette Rivera-Pauley, Regions; and Greg Winchester, Summit Investors, LLC.

Why

ULI is committed to promoting understanding of the real estate capital markets and providing leadership in fostering a healthy and productive real estate capital markets sector. The ULI Atlanta Capital Markets Council is a unique opportunity for leadership to engage in two-way conversations on market trends, monetary policy, and real-time issues and opportunities in the real estate markets.

What

Over the past few years, District Councils of ULI across the country have formed local councils in the same way there are product councils at the national level.  Local councils are either focused on practice areas (e.g. Residential Council in San Francisco) or topics (e.g. Regional Cooperation Council in Washington, D.C.).  CMC is one of three local councils in the Atlanta District and is a topically focused on emerging issues within the capital markets.

Who

CMC’s membership is comprised of 45 established senior practitioners in the Sixth Federal Reserve District, which comprises Alabama, Florida, Georgia, parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Members represent all real estate property sectors and a diversity of roles in the capital markets.

The Commitment

Membership in the CMC requires:

• Active participation in three of the four quarterly meetings held at the Federal Reserve. The meeting dates will be set for the year at the beginning of the calendar year;
• Being a member of the Urban Land Institute; and
• Annual Council dues of $400 for private sector and $200 for public agency/non-profit participants

Sponsorship of ULI Atlanta is not a requirement of participation but is strongly encouraged to support the ongoing work and mission of the organization.