Power Connections Commercial Real Estate Conference

Derek Dickow hosted a business-to-business conference for professionals in the commercial real estate industry on June 22 at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. The event featured keynote presentations, panel discussions, and provided opportunities for professionals to attend structured networking with more than 300 industry leaders, investors, developers, bankers, and elected officials. Featured speakers included Ambassador John Rakolta Jr., CEO and chairman of Walbridge; Ammar Alkhafaji, principal of W Investors Group; David Cohen, president and CEO of ARCO; Dennis Barnard, founder and president of the Bernard Financial Group; Sam Beznos, CEO of Beztak Cos.; Stephen Burke, co-founder and managing partner of Rair Capital; Patty Cosman, managing director of real estate for Hylant; and Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of DEGC. // Photographs by Patrick Gloria