Annual Real Estate Dinner

Lindner Dean Marianne Lewis and award winner Laura Brunner stand with students.

Cincinnati Music Hall

The UC Real Estate Center's Annual Dinner highlights the accomplishments of the Center, the real estate academic program, Center supporters, Lindner faculty and staff, and distinguished students and alumni.

In 2024, our Annual Dinner will return for its 33rd year on Wednesday, June 12th at historic Cincinnati Music Hall.

Questions regarding the Annual Dinner or sponsorship opportunities? Contact Real Estate Center Assistant Director, Megan Roberts (rober3mn@ucmail.uc.edu


2024 Dinner Sponsorship Opportunities

Our 2023 Annual Dinner received a record number of sponsorships.

We look to break the record once again this year, don't miss out on your chance to sponsor!

Corporate Sponsor $5,000

Includes:

  • One full table with preferential seating (10 seats)
  • Twenty complimentary drink tickets
  • Prominent display of your company logo on all marketing materials (website, dinner advertisements, event programs, sponsor signs, invitation)

Tax deductible portion is $4,480.

Bearcat Sponsor $2,500

Includes:

  • Half table with preferential seating (5 seats)
  • Ten complimentary drink tickets
  • Prominent display of your company logo on all marketing materials (website, dinner advertisements, event programs, sponsor signs, invitation)

Tax deductible portion is $2,240

Individual Sponsor $1,250

Includes:   

  • Two tickets to dinner
  • Four complimentary drink tickets
  • Prominent display of your company logo on all marketing materials (website, dinner advertisements, event programs, sponsor signs, invitation)

Tax deductible portion is $1,146

Thanks to our 2023 Annual Dinner Sponsors

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Al Neyer

Headshot of First Financial Bank

First Financial Bank

Headshot of Huseman Group

Huseman Group

Headshot of Mobile Infrastructure

Mobile Infrastructure

Headshot of STNL Development

STNL Development

Headshot of Strauss Troy

Strauss Troy

Headshot of Taft Law

Taft Law

Headshot of Anchor Properties

Anchor Properties

Headshot of Cincinnati Commercial Contracting

Cincinnati Commercial Contracting

Headshot of Cincinnati Development Fund

Cincinnati Development Fund

Headshot of Civil & Environmental Consultants LLC

Civil & Environmental Consultants LLC

Headshot of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Headshot of FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati

Headshot of Griffin, Fletcher & Herndon LLP

Griffin, Fletcher & Herndon LLP

Headshot of Keating, Muething & Klekamp

Keating, Muething & Klekamp

Headshot of Marcus & Millichap Andrews Dickman Group

Marcus & Millichap Andrews Dickman Group

Headshot of Model Group

Model Group

Headshot of PLK Communities

PLK Communities

Headshot of Republic Bank

Republic Bank

Headshot of Thompson Hine

Thompson Hine

Headshot of Urban Sites

Urban Sites

Headshot of Viking Partners

Viking Partners

Headshot of 3CDC

3CDC

Headshot of Duke Energy

Duke Energy

Headshot of Fath Properties

Fath Properties

Headshot of TriVersity Construction

TriVersity Construction


Our Annual Center Supporters

The Real Estate Center is thankful for its generous corporate partners for providing financial support, sharing valuable input and expertise, and acting as global ambassadors for the Center and the real estate program.

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PNC

Premier Partner

Headshot of Eagle Realty Group

Eagle Realty Group

Platinum Partner

Headshot of Brandicorp

Brandicorp

Gold Partner

Headshot of Hills Properties

Hills Properties

Gold Partner

Headshot of Kroger

Kroger

Gold Partner

Headshot of Neyer Properties

Neyer Properties

Gold Partner

Headshot of North American Properties

North American Properties

Gold Partner

Headshot of Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble

Gold Partner

Headshot of Truist Bank

Truist Bank

Gold Partner


Distinguished Real Estate Service Award 

Each year, the Greater Cincinnati Real Estate community looks to its peers in the industry to bestow the University of Cincinnati Distinguished Real Estate Service Award. The community responds by selecting a professional who best exemplifies entrepreneurial spirit and concern for their community.

Laura Brunner is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (The Port), an economic development agency based in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more than a decade, Laura has led The Port with her impassioned efforts to fix broken real estate in order to reduce wealth disparities, increase homeownership and grow manufacturing jobs.

Throughout her career, Brunner has consistently challenged the status quo and leaned into risk. When at developer Al. Neyer, the opportunity arose to transform the Vernon Manor into offices. Laura saw an opportunity for minority investors to own a majority interest in the project. She was successful in making that a reality, and now over 700 employees of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital work in the redeveloped hotel.

Brunner gained national recognition in 2022 when she led the unprecedented effort to acquire 194 single-family homes from an out-of-town investor to keep the American dream of home ownership alive for many Cincinnatians. She also blazed new trails in sustainable investing when The Port issued $11 million in social impact bonds for the creation of advanced manufacturing jobs.

As a quasi-governmental public agency, The Port is uniquely able to issue debt and invest in real estate, and Laura acts decisively in leveraging these tools to maximize The Port’s impact while tackling the most complex challenges in Hamilton County.

Laura earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, spent 25 years in public accounting and management consulting, and more than a decade in the commercial real estate industry. She is the recipient of dozens of awards, including Cincinnati Enquirer Woman of the Year and the NAACP President’s Award. She has also served on many arts and social services boards, including as President of the Cincinnati Ballet and the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America.


Previous Annual Dinners

On June 14, 2023, 620 guests visited Music Hall in downtown Cincinnati to highlight the accomplishments of the center, the real estate program, its supporters, Carl H. Lindner College of Business faculty and staff and distinguished students and alumni.

The evening’s highlights included:

  • A celebration of 2022-23 academic year scholarship recipients
  • Recognition of the Board of Executive Advisors in Real Estate Scholars
  • The introduction of Gary Painter, PhD, as the new academic director of the real estate program
  • Recognition of Laura Brunner, president and CEO of the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, as the recipient of the Distinguished Real Estate Service Award.

Following a two-year absenced due to COVID-19, the center marked the joyous return of its annual awards dinner on June 1, 2022, attracting 550 commercial real estate professionals to the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati to celebrate the accomplishments of the center, program, faculty, staff and distinguished students and alumni.

Rusty Myers, BBA ’82, was recognized as the Distinguished Service Award recipient. Myers is a longtime volunteer and servant leader for UC. The fourth-generation Bearcat is a past president of the UC Alumni Association, Real Estate Advisory Counsel and Real Estate Roundtable.

Furthermore, 18 students received a combined total of $40,000 in UC scholarship awards. Additionally, four of these students received additional external scholarships from Ohio Realtors and Society of Industrial and Office Realtors valued at another $7,000.