Month: October 2014

The program was pleased to host MRED ’09 Laura Allen Stevenson on October 14, 2014 for a presentation on Global RE Opportunities with ExxonMobil.  As a Commercial Portfolio Manager with ExxonMobil in Houston, TX, Laura manages a portfolio of non-operating surplus real estate sites.   Sites are deemed surplus by the various ExxonMobil business lines and are then transferred to her group where they manage the sites and handle the disposition of each site. They are a group of 10 individuals managing ExxonMobil’s surplus real estate worldwide.  Laura’s current portfolio is approximately 100 sites and covers Texas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina and Arizona. She manages various types of dispositions, which include sales, bundle sales, conservation easements, donations, etc.   Each site has a different prior use and could be a former refinery, former terminal, reserve drill site, vacant service station, greenfield, etc. The prior use of each site determines the appropriate highest and best future use of the site and which disposition type is appropriate.

MRED alumni, Kate Graham Oliveria ’12 and John Roberson ’12 each presented an investment deal to a shark tank committee for the Fall 2014 MRED Program Bull Session. MRED students had the opportunity to listen to both proposed investment opportunities that were presented to a mock investment committee, comprised of ABRED Directors, Mike McNicholas, Steve Navarro, and Chris Pearce.

MRED Alumni Presenters:
1^st Case: John Roberson, MRED ’12 with Greystar
–Presenting Flats at Inman Station in Atlanta, GA
2^nd Case:  Kate Graham Oliveria, MRED ’12, with Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services
–Presenting Project Octopus outside of San Francisco, CA