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What exactly is last mile delivery? The movement of goods from a transportation hub to the final delivery destination. The final delivery destination is typically a personal residence. The focus of last mile logistics is to deliver items to the end user as fast as possible.
Queens Chamber Real Estate Committee will present this panel discussion which will probe a wide range of topics from who's being affected by last mile to warehouse's role and how retail is involved. Mark your calendar, register and join us as our panel of experts share their knowledge around this critical subject matter.
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"The Last Mile" Industrial Transformation
Andrew Chung•Karen Imas•Stephen Preuss•Michael Wang10
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"The Last Mile" Industrial Transformation
Speakers
Andrew Chung
CEO of Innovo Property GroupAndrew Chung founded Innovo Property Group (“IPG”) in 2015. Prior to starting IPG, Andrew Chung was a Partner at The Carlyle Group in the U.S. Real Estate Fund. He served as head of the New York office for the Real Estate Fund for 10 years. Mr. Chung is currently a member of the Advisory Board for NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. He was also honored by ranking in the New York Observer’s “Power 100: The Most Powerful People in NY Real Estate” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Mr. Chung graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics.
Karen Imas
Sr Director of Programs at Waterfront AllianceKaren Imas is the Waterfront Alliance’s Senior Director of Programs overseeing programming, advocacy, and outreach to advance and build consensus around waterfront issues. She brings significant experience crafting public affairs strategies in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Previously Karen was managing director at Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz, a New York City-based government relations firm, where she led political advocacy and communications campaigns for a wide range of clients across industry sectors. Karen served as a public affairs officer at the Consulate General of Canada in New York where she was a liaison to New York City and New York State on bilateral political and economic issues.
Karen also served as the director of communications and leadership training at the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference, a forum that fosters exchange of best practices among state governments. Karen was recognized as one of the “40 Under 40 New York City Rising Stars” by City & State Magazine. She is active in civic life in her hometown of Forest Hills, Queens. Karen received a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Boston University and completed her Masters degree in international relations at Columbia University.
Stephen Preuss
Vice Chairman at Cushman & WakefieldStephen R. Preuss is a Vice Chairman in the Capital Markets Group of Cushman & Wakefield, where he focuses on investment sales for the New York Metropolitan Area primarily in Queens. Team Preuss is made of six associates working under Stephen. Each associate is an expert in the Queens market and facilitates a full-service approach to their clients Previously, Stephen was Vice President of Sales at Massey Knakal Realty Services. Cushman & Wakefield acquired Massey Knakal on December 31, 2014.
Stephen has transacted in nearly $3 billion of investment and commercial real estate over his 16 year career. During his tenure, he has sold over 350 properties to date and currently has over $800,000,000 in exclusive listings, the largest commercial inventory in Queens. Stephen is the #1 top producer in Queens and Top 100 Nationwide for Investment Sales and Capital Markets. He is a major contributor to multiple major publications including The Real Deal, The New York Real Estate Journal, Crain's, Qns.com, Commercial Observer, Real Estate Weekly, and several other regional and national publications. Stephen is a board member of the Queens Community House, and a major contributor of several other not-for-profit organizations including the, Long Island City Partnership, Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Business Association, and the Chinese American Planning Council.
Michael Wang
Partner at Politan Real EstateMichael Co-Chairs our Real Estate Committee. In a very short period of time he has gained expertise in numerous facets of real estate. Michael Wang is a native New Yorker. He was raised in Flushing and attended school in Downtown Manhattan.
He is a Partner of Politan Real Estate. Politan is a boutique commercial real estate brokerage with offices in Flushing Queens and Great Neck Long Island. We have been using a team based approach since we opened in 2014, and pride ourselves in our detail oriented and results based approach.
Michael is also on the Board of Directors for The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce. He is also the Co-Chair of the Queens Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Committee. He spends time each week connecting with community leaders and is an active participate of various programs throughout the year.
Speakers
Andrew Chung
CEO of Innovo Property Group
Andrew Chung founded Innovo Property Group (“IPG”) in 2015. Prior to starting IPG, Andrew Chung was a Partner at The Carlyle Group in the U.S. Real Estate Fund. He served as head of the New York office for the Real Estate Fund for 10 years. Mr. Chung is currently a member of the Advisory Board for NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. He was also honored by ranking in the New York Observer’s “Power 100: The Most Powerful People in NY Real Estate” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Mr. Chung graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics.
Karen Imas
Sr Director of Programs at Waterfront Alliance
Karen Imas is the Waterfront Alliance’s Senior Director of Programs overseeing programming, advocacy, and outreach to advance and build consensus around waterfront issues. She brings significant experience crafting public affairs strategies in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Previously Karen was managing director at Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz, a New York City-based government relations firm, where she led political advocacy and communications campaigns for a wide range of clients across industry sectors. Karen served as a public affairs officer at the Consulate General of Canada in New York where she was a liaison to New York City and New York State on bilateral political and economic issues.
Karen also served as the director of communications and leadership training at the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference, a forum that fosters exchange of best practices among state governments. Karen was recognized as one of the “40 Under 40 New York City Rising Stars” by City & State Magazine. She is active in civic life in her hometown of Forest Hills, Queens. Karen received a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Boston University and completed her Masters degree in international relations at Columbia University.
Stephen
Preuss
Vice Chairman at Cushman & Wakefield
Stephen R. Preuss is a Vice Chairman in the Capital Markets Group of Cushman & Wakefield, where he focuses on investment sales for the New York Metropolitan Area primarily in Queens. Team Preuss is made of six associates working under Stephen. Each associate is an expert in the Queens market and facilitates a full-service approach to their clients Previously, Stephen was Vice President of Sales at Massey Knakal Realty Services. Cushman & Wakefield acquired Massey Knakal on December 31, 2014.
Stephen has transacted in nearly $3 billion of investment and commercial real estate over his 16 year career. During his tenure, he has sold over 350 properties to date and currently has over $800,000,000 in exclusive listings, the largest commercial inventory in Queens. Stephen is the #1 top producer in Queens and Top 100 Nationwide for Investment Sales and Capital Markets. He is a major contributor to multiple major publications including The Real Deal, The New York Real Estate Journal, Crain's, Qns.com, Commercial Observer, Real Estate Weekly, and several other regional and national publications. Stephen is a board member of the Queens Community House, and a major contributor of several other not-for-profit organizations including the, Long Island City Partnership, Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Business Association, and the Chinese American Planning Council.
Michael Wang
Partner at Politan Real Estate
Michael Co-Chairs our Real Estate Committee. In a very short period of time he has gained expertise in numerous facets of real estate. Michael Wang is a native New Yorker. He was raised in Flushing and attended school in Downtown Manhattan.
He is a Partner of Politan Real Estate. Politan is a boutique commercial real estate brokerage with offices in Flushing Queens and Great Neck Long Island. We have been using a team based approach since we opened in 2014, and pride ourselves in our detail oriented and results based approach.
Michael is also on the Board of Directors for The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce. He is also the Co-Chair of the Queens Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Committee. He spends time each week connecting with community leaders and is an active participate of various programs throughout the year.
