Kansas City, MO (August 21, 2026) — Newmark Zimmer recently hosted its biennial Heartland Industrial Summit at The Loews Kansas City Hotel, bringing together more than 150 industrial commercial real estate professionals from across the nation for an afternoon focused on market trends, investment, development, transportation and the evolving industrial landscape.
Hosted by Mark Long, President and Chief Executive Officer, Principal, and John Hassler, Executive Managing Director of Newmark Zimmer, the summit provided an opportunity for industry leaders, investors, developers and professionals to connect and exchange insights on the issues shaping the industrial commercial real estate sector.
The event featured a series of industry presentations, an industrial capital markets panel, a keynote address and multiple networking opportunities, creating a forum for meaningful discussion and collaboration among professionals from throughout the United States.
The summit opened with a National Industrial Market Review and Outlook, presented by Lisa DeNight, Managing Director and Head of North American Industrial Research at Newmark. DeNight provided an overview of current industrial market conditions and discussed key trends and factors influencing the outlook for the national industrial sector.
Eric Goodman, CPKC Business Development and Transload, followed with a presentation on the State of U.S. Rail and Impact on the Midwest, examining the role of rail infrastructure and transload operations in supporting industrial development, logistics and economic activity throughout the Midwest.
The afternoon continued with Korb Maxwell, Partner and Capital Solutions Chair of the Real Estate and Economic Development Practice at Polsinelli, who presented Data Center Investment, Development, and Entitlements. Maxwell explored the rapidly evolving data center sector and the investment, development and entitlement considerations influencing opportunities in this growing segment of commercial real estate.
Following the presentations, John Hassler moderated an industrial panel focused on the current state of industrial capital markets. The panel featured Brad Sweeney, Senior Vice President at STAG Industrial; Alex Foshay, Executive Vice Chairman and Divisional Head of International Capital Markets at Newmark; and Brian Diedrichsen, Managing Partner of NewStreet Properties. The panelists discussed capital availability, investment activity, market conditions and the factors shaping industrial real estate transactions in today’s environment.
The summit concluded with a keynote address from Thomas Hoenig, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, former voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and former Chief Executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Hoenig offered a broad economic perspective, providing attendees with insight into monetary policy, economic conditions and the factors influencing the commercial real estate industry.
“We are proud to bring together some of the most respected professionals and thought leaders in the industrial real estate industry for the Heartland Industrial Summit,” said Mark Long. “The event provides a unique opportunity to share knowledge, examine the forces shaping our industry and strengthen relationships across the national industrial real estate community.”
The Heartland Industrial Summit reflects Newmark Zimmer’s continued commitment to providing clients and industry partners with timely market intelligence, meaningful connections and a deeper understanding of the trends shaping commercial real estate across the Kansas City region, the Midwest and the nation.
About Newmark Zimmer
Newmark Zimmer is a full-service commercial real estate company providing a range of services including sales and leasing, investment sales, property and facilities management, global corporate services, and owner’s representative services for public and private development projects. Its staff boasts an array of experience in design, construction, valuation, finance, and legal matters.
Regularly recognized as one of the top brokerage firms in the region, Newmark Zimmer manages more than 34 million square feet of office, medical, industrial, and retail property, and serves as corporate real estate advisors for an assortment of local, regional, national, and international companies.
About Newmark
Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors and other owners, global corporations and other occupiers, and lenders. Built with purpose and driven by excellence, Newmark’s comprehensive platform is uniquely tailored to provide superior outcomes to clients. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, Newmark generated revenues of more than $3.6 billion. As of June 30, 2026, Newmark and its business partners together operated from over 195 offices with more than 10,000 professionals across four continents.
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