Join us at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel on Thursday February 27 and Friday February 28 as the SIOR Virginia Chapter once again hosts our Winter Meeting!
Thursday, February 27
- 5 - 6:30 p.m. Wine Tasting/Cocktail Reception, Dinner on your own
Friday, February 28
- 8 a.m. Breakfast
- 9 a.m. Program, Apex Plaza – Virginia’s First Large-Scale Mass Timber Building
- 9:45 a.m. Beverage Break
- 10 a.m. Program, Panel Discussion: Data Center Craze Down I-95
- 10:45 a.m. Beverage Break
- 11 a.m. Program, North Fork - a UVA Discovery Park
- 11:45 a.m. Closing Presentation, An Update from SIOR
- Noon Lunch
- 1 p.m. Annual Meeting
- 1:30 p.m. Adjourn
Thanks to our Commonwealth Champion Sponsor
Thanks to our Old Dominion Partner Sponsors
Session Descriptions
Apex Plaza – Virginia’s First Large-Scale Mass Timber Building
Totaling 187,000 SF of office, retail and multi-family space, Apex Plaza is the tallest cross-laminated timber mixed-use building on the East Coast. Serving as Apex Clean Energy’s project executive for its development, John Bahouth will highlight the development’s sustainability achievements along with its unique construction methodology.
Data Center Craze Down I-95
With the explosion of AI and ever-growing need for digital data, demand for data center capacity continues to rise. Traditional markets in Northern Virginia are constrained by power and land availability, resulting in a shift south down I-95. Hear from an expert panel about industry growth in Virginia’s secondary markets, data center development trends, and challenges to securing power. Featuring Justin Kline of Schenley Investments, John Day of Clean Arc Data Centers and Curry Roberts of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance.
North Fork – A UVA Discovery Park
Deborah van Eersel of the UVA Foundation joins us to discuss North Fork – a 562-acre Planned Development – Industrial Park (PDIP) that is home to science and technology firms, government agencies, academic institutions, start-ups and nonprofits. Deborah will cover the North Fork’s mission, master plan, progress to date, work with VEDP on site readiness, and new 28-acre residential development effort to support UVA’s affordable housing initiative.
Register Now
- Member registration is $50. Virginia Chapter members should login to the website (vasior.org) in order to access the member rate. Members of other chapters should e-mail siorvirginia@gmail.com to be registered at the member rate.
- Nonmember registration is $75.
- Registration for the Wine Tasting is $25.
- Sponsors should email siorvirginia@gmail.com to get the code for their complimentary registration(s).
Reserve Your Hotel Room
Reserve your hotel room before January 30th at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel, 212 Ridge McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903. The group rate is $169.00. To reserve your room call 1 (800) THE-Omni. Identify yourself as part of the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors at The Omni Charlottesville.
