Wilkes, Korey - REIAC: Real Estate Investment Advisory Council

Korey Wilkes, RA
REIAC Director
Principal, Butler Design Group

Korey assumes many roles at Butler Design Group, many of them leading teams through all levels of the project development, company operations, and technology advancements. With over 21 years of experience in the industry, 19+ of which at Butler Design Group, Korey has an acute knowledge of design and development of office, medical office, industrial, specialty, and retail projects. In his 21 years, he has managed teams on over 150 projects totaling over 20 million square feet with over a $1.2 billion collective valuation.

Korey is the go-to person for many of BDG’s most complicated projects. His detailed approach to integrating the design and constructability into cost effective solutions is invaluable to the team, to the project. Korey’s role as Team’s Project Director includes the daily coordination of the Project Team and technical completeness of the documents for construction as well as integrated involvement through the construction process.

Specifically, Korey has managed the design, documentation and construction administration efforts on large developments all over the valley including Rivulon (Isagenix, Deloitte, etc.) in Gilbert, SkySong III, IV, V and VI in Scottsdale, PV 303 (DSG, REI, Ball, etc) in Goodyear, and Rio 2100 in Tempe as well as multiple medical office buildings and infill retail developments around the valley. He is also currently the Principal in charge of overseeing the Creighton University project at Park Central.

STEVE REINSTEIN, CEO
Long Beach Judicial Partners

Stephen Reinstein is CEO of Long Beach Judicial Partners LLC, Meridiam Infrastructure’s project company, which has a signed a long-term contract with the State of California’s Judicial Council to finance, design, build and operate and maintain a new 545,000 SF courthouse in Downtown Long Beach, California. This project represents the first availability-pay, social Public Private Partnership to reachfinancial completion in the United States. With a total capital value of $495 Million, this development program includes 31 courtrooms, holding cells and administrative space for the Superior Court, 100,000 square feet of office space for five Los Angeles County justice agencies and 5,000 SF of retail space, as well as a 1,000 space parking structure renovation. Construction of this unique fast track, design-build project commenced in Spring 2011, with occupancy scheduled for Fall 2013.

With over 30 years of commercial real estate industry experience, Mr. Reinstein has played instrumental roles in financing or implementing many innovative development projects throughout the U.S. for Metropolitan Life, Homart Development, the Howard Hughes Corporation, Regent Properties and ICO Development. Mr. Reinstein’s background includes full cycle development of approximately Three Million SF of “from the ground up” and “value add” projects at a cost of over $400 Million, as well as extensive acquisition, investment, entitlement and public private partnership experience.

Mr. Reinstein holds a BA from Duke University, a Master of City Planning from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School. He is a founding Board Member and former Chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Photographic Arts Council.

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