Top Moody’s Economist Headlines Panel for CT CCIM Chapter Mid-Year Symposium

On June 6, the Connecticut CCIM Chapter welcomed Dr. Thomas LaSalvia, Head of Commercial Real Estate Economics for Moody’s Analytics as the keynote speaker of its mid-year economic symposium which took place at the University of New Haven, in West Haven, CT. The event was sponsored by Advance CT, whose purpose is to facilitate economic development and job creation in the state.

Dr. LaSalvia lead the panel with insights as to where commercial real estate markets may be headed in 2024. Leveraging key figures like inflation, housing data, and confidence indices, the panel examined major trends that impact primary CRE sectors like office, industrial, retail, and multifamily. 

Rounding out the panel were top industry analysts Armando E. Rodriguez, Ph.D., and Dan DiCairano of Moody's. Dr. Rodriguez is Professor of Economics and Business Analytics at the University of New Haven. He is an authority on forensic economics, competition policy and regulation, and an expert on discerning key information from published economic performance rankings by using machine learning algorithms.

The panel was moderated by Stanley A. Gniazdowski, CRE, CCIM, President of Realty Concepts, Inc. a Connecticut based International Real Estate Consulting and Advisory Group. 

Pictured below, symposium speakers Dan DiCairano, Dr. Thomas LaSalvia, Chapter President Stephanie Coleman, Moderator Stan Gniazdowski and Dr. Armando E. Rodriguez.