2025 Midwest Regional

Welcome to Omaha! We’re thrilled to host you for this two day conference, bringing together our fellow NAI Midwest firms to collaborate, share insights, and strengthen our network. All the details you’ll need for our event, including schedules, keynote speakers, registrations, and parking directions can be found on this page. Thank you for joining us – we can’t wait to make this a memorable and impactful event together!

Register for the full event here.

Monday, June 16

CWS Tailgate

The Old Mattress Factory
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

CWS Parking Details

Tuesday, June 17

CRE Seminar + Sales Training

Heider College of Business | Harper Ballroom
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Download Parking Permit

The map of where to park can be found in the FAQ below.

Event Schedule

Monday, June 16th

These three optional tours take place on Monday, June 16th and serve as a kickoff for the 2025 NAI Global Midwest Regional Conference. The tours require separate registration and have attendance limits. Registration is first-come-first-served. More details will be shared with confirmed attendees in May.

12:45 PM - Meta / Facebook Data Center Tour

Location: Northwest of 144th & Fairview Road

This tour will take you through an under-construction building that upon completion will be a data center for Meta, parent company of Facebook. It’s part of the company’s multi-billion-dollar data center campus that takes up a square mile of suburban Sarpy County. The campus is so large, that parts of it are located in two different cities: Papillion and Springfield. The northern part of the data center campus has been operational for several years, but the Menlo Park, California-based company continues to expand the site as its data-capacity needs increase.

Rules: No photos; Participate in pre-tour safety orientation; Put on Personal Protective Equipment Capacity: 15 attendees Tour Guide: Turner Construction

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1:00 PM - LinkedIn Regional Headquarters Tour

Location: 13033 Pierce Street

Get a taste of Silicon Valley here on the Great Plains! This tour will explore LinkedIn’s regional headquarters, one of the Sunnyvale, California-based company’s seven offices in the United States and 30 worldwide. The 200,000 sq. ft. office space comprises two, 5-story buildings connected via skywalk. Completed in 2022, LinkedIn’s Omaha buildings have 2-Star Fitwell and LEED Gold Certifications. The buildings are part of Sterling Ridge, a mixed-use development that includes other office buildings plus retail and residential uses as well as a soon-to-be constructed hotel.

Rules: No photographs; Attendees sign NDA Capacity: 20 attendees Tour Guide: Dan Wood, Site Manager Workplace Ops-Omaha, LinkedIn

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1:00 PM - Applied Underwriters Headquarters Tour

Location: Southwest of Pacific Street & Applied Parkway

Have you ever visited an office building in which every parking space is underground? This tour will take you through Applied Underwriters’ 475,000 sq. ft., future headquarters building that is like no other office building you’ve seen. Beneath the main structure is a 2-story parking garage totaling 562,000 sq. ft., accommodating 1,000 vehicles, and includes a data center, ample storage, two car washes, a fitness room, locker rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms and two loading docks—all designed to preserve 50 acres of green space and natural habitat above. Above ground, the building has two, 3-story wings connected in the middle by an 80-foot atrium. The building could hold up to 2,000 employees and is part of Heartwood Preserve, a 500-acre, mixed-use development just west of Boys Town.

Rules: Attendees may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment Capacity: 15 attendees Tour Guide: Bart Emanuel of Applied Underwriters and John Lemay of JE Dunn Construction

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4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | CWS Tailgate

The Old Mattress Factory
501 N 13th Street | Omaha, NE 68102

Join us at The Old Mattress Factory for a College World Series Tailgate. Food & Beverage will be provided. Parking information can be found in the FAQ’s below.

Tuesday, June 17th

Schedule Subject to Change

8:00 AM – Networking Breakfast | Heider College of Business | Harper Ballroom | Creighton University

9:00 AM – Welcome / Opening Remarks

9:30 AM – Leveraging the NAI Global Network – Alex Waddey

10:00 AM – The Omaha Streetcar: Funding, Development, and the Future of Our Urban Core – Steve Jensen

11:00 AM – Economic Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities – Dr. Ernie Goss

11:45 AM – Lunch

12:30 PM – Competitive Displacement: The Art of Replacing Your Competitors – Jeff Beals

1:30 PM – Roundtables – Register Here

2:30 PM – CRE Educational Session

3:30 PM – Closing Remarks

4:00 PM – Happy Hour

 

 

Keynote Speakers

  • Jeff Beals
    Vice President at NAI NP Dodge & International Real Estate Sales Trainer
    Omaha, NE
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  • Steve Jensen
    Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Development
    Omaha, NE
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  • Dr. Ernie Goss
    The Jack A. MacAllister Endowed Chair in Regional Economics, Professor Creighton University
    Omaha, NE
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  • Alex Waddey
    President & CEO, NAI Global
    New York, NY
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FAQ’s

Accommodations

We strongly encourage you to book your accommodations as soon as possible! Our event coincides with the College World Series, a busy time when hotels fill up quickly. View our hotel recommendations below:

Hotel Recommendations

Downtown Parking

For all downtown Omaha parking, download the ParkOmaha mobile app to easily pay at meters.

CWS Parking

Creighton University Parking

Free Parking with Parking Pass is available in Lot 5A & Lot G5 (labeled in green). Please only park on the top level of Lot G5. Download parking pass here or pick one up at the tailgate table on Monday night. Place parking pass in the windshield of your car. Street and Meter Parking is also available along Cass Street & North 20th Street.

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Restaurants

Need somewhere to eat? Omaha offers so many fantastic restaurants, but we’ve narrowed it down to our favorites.

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