The Georgia chapter of the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM), the leading authority for commercial real estate through networking, education and technology, will present an insightful look next week into Foreign Investment in the U.S. Real Estate Market.

The panel will take place Thursday, Sept. 23 from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at South Terraces in Perimeter Center.

Zeb Bradford, senior managing director at Metzler North America, will moderate the panel. Industry veterans, David C. Pahl, managing director at Prudential Real Estate Investors, Manish Bhatia of KanAm Grund America, and Toni V. Meyer-Walker of Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., will be the panelists.

Panelists will discuss topics such as, what makes the Atlanta real estate market attractive or unattractive to foreign investors, why the U.S. is a destination for foreign capital and who the primary foreign investors in U.S. real estate are and how has this changed over time.

“The Georgia CCIM chapter has put together an all-star panel,” said Justin Dinerman, CCIM, CPM, owner, Dinerman Group. “They will provide great insight into why foreign investors are looking at Atlanta and whether they expect this trend to grow.”

Based in Metzler’s Atlanta office, Bradford is responsible for the firm’s investment activities in the entire United States. He joined Metzler in July 2005. Bradford received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University with emphasis on Finance.

Pahl has more than 25 years of commercial real estate investment experience. He is responsible for overseeing all of Pramerica’s funds for North American investments on behalf of Prudential Real Estate Investors. Pahl received a bachelor’s degree in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Georgia State University.

Bhatia is responsible for KanAm’s acquisitions, dispositions and financing activities in the U.S. and Canada. He joined KanAm in June 2007 and has since completed more than $1 billion in transactions. Bhatia received a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Bombay and an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

Meyer-Walker has been with Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., for more than four years and has been a professional in the commercial real estate finance industry for 25 years, specializing in special assets and workouts. She manages a team of asset managers and financial associates creating solutions of non-performing commercial assets. Meyer- Walker is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in Business.