
How Jerry Slusky created the CRE Summit and bailed out sick commercial real estate in Omaha and beyo
Twenty nine years after its inception, the CRE Summit has become the premier industry event of its kind, bringing together the city’s most influential leaders to discuss impactful topics and bring together industry participants from across the region. The year is 1990, and Jerry Slusky is teaching a real estate development course to two dozen law students. The real estate attorney and professor is only a month deep into teaching these courses when the economy -- and particula