Featuring: Ned Hennessey - Surmount

Air Date: October 30, 2025

1pm Eastern/ 12pm Central / 11am Mountain / 10am Pacific

Program Length: 45 minutes 

SKU DUJ5

 

In today’s fast-changing auto retail landscape, real estate remains one of the most valuable (and complex) assets a dealership controls. From navigating interest rates and shifting property valuations to uncovering new opportunities in consolidation and redevelopment, dealership real estate transactions are at the center of many strategic decisions.

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Join us for this exclusive webinar featuring Ned Hennessey, Vice President of Investments at Surmount.com, as he shares insider insights on the current dealership real estate market. With extensive experience advising on high-stakes transactions, Ned will break down the forces shaping today’s environment and highlight where forward-thinking dealers can find their edge.

 

Key Topics We’ll Cover:

 

Market Pressures: How economic conditions, lending challenges, and regulatory trends are influencing dealership real estate transactions.

Strategic Opportunities: Unlocking value through sale-leasebacks of owned real estate, assets involved in M&A activity and developments.  How dealers are utilizing this financing tool to fund growth, recapitalize, pay down debt and plan for the future.

Transaction Best Practices: Lessons learned from recent high-profile deals and what buyers, sellers, and investors should know now.

The Road Ahead: Predictions for the next 12–24 months in dealership real estate.

 

Who Should Attend:

 

Dealer Principals and General Managers

CFOs, Controllers, and Dealership Finance Teams

Real Estate and Investment Professionals in the Automotive Sector

Anyone involved in strategic planning for dealership growth and profitability

 

Don’t miss this chance to learn directly from one of the industry’s leading voices on dealership real estate.