More than 250 registrants are already signed up for this year's TIC conference, a significant increase from last year as interest in tenant-in-common companies and their deals continues to burgeon in light of transactions like the NNN Realty acquisition of Grubb & Ellis. One of the highlights of this year's event will be a keynote address by Tony Thompson, the founder and chairman of NNN Realty Advisors. In addition to discussing Triple Net's ground-breaking move to go public, Thompson will address the evolution of the TIC business, where the market is now in terms of maturity and what can be expected in the years ahead.

Says Rich Kelley, director for the RealShare conference series, "Given that Tony is one of the founding fathers of the TIC industry, and considering what the company has done recently, this should be one of the most interesting sessions of the day."

Kelley will also be directly involved in another session that is sure to be of interest. It's called "Catching Up With Louis Rogers," a presentation in which Kelley will sit down with Rogers, who formerly was an exec at Triple Net, and discuss Rogers' current activities as an independent consultant with his new firm, 1031 Safe Harbor LLC. The session also will explore what Rogers has to say about other developments in the TIC industry and his take on where it is headed.