(RealShare Chicago convenes at the Union League Club of Chicago October 23.)

OAKBROOK, IL-Brian M. Conlon, CEO of Inland Real Estate Investment Corp. has announced his retirement from his position following close to 30 years in the securities industry. Conlon will step down on Dec. 31. The announcement follows just weeks after Thomas P. McGuinness was named president, as GlobeSt.com reported.

“After the very successful close of our latest REIT, it just felt like the right time to retire,” Conlon says in a press release. “Announcing my retirement early gives me the next few months to work closely with Brenda Gujral (IREC director) and Bob Parks (IREC chairman and director) to select my successor, as well as provide me with the time to say goodbye to my many friends in the industry while representing Inland in the market through the remainder of the year.”