 | Nathan Berman
President & CEO
Metro Loft Management
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Nathan oversees the company’s 3M SF of residential and commercial space. He was among several developers to venture into the Financial District with his first boutique luxury rental in the late ‘90s. Nathan continued to steer Metro Loft in the direction of residential by converting three land-marked office towers into 1300 rental units in 2003. Metro Loft’s current portfolio includes 1700 rental units with an additional 1400 in development, including the recently acquired 1M SF landmark 70 Pine St building, the former HQ of AIG.
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 | Paul Massey
CEO/Founding Partner
Massey Knakal Realty Services
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Paul, along with partner Robert Knakal, founded one of New York City’s largest investment property firms. With 150 sales professionals serving more than 200,000 property owners, the agency is ranked New York’s #1 sales company in volume by CoStar Group, a national independent tracking agency. With more than $2B in annual sales, it also ranks as one of the nation’s largest privately owned real estate brokerage firms. Services include brokerage, consulting and investment analysis, professional arbitration and valuation.
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 | Mason Sleeper
Principal
The Praedium Group
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Praedium’s made $7B in investments to date, recently shelling out $31M for 176K SF 240 unit Hampton Hollow Apartments in Maryland. Mason sources mezzanine and debt investments for Praedium, as well as expanding the firm's reach in the credit markets. Previously, at Credit Suisse, Mason oversaw the workout/liquidation of a $10B RE portfolio. Before Credit Suisse, he was a partner at the law firm Shearman & Sterling.
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 | Richard Dansereau
Managing Director, Investment Management
Stonehenge
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Richard maintains the firms relationships with long-term capital partners such as SL Green Realty Corp. He also develops a network of new partnerships with institutional and private investors. Prior to joining Stonehenge, Richard served as president of Cadim, a real estate division of Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. During his nine years at the Caisse he managed a portfolio of real estate assets valued at $10B comprised primarily of residential and hospitality properties.
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 | Ralph Herzka
Chairman & CEO
Meridian Capital Group
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| Ralph founded Meridian in 1991, has been in real estate finance for over two decades, and has personally negotiated $60B in real estate transactions. He is a top mortgage broker nationwide and has been the driving force behind Meridian's growth and successful expansion into new markets. |
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 | Orin Wilf
President
Skyline Developers
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Orin has developed projects in Manhattan including 170 East End Avenue, and Claremont Preparatory School, which is the first private school in the Wall Street area. The company was also instrumental in bringing Tiffany & Company to 37 Wall Street, which was developed into a modern luxury rental building. Other notable projects include Post Towers at 75 West Street and 194 E. 2nd Street, both luxury rental buildings. They also handle a commercial portfolio including 13-15 W. 54th Street, 20 W. 55th Street and1040 Avenue of the Americas.
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 | Jeremy Shell
Head of Acquisitions and Finance
TF Cornerstone
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| TF Cornerstone has an 8M SF portfolio of luxury residential buildings, modern office spaces and highly visible retail locations in NYC and Washington, D.C. Previously, Jeremy was VP at Dune Real Estate Partners, an opportunistic real estate private equity fund managing over $1.5B of equity. Prior to joining Dune, he worked in private equity and real estate investment banking at Deutsche Bank. |
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 | David Streicher
Partner
Rockwood
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David oversees all of Rockwood’s capital market activities and structured transactions. On the debt side, he manages Rockwood’s borrowings, lending, and interest rate. He also restructures existing loans and supervises leverage management. He also is responsible for recapitalization actives with respect to both new investment and existing assets.
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 | Paul Leibowitz
EVP, Investment Properties
Institutional Group
CBRE
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Paul has represented clients in the acquisition and disposition of $9B of real estate, including many high-profile multifamily properties and development sites. Paul has provided strategy for a variety of transactions, from ground lease structuring to partial interest sales. Notable sale assignments have included The Corner (200 West 72nd Street), The Carlton House, Manhattan House, and the Kings & Queens Portfolio.
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 | Jeffrey Deitrich
Senior Associate
Silverstein Properties
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| Jeffrey helps lead all aspects of new business development for Silverstein Properties in US and China, and has a particular focus on the financing of the World Trade Center. He previously worked at Prudential Real Estate Investors, and is the Chair of the Development Panel for NYPEN Real Estate. |
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MODERATORS
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 | Ron Lagnado
Partner
WeiserMazars LLP
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Ron brings more than 20 years of experience providing audit and accounting services to the real estate industry. He has extensive knowledge in affordable housing development and compliance with the financial and tax issues confronting the real estate and construction industries. Additionally, his focuses include the performance of attestation engagements, compliance, due diligence, and cost certifications for commercial and residential real estate entities.
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 | David Dubrow
Partner & Co-Chairman of Business Department
Arent Fox
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David focuses on all phases of multifamily housing development, including acquisition, finance, construction, disposition and dispute-resolution issues. He is a lead counsel to Fannie Mae, and has participated in transactions throughout the country. David's areas of focus include construction loans, senior lending, mezzanine financing, tax-exempt financing, low-income housing tax credits, securitized financings and use of HUD programs. In addition, he has extensive experience in the acquisition of multifamily loans, the workout and restructuring of multifamily loans and bankruptcies involving multifamily properties.
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