Donald Hall Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma

•Led Aberdeen Standard Investments' Real Estate Multi-Manager platform in the Americas, which involved sourcing, underwriting, and investing in commingled private equity real estate funds, club deals, co-investments, and joint ventures for ASI's fund-of-fund products and separately managed accounts.•Engaged with global institutional client base and worked with sales and RFP teams to win new business. •Maintained relationships with over 150 fund managers and placement agents across Americas region to bring in approximately 100 new investment opportunities per year.

Boston, Ma

•Developed commercial real estate strategy in Americas for global asset manager seeking to increase presence in the region.•Worked with internal fund managers to underwrite new investment opportunities, traveling to São Paulo, Vancouver, and Toronto to meet with potential JV partners, look at potential assets, and increase market knowledge.•Generated quarterly CRE rent and return forecasts for major property types in the institutional cities of the Americas and presented view on the economies, fundamentals, and returns to management team.•Assisted multi-manager team with analysis of various funds’ strategies and performance. •Oversaw Asia Pacific and managed analyst covering region for one year during interim period. •Authored papers on European residential opportunity, ecommerce and global logistics, and the implications of slowing working age population growth for global economies and CRE markets.

Boston, Ma

•Analyzed CoStar’s building-level data to provide custom market-beating strategies across risk/return spectrum for REITS, life insurance companies, pension funds, PE firms, hedge funds, investment managers, sovereign wealth funds, etc.•Advised on over 30 transactions, ranging from single assets up to 100+ property national portfolios.•Managed a small team and led weekly firm-wide training sessions on presenting and data analysis.•Actively covered, forecasted, & wrote reports on 26 markets, co-wrote two white papers, and sat on an expert panel for CoStar’s quarterly industrial webinar. •Examples of custom work include: condo conversion markets, office redevelopment targets, infill industrial redevelopment opportunities, apartment owner benchmarking, and competitor analysis. •Created algorithms to analyze the vacancy history of 10,000 properties in order to create data-driven building downtime & tenant renewal probabilities, which I used in over 70 ARGUS projections. •Independently built multiple Excel-based products that leverage CoStar data in new ways---these tools are now sold to asset management and acquisition departments of high profile investment firms.•Within two years, was promoted from Consultant to Senior Consultant to Managing Consultant & was publicly featured by CEO as a top talent in a 2,500 person company (Nasdaq: CSGP).

Greater Boston Area

•Utilized statistical analysis software to transform the firm's valuation framework into a proprietary valuation tool. This completely novel model applies 25 macroeconomic, industry, and company-specific factors to determine a company's valuation range at various confidence intervals. Created an Excel macro and ran over 150 regressions to test and refine the predictive ability of the tool. •Analyzed financial data, sourced and distilled industry research, wrote offering memoranda, created targeted buyer lists, contacted potential buyers, and participated in client meetings.•Co-wrote a white paper, “Volatility – The New Normal and Why Liquidity Planning is a Strategic Necessity.”•Developed a database of debt and equity sources interested in providing capital in the resort industry by contacting nearly 100 banks, debt funds, and alternative lenders.

Greater Boston Area

•Responsible for accounting, HR, IT, operations, and guest service at a Boston Area Crowne Plaza hotel. During renovation, increased guest satisfaction by 48% from worst in brand to above brand average while decreasing payroll and increasing revenue.

Stowe, Vt

•Continually increased responsibilities during $500 million revitalization project. Co-created and co-managed a nationally acclaimed private ski/golf/lifestyle club to drive real estate sales and began a turnaround of hotel property. •Wrote budget for new building and staff. Hired, trained, and managed numerous teams.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

•President - Graduate Real Estate Club •Managing Editor - BC Financial Magazine •Winning Team - Boston College Business Plan Competition.

Real Estate Finance And Investment

Completed 5 courses focused on commercial real estate finance and investment.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)

•Schreyer Honors College Scholar •President - Alpine Ski Racing Team