Provide institutional commercial real estate development (from site identification through binding site plan approval and building permit), acquisition and asset management services. 33 years of no BS commercial real estate experience.

Developed high end self-storage (Branded as Extra Space.), senior housing and multifamily across the United States on very high barrier to entry sites.

· Acquired over $1 Billion of Class A apartments.· Managed deal teams of Asset Managers, Property Managers, Capital Markets, Capex, Auditors, Senior Financial Analysts, Attorneys & Due Diligence Coordinators.· Performed due diligence (e.g., debt assumption, capital improvements, environmental, geotechnical, title & survey review, ADA, Fair Housing Act, etc.).· Presented deals to Investment Committee consisting of CEO, CIO, COO & CFO.· Responsible for development activities in Chicago & Denver.· Sourced sites, structured deals, and negotiated letters of intent and purchase & sale contracts.· Performed due diligence (e.g., preliminary engineering, design development, environmental, geotechnical, traffic, title & survey review, etc.).· Created & maintained development budgets & schedules.· Presented at public hearings & to community organizations.· Obtained all land use entitlements/approvals (e.g., annexation, zoning, wetlands, site plan, architectural, etc.).

·Developed over $4 Billion of high density, highly amenitized continuing care retirement communities. Was active in Chicago (2 completed), Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Denver (1 completed), Houston (1 completed), Phoenix, Seattle, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Portland, OR; & Overland Park, KS (1 completed).·Standard project valued at $600M, contained over 2.4M sf, 1500 independent living units, 150 assisted living units & 250 skilled nursing beds, & ranged in height from 5 - 8 stories. ·Identified markets & located sites.·Structured deals, negotiated LOI's and purchase & sale contracts.·Performed due diligence (e.g., prelim engineering, design development, enviro, geotech, traffic, fiscal impact, title & survey review, etc.).·Presented deals to Investment Committee consisting of CEO, COO, CIO & CFO.·Presented at public hearings & to community organizations. ·Obtained all land use approvals (e.g., zoning, site plan, architectural, etc.) & closed land deals.

·Sourced deals for 200-400 unit (18-85 units/acre) luxury apartment projects in downtown Denver and near suburbs.·Located sites, facilitated market research and ran financial analysis.·Structured deals, negotiated letters of intent and purchase & sale contracts.·Selected and coordinated consultants, and performed due diligence (e.g., preliminary engineering, environmental, geotechnical, traffic, title and survey review, etc.).·Lobbied government officials and community groups, and presented at public hearings and to community organizations.

·Developed high density, highly amenitized, luxury senior housing projects in St. Louis (1 project), Columbus, OH (1 project), Houston, Alexandria, VA & Kansas City, MO.·Standard project valued at $75M, contained over 300,000 sf & 260 units, & ranged in height from 5 - 16 stories.·Acquired product in development. Redesigned to Brookdale’s standards & altered approvals.·Coordinated design of 3-story, seismically engineered, 235 unit “California Model”.·Identified markets & located sites.·Structured deals, negotiated LOI's and purchase & sale contracts.·Performed due diligence (e.g., prelim engineering, enviro, geotech, traffic, title & survey, etc.), & selected & coordinated consultants.·Presented at public hearings & to community organizations. ·Obtained all land use approvals (e.g., zoning, site plan, architectural, etc.) & closed land deals.·Obtained $40M of bond financing.·Secured Tax Incremental Financing.·Presented deals to Investment Committee.

·Managed development partners, & staff of 25 at corp. hdqrters & 2 reg'l offices.·Developed a platform of systems & infrastructure to execute the largest senior housing expansion program.·Managed the development of 60 senior housing buildings/yr. ·Developed training materials & trained Nat'l Real Estate Development Div.·Headed firm's entry into the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta & Ontario.·Prepared & executed annual Western Div. strategic product rollout plan & budget.·Member of Investment Comm.·Participated in the company’s transition from a private entity to a publicly held corp.·Rolled out 2 new building prototypes.·Negotiated architectural & construction contracts.·Presented at public hearings & to community organizations.·Obtained all land use approvals (e.g., zoning, site plan, architectural, etc.) & closed land deals.·Developed 160,000 sf corp. hdqrters, which included securing a $4M Tax Incremental Financing package.

·Managed firm's Milwaukee area commercial real estate development & build-to-suit activities.·Forecasted office market & prepared annual operating budget.·Coordinated and led teams of general contractors, architects, tenant employees & engineers.·Developed office building for Rockwell International & class A speculative office Building.·Leased 21 class A buildings held by the company totaling over 1M sf.·Completed more than 150 leases totaling more than 500,000 sf.·Sourced new tenants, negotiated leases, priced deals, solved property management issues, improved tenant relations & negotiated with vendors.·Leased two vacant office buildings on the brink of foreclosure. Found buyer & sold one of the buildings for $10M -- generating a profit of $2.5M. Due to lease-up, the other building was returned to positive cash flow.

Assistant to Mr. Tom James, CEO of Raymond James Financial