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Houston, Texas, United States

Developed a family office co-investment platform to facilitate ethically-compliant investment in single-family, built-to-rent real estate assets located in high-growth US markets via funds and direct investments.Acquired 12 single-family, built-to-rent properties totaling 887 units with enterprise value of $200M+; launched, fully capitalized, and managed 2 retail investor funds with total equity capitalization of $30M+; created 2 institutional investment partnerships raising approximately $16M+ of institutional investor equity; and raised $150M+ in ethically-compliant debt from 5 national lenders including JLL/Fannie Mae and Lument.Developed flexible and scalable operational team comprised of 30+ globally-based operators in finance, investment management, asset management, property management, tax, accounting, and other core operational specialties.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsible for the investment, operations, and management of a diversified portfolio of real estate and hospitality assets owned by Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), a Government of Dubai corporation.Developed investment mission/vision and value-creation strategy for portfolio of under-utilized/under-performing assets to spur economic diversification and GDP growth. Built team of 300+ members from 25+ countries for all corporate/operational duties in roughly 18 months and provided day-to-day management of investment portfolio and operational functions for all subsidiaries/divisions.Delivered $130M redevelopment of idle asset into hospitality and entertainment destination. Incubated a $2.3M public/private venture capital investment in a co-working/business licensing start-up. Executed $51M sale of two-property hospitality/residential portfolio in economically strategic destination to private buyer.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Co-managed $5B institutional investment portfolio of real estate/private equity assets across Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe for private equity arm of Dubai sovereign wealth fun.Drove investment strategy by leading 10 senior management personnel overseeing asset-level teams in support of Dubai’s Vision 2020 mandate focused on economic diversification through tourism, hospitality, and destination development.Advised Investment Committee on portfolio assets through oversight of financial reporting, hands-on asset management, and execution of asset acquisition/disposition processes by coordinating internal, legal, financial, and administrative paths.Restructured $975M asset-level debt facility to enable $250M buyout of partner's 50% asset-level equity stake. Led underwriting, structuring, 15+ bank syndication, and closing of $1.1B asset-level refinance generating total interest savings of 45% per annum following partner buyout. Executed $60M workout and sale of destination golf resort to internationally-recognized owner/operator. Completed $35M development and stabilization of remote residential villa compound by partnering with international general contractor and growing client base to US government agencies and private contractors. Implemented turn-around of 216-key, Dubai-based budget hotel leading to NOI growth of over 50% per year and subsequent disposition to locally-based hotel investment firm.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Led team structuring project-based real estate debt/equity solutions at firm with 40+ offices across US and $39B+ of annual deal volume.Maintained relationships with institutional capital sources, including international life insurance companies, equity investors, pension funds, international banks, bridge lenders, hedge funds, mezzanine lenders, and government agencies. Handled servicing duties for $1.8B portfolio, including inspection reports, investor portfolio analysis, and financial models, analyzing underwriting and deal characteristics such as sponsor summaries, market analysis, location, and property data.Structured and modeled permanent financing, construction loans, mezzanine debt, bridge financing, and equity joint ventures for 116 investments totaling nearly 27M sq ft and covering all major commercial property types. Processed and closed $49.6M first mortgage financing for 3-property medical office portfolio. Arranged $100M equity joint venture to finance acquisition of 2K+ single-family model homes from Lennar Corporation Led underwriting/closing of $191M ethically-compliant financing with 7 completed transactions for Gulf-US joint ventures in partnership with major US-based life insurance companies.