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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Manage company’s highest-grossing regional office and direct transition to independent subsidiary. Actively pursue client development, fee structure and service offerings for national client base. Maintain and expand client relationships and increase number and size of engagements. Lead consultant for Navy’s acquisition of Stennis Live Fire Range in MS. Includes purchase of 5,000 acres from numerous owners in environmentally sensitive area. Negotiated technical proposals and contracts with third-party providers for geotechnical assessments, feasibility studies, etc. Advised Navy on acquisition strategy and phasing Congressional funding. Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, AZ. Examination and valuation of complete college campus, hotel, conference center, and student housing for sale-leaseback. Queensridge, Las Vegas, NV. Advisory and valuation services for $1 Billion mixed-use development.Airport and fixed-base operation (FBO) experience:•Van Nuys, CA, Airport, including Maguire Aviation, Million Air, NetJets terminal. •Long Beach, CA, Airport facilities. •Gillespie Field Airport, El Cajon, CA.•Bradley Pacific Aviation (now Landmark) – All Hawaii Facilities. FBO and fueling services for Hawaii’s largest line services and aviation fuel provider. •Duncan Aviation Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) at Battle Creek, MI, Airport. •Las Vegas McCarran Airport air cargo facility. Cold storage and food facilities advisory and valuation experience:•Lineage Logistics acquisition of Millard Refrigerated assets. $1.2 Billion transaction, creating second largest cold storage company in North America. Established criteria and structure for CMBS loan with Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. •Bay Grove Capital acquisition of Castle & Cooke facilities in CA and TX. •Gramercy Capital Trust development and sale-leaseback of state-of-the-art facility for Preferred Freezer in Miami, FL.

Atlanta, Ga

Assisted in developing and expanding the firm’s real estate advisory and valuation practice, including purchase price accounting and fair market value opinions under SFAS 141/142 and SFAS 157. Directed integration of tangible and intangible asset valuation and strategy. Managed relationships with CFO and CIO clients in public and private investment firms. Led multi-discipline team of consultants and analysts.• Provided advisory and fair market value opinions for Georgia-Pacific’s wood cellulose and heavy manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana, as well as audit support for Deloitte’s external audit team.• Expanded consulting services in California, including advisory services for Hehr Glass (Glendale) and Diablo Valley Banks (Walnut Creek and Danville). • Co-led tangible asset team for internal audit and valuation of Blackstone’s rapid $18 Billion acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor. Assets included clean-room facilities and laboratories in Texas, Arizona, Japan, and France. • Negotiated and secured valuation and strategic service engagement with Ventas (NYSE: VTR) for its $2.3 Billion acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living, including all locations in Canada.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Assisted in expanding investor consulting practice and performed market analyses.• Provided appraisals of all asset classes to lenders, investors, and institutions.• Counseled developers, investors, and project designers on market feasibility, prevailing investment criteria, and optimal value scenarios.• Advised clients, including The Prudential, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, and SouthTrust Bank on valuation, acquisition, disposal, securitization, and financing of real estate investments.

Greater Atlanta Area

Structured real estate loans for collateralized mortgage backed securities market. • Underwrote mortgage loans ranging in value from $2 million to $20 million, ensuring conformity with national investor and rating agency guidelines as well as capital market conditions.• Analyzed market characteristics of investments to advice clients of appropriate financing mechanisms.• Presented investment recommendations for funding and CMBS securitization to Wall Street firms, including Morgan Stanley and ContiFinancial.• Negotiated and finalized loan terms with clients, attorneys, and investment bankers.

Greater Atlanta Area

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Corporate Finance, Business Law, Real Estate

Bachelor'S Degree, Real Estate