Sam Costello Email & Phone Number

120 Wind Chime Court

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Acquisitions Manager,
• Responsible for over $60 Million in real estate acquired via 24 deals—company-wide leader in acquisitions by transaction volume.
• Manage site selection and acquisitions throughout the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill-Triangle & Eastern NC for an international grocer with over $100B in annual revenues.
• Collaborate with and oversee a multi-functional team including attorneys, consultants, development managers, appraisers, and analysts in order to progress deals through the various phases of the acquisitions process.
• Conduct valuations based on in-depth analysis of market demographics, comparable transactions, and revenue/cost sensitivity analyses.
• Develop relationships with key retail stakeholders such as developers, major landowners, brokers, and city officials, in order to build a pipeline for future transactions and information networks on market developments.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Implemented Agile project management methodologies at an enterprise level for the development teams supporting the IRS’ portions of the Affordable Care Act.

• Forecasted varying market scenarios for a premium multi-brand dealership in Kiev and worked with the client CFO to create a financial model incorporating these forecasts; then presented said forecasts to the Credit.
• Acted as lead loan officer for two $40M deals in Honduras and Nigeria; assessed weighted risk and coordinated OPIC processes necessary for loan guarantee issuance.
• Participated in the underwriting of a $250M loan for a fertilizer plant in Africa; conducted model audit, stress tests, and sensitivities analysis.
• Conducted, and then presented to top department management, an in-depth financial analysis of a politically sensitive cook stove and carbon credit deal, establishing with finality that the deal was financially unviable.

Washington D.C. Metro Area