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What's Up in Capital Markets

Please join some of the leading figures in Atlanta real estate for a real time look at the equity and debt markets. Will credit loosen in the second half of 2010? When will construction financing return? What lies ahead for the CMBS market? When will equity waiting on the sidelines be deployed and into what asset classes? An important discussion at a critical time for the region's economy.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
J.W. Marriott Hotel
3300 Lenox Road
Atlanta, GA 30326

Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast & Schmooze
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM Equity Panel
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Debt Panel
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Post-Game Schmooze

$49

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Michael McDonald
Partner & Managing Director
Eastdil Secured
Mike co-founded the Atlanta office of Eastdil Secured in 2000. One of the leading investment sales professionals in the Southeast, he has been involved in more than $7 billion of transactions over the past five years across the product type spectrum, including office, retail, industrial and multi-family assets. Some of his key transactions in Atlanta include 191 Peachtree, 1180 Peachtree, Atlanta Financial Center, Buckhead Plaza, The Mall of Georgia, One Alliance Center, The Post Properties Apartment Portfolio, and The Wildwood Collection. Prior to joining Eastdil Secured, he was a VP of Ben Carter Properties.
 
     
 
John M. Charles
Managing Director
TriMont Real Estate Advisors
A servicer and asset manager for a $70 billion debt and equity portfolio, TriMont has experience in primary and special servicing, securitization, asset management, underwriting, covenant compliance, collateral monitoring, and resolving problematic RE assets. TriMont now has 400 employees with offices in Atlanta, New York and Irvine, CA. John, with 21 years experience in CRE and an owner since 2003, directs a team of Asset Managers and Financial Analysts who are responsible for the management of all assets that include debt, equity and REO positions.
 
     
 
Mark Toro
Founder and Managing Partner
North American Properties - Atlanta
Mark has developed 60 retail and mixed-use projects totaling 18M SF. He is currently focused on building NAP’s portfolio by identifying distressed retail and multi-family assets and debt, adding value by deploying NAP's resources in redevelopment, leasing, management and finance. Prior to founding NAP Atlanta, he served as the retail development partner for Faison & Associates and VP of Development at Cousins/New Market Development Company.
 
     
 
Thomas L. Coakley
Atlanta Regional Director, Real Estate Investments
MetLife, Inc.
MetLife Real Estate Investments maintains a portfolio of $42 billion invested in real estate products. Tom is responsible for all phases of debt and equity real estate operations and investment in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina. As Director of operations risk programs in the Investments Department’s Real Estate Risk, Research & Reporting unit from 2003-2006, he was responsible for operational risk initiatives focusing on people, process and event impacts. Previously, Tom was a Director in the Equity Portfolio Unit where he participated in the restructuring of the equity portfolio after MetLife went public.
 
     
 
Jim Meyer
Regional Director – Atlanta
Tishman Speyer
Jim is responsible for Tishman Speyer’s Atlanta region activities. Previously, he was president and founder of Atlantic Capital Properties (ACP), specializing in development of high quality institutional office and mixed-use properties for third parties. At ACP, he was responsible for the development of 4M SF of office space valued at $1 billion, primarily in the Atlanta area. Before ACP, he served as svp and managing director of Prentiss Properties Trust, a $2 billion REIT. Jim is responsible for such notable real estate as One Atlantic Center, The Atlanta Federal Center, One Alliance Center, and the Wachovia Building at Atlanta Station.
 
     
 
Mark D. Sixour
Senior Managing Director
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.
HFF, one of the largest commercial real estate capital intermediaries in the country, incorporates capital markets knowledge with local real estate expertise to successfully complete any type of real estate transaction. Mark is responsible for originating debt and structured finance transactions throughout the southern United States. With over 20 years experience in commercial real estate, including finance and investment sales. Mark specializes in retail, office, industrial and multi-housing properties. During the course of his career with HFF, Mark has completed $2 billion in commercial real estate transactions.
 
     
 
  Jason Tessler
Head of Production
ING Real Estate Finance Group
ING Investment Management has a portfolio of $8.5 billion in commercial mortgages. The mortgage group has focused primarily on permanent loans on stabilized assets, but over the years has originated construction loans, bridge loans, participating loans, and has financed public and private REIT's. Jason's group is responsible for originating $2 billion of annual loan production throughout the US.
 
     
 
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Hank Hall
Sr. VP, Principal
Colliers International – Atlanta
Colliers International-Atlanta maintains relationships with many institutional lenders and investors and is a loan correspondent for 16 insurance companies in Georgia. Hank has a career total production of $1.2 billion, and since his tenure with the Capital Markets Group at Colliers - Atlanta began in 1998, Hank has generated total production of $811M. Providing capital solutions to developers and investors for 23 years, he has experience in arranging debt and equity financing for office, industrial, multifamily, retail and hotel properties in the SE.
 
     
 
David Deeter
Founding Partner
Frazier & Deeter, LLC
During David’s term as Managing Partner from 2001-2009, he facilitated an annual average growth of 20%, leading the firm to became a Top 100 Firm in the U.S. He advises clients in all aspects of financial business management. Working with company owners and executives, he coordinates and analyzes clients' financial information, provides tax planning services with an emphasis on the minimization of corporate taxes and personal income taxes, and offers broad-based consulting services. He has extensive industry experience in real estate, finance companies, construction, manufacturing, service companies and non-profit entities.