As President, Linda leads Core5 with a strategic vision built through close collaboration with Kajima USA, the company’s parent. She takes an approach that includes alignment of long-term growth with a culture of collaboration and team building, overseeing all real estate development and investment functions for the company.

In 2019 Linda was named a “Woman of Influence” by RE Forum for the second time in her career, an award which honors outstanding women in commercial real estate and the Atlanta Business Chronicle named her “CFO of the Year” for her invaluable contribution to the success of her employer as well as the communities the company served. Atlanta Woman magazine chose Linda as one of “20 Women on the Way” in recognition of her career accomplishments and community involvement. In September Women We Admire announced Linda as one of its “Top Women Leaders” for 2023.

A devoted community volunteer, Linda currently serves on the board of directors and performs an officer role as treasurer of 3Keys, an organization that provides permanent supportive housing to homeless individuals living with mental illness. Past volunteer efforts with the greater Atlanta community include appointments with the Atlanta Children’s Shelter where she sat on the board of directors and performed officer roles as both treasurer and vice chair and as a member of the grant committee for Ribbons of Hope. Linda has held positions as a member of the board of trustees and is currently chair of the finance committee of Haygood Memorial United Methodist Church. A graduating member of Leadership Buckhead, a program created to help high-potential individuals develop fully as leaders, Linda previously served as the treasurer of the board of directors.

Linda holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Mississippi. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and was the Gold Key Award Winner for receiving the highest grade in the state of Georgia the year she took the certification exam. Linda stays actively involved in her industry through memberships in the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Capital Markets Council and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). A former member of the National Association of Real Estate Companies, she served a past as president.

Linda’s past experience includes a 19-year term with Kajima’s former industrial company, IDI, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining IDI, she was a manager in MetLife’s real estate investments group where she was responsible for portfolio financial analysis and real estate financial reporting. She started her career as an auditor for KPMG Peat Marwick.

John Hobart joined Crescent Communities in 2025 and currently serves as Managing Director of industrial. John is responsible for leading the industrial initiatives across Georgia and Florida and growing the AXIAL brand development platform.

John brings more than a decade of multifaceted experience in industrial real estate, with a track record that spans development, brokerage, and large-scale portfolio management. Prior to joining Crescent Communities, he served as director of industrial development at Greystar, where he helped grow the firm’s industrial footprint across Georgia and Tennessee. Prior to that, Hobart worked as a broker with KBC Advisors, advising clients on strategic site selection and deal structuring, and also held senior operational roles with Link Industrial Properties and Seefried Industrial Properties.

Mr. DeBee oversees capital sourcing for all acquisitions and developments and serves as the primary relationship manager with the firm’s key investment partners. As Senior Vice President of Capital Markets, DeBee will help lead Stonemont’s expansion into new regions while growing its overall national footprint by cultivating relationships with debt and equity providers across the country.

Prior to joining Stonemont, DeBee worked at Bridge Investment Group, where he was focused on the acquisition of value-add and core-plus office assets across the eastern United States. During his tenure with Bridge, Mr. DeBee was directly involved in the sourcing and structuring of $400 million in acquisitions across various private investment vehicles and executing the property-level repositioning strategies for a 3.0 MSF portfolio. DeBee also previously worked for NorthMarq Capital where he helped originate $2.3 billion in debt and equity financings for an assortment of clients and capital market sources.

DeBee holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Florida and is a CFA charterholder. Over the course of his career he has been active in ULI, NAIOP, and the CFA Institute.

Mr. Capute is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and closing acquisition opportunities for

Realterm in the Southeastern region of the United States.  Mr. Capute holds a BA from Williams

College.

Christina Graham represents real estate developers, owners, and operators across the United States on a wide range of commercial real estate matters. A significant portion of her practice is focused on development, and Christina regularly advises clients on all aspects of the acquisition, financing and disposition of existing assets in various asset classes. She also advises on mixed-use projects and has experience in the student housing sector.

Christina is known for guiding clients through each stage of an investment. Her practice often involves complex capital structures, joint venture arrangements, and transactions that require careful coordination across multiple stakeholders. She works closely with developers and investors to structure and close those complex transactions, often involving layered financing and thoughtful exit strategies. Her clients, including large industrial and multifamily owners and developers, rely on her to manage all aspects of their transactions, from negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements to handling reciprocal easement agreements, loan documentation, municipal incentives, and tax-efficient transaction structures.

In addition to her work in the core sectors of multifamily and industrial assets, Christina advises clients on a wide variety of transactions involving asset classes such as raw land, medical properties, office buildings, residential subdivisions, resort properties, multifamily developments, and retail centers. Her practice includes development, financing, and tax-deferred exchange transactions, as well as public-private partnership (P3) projects.

Joe Moriarty is Managing Partner of M3 Property Partners and oversees all aspects of the company including acquisitions, development, asset management and capital raising. He founded the firm in 2025 after more than 12 years of commercial real estate experience in Chicago across various disciplines including acquisitions, development, asset management and capital markets. Prior to founding M3, Joe ran acquisitions for a local Chicago investor and was involved in more than 40 industrial acquisitions and led four industrial developments in the Southeast. Prior to that he worked in JLL’s capital markets group. Joe began his career in GE Capital’s real estate group after graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in finance.

Tayler Henry serves as the Vice President of our Atlanta office. Since starting with Gordon Highlander over 10 years ago, Tayler has spent many years as a field superintendent, mastering the intricacies of project execution. This experience paved the way for his transition into project management, particularly in e-commerce, where he played a key role in growing the company's portfolio. Among his most notable accomplishments, Tayler managed an industrial Amazon TI project during the challenging times of COVID, valued at over $100 million, as well as the NTT North American Headquarters office project, valued at over $12 million. He relocated to Atlanta last November to spearhead a grassroots initiative, cultivating trade partner relationships in anticipation of launching the new office early next year. Tayler has quickly built strong personal and professional networks in the city and is an active member of the ABC Georgia chapter.

Todd Peaster, Vice President of Georgia Civil, helps developers and stakeholders evaluate site complexities, simplify the development process, create a clear action plan, and make confident go/no-go decisions. With more than 20 years of site design experience and work on tens of millions of square feet of completed industrial development, he understands how proper site evaluation can positively impact the bottom line and project schedule.

Todd and his team of engineering professionals use the latest technology and a proven feasibility process to test assumptions and turn the findings into practical recommendations clients can act on. His goal is simple: help clients make informed decisions early so they can move forward with confidence and build better projects.

Austin McDonald oversees the company’s daily activities related to financing, leasing, asset management, property management, and accounting. This includes coordinating support of the company’s portfolio with cash flow projections, debt and equity strategies, development performance analysis and lease analysis and negotiations. Mr. McDonald maintains relationships with McDonald’s investors and a broad range of financial institutions.

Mr. McDonald is also responsible for the company’s development activities in the State of Florida, including direct oversight of leasing and property management of the company’s existing parks and identifying and executing new development opportunities throughout the state.

Mr. McDonald began his career at Carter and Associates, a full service regional real estate firm based in Atlanta. He coordinated development proforma analysis, property valuations, acquisition and dispositions, financing packages and lease analysis.

Mr. McDonald graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Economics. He is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Georgia. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Atlanta Vanderbilt Alumni Association, is Past-President of the Pace Academy Alumni Association Board, and is a current board member of the Atlanta Airport West and Atlanta Airport South Community Improvement Districts.

Sean serves as Senior Vice President, Southeast Region at Logistics Property Company where he is responsible for development, leasing, and expansion into additional markets in the region.

Prior to joining the team, Sean was Senior Vice President, Industrial Development for a U.S. real estate investment group, where he led the planning, construction and leasing of a 2,000-acre multi-modal logistics park at the Port of Savannah. He has also served in several leadership roles for a national industrial development firm, including managing research and market strategy as well as driving multi-market build-to-suits and large-scale logistics projects.

Throughout his career, Sean has executed industrial development, acquisitions, and dispositions totaling 15 million square feet and $1.3 billion, including over nine million square feet of new construction.

Wes is Link Logistics’ managing director for the Southeast. He oversees a diverse portfolio of industrial assets in the firm’s Georgia and Florida markets. Responsible for managing a large team of leasing, property operations and construction professionals, he is also actively involved in acquisitions, development and dispositions.

Wes joined Link in 2020, bringing significant industrial and commercial real estate experience. He was previously a vice president of asset management at GLP, where he covered approximately 20 million square feet in the Georgia, Tennessee and Carolinas markets. Before that, he completed over 175 leasing transactions during a seven-year tenure at Cresa and a three-year stretch at Bryant Commercial Real Estate Partners. He was a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors’ Million Dollar Club from 2011 to 2015 and its Community Service Committee from 2011 to 2017, serving as chairman of the latter for his final year.

Wes is a proud Atlanta native and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia.

Mr. Smith joined Seefried Properties in 2000 and serves as Senior Vice President. He is responsible for leasing existing and future industrial product, locating development opportunities, selling excess land and pursuing build-to-suit opportunities on existing land sites. In addition, Mr. Smith oversees Seefried's third-party management business that is currently compromised of 13 million square feet of institutionally owned product.

Mr. Smiths' portfolio includes buildings owned by major institutional owners, smaller privately held investors and Seefried developed buildings.

His concentrations include leasing and marketing of a 15 million square foot portfolio in Atlanta compromised of industrial product throughout all of Atlanta’s major submarkets.