MARK TORO founded Atlanta-based Toro Development Company in 2021 to create value by building community. As Chief Vision Officer, Toro will use a metric-driven approach to identify properties that have significant potential based on the promise of the locale. He and his team have multi-dimensional experience, positioning Toro Development Company to choose the right use or mix of uses for each redevelopment.

Prior to starting Toro Development Company, Toro cofounded and led the North American Properties (NAP) Atlanta office where he oversaw $3.1 billion in real estate development, totaling 9.4 million square feet. He delivered industry-leading returns to his capital partners, became known nationally as a leader in experience-driven commercial real estate and left a legacy of great communities. His successes at NAP include the repositioning of Atlantic Station, development of Alpharetta’s $1 billion Avalon and the redevelopment of Colony Square.

Toro currently serves on ICSC’s Board of Trustees, Midtown Alliance’s Board of Directors and serves as vice chair of the City of Refuge Board, where he chaired the $25 million “Shining the Light” capital campaign. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The ATL, a State authority that governs the expansion of public transportation in Metro Atlanta.

Before cofounding NAP’s Atlanta office in 1996, Toro served in several leadership positions with Faison and Cousins Properties. He has developed, redeveloped or repositioned more than 70 properties totaling almost 30 million square feet during his career.

He attended Rutgers University, where he met his wife, Nancy.

Scott L. Leventhal is the co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Trillist. As a fourth generation developer, Mr. Leventhal has spent two decades in the real estate development business and has created an impressive portfolio of mixed-use and multifamily housing projects in the Southeastern U.S. In 2006 and only at the age of 28, Mr. Leventhal was recognized as one of “Atlanta’s Most Promising Young Stars” by the editors of Atlanta Business Chronicle in their annual “Up and Comers – 40 under 40” feature.

Mr. Leventhal is an experienced real estate developer and overseen the development of a high-quality portfolio of residential and mixed-use projects. Mr. Leventhal formally managed Tivoli Properties, Inc. (“Tivoli”), which was one of the nation’s premier real estate investment and development companies. Under his leadership, Tivoli built innovative developments which forever changed the Atlanta landscape for residential condominium living. Within a few years of its formation, Tivoli created a portfolio of award-winning projects with a retail value of nearly $400 million. Because of its rapid acceleration and growth, Tivoli earned recognition as 24th of the top 100 real estate development companies according to Real Estate Forum Magazine’s November 2007 issue.

Mr. Leventhal appears frequently as a guest speaker and lecturer on matters involving the real estate development business. In the spring of 2012, Mr. Leventhal appeared as a special, select witness before a U.S. Congressional Committee on the effect of bank failures in the real estate development industry and structured finance programs that involve public-private partnerships.

Mr. Leventhal is also a member of Georgia State University’s Honorary Real Estate Board. He frequently lectures before students at Georgia State University’s Masters in Real Estate Development and Finance classes.

Jeffrey S. Fuqua is the founder of Fuqua Development, LP. He was previously Board Member, Partner & President of The Sembler Company. In his nearly 25-year tenure there, Fuqua developed in excess of 14 million square feet in over 80 projects valued at $4 billion. During Jeff's tenure with Sembler, The Atlanta Business Chronicle named The Sembler Company Top Developer for eleven consecutive years since 2000. Major real estate projects include The Prado, Town Brookhaven, Edgewood Retail District, Lindbergh Plaza, Perimeter Place, Lenox Marketplace in Atlanta. In Florida, Fuqua developed Legacy in Palm Beach Gardens, and Boynton Beach Town Center.

Matt Bronfman is a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of Jamestown. Mr.

Bronfman joined the company in 1998 as General Counsel and in 2002 was

named Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. He became CEO in 2012,

and is responsible for managing Jamestown’s global operations and overseeing

corporate strategy and execution. Under Matt’s leadership, Jamestown has

grown its portfolio of assets in the U.S. and expanded into Latin America and

Europe.

Mr. Bronfman has more than 25 years of experience in real estate and has led the acquisition,

redevelopment and oversight for over $20 billion in projects, including Chelsea Market in New York City,

Ponce City Market in Atlanta, Industry City in Brooklyn, the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, and

Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.

Prior to joining Jamestown, Mr. Bronfman practiced law at Holland & Knight. He currently serves on the

boards for the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Jewish Federations of North

America, and is Board Chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. Mr. Bronfman also serves as

President of the board of Directors for the Jamestown Charitable Foundation, which supports nonprofits

to help make cities more enjoyable places to live and work. He has been recognized as a leader in the

industry and is a recipient of the Real Estate Roundtable President’s Circle Award; New York Observer’s

100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate in 2013 and 2014; Commercial Observer’s Top 100

Most Powerful People in Commercial Real Estate from 2015 to 2020; Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Most

Admired CEO in 2017; 2019’s 100 Most Influential Georgians by Georgia Trend; and Atlanta Magazine’s

Top 500 Most Powerful Leaders of 2019.

Mr. Bronfman graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Tufts University in Boston and

attended law school at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, graduating magna cum laude.

Mr. Allman joined Regent Partners in 2006 and currently serves as a Principal on the Office Leasing and Development Team. His primary role consists of leasing activities and strategies for Regent Partners’ developments and acquisitions, as well as supporting acquisition efforts for office properties. Prior to Regent Partners, Mr. Allman spent three years at Bullock Mannelly Partners specializing in multifamily investment sales as well as debt and equity financing for office and retail projects across the Southeast.

Mr. Allman obtained his BSBA degree from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill with a specialty in finance. He currently is a member of ULI, NAIOP, REGA, and is a licensed real estate agent in Georgia.

H. Jerome Russell, Jr. is president of Russell New Urban Development, the entity that leads the family’s real estate strategic direction and new business development focus. He oversees the company’s real estate portfolio and chairs the Herman J. Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE). In addition to real estate development, Jerome has experience in property management, beverage distribution, logistics and banking. Jerome serves on the boards of H. J. Russell & Company, Concessions International, LLC, RICE, the Georgia Historical Society, Central Atlanta Progress, the Urban Land Institute, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Tiger 21, and The Carter Center, among others.

Mark currently serves as a development officer for Hines in its Southeast region, with primary emphasis on new business opportunities in Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. Mark is overseeing two mixed-use developments in Atlanta, GA with entitlements and potential developments totaling over 2.3 million square feet of office, 600 hotel rooms, and 75 thousand square feet of retail. Immediately prior to his role as development officer, Mark provided asset management oversight, leasing support and strategic guidance to a 6.6 million square foot portfolio of office properties located in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. During his 20 year career with Hines, Mark has worked in Denver, CO, Louisville, KY, Cleveland, OH, Charlotte and Durham, NC and Atlanta, GA, serving on the leasing and management teams of 17 different assets representing more than 10.2 million square feet in aggregate with annual gross revenues in excess of $300 million. Mark has leased over 2.5 million square feet in tenant engagements and executed over $75 million in capital investments, with a proven track record of success in the repositioning and stabilization of troubled assets, as well as meeting or exceeding the financial goals of Hines’ clients. Mark is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and is an active member of various commercial real estate industry organizations, including Charlotte Center City Partners Development Committee. Mark is currently actively engaged in the 2016 Leadership Sandy Springs Class.

Randy Holmes joined Seven Oaks in 2006 as a Principal and is responsible for securing new business opportunities as well as the oversight of all asset management and development services for the firm.

Upon joining Seven Oaks, Randy negotiated the successful acquisition of Riverwood 100, a 500,000 s.f. Class A office building in NW Atlanta on behalf of GEAM for a total investment in excess of $102 million, thus positioning ownership to take advantage of a dynamic recovering market.

Since the acquisition, Seven Oaks has leased approximately 325,000 s.f. of new and renewal space achieving a 90% occupancy level and stabilizing the building.

Randy also successfully assembled 11 acres of additional land adjacent to Riverwood 100 to be developed for up to 800,000 s.f. of Class A office, 90,000 s.f. of retail, a 160-room hotel and over 330 luxury residential units.

Prior to joining Seven Oaks Company, Randy spent eight years in key leadership positions with Hines in Chicago, Columbus (Ohio) and Atlanta. At Hines, he successfully managed the development, financing, acquisition, disposition, and operations of over $500 million in commercial real estate.

Randy was responsible for the overall development, asset management and investor relations of Perimeter Summit, a multi-phased, master-planned community ultimately featuring 3 million s.f. of Class A office space, 1,000 multi-family residential units, and accessory retail.

Randy was the general manager responsible for the $154 million acquisition and ongoing asset management and investor relations of the 900,000 s.f. Atlanta Financial Center in Buckhead.

During his tenure at Hines, Randy was also responsible for negotiating and closing over $300 million in leasing transactions.

Randy received a BBA in risk management from the University of Georgia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina. He is a member of the Urban Development Mixed-Use Council (Green) of the Urban Land Institute and a member of the ICSC. He also is a former member of the Board of Directors of the DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce.

An expert in developing complex, large-scale mixed-use developments, John brings a passion for creating great places to Toro

Development Company. Kelley leads all aspects of commercial development, applying a collaborative approach that blends

creative thinking with technical expertise.

With over 23 years of experience, Kelley has developed nearly six million square feet of award-winning projects with a combined

valuation of more than $2 billion. Prior to joining Toro Development Company, Kelley served as Partner and Senior Vice President

of Commercial Development at North American Properties where he led the mixed-use development platform for the company’s

Atlanta office. During that time, he oversaw the ground-up development of Avalon, the $1 billion “urbanburb” in Alpharetta, and

the iconic transformation of Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta.

John graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree and earned an MBA in Real Estate from the

University of Georgia.

Egbert L. J. Perry, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Integral Group LLC. Founded in 1993 by Mr. Perry, Integral is a real estate development, advisory and investment management company based in Atlanta. Mr. Perry has over 35 years of experience as a real estate professional, including work in urban development, developing and investing in mixed-income, mixed-use communities, affordable/work force housing and commercial real estate projects in markets across the country. Mr. Perry currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of the Penn Institute for Urban Research and as a long-time trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Perry also served from 2002 through 2008 as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Mr. Perry has been a Fannie Mae director since December 2008. Mr. Perry was appointed Chairman of Fannie Mae's Board effective March 31, 2014. Mr. Perry serves as Chair of the Executive Committee.

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Malaika Rivers is the Founder & President of Pontem Resources. She helps businesses and governments work together to imagine and build great places. She works with a wide variety of changemakers — from CEOs to city mayors — to find cost-sharing strategies for pressing development needs.

With a focus on transportation, mobility, connectivity, and placemaking, Malaika’s work builds physical infrastructure as well as sustainable organizations to support it. Having worked for and with real estate developers, consulting firms, governments, and planning organizations, she crafts strategies that bring vision, process, funding, and politics together to achieve healthy ROIs.

Malaika’s work includes the billion-dollar, sports-anchored, mixed-use development models of Centennial Yards (Atlanta Hawks) and The Battery Atlanta (Atlanta Braves). She is the foremost expert on Community Improvement Districts (CIDs). Having formed and led CIDs over decades, Malaika advises on how these development tools effectively channel infrastructure funding into commercial centers.

Malaika is a 100 Influential Women to Know, a Georgia 500, and a 25 Power Women to Watch. She received her B.S. from Virginia Tech and her C.M.E. from Harvard Business School. She frequently contributes to various media outlets and publishes forward-thinking reports, including how CIDs may be positioned at the forefront of smart cities and digital transformation.

Malaika’s drive to conquer challenging terrain for her clients extends to her personal life. Whether hiking mountains or exploring deserts, Malaika is in constant pursuit of the way forward.

Keith T. Parker, AICP, is the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), the nation’s 9th largest transit system that includes heavy rail, bus and paratransit services. With an annual budget of $1 billion, MARTA provides more than 400,000 passenger boardings a day. Parker took the helm of MARTA on December 10, 2012.

Prior to Leithead forming his own governmental relations, entitlement, and consulting firm, he was responsible

for leading Cousins Properties development efforts as they relate to entitlement issues throughout the Atlanta

region. He served as liaison for Cousins with the various county and city governmental entities and project

related community-based organizations. He has 28 years of experience in the Atlanta commercial and real

estate market and has leased some five million square feet of office and retail space.

As a founding partner with Childress Klein Properties, Mr. Leithead was instrumental in the operation of the

Atlanta Galleria, one of Atlanta’s premier mixed-use developments. He was a key participant in the

development of Cobb Galleria Centre – a 300,000 square-foot county owned convention center.

In 1998, Leithead formed Urban One Associates, a development and transportation consulting firm, working

with Midtown Alliance, Perimeter Center, Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, and others in the formation of several

new Community Improvement Districts (CIDs). He was a principal in the development of Ridenour, a 90-acre

“Smart Growth” community in northwest Cobb County – which received the Atlanta Regional Commission’s

“Development of Excellence” award in 1999.

From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Leithead served two terms as Chairman of the Atlanta Regional Commission, a 39-

member board that steers the planning and development for the 10-county metro Atlanta region. He also

served on the ARC board from 2000 to 2012, and was Chair of its Transportation & Air Quality Committee from

2007-2009.

Leithead is the Chairman of the Cumberland Community Improvement District, formed in 1988, a self-taxing

group of commercial property owners that have leveraged nearly $140 million in local dollars into an estimated

$2.5 billion in capital improvements. In 1994, he served as Chairman of the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce

and also received the Lockheed Corporation Management Association’s “Manager of the

Year” award. Additionally, he serves on the Boards of Directors of the Fulton County Perimeter Community

Improvement District and the North Fulton Community Improvement District. He is past Chairman of the Board

of the Walker School.

Mr. Leithead is a resident of Fulton County and graduated with a B.A. from Washington and Lee University.

Tony Wilbert is president and founder of Wilbert Public Relations Co., an upstart communications firm specializing in real estate. Tony founded Wilbert PR Co. after selling his interest in The Wilbert Group, a firm he founded in 2009 that grew to become the fourth-largest independent PR agency in Atlanta. Before venturing out on his own, Tony created and ran the National Real Estate Practice at Edelman and worked corporate communications at Home Depot Inc. Real estate is a natural focus for Wilbert PR Co. because Tony covered commercial real estate at Atlanta Business Chronicle, National Real Estate Investor and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1996-2004. He currently satisfies his need to write about real estate through his blog Skyline Views (skylineviews.rocks). In 2015, Duke Long named Tony to his list, “Top 10 Most Influential Online Commercial Real Estate People."

Stephen Cannon was named chief executive officer of AMB Group, LLC effective February 1, assuming

the day-to- day leadership of the company’s for-profit businesses. Cannon leads all business operations

of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons; Atlanta United of Major League Soccer; Atlanta

Falcons Stadium Company, the developer of Mercedes-Benz Stadium that is scheduled to open in 2017;

PGA TOUR Superstore; and Mountain Sky Guest Ranch.

Prior to joining AMB Group, Cannon served as president and chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz

USA (MBUSA) and was responsible for leading operations that generated record sales with annual

revenues exceeding $20 billion. During his tenure, MBUSA achieved a first-ever No. 1 ranking on the

American Customer Satisfaction Index and was also lauded as one of the best places to work by Fortune

Magazine five years in a row. Cannon oversaw MBUSA’s successful headquarters relocation from New

Jersey to the metro Atlanta area, in addition to crafting a sports sponsorship strategy that closely

aligned the premium brand with properties reflective of its category leadership and brand position.

As a senior partner and President of Daniel, Pat oversees the firm’s business operations, development and investment activities.

Prior to joining Daniel in 2010, he served as President of Crescent Resources, LLC Commercial Properties division where he was responsible for oversight of the Charlotte-based firm’s commercial properties portfolio which included significant investments in Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Tampa and Washington, D.C. Prior to Crescent Resources, Pat served as the senior regional development officer at Trammell Crow Company’s Atlanta-based midsouth development division.

With more than 28 years of client-focused real estate experience, Henry has led teams in developing nearly 20 million square feet of property valued at over $3 billion in markets across the Southern and Mid-Atlantic United States.

Mack is founder and principal of Gateway Development Services, a full service real estate development company based in Atlanta, GA. Since its inception in 1996, Gateway has developed over 2,000,000 square feet of office, research, residential and retail space; primarily on and around university campuses. Representative projects include:

• Centergy, a 1,000,000 SF office, research, retail and residential project on Fifth Street, adjacent to Georgia Tech’s campus

• Technology Enterprise Park, a multi-building bio-technology park in midtown Atlanta

• WestEdge, a planned 2,500,000 SF master planned, mixed use project in Charleston, SC, located adjacent to the Medical University of South Carolina.

Mack graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial

Management, followed by a Master of Science in Management. A member of the Georgia Tech Track & Field Team, he was a scholarship athlete as both an undergraduate and graduate student. He is involved in various organizations, including serving as a board member of CIFAL Atlanta (the North American office of the United Nations Institute of Training & Research), the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Foundation (Chair), the First United Methodist Church Foundation and serves on the Planning Commission of the City of LaGrange, GA.

Mack resides in LaGrange, GA with his wife Holly and three children; Jordan, Mack and Robert.

Rocky is a Partner in the firm's Real Estate practice group where he focuses on real estate development and finance.

Within his real estate practice, Rocky serves his clients through acquisition, finance, leasing, development, operation and disposition for a number of areas including hotels, multi-family developments, resorts, golf courses, country clubs, stadiums, and marinas.

In addition to his real estate practice, Rocky also has more than 18 years of commercial mortgage-backed securities loan origination experience.

Norman Radow established The RADCO Companies in 1994, founded on his lifelong passion to improve the

lives of people and neighborhoods. Norman was born and raised in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. His

harrowing experiences as a young boy showed him firsthand the influence that property management and

public policy can have on the quality of life for residents and the greater community.

Norman founded The RADCO Companies, a real estate investment firm, in 1994 focusing on developing for-

sale urban condominiums until 2006. Then it pivoted to manage workouts and became the leading

restructuring firm in the United States, overseeing much of Lehman Brothers’ real estate assets in bankruptcy.

RADCO identified multifamily as the next investment opportunity coming off the Great Recession in 2010.

Since then, RADCO acquired and invested in approximately 30,000 apartment units in 15 markets and

completed and sold over 100 multifamily transactions totaling $3.2 billion. Norman launched Radco

Residential in 2014, to deliver superior human-centric data-driven property management, construction, and

asset management services for The RADCO Companies’ rapidly evolving portfolio and for third party clients.

The company delivered substantial operational success while embracing a warm and nurturing culture and

cutting-edge business practices while always delivering on life lessons that Norman learned in his youth.

In addition to multifamily, RADCO’s Hospitality Division was created in 2021 in response to the pandemic’s

operational and capital markets disruptions. RADCO has since acquired twelve hotels in three states and

continues to seek out hospitality assets in the southeast US as well as other markets.

Norman was the long-time chairman of Kennesaw State University’s Board of Trustees, serves on The Board

of New York Law School, and along with his family, is an active philanthropist. He has received many awards

for his service to the community. In 2020, the State of Georgia Board of Regents named “The Norman J.

Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences” after him. Norman was awarded an honorary PhD in 2023

from KSU. He also earned a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and a BA in history from SUNY

Plattsburgh.

As Chief Development Officer, Travis Garland oversees the day-to-day business across all asset classes at Portman, playing a key role in shaping strategy, executing transactions, and driving the development of new and existing product types.

Previously, Travis served as Managing Director of Office at Portman, where he led transactions totaling over $4 billion in gross value, including leasing, operations, and dispositions. He is an active member of NAIOP and ULI. His achievements have earned him recognition as a NAIOP “Top Producer” in 2014 and 2018, as well as the #2 Producer in 2016, 2020, and 2021. He was also named one of Real Estate Forum’s 40 Under 40 in 2014 and has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker from 2013 to 2021.

Travis holds a B.B.A. in real estate from the University of Georgia and is a licensed Broker in Georgia and North Carolina. He has been active in commercial real estate since 2005.

As Regional Managing Partner, John Leonard oversees the performance of the entire Atlanta office including overall revenue, business development, recruitment, training, ongoing team management, and operational and financial success. Prior to working with Franklin Street, Mr. Leonard served as Owner and Broker for Multi Housing Group where he concentrated on the development and brokerage of student housing projects focused mainly in the Southeast. Before Multi Housing Group, Mr. Leonard worked for Marcus & Millichap serving in several capacities including First Vice President/Regional Manager for Atlanta, Georgia and Regional Manager in Las Vegas, Nevada. He began his career in commercial real estate as a Co-Owner/Broker of a Prudential Real Estate office in Clifton Park, New York. Extremely active in the commercial real estate community, Mr. Leonard currently serves as an Honorary Board Member of Georgia State University’s Real Estate Department, a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Designee, a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He also has been recognized with several awards including Who’s Who: Top 100 Power Brokers by the Atlanta Business Chronicle from 2007 to 2014. Mr. Leonard received his Mini-Master of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from J. Mack College of Business at Georgia State University, his Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in Las Vegas, Nevada, and his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at State University of New York at Potsdam in Potsdam, New York. He is a licensed real estate broker in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Nevada, and New York.

Betsy has 20 years of experience in the interior architecture industry as a designer, project manager and principal. She is a Vice President and the Director of Interior Design for HOK in Atlanta as well as one of the global leaders for HOK’s interior design practice. Betsy has successfully delivered services for a wide variety of interiors project types, including corporate headquarters, non-profit and institutional. She is known for her expertise in creating people-centered spaces supporting overarching organizational goals for clients such as Porsche Cars of North America, Equifax, Manhattan Associates and Georgia State University. Her projects have been published and won significant awards from the Georgia Chapters’ of American Society of Interior Design and Urban Land Institute.

She is highly engaged in the real estate industry and has served on CoreNet Global’s Atlanta Chapter Board since 2009, participated in Corporate Real Estate Women’s Atlanta, the Atlanta Chapter of International Facilities Management Association, and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors. Betsy has done multiple speaking engagements for local and global real estate entities on workplace strategy and design. She is passionate about the arts in Atlanta and served on the Board of Directors and as the President for The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Betsy graduated from Florida State University with honors, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and Visual Arts.