Mark brings 20 years of industry experience to the Firm and is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. As Head of the North American Transactions platform, he is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the North American Transactions group. In addition, he is responsible for sourcing transactions and forming joint venture relationships. Mark is also a member of the Firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance Committee and a Sponsor of the Harrison Street Network of Women (HS NOW) affinity group.

Prior to joining Harrison Street, Mark was at Morgan Stanley within its Merchant Banking Real Estate Investing Group. While there, he sourced, underwrote and closed acquisition and joint venture opportunities in the US, Canada and Mexico for several of its funds. In this capacity, he analyzed potential acquisitions, development and redevelopment opportunities across the capital structure, property types and risk/return fund parameters.

Mark graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a BBA in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics as well as Finance, Investments Banking. He is a member of the University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association.

William Kane has served as our Executive Vice President, East Coast & U.K. Markets since January 2019. For over 20 years, he has served in various leasing and development capacities in Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Prior to joining BioMed in October 2008, he was responsible for the development of R&D, hospital, and office real estate development projects for the Fallon Company, Davis Marcus Partners, Lyme Properties, and Turner Construction. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Tufts University and Master of Business Administration Degree and Master of Science Degree from Boston University.

Bill currently lives with his wife and four children in Marblehead, MA.

Mr. Petz joined Colliers in 2019 and serves as managing director of investment sales within the Capital Markets team. He carries extensive experience in the disposition of core trophy assets, as well as a diverse mix of urban/suburban office, industrial, life science, and land development assets.

As the U.S. leader of office sales, Frank serves on the Board of Advisors for U.S. Capital Markets, Colliers' national platform of financing and sales advisors dedicated to elevating our brand and providing best-in-class service to our clients.

Immediately prior to joining Colliers, Mr. Petz led the growth of JLL’s overall capital markets business in New England. Prior to JLL, he served as director of capital markets activity at both Eastdil and CBRE, and ultimately built his capital markets foundation on the buy-side at AEW Capital Management for the first 15 years of his career.

Sean is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and structuring transactions focusing on the northeastern U.S. Prior to joining Square Mile in 2016, Sean served as a Director in the CMBS group at Cantor Commercial Real Estate where he originated senior mortgages on all property types across the U.S. Sean received his B.S. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Gilbert J. Winn is the Chief Executive Officer of WinnCompanies, an award-winning

national multifamily development and management company dedicated to the

highest standards of excellence. The company owns or manages real estate

holdings valued at approximately $14 billion across the United States, including

affordable, senior, mixed-income, market rate, military and mixed use properties.

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Boston, WinnCompanies is the nation’s fifth

largest multi-family housing manager and its largest manager of affordable

housing. Mr. Winn plays a leadership role in the creation, planning, implementation

and integration of the strategic vision and growth of WinnCompanies on behalf of

nearly 3,000 employees working in 22 states and the Disrict of Columbia.

As CEO, Mr. Winn oversees three affiliates: WinnDevelopment, the company’s

property development arm; WinnResidential, which manages multi-family

communities; and WinnReisdential Military Housing Services, which manages

privizated military housing.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, he was an Associate at Related Capital Company, a

full-service real estate investment company based in New York City, where he

originated and implemented more than $150 million of equity investments. Mr.

Winn graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earning a

Bachelor of Arts studying History and Psychology.

Alison Lies has been involved in over $3 billion USD in transaction and financing activity in her career and is a 20-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry. She was formerly Vice President of Acquisitions for Equity One as well as for a high net worth family office.

Jason S. Weisman was born in Boston, MA. He attended Newton South High School, graduated from Curry College in three years and received an MBA from Babson College. While attending university, Jason began his career in real estate working for a local brokerage company and that is where he fell in love with the built environment and the art of the deal.

Mr. Weissman founded Boston Realty Advisors in 2001. At the time, Jason was a pioneer, one of the first in the industry to embrace the live-work-play model, now known as “mixed-use”. He launched the firm with multiple service lines under one roof – created leadership roles for multifamily, office, retail, hospitality and user housing – and became the largest, independent real estate services firm in New England.

Mr. Weissman manages the investment sales and capital markets platform, with an owner-aligned philosophy. He represents some of the most distinguished investors on strategic real estate matters, having transacted millions of square feet worth billions of dollars throughout his career.

Mr. Weissman is an industry thought leader and enjoys a reputation of being creative and an out-of-the-box thinker. He regularly appears in local and industry publications, is a part of the Forbes Real Estate Council and has been a guest speaker at Harvard, MIT and Suffolk University.

Jason advocates to preserve the authenticity of Boston, while also ensuring its growth as a leading city of global innovation. He is the founder of The Broadway Company, a real estate investment company with over 60 investment properties in North America and is an active member of numerous organizations including the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

Mr. Weissman’s advises on the largest transformative projects in Boston; from concept through delivery. His dedication to Boston extends to multiple special cause issues and organizations including Boston Children’s Hospital and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. He is an avid runner and a foreign film buff, including credited as executive producer for multiple films. He and his wife reside in South Boston.

Ed Kindelan is the Office Managing Partner of CohnReznick’s Boston office and leads the Commercial Real Estate practice in the New England Region. Ed is also an active member in the Hartford business community. He focuses on client service and firm growth within our Connecticut and Massachusetts offices. He works closely with CohnReznick partners to ensure we provide the full depth and breadth of CohnReznick resources to our clients.

As a member of the Commercial Real Estate Industry Practice, Ed provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to commercial real estate developers, property managers, private equity funds and investors. He has extensive experience in providing business, succession and estate planning to closely-held businesses and their stakeholders. He regularly participates in Commercial Real Estate panels on a variety of topics.

Education

· University of Connecticut: Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Community Involvement

· American Heart Association, Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, Board Member

· Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, Board member

· National Conference for Community and Justice, Board Member

Professional Affiliations

· American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

· Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants

· Real Estate Finance Association

David Himmel is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Jamestown Real Estate Services, which consists of Development & Construction, Architecture, Retail Leasing, Creative & Marketing, and Property Management. In this role he is responsible for the day-to-day management of these departments and their execution within Jamestown’s portfolio. Mr. Himmel joined Jamestown in 2014. Previously, he worked at Forest City Ratner Companies in Development on projects including the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street. Mr. Himmel graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010 with distinction and from Harvard Business School in 2014. As a student at Harvard Business School, Mr. Himmel co-founded the Brattle Park Group, a real estate investment company focused on mobile home parks. He serves on the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board and the Covenant House Real Estate Executive Committee.

Sara Shank is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and global head of Innovation. Based in New York, Sara is responsible for developing and implementing technology solutions and data strategies across investment, asset management, operations and client servicing. This includes leading the change management of process, systems, and culture. Sara oversees the Systems organization working in close coordination with all investment and function areas. She is a member of the Global Investment Committee.

Prior to joining PGIM Real Estate, Sara served as a managing director, head of Portfolio Management at Beacon Capital Partners. In this role, she was chair of the Portfolio Committee and a member of the Investment, Management, Internal Credit, Due Diligence and Debt Committees in addition to being responsible for driving innovation in the firm. During her tenure, Sara oversaw the review, screening and implementation of multiple new technologies and platforms across the company.

Sara has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a master of business administration from Tuck School of Business. She has been a founding member of numerous industry organization councils including the ULI National Real Estate Technology Council and CREtech Leadership Board. Sara also has served as an advisory board member for VTS, Honest Buildings, WiredScore, Compstak, Building Engines and Comfy. Sara is also a CFA® charterholder.

Roelof Opperman is a Principal and Co-Lead of the PropTech Investment Group at Fifth Wall, a Los Angeles-based venture capital fund focused on the Built World.

Roelof focuses on technology and innovations within the multi-family, office, and hospitality real estate asset classes. He led Fifth Wall’s investments in Lyric, Eden, Appear Here, Hippo, Industrious, Loggi, Recharge, Lime, and Aurora Solar.

Previously, Roelof worked at Norwest Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Goldman Sachs, and Bridgewater Associates.

Roelof is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, from Emory University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Craig Todaro is a real estate lawyer who serves as a trusted advisor to institutional investors, REITs, real estate funds, private investment managers, private equity firms and wealth managers, family investors and real estate operators in connection with complex real estate transactions.

Craig is experienced in the deployment and management of capital in commercial real estate markets and provides practical legal advice and counsel in all areas of real estate, including joint ventures, recapitalizations, acquisitions and dispositions, and lender and borrower-side mezzanine and mortgage financings (with extensive experience in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae transactions).

Through his work, Craig has become familiar with real estate issues particular to many types of industries and projects, including but not limited to issues associated with multi-family developments, student housing, office developments, data centers, hospitality and leisure facilities, retail sites, and mixed-use developments.

Before joining Goulston & Storrs, Craig was a partner in an Am Law 50 firm.

John Barros is a husband, father of four young children, community development leader, small business owner, Boston’s first Chief of Economic Development, and a former mayoral candidate for the City of Boston. A lifelong resident of Boston, John’s parents emigrated from Cabo Verde to Boston, where he attended both public and Catholic schools. At age 14, John became a community organizer with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), the Roxbury and Dorchester-based community land trust; later, John became the Executive Director of DSNI, where he worked alongside community leaders to build schools, community centers, affordable housing and parks. As Chief of Economic Development, John brought 140,000 new jobs to Boston, while also investing millions of dollars in job training for local residents. As part of Boston's response to the COVID-19 crisis, John co-convened the City’s Health Inequities Task Force, which guided the city in addressing inequities in data analysis, testing sites, and healthcare services for Bostonians who are Asian, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and immigrants. More information can be found at: https://www.barrosformayor.com/