Alan Lewis is an Industrial and Office Development Partner at The Keith Corporation (TKC), with over 28 years of experience in commercial real estate. Since joining The Keith Corporation in 1992, Alan has steadily grown TKC’s industrial build-to-suit and business park development platform into one of national preeminence.

Alan attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and Finance.

He is a past-president and board member of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors, a member of the North Carolina Economic Developers Association, and a licensed broker in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Alan is also an elder at Myers Park Presbyterian Church and has supported and served on the Board of Directors of numerous charitable organizations.

Tim is a resourceful problem-solver. He leads the industrial activities for Beacon’s existing 10+million square foot industrial portfolio. He also is actively involved in identifying industrial build to suit opportunities as well as additional acquisition and development opportunities within the Carolinas. Tim earned a bachelor's degree in history from Davidson College. He is a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Jordan Quinn is an industrial real estate executive who over his industrial real estate career has completed transactions totaling more than 100 million square feet and spanning almost every market across the entire United States. He leads Trinity Capital’s Industrial Platform, responsible for growing the firm’s industrial acquisition and development operations nationally — via identifying new opportunities and maximizing current industrial investments. He is charged with raising the company’s profile nationally within the industrial sector. Prior to Trinity Capital, Jordan worked for over 15 years at JLL, where he was a recognized industry leader and trusted real estate advisor for many Fortune 500 companies and institutional landlords and developers. Among his specialties: tenant and landlord representation, national site selection, investment sales and global real estate advisory. Jordan is a member of the American Industrial Real Estate Association (AIR) and Charlotte Regional Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR). The New Jersey native ventured South for college. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business from The University of South Carolina, where he was an All-American soccer player. After graduation, Jordan headed West to begin his career in California. Jordan now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their two young daughters. In his free time, he enjoys keeping active, being with his family and coaching his daughters in soccer.

Zach Wade has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate investment and project leasing and has led the company in over $500 million of office acquisitions since joining MRP Realty in 2006. During this time, he also played a major role in MRP’s coworking affiliate company, MAKE Offices, where he served as CEO and treasurer until April 2020. Prior to joining MRP, Zach was Director of Acquisitions for the Mid-Atlantic region of NPV/Direct Invest, an operating partner of Lehman Brothers, and was directly responsible for the acquisition of office and warehouse properties valuing over $120 million. While at Trammell Crow Company, Zach leased over two million square feet of office space in Northern Virginia. He is an Executive Committee Member for the Washington Real Estate Group. Zach received a B.A. in Economics and Communications Studies from the University of North Carolina and a Master of Real Estate from Johns Hopkins University.

Sagar Rathie joined Crescent Communities in 2016 and currently serves as Managing Director for the Commercial division. He leads all aspects of the Company’s office acquisitions and developments throughout the Southeast and Southwest, with an active investment and pipeline development portfolio totaling 2.5 million SF and representing $1.3 billion in capital deployed. Sagar is responsible for sourcing, entitling, designing, financing, and executing on new and value-add office and mixed-use developments across the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, Central Florida, Texas and Arizona.

Sagar has extensive capital markets experience, having collectively raised nearly $4.0 billion in third party equity and debt throughout his career. Previously, he was Crescent Communities' Director of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, where he played an integral role in the company’s financial forecasting and planning efforts, assisted with the investment committee process, and led numerous strategic initiatives for the company. Prior to Crescent Communities, Sagar was an Investment Banking Senior Associate with Piper Sandler, and a Manager at GlaxoSmithKline.

He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Discovery Place, active with ULI as a member of the Capital Markets Committee, is a Development Leaders National Forum invitee with NAIOP, a recent graduation of Leadership Charlotte, and heavily involved with the community. Sagar received his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master’s in Engineering from Duke University, and Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering also from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Oversees and manages all aspects of the development process including rezoning, pro forma development, design, construction and stabilization. Extensive experience in development and construction management, multifamily operations and property management.

Parker represents financial institutions, private equity sponsors, and real estate investors in the origination, structuring, and closing of complex commercial real estate loans and transactions nationwide. With a practice focused on real estate finance, he handles large-scale mortgage and mezzanine lending secured by office buildings, multifamily housing, hotels, retail centers, and industrial properties—including national and international multi-property portfolios.

Parker routinely serves as lead counsel on transactions involving construction loans, “loan-on-loan” and repo facilities, and conduit and SASB securitizations. He advises clients through all phases of the deal lifecycle, from initial term sheets and diligence to negotiation, documentation, and closing. His experience also extends to the purchase and sale of both mortgage and mezzanine debt.

In addition to lender-side work, Parker counsels owners, developers, and real estate funds on the acquisition, development, leasing, and disposition of real estate assets, including mixed-use projects and luxury condominiums. He advises borrowers on transactions that blend debt and equity components, and he has handled sales of entire real estate businesses structured through joint ventures and fund-level investments.

Parker drafts and negotiates complex loan and transaction documents, including loan agreements, guarantees, environmental indemnities, security instruments, and legal opinions. He also leads due diligence reviews involving leases, ground leases, JV agreements, fund documents, development and management agreements, and title, survey and zoning matters.

Early in his career, Parker gained public sector experience as a judicial intern to Chief Justice Robert P. Young of the Michigan Supreme Court and as a student prosecutor for several Michigan municipalities.

Representative Experience

Advised vertically integrated real estate company with a portfolio of over 6,000 multifamily units in a $330M capital investment which included the formation of two joint ventures, contribution of a 14-property seed portfolio, issuance of new debt from the joint venture partner, issuance of warrants and an incentive plan vehicle.

Advised a private real estate investment firm in the origination of a corporate credit facility secured by net cash flow and net sale proceeds from a portfolio of seven properties consisting of a mix of operating and under construction multi-family projects, as well as intercompany debt collateral.

Advised a consortium of institutional lenders in the origination of a $145M refinancing secured by a single-tenant office building occupied by Amazon. This loan was subsequently securitized in multiple conduit offerings.

Advised a U.S.based asset management company in the origination of a $196M mortgage construction loan comprised of a building loan and project loan secured by a to-be built 614 unit Class A apartment building.

Advised a credit investment firm in the origination of a $156.25M construction loan for the construction of a 35-story luxury residential condominium consisting of 191 units and retail space. The loan was leveraged using “loan-on-loan” financing as well as a loan participation.

Advised a global investment bank in the origination of a $65M mortgage loan secured by an office building park and retail strip center totalling 583,590 square feet.

Advised a major bank in the origination of a $1.1B CMBS refinancing secured by two Manhattan commercial office skyscrapers owned by a prominent real estate developer.

Advised global financial institution in the origination of a $1B CMBS refinancing, including mortgage and mezzanine loans, secured by a portfolio of 70 office and retail properties and related SASB securitization, as well as the subsequent sale of the mezzanine debt.

Advised a global financial institution in the origination of a $705M CMBS refinancing, including mortgage and multiple mezzanine loans, secured by a Manhattan office tower owned by a national sponsor and related SASB securitization, as well as the subsequent sale of the mezzanine debt.

Advised a global investment bank in the origination of a $685M CMBS refinancing secured by a portfolio of over 100 extended stay hotels located across several states owned by a leading institutional investor.

Advised a global financial institution in the origination of a $600M CMBS refinancing, including mortgage and mezzanine loans, secured by a portfolio of over 30 affordable housing multifamily complexes owned by a national sponsor and related SASB securitization, as well as the subsequent sale of the mezzanine debt.

Advised a global investment bank in the origination of a $415M CMBS acquisition financing secured by a portfolio of over 45 industrial facilities located across several states owned by an institutional investor and related SASB securitization.

Advised major insurance company in the origination of multiple acquisition loan facilities of up to $200M secured by portfolios of single-family residences located across several states.

Advised a national real estate owner-operator, as part of a large team, in the sale of its real estate business for $100M, which involved a vast consent and amendment process negotiated with 18 lenders (which involved the modification of nearly 30 loans), 13 joint venture partners, a complete reorganization and the buyout of legacy investors. Acted as the lead in the debt modification and consent process (which involved the modification of 14 agency-backed loans).

Advised one of the largest public real estate investment trusts specializing in manufactured housing parks and RV parks in the country in connection with the stock acquisition of another major public real estate investment trust. for $1.68B, adding 103 properties in several states and Canada to our client’s portfolio in a single closing.

Advised a public hedge fund with a market capitalization of over $3B in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of 55 national bank branches located in several states and the simultaneous partial “flip” of such portfolio.

Advised one of the largest national homebuilders in connection with the creation and development of a site condominium community in Southeast Michigan.

Advised private developer in connection with the creation and construction of a ground-up, luxury condominium facility worth nearly $100M, with both residential and commercial uses.

Gates Grainger specializes in commercial transactions and provides solutions-driven underwriting support that commercial clients require. Gates has worked in commercial real estate for over 30 years, including 18 years as underwriting counsel, first for a regional title agency and most recently for the commercial services division of another title insurance underwriter.

Gates earned his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Davidson College, a law degree from Duke University School of Law. Immediately after law school, Gates joined the Real Estate and Capital Markets Practice Group for Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein in Charlotte, NC, as an associate. Before settling in title insurance, Gates served in a variety of other roles, including as assistant general counsel in the Capital Markets Practice Group for First Union Corporation, working in the Capital Markets Practice Group at Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge, and Rice, PLLC, and assistant general counsel for LendingTree, LLC.

Contact information: Email: gates.grainger@stewart.com Phone: 704.562.0724