Ericka Miller joined Alatus in June 2022.

Ericka came to Alatus from her position at KimbleCo as Senior Vice President where she oversaw brokerage and provided project management services. Prior to KimbleCo, Ericka was Managing Director/Vice President with Savills Studley Occupier Services and opened an office in the Twin Cities. She also spent five years with Johnson Controls Global Workplace Solutions. At both companies, she led teams in growing existing business through complex financial and service-oriented solutions to drive cost savings throughout client real estate portfolios. She was often brought in for account management work and pursued new work with national and global corporate clients.

Her career path also includes time at Ameriprise Financial where she oversaw real estate services for corporate-owned advisor offices across the west side of the country while working through a year-long merger that doubled the portfolio. She also spent five years with Opus Northwest specializing in office and condominium development.

Ericka lives in the Twin Cities with her family and enjoys traveling, anything outdoors or with friends/family and volunteering with various organizations including industry organizations such as MNCREW and MNCAR.

Notable roles and recognitions include:

Licensed Minnesota Real Estate Broker

Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)

Past President, Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women (MNCREW)

Various leadership and committee roles with MNCREW, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), and CoreNet

Board member, current vice president, Progress Valley, a nonprofit organization

Board member, current, Scott County Center for Entrepreneurship

Top Women in Finance 2018

Twin Cities Power Women 2019 & 2021

Education: Graduate, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

TEAM BIOS

BOB LUX

ALEX POLINSKY III

CHRIS OSMUNDSON

KIRSTEN NEUMANN

BARRETT CORWIN

IVAN ALVARADO

MATT MASON

APRIL THOMPSON

ERICKA MILLER

LIZ TRAUTZ

Alatus was founded in 2005 with the goal of revitalizing communities through transformative real estate development. Through numerous, award-winning urban and suburban developments, the Alatus team brings more than 30 years of real estate planning, design, and construction experience to each project and proudly partners with clients and communities throughout the Upper Midwest.

As Vice President and General Manager, Phil provides leadership and

expertise and leads the sourcing and pursuit of new development

opportunities, upfront development feasibility studies, financial analysis, due

diligence and entitlements for speculative and build-to-suit developments

while further providing managerial oversight throughout construction, design

and project delivery.

Josh Budish is the firm’s founder and a 20-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry. His experience includes developing over $500M, managing over $750M, and investing over $1B in commercial real estate on behalf of institutional investors. As principal for Endeavor Development, Josh’s extensive knowledge of the industry offers his partners the confidence to develop, acquire and manage their real estate assets. Prior to founding Endeavor, Josh was vice president of leasing and development at Duke Realty Corporation from 2014 to 2020. In this role, he was responsible for the leasing, development, and overall performance of the company’s 5.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in the Minneapolis market. Josh worked at Liberty Property Trust from 2004 to 2014, most recently as director of leasing. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Josh currently serves on the board of directors for the Minnesota chapter of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association and volunteers his time as a coach for youth athletics.

Brent Webb, development executive at Mortenson, is integral in leading the company’s national Science and Technology business – focused on solving complex real estate challenges through innovative development solutions that advance his customers’ business goals. A hallmark of his career to date, is leading Mortenson’s partnership with Mayo Clinic to transform their innovation district, Discovery Square. Brent is inspired to work on projects that advance innovation and lead to new discoveries in science and technology to advance humanity.

While Brent is responsible for managing the entire spectrum of developments, including strategy, sourcing, project management, operations, partnerships and financing – his motivation comes from the opportunity to partner with industry leaders to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of the community, working together as a catalyst for sustainable and inclusive development.

Brent graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and for the past decade, has been actively involved in the downtown Minneapolis landscape – formerly serving as a board member for the Minneapolis Downtown Council, has co-chaired the Council’s Residential Task Force where he was awarded for his substantial contributions towards the success of Explore Downtown Living. He also serves on the board for PLACE, a local non-profit development company; volunteers with One Village Partners, an NGO that spurs economic development in Sierra Leon; and is a founder of the Hammer, an annual curling tournament supporting Hearts & Hammers, a non-profit that rehabs homes for elderly and disabled individuals in Minnesota

Jacob W. Steen advises and represents businesses, developers, and property owners seeking favorable government approvals including liquor licensing, business licensing, zoning, environmental review, and other ‎regulatory matters. Additionally, Jake has represented clients and industry groups on environmental matters seeking favorable determinations from governmental agencies. His work includes representation before the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the Environmental Quality Board with regard to state rulemaking for floodplain and shoreland regulations, environmental review determinations and drafting of model rules and regulations.

Bill Katter is Co-President of United Properties Investment (UPI) and President & Chief Investment Officer of United Properties Development (UPD).

Current Responsibilities

As President and Chief Investment Officer of United Properties Development he has responsibility for all new investment projects and all development personnel. Bill oversees all aspects of United Properties’ development activities, including land acquisition, entitlement, design, construction, company and project marketing, and project capitalization and disposition.

Bill co-leads the combined companies, United Properties (UP) with Matt Van Slooten, President and Chief Investment Officer of United Properties Investment (UPI). Bill serves as chair of United Properties’ Investment Committee and is a member of the Executive Team and the Board of Governors.

Past Experience

Prior to his executive leadership role at United Properties, Bill significantly impacted United Properties’ success, both in the Twin Cities and Denver. He was responsible for the purchase and/or development of more than five million square feet of office and industrial space for the company from 2006-2014. Notable projects in Minnesota include the development of the C.H. Robinson corporate campus in Eden Prairie, the acquisition of Plymouth Ponds Business Park, development of the LEED Gold 8200 Tower of Normandale Lake Office Park, the adaptive re-use of both 505 and 655 Nicollet Mall properties, the renovation of the Ford Center and Loose Wiles historic buildings, and development of the Be The Match headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. In the Denver market, Bill initiated the development of Enterprise Business Center, a two million square foot master-planned and award-winning industrial park.

Professional and Community Involvement

Bill is an active member of the National Urban Land Institute’s Industrial and Office Park Development Council. He is also a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and the University of St. Thomas Real Estate Advisory Board.

Education

Bill earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities from the University of Minnesot

Gil Garrison has served as Principal-in-Charge and/or Design Principal for a wide range of award-winning U.S. and International projects. His long-standing client relationships include national and international real estate developers and corporations. Gil continues to be an advocate for designing the workplace of the future to accommodate evolving market expectations. He has recently directed the successful design transformation of several iconic, vintage class "A" commercial office developments into collaborative office environments that

appeal to new generations of office users. Gil has developed a particular focus on the design of Urban, Mixed Use projects including several high-rise, vertically stacked developments with various combinations of Office, Retail, Hotel and Multifamily components. These projects feature amenities that focus on public

interaction, activity and collaboration inside and out. Many of Gil’s designs have been

recognized for sensitively introducing large, complex development into the urban fabric in a way that contributes to a thriving, intimate pedestrian experience.

Gil has been an active leader in the profession through his ongoing involvement with industry and community organizations. Over the last several years, he has participated in the ULI Atlanta District Council mentor program enjoying the opportunity to support and encourage the professional pursuits of young ULI members. He has been a frequent speaker at ULI and NAIOP events and regularly serves on project juries at the Georgia Tech College of Design where he established the Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart Dean’s Scholarship. The first of its kind, this scholarship is given to a Freshman student for a full five years in support of their

study of architecture at Georgia Tech.

Dan with over a decade of investment and accounting experience serves as a CFO with CLA's CAAS Services in Real Estate and Family Office clients. The best part of this role for Dan is working face to face with developers and seeing how they approach adding value to the marketplace, how they capitalized those deals, and seeing the market response to those strategies.

Dan specializes in the development, analysis, and interpretation of statistical and accounting information from real estate projects across all asset classes in order to appraise operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget, and qualitative review. This includes communicating with JV investors on asset performance updates and debt holders with compliance documents and building relationships with them proactively. Through these functions there have been requirements to oversee 3rd parties and internal staff to help drive asset performance as well as keeping the best intrests of the sponser in mind at all times.

Dan earned his BS in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin River Falls and an MBA from Hamline University. In addition, he has served as leadership on multiple not-for-profit boards. Dan previously worked for CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate service firm, as well as Northern Trust, servicing equity and fixed income asset managers.