As Principal and Vice President of Investment at Advance Realty, Alex Cocoziello focuses on risk

management, capital allocation, and investment strategy helping to ensure seamless execution of the

firm’s core, value-added and opportunistic real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Advance, Alex worked as a trader and market-maker for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s

Global Markets Division on the Event-Driven Equity Team. In this role, Alex specialized in the trading of

equity securities focusing on risk arbitrage of corporate mergers and acquisitions, distressed equity, and

post-reorganizational equity. His responsibilities included managing firm capital in risk situations,

providing fundamental and technical market analysis, daily trading commentary, and corporate earnings

analysis to institutional clients such as asset managers, pension funds, mutual funds, and hedge funds.

Alex holds a BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, and an MS in Real Estate with a

concentration in finance and investment from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.

Andrew Dansker is the CEO and founder of Dansker Capital Group, a national mortgage brokerage firm with six U.S. offices and one international office. He oversees a team of 30 professionals originating commercial mortgage debt across all major asset types, with a particular focus on retail and multifamily properties. The firm primarily arranges bank and credit union financing while also executing agency, CMBS, life company, and bridge loan transactions as appropriate. Since its establishment as an independent company in 2020, Dansker Capital Group has placed well over $3 billion in commercial real estate loans nationwide.

Andrew believes the middle-market debt marketplace is under-served by professional, high-quality national firms and sees a significant opportunity for an enterprising company to fill that gap. His leadership vision is to build an organization that delivers institutional-quality service, execution, and results to the national middle-market debt space.

Andrew is a published industry commentator whose writing on the real estate lending market has appeared in The Commercial Observer, Real Estate Weekly, and New York Real Estate Journal. He is also a frequent industry speaker and contributor at conferences and events organized by Bisnow, GlobeSt, Interface, Commercial Observer, ConnectCRE, and other leading commercial real estate platforms. He has more than 15 years of experience in the real estate industry. Andrew earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law.

Mr. Wolfe is the Co-Managing Partner in the Property Tax Department at Skoloff &

Wolfe, PC, where he focuses his practice on representing taxpayers in significant real estate tax appeals and property tax related matters. He has extensive experience in all types of property tax appeals, including hotel, multi-family, retail, office, and industrial properties. Mr. Wolfe frequently counsels clients on the property tax implications of the development, acquisition, and disposition of significant assets. He also counsels clients with respect to property tax exemptions and PILOT agreements.

Mr. Wolfe serves on the Board of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA) and as the Co-Chair of the Real Property Tax Practice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Wolfe has been featured or quoted in a wide variety of local and national publications, including Forbes.com, GlobeSt.com, Marketwatch.com, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Law.com, Law360.com, The New York Law Journal, and Commerce Magazine.

Mr. Wolfe has a track record of obtaining significant assessment reductions on behalf

of his clients.

Examples of those assessment reductions include:

• Reduced hotel assessment from $188 million to $131million;

• Reduced multi-family assessment from $116 million to $67 million;

• Reduced office assessment from $115.5 million to $90million;

• Reduced supermarket anchored center from $66.9 million to $46 million;

• Reduced nursing home assessment from $36 million to $10.1million;

• Reduced big box retail assessment from $21.3 million to $13.4 million;

• Reduced office assessment from $27.8 million to $6.5million.

Mr. Wolfe began his career as an associate at the law firm of Davis Polk and

Wardwell in New York. While at Davis Polk, he focused his practice on regulatory

investigations, securities litigation and banking disputes.

Mr. Wolfe is a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and is

the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Diversity & Inclusion 360 Presidential Commission. As a

young lawyer, Mr. Wolfe served as the Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division, the

ABA’s largest entity with more than 130,000 members.

Mr. Wolfe received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and graduated

from Cornell University with distinction in all subjects.

Patrick Deyhle is a Partner in the New Brunswick, NJ office of Windels Marx. He concentrates his practice on financing transactions, including commercial real estate financing (acquisition, construction and permanent mortgage financing), and corporate financing. Additionally, he has experience in working out distressed loans, and the documentation of restructuring arrangements and loan modifications. Patrick's clients are banks, financial institutions and other real estate lenders, as well as developers, owners and investors in a financing context. Connect with Patrick at 732.448.2558 or

Tyler is responsible for sourcing acquisition opportunities throughout New Jersey as well as the leasing of Seagis’ New Jersey portfolio. In his current position, he works on all aspects of the acquisition process including sourcing, underwriting, governance, due diligence, and closing. In his leasing role, he is responsible for marketing, negotiating, and leasing transactions throughout Seagis’ 6MM+ SF New Jersey portfolio. Prior to joining Seagis, Tyler was a Vice President for Jones Lang LaSalle in their Northeast Industrial Region, focusing on New Jersey, from 2018-2021. Prior to his role at JLL, Tyler spent the first 7 years of his career working in finance, most recently serving as a fixed-income trader for BlueBay Asset Management. Tyler is an active member of NAIOP-NJ.

"Itay serves as the Senior Vice President of Northeast Markets (DC, MD, VA, DE, PA, NJ, NY) at Faropoint, a Private Equity firm that focuses on last mile industrial real estate. At Faropoint, he oversees a team of 15 real estate professionals, including Acquisitions, Asset Management, and Construction Management.

Itay Joined the company as the first employee in the region and in the past three years grew the operation to more than $600M GAV across 100 Assets.

He also Helps lead overarching strategic initiatives within the company, including our Rooftop Solar practice, Tenant Credit Evaluation and Analysis, Asset Disposition, and System implementation and integration."

Chris J. Murphy is a partner at Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in

commercial real estate and development. A partner in the firm, Chris leads the Land Use,

Zoning and Redevelopment, and Tax Credits and Incentives practice groups.

As the leader of the firm’s Land Use, Zoning and Redevelopment practice, Chris has been

involved in transformational development projects throughout New Jersey, and regularly

represents some of the largest institutional developers in connection with obtaining approvals

for industrial, mixed-use, multifamily, retail, and commercial projects before local, county, and

state boards and agencies.

In addition, Chris leads the firm’s Tax Credits and Incentives practice, where he has helped

clients procure over $500M in tax credits and incentives offered through the New Jersey

Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and other state and local government agencies.

Chris is the co-author of the Financial Incentives Chapter of Commercial Real Estate

Transactions in New Jersey (2019, 4 th Edition), published by the New Jersey Institute for

Continuing Legal Education, a division of the New Jersey State Bar Association. His insight on

the topic of real estate development has been featured in both regional and national

publications, including NJBIZ, Real Estate NJ, and The Wall Street Journal.

Chris received his law degree from Rutgers Law School, and a master’s degree from the

Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations. He received his undergraduate

degree, summa cum laude, from Kean University.

An avid competitor, Chris competed professionally in both ice hockey and boxing prior to

starting his career as an attorney.

James M. Maggio, Jr. is Counsel in Riker Danzig’s Real Estate Practice Group and is highly experienced in commercial real estate and related corporate transactions. His practice encompasses a wide variety of matters. Jim represents clients in complex commercial real estate matters, including joint ventures, primarily handling significant multimillion-dollar transactions. He has helped clients sell and acquire substantial commercial properties and to secure permanent and/or construction financing for the acquisition and/or development of significant office and industrial properties. Jim is also a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Practice group and in that capacity has represented institutional lenders in complex financing transactions involving real estate. He also advises landlords and tenants in reviewing, negotiating and drafting office and industrial leases along with ancillary documents such as assignments, estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements. In addition, he also regularly advises clients with respect to realty transfer taxes and the structuring of real property holdings.

Jesse Tepedino serves as Vice President of Development for the New Jersey region. Mr. Tepedino is responsible for directing all phases of the development process, from design and permitting activities to the construction and stabilization of Mill Creek communities.

Before joining Mill Creek, Mr. Tepedino served as Director of Acquisitions at Kushner, where he led land acquisition and development efforts for multifamily and mixed-use projects throughout New Jersey. Prior to his tenure at Kushner, Mr. Tepedino worked at a real estate startup, handled land acquisitions for a national homebuilder, and served as a real estate associate with one of New Jersey’s premier law firms.

Mr. Tepedino holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and International Business from Villanova University and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University.

Jose is a senior managing director and co-office head in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital

Markets, Americas. He joins JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and is a member of the firm’s

leadership committee. Jose specializes in investment advisory throughout New Jersey,

New York and Connecticut and also oversees the day-to-day operations of the firm’s New

Jersey office. During the course of his more than 25-year commercial real estate career,

he’s been involved in more than $62 billion of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and land

sales.

Jose started at HFF in March 2010. Before that, he was the executive director of Cushman &

Wakefield’s New York area investment sales group where he spent more than 17 years. He

began his real estate career as a real estate analyst at PaineWebber, UBS, Inc.

Frank S. Romeo, Jr. is a respected leader in the commercial real estate due diligence industry thanks to his deep knowledge of his clients’ business goals and perspectives, as well as his technical expertise in environmental and engineering matters. A New Jersey native and President of Partner Engineering and Science, Inc., Mr. Romeo manages sixteen national client managers and all technical project managers on the East Coast, which includes Partner’s offices in Boston, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charlotte, and Rocky Hill, CT. He heads up Partner Engineering and Science’s East Coast Operations. He has managed thousands of commercial real estate projects and successfully led Partner’s expansion into the engineering design space. He was named as one of Real Estate Forum Magazine’s Forty Under 40 in 2012.

Mr. Romeo has performed and managed well over 5,000 environmental site assessments for residential, commercial, and industrial properties throughout the United States and internationally. He was a Client Manager at a national due diligence firm where he managed over $25M worth of due diligence projects over his five-year tenure. He was instrumental in several of Partner’s key acquisitions, including LandAmerica Assessment Corporation, Continental Surveying, and Birdsall Services Group, all of which have served as pivotal to Partner’s growth.

Brian Lovett is a Partner and Team Leader of the Tax and Real Estate Services Teams at Withum. Brian has extensive experience serving the tax needs of both public companies and closely held businesses, including all aspects of tax compliance for partnerships and corporations. He advises clients with regard to the structure and tax consequences of new business ventures, and assists with restructuring existing businesses for increased tax efficiency. On the real estate side, Brian has prior Big 4 experience working closely with large, multinational real estate investment companies. He now works closely with real estate entrepreneurs on acquisition planning and entity structuring, property operation and development and wealth transfer/succession planning. Brian is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey, and a frequent speaker on technical tax topics for national webinars and various industry groups.

Andrew Natale joined SJP Properties in 2014 and has over fourteen (14) years of construction experience across a variety of project disciplines. Andrew is a graduate of Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.

Prior to joining SJP Properties, Andrew worked for a large commercial nationwide general contractor and completed a variety of interior fit-out, occupied renovation, expansion/remodel, ground-up construction and site development projects. Throughout his career Andrew has completed projects in multiple market sectors including office & headquarters, retail, government, industrial, hospitality, mixed-use, gaming and food service. His role included regional project management for a national construction account with various renovation, ground-up and expansion/re-model projects throughout the Northeast.

Since joining SJP Properties, Andrew has completed over 750,000 SF of tenant interior fit-out including 310,000SF for Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Following completion of Valeant’s construction, he began consulting services as Valeant’s construction manager for construction and development projects nationwide. His work has also included Newell Brands, Nice Systems, Linde North America, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Mazda, Qualcomm, Impax Laboratories, Kering Eyewear, iGate, ExecuSearch, Asurion and various building amenity upgrades throughout SJP’s building portfolio.

Andrew’s responsibilities cover the entire project life cycle including conceptual estimating, budgeting, design review, pre-construction, scheduling, permitting, procurement, bidding, contracting, construction management, project controls, quality control, project close-out and turnover.

Justin Redmond is the Director of Mechanical Engineering and Partner at PowerCon Associates (PowerCon), an MEP consulting engineering firm trusted nationwide for over 30 years. Justin has been instrumental in the firm’s design, commissioning, and operational consulting efforts, supporting tens of millions of square feet of commercial and mission-critical facilities. He manages complex infrastructure modernizations for a portfolio of national clients that includes Google, JPMorgan Chase, RFR Realty, and Barclays. His expertise is centered on the commercial office sector, where he specializes in leveraging MEP upgrades to enhance asset reliability, energy performance, and leasing velocity.

A recognized leader in the classroom as well as the field, Justin serves as an adjunct instructor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate and the Fordham Real Estate Institute. In these roles, he teaches the next generation of industry professionals the technical and strategic aspects of building systems and sustainable adaptive reuse. His perspective is further informed by extensive experience in building operations and program management, having previously served as an owner’s representative and on-site engineer for the commercial real estate division of a global investment bank. Justin is a licensed Professional Engineer in over twenty states. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University and a Master of Science in Construction Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.

With over two decades of architectural experience, Frank serves as a Principal at GRA Design Studio, bringing a leadership style rooted in collaboration, technical excellence, and client advocacy. His expertise spans the full architectural process, from early master planning and site analysis to design and construction, for a range of building types including large-scale mixed-use, multi-family residential, office, and single-family homes.

Prior to joining GRA Design Studio, Frank was a Director at the global Architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, where he managed complex, full-service developments with precision. Frank excels at aligning client goals with cohesive, context- sensitive designs inspired by their site, environment, and cultural history. He is especially passionate about placemaking through integrated programming that creates lasting value for both clients and communities.

Marc Reissman, Executive Vice President at JRM, is a seasoned leader who plays a pivotal role in JRM’s

ventures in New York and spearheads operations in New Jersey. His extensive career path within the

construction realm has seen him excel as a field Superintendent, Project Manager, and Project Director,

showcasing his versatility. Beyond this, Marc actively contributes to shaping marketing strategies, fostering

employee engagement, and driving business development.

Since the inception of JRM, Marc’s unwavering dedication has positioned him as a driving force behind the

company’s industry-leading estimating and purchasing services. Additionally, he takes charge of overseeing

crucial accounts for JRM, which includes projects of all types and sizes.

As Executive Vice President, Marc is more than an executive; he’s a visionary leader who consistently sets

ambitious goals and processes, propelling JRM to new heights. His comprehensive approach ensures that

every facet of the company flourishes under his guidance, making him the ultimate jack-of-all-trades at JRM.