Mr. Lewis is Chairman and founder of Wharton Industrial, a fully integrated investor and

developer of last mile, urban infill and larger distribution facilities located along the

Eastern Seaboard, Florida and the Southeast United States. Wharton Industrial is a

platform company of New York-based real estate investment firm, Wharton Equity

Partners, which Mr. Lewis founded in 1987.

In forming Wharton Industrial in 2017, Mr. Lewis sought to capitalize on the secular

change in industrial real estate brought on by the emergence of e-commerce. Since that

time, Wharton Industrial has acquired and developed over 4.5 million SF of warehouses.

Notable transactions include the development of a 988,000-SF bulk distribution facility in

Atlanta, GA which was leased to Phillips van Heusen before completion; the acquisition

of a 283,500-SF former subway repair facility in Philadelphia, which was completely

renovated into a last-mile distribution center, leased to Amazon and sold in November

2020; and the development of a 617,000-SF bulk distribution warehouse located in Ocala,

FL, which was leased to Amazon and sold to a REIT at the highest per-square-foot price

ever achieved in the market in June 2020.

Wharton Industrial’s growth has been fueled by joint ventures with such firms as Starwood

Capital, Carlyle and Walton Street Capital.

Wharton Industrial’s market leadership and forward-thinking approach flows from that of

its parent company, Wharton Equity Partners. Over the course of the last three decades,

Mr. Lewis has been the visionary force behind shaping Wharton Equity’s prowess as an

opportunistic investor that has consistently been ahead of the curve in making large bets

on emerging real estate trends in industrial, multi-family, self-storage and other asset

classes.

Over his career, Mr. Lewis has been involved in well over $2 billion of real estate

transactions. In addition, Mr. Lewis and Wharton Equity are active venture capital

investors with a focus on later-stage growth companies. The firm’s current holdings

include positions in Dataminr and Latch.

Mr. Lewis received his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of

Pennsylvania and his MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He

is a sought-after industry speaker and a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia Business

School on the topic of “The Future of Real Estate.” Mr. Lewis resides in Old Westbury,

Long Island with his wife and three children.

Steve is a Senior Managing Director at Whitman Peterson and is responsible for oversight of the multifamily development, self-storage, and outdoor lodging sectors. Prior to joining Whitman Peterson in 2017, Steve worked at Barings Real Estate Advisers where he led the acquisition, underwriting, due diligence, and closing of over $2.0 billion in new investments. Prior to Barings, Steve was an analyst at Center Square Investment Management. Steve earned his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and has a B.S. in Public Policy, Management, and Planning from the University of Southern California where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Jake Finley is the founder and managing partner of Karis Capital, LLC. Since its formation in January 2014, Karis has completed over $300 million worth of real estate transactions with a primary focus on Class-A industrial facilities. Karis is currently developing and owns property in Denver, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Charlotte. Prior to founding Karis, Mr. Finley worked as a real estate broker focusing on tenant representation for several large 3PL’s, completing over $500 million worth of transactions in 12 different states. Prior to Karis he was a licensed real estate broker and before that a broker at the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Finley played both intercollegiate Golf and Baseball at Taylor University in Indiana, where he earned his degrees in Finance and Accounting.

Clint Myers is a Partner at Rise of the Rest, where he focuses on real estate investment initiatives.

Clint previously was a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Strategy Officer for Hines where he served as a member of the firm’s internal proprietary research group and oversaw a variety of firm-wide strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Hines, he was in charge of Americas Research and Strategy at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. He received his M.S. in Finance from Boston College and his B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina.

Possesses more than 30 years of experience providing audit and accounting services to the real estate industry. He possesses extensive knowledge about affordable housing development and compliance, and the financial and tax issues confronting the real estate and construction industries. He has extensive experience in performing attestation engagements, compliance, due diligence, and cost certifications for commercial and residential real estate entities. Recently involved with litigation support as a real estate expert.

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