Ryan Nelson is a Managing Principal for Turnbridge Equities, a privately-held, vertically-integrated real estate investment and development firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and Austin. Ryan oversees the Company’s acquisitions, operations, and asset management activities, focused on value-add and opportunistic real estate investments throughout the US.

Prior to joining Turnbridge, Ryan was a Managing Director for MRP Realty, where he was responsible for opening their New York City office and successfully building a multi-strategy portfolio, with multiple, institutional partners. Previously, he was a senior vice president of acquisitions and development, with Sherwood Equities where he spent eight years and was responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and managing Sherwood’s acquisitions and development projects in New York City, totaling over $1 billion in transaction volume. Prior to joining Sherwood, Ryan was a partner with Champion Partners in Dallas, Texas, and prior to joining Champion, he was a project manager with Turner Construction.

Ryan received his M.B.A. from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin and his B.S. in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University. Ryan is a Council Member on the Urban Development Mixed Use Council (Red Flight) for ULI as well an Advisory Council Member for the Texas McCombs Real Estate Finance Center.

Adam I Gordon is the managing partner of Wildflower Ltd, as well as affiliated companies, Madison Development and Adam Gordon Holdings. Wildflower is currently constructing the first modern E-Commerce warehouse in New York City. Brooklyn Logistics Center spans two entire city blocks. The firm is also under development with JFK Logistics Center on approximately 11 acres less than a mile from JFK airport.

Adam’s company has been one of the most active developers of self-storage in Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx for the past two decades. Recently, they sold a portion of their portfolio to Prime Group for over $184 million. Mr. Gordon has also developed numerous historic residential properties in Manhattan as well. He also pioneered the largest community solar project in New York City, on over 2 acres of rooftop, reflecting the firms commitment to sustainability.

Adam has spoken on real estate and entrepreneurship at Harvard, Wharton, Dartmouth, Columbia and NYU. He received his BA in International Relations from the University of Michigan and his MBA in finance from the Wharton School. He was a longtime cabinet member at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

He resides in Manhattan.

Meet Nick Hasapes. As the President of ARCO Design/Build in the New York, Philadelphia, and Raleigh regions, Nick leads a team of highly trained Design/Build Managers and construction Superintendents. Trained as an Architectural Engineer and Real Estate professional, he brings 15+ years of specialized knowledge and unmatched expertise that separates him from other engineers and builders. Nick has grown ARCO’s core industrial business into a dynamic solution for other sophisticated assets such as Life Science and last-mile urban logistics facilities. He has worked on some of the nation’s most demanding industrial projects and has developed a reputation with his clients for building value into the facility solutions.

Outside of work, you can find Nick spending time with his wife and children, golfing, being an avid sports fan and a proud PSU alumni.

Fritz Wyler is a Managing Director and leads Capital Deployment for the Eastern USA and Canada where he is responsible for overseeing Investment and Development activity across the region. Over the past 22 years with Prologis, he has led several initiatives including its market entry into Japan, China, Singapore, Korea and running AMB's offices in Japan and Singapore. He returned to Los Angeles in 2001 has been primarily focused on Investment and Development opportunities in the East and West and currently is based out of Atlanta.

Prior to joining Prologis, Fritz worked at Cushman & Wakefield and Colliers International. He is an active member of NAIOP, ULI and APREA.

Partner and Team Leader, Dan Marks, has over a decade of commercial real estate sales and leasing experience, handling over a billion dollars’ worth of transactions since joining TerraCRG. Dan joined the firm at the start of 2012 as Vice President to grow the firms’ strong foothold in the Brooklyn commercial real estate market, with a focus on industrial and office properties.

Dan continues to grow TerraCRG’s market presence while maintaining a vast knowledge of Brooklyn’s many diverse and integral commercially-zoned enclaves. He serves Brooklyn property owners as a market expert while providing advisory and exclusive representation in the sale of all types of investment properties. Currently, Dan is the Team Leader of the firms’ leading investment sales team. Dan’s sales team is comprised of six agents and specializes in the sale of exclusively Brooklyn commercial assets, with a focus on investment sales of industrial, office and development throughout the borough. Dan has also successfully advised a number of non-profit organizations including SCO Family of Services, League Education & Treatment Center, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, and the Brooklyn Arts Council. Since joining TerraCRG. Dan and his team have closed over $1.4B in transactions.

Prior to joining TerraCRG, Dan was a partner at Emerald Real Estate Group, a premier commercial real estate management and brokerage firm located in Boulder, Colorado. During his seven-year practice with Emerald, Dan worked on over 1,100 commercial transactions with experience as a property manager, leasing agent, seller’s agent, buyer’s agent, landlord representative and tenant representative.

Prior to working with Emerald, Dan spent four years as a corporate sales representative in Chicago for the Tribune Company as well as Turner Broadcasting. During his time in Chicago, Dan worked on national accounts including Southwest Airlines, Best Buy, International Trucks and Miller Brewing Company.

Dan received his BA degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and holds an MBA degree from The Leeds School of Business at The University of Colorado.

Outside of the office, Dan loves spending his time in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons. He also enjoys running, tennis and watching live sporting and music events. Dan has run several marathons including New York, Chicago, Marine Corps, Boulder, Big Sur, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City. Dan is also actively involved in the community supporting a number of Brooklyn based non-profit organizations while also serving as Board Vice Chairman of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) and Executive Committee Board Member of the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

Marc is a director in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joins JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and has more than 10 years of experience in commercial real estate. Marc specializes in industrial investment advisory throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut and has been involved in more than $3.2 billion in commercial real estate transactions.

Before working at HFF, Marc worked at WCGM as a Real Estate Associate. His primary focus was consulting for banks and institutions in the valuation of commercial real estate. He also focused on extensive market studies for developers of ground-up projects.

David Greek joined Greek Development in 2013 and is the Managing Partner responsible for sourcing new developments or acquisitions, raising debt and equity, and marketing of new projects. As part of one of the most active industrial developers in the Northeast, he has been involved with over 10 million square feet of new development and helps to manage a portfolio of over 20 million square feet of industrial space in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Greek Development is a three generation, family owned vertically integrated designer, developer, manager and general contractor based in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

As CIO, Joseph Warakomski leads the company’s team of IT professionals. He focuses on driving company growth by leading the strategic delivery of transformative technology solutions while ensuring that IT infrastructure supports key operational, sales, and business functions. As a technology leader, he also partners with stakeholders in the company and builds dynamic relationships with our clients. He has a proven track record of aligning information technology modernization and digital initiatives with business strategy and objectives

With more than 20 years of technology expertise, Joseph received his undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from New Jersey Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University.

Larry Schiffenhaus joined CBRE’s Saddle Brook, New Jersey team in winter 2016. He brings with him a strong record of achievement as an assistant vice president at Transwestern, where he was recognized as an emerging leader for his involvement in transactions that closed more than 2.5 million square feet of industrial real estate.

With a focus on expanding agency, off-market and investment sales, Larry has made an impact on the business through his professionalism, diligence and extreme attention to detail. Clients trust that he and the rest of his team will provide them with industry-leading service and expertly manage all the complex details of the deal lifecycle for multimillion-dollar industrial transactions.

In addition to specialized expertise in investments, Larry manages a strong portfolio of occupier representation and agency business that complements what is currently one of the top industrial brokerage teams in the country. Despite its status as one of the highest-producing teams in the nation, it remains lean, agile and laser-focused on meeting the needs of its clients.

What clients can expect when they work with Larry—Executive Vice President Stephen D’Amato, or Vice Chairman Thomas Monahan—is a team of experts backed by top-tier marketing, branding and financial analysis. There are no junior brokers or layers to navigate, just unparalleled market expertise by brokers who value personal integrity and client satisfaction above all.

Larry offers significant expertise advising both institutional property owners and occupants in New Jersey and around the world in the logistics and transportation sectors. His current client list includes: Prologis, Sitex Group, Bridge Development Partners, Cohen Asset Management, Terreno Realty Corporation, CenterPoint Properties, CEVA Logistics and RIM Logistics.

A New Jersey native, Mr. Schiffenhaus currently resides in Allendale, New Jersey with his wife and two daughters, with whom he enjoys traveling, golfing and skiing. Larry graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in marketing.

As a Managing Director based in the New York office, Tom Griggs is responsible for leading the Industrial & Logistics

practice for the Hines East Region. Tom’s primary focus is on sourcing and executing new development and

acquisition opportunities for the New York, Boston, and Washington D.C. offices. Prior to joining Hines in 2019, Mr.

Griggs held industrial acquisitions and development roles with Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets (MIRA),

Realterm, and LaSalle Investment Management in North America and Europe. Tom has a bachelors in finance from

Penn State, and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

As EVP-Head of Asset Management, Krystal Arceneaux directs all asset management activities for EverWest’s national portfolio, including 16mm sf and $4.7B in commercial real estate assets. The national asset management team are located in both the corporate and satellite offices (Orange County, San Francisco, New York, Charlotte, Texas and Colorado.) The asset management team is responsible for the successful implementation of property business plans through analytics, reporting, leasing and sale negotiations, budgeting and budget implementation, financings, as well as client relationship management. Krystal is a member of the EverWest Executive Committee, which discusses and sets policy and direction for all aspects of the company, as well as the Investment Committee, which reviews and approves acquisitions, significant capital changes to operating schedules and internal quarterly valuations across the EverWest portfolio. Krystal was with Alliance Commercial Partners before transitioning to EverWest in 2015. Prior to joining Alliance in 2005, Krystal was a Project Manager for BridgeCenters, LLC, where she worked for 4 years. Krystal earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Colorado at Denver, and has been a member of NAIOP since 2008.

Mr. Mele, Senior Managing Director in the Company’s Northeast Metro Division, oversees industrial development and investment activity in the northeast United States. In his capacity, Mr. Mele is responsible for all aspects related to development including: deal sourcing, strategic planning, development execution, financing, leasing and disposition of both speculative and build-to-suit projects.

Since rejoining TCC in 2005, Mr. Mele has been responsible for the entitelment and/or development of approximately 9.5 million square of industrial assets.

Patrick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Caste Capital, a Boston-based alternative investment management company established in 2021. With over 10 years of institutional commercial real estate experience, he has participated in more than $1.5 billion of real estate transactions. Caste Capital is currently involved in a joint venture to develop 132 housing units in Nubian Square, and in December 2023, the firm was awarded, in partnership with Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), the rights to redevelop the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library into a mixed-use project featuring a new two-story library and 119 income-restricted housing units.

Before founding Caste Capital, Patrick served as Vice President at Davis, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for developing, implementing, and executing leasing strategies for key assets, and participating in the creation and oversight of asset-level business plans during the full investment life cycle. He began his career at Boston Properties (BXP), working on the in-house leasing team that managed the firm's Boston regional portfolio of approximately 15.5 million square feet of Class A office, retail, and life science space.

Patrick is actively involved in the real estate industry, serving as a Board Director and Executive Committee member for the Greater Boston Real Estate Board - Commercial Brokers Association and as a member of the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC). In 2022, he was named a Builders of Color Coalition Affordable Housing Developer Fellow.

Committed to philanthropy in Boston, Patrick serves as a board member and former board Chair of METCO Inc. and as a Board Advisor for Boston Harbor Now. He holds a B.S. in Economics & Information Design/Corporate Communication from Bentley University. In 2012, Patrick co-founded 1PERCENT GALLERY, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit early in his career.

Stephen D’Amato is currently an Executive Vice President in the Saddle Brook, New Jersey office.

An industrial broker since 2001, Stephen has 20 years of experience providing instrumental assistance to clients in the disposition and acquisition of industrial, flex, office and land assets.

Serving with Thomas Monahan—the team’s Vice Chairman—and Executive Vice President Larry Schiffenhaus, Stephen offers his clients a unique value proposition. There are no junior or novice brokers on the team; and as a result, each client—whether seeking a 1,000-sq.-ft. lease or a 1-million-sq.-ft. build-to-suit project—receives the same expert and dedicated attention.

Currently, Stephen takes the lead on a significant portion of the team’s occupier representation pipeline, but also works closely with agency partners. In the past four years, Stephen has been involved in more than 170 leasing and disposition transactions totaling in excess of 21 million sq. ft.

On the investment side, Stephen focuses on delivering the most accurate, timely and decision-driving market knowledge available. In a business where success is often defined by the size of the deal, he sets himself apart by placing a premium on integrity. Stephen is often the first call, whether clients simply need insight to provide clarity around strategic initiatives or are actively embarking upon a search. As a testament to the loyalty this kind of service inspires, he continues to be the broker of choice for the clients he closed deals for his first year in the business—more than 20 years ago.

Backed by the industry-leading depth of resources and service portfolio offered by CBRE, Stephen’s team—which includes three world-class graphic designers and two financial analysts—publishes a quarterly market report that has become a business-critical decision tool, relied upon by clients across the industrial real estate continuum.

Stephen manages service delivery for his clients, advising and overseeing projects from start-to-finish to strategically integrate CBRE resources that include debt and equity financing, comprehensive market and financial analysis, incentives procurement and supply chain solutions.

Stephen graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and currently resides in Northern New Jersey with his wife and three young children. He is an avid student of Krav Maga, and enjoys the Jersey Shore, skiing, spending time with family and cooking.