Ian Bruce Eichner, a seasoned developer of urban mixed-use properties, has a proven

track record in real estate spanning more than three decades. His vast portfolio of

projects in New York, Miami and Las Vegas include City Spire, One Broadway Place, The

Manhattan Club, The Kingsley, Royale, American, and Boulevard as well as Montague

Street built in Brooklyn Heights. Outside of New York he has developed the Continuum,

a 2-tower gated condominium community in South Beach, and the Cosmopolitan, a

3,000 room resort and casino on the Las Vegas strip. His latest project 45 East 22nd

Street, recently completed, is the tallest and, considered by many, the most iconic

building in the Flatiron District. Transforming the downtown skyline, the tower consists

of a glass silhouette of 65 stories which rises 777 feet into the sky. The striking exterior,

crafted by the global architectural firm of Kohn Peterson Fox, wraps around timeless

interiors created by the Martin Brudzinski Design Studio. The building contains 82

apartments and approximately 230,000 sale-able square feet with the following five

floors of amenities including:

 Landscaped garden and fifth floor terrace designed by Oehme Van Sweden

 Fitness center

 Children’s playroom

 Indoor basketball court

 Golf simulator

 Drawing room with separate billiards and cards rooms

 Upper Club on the 54th floor with bar, private dining room and catering kitchen

 Automated private residential parking garage

His newest project 960 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn is a proposed 1.3 million square feet

development consisting of 1600 residential housing units including a proposed 50/50

split between market rate, work-force and low-income apartments.

Mr. Eichner’s acute business sense has produced a series of visionary real estate

developments that have been characterized by a creative mix of distinctive purpose-

built properties. Each of these properties illustrates his extensive real estate expertise

and ability to take situations which others may find unachievable and off-putting, and

design and execute solutions which realize value for the developer. Mr. Eichner’s

notable development achievements that were the first in their class include:

1. First high-rise built in Brooklyn Heights since landmarks height

legislation was passed in 1965 (Montague Street, 1998)

2. First urban timeshare in New York, with a new concept of being able

to book stays one day at a time (The Manhattan Club, 1996)

3. First and only beachfront gated community in South Beach (The

Continuum, 2003-2008)

4. First development on the Las Vegas strip to employ an urban

development model, maximizing a small (8.5 acre) site to its full square

footage potential of 6 ½ million square feet. (The Cosmopolitan)

Mr. Eichner’s career in real estate follows almost a decade in the criminal

justice system, including terms as an Assistant District Attorney and program

development chief of a New York State agency during Governor Nelson

Rockefeller’s tenure.

David M. Brickman is the Chief Executive Officer of NewPoint Real Estate Capital and

Executive Chairman of Meridian Capital Group, a leading commercial real estate

services firm. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to Stone Point Capital, a leading

private equity firm in the real estate and financial services arenas.

At the end of January 2021 David stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Freddie

Mac, one of the largest providers of mortgage financing in the U.S. Prior to that, he

served as President and as a member of the Board of Directors. During his tenure he led

the $2 trillion company through a period of significant growth, change, and disruption as

the firm successfully navigated the challenges of the COVID crisis.

Brickman spent most of his career at Freddie Mac leading and transforming the

multifamily business, presiding over a remarkable period of growth. Production rose

from $16 billion in 2010 to almost $80 billion in 2018. He also established the

company’s flagship K-Deal securitization program as one of the leading securitized

products in the structured finance market. He drove significant innovation by expanding

Freddie Mac’s products and offerings – particularly those serving the growing need for

affordable and workforce housing.

Brickman’s educational accomplishments include doctoral coursework for a Ph.D. in

economics and real estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s

degree in public policy from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from the

University of Pennsylvania. He’s been a professorial lecturer at George Washington

University, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and is a non-resident

Fellow at the Urban Institute. He also holds a US patent for a unique mortgage-backed

security structure.

Donald Capoccia is an urban developer in the fullest sense, combining his career of building in New York City with civic activities devoted to public arts and architecture initiatives. As the managing principal of BFC Partners, Capoccia spearheads the firm’s focus on constructing affordable housing in emerging neighborhoods. Under his guidance, BFC Partners was the first developer in New York City to mix low and middle-income restricted apartments with market-rate rentals. To further encourage this building trend, Capoccia was a founding member in 1998 of the New York State Affordable Housing Association. Today, his association works to increase affordable housing programs and subsidies.

Ralph Herzka is the chairman and CEO of Meridian Capital Group. Since co-founding the commercial real estate advisory firm in 1991, Mr. Herzka has remained the guiding force behind the company’s evolution from a small Brooklyn-based commercial mortgage brokerage to a national leader in real estate capital markets, having personally arranged over $100 billion in financing. Additionally, Mr. Herzka has led Meridian’s recent expansion into New York City investment sales and retail leasing in 2015 and 2018, respectively.

Mr. Herzka demonstrates an exceptional ability to foster multi-generational relationships with real estate owners and investors and forms critical alliances with lenders to achieve success across the asset spectrum. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

In addition to his professional leadership, Mr. Herzka is a dedicated philanthropist, raising millions of dollars for various organizations over his career. Most notably, he is a passionate participant of Bike4Chai, an annual 180-mile cycling fundraiser for children fighting pediatric illnesses and disabilities.

Mr. Herzka is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, NY. He and his wife are proud parents and grandparents.

Drew Fletcher is President of Greystone Capital Advisors where he oversees a team of professionals responsible for arranging creative debt and equity solutions for institutional and private commercial property owners and developers, and provides strategic advisory services for institutions, investors and borrowers. GCA also focuses on large loan mortgage origination across Greystone’s best-in-class Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, CMBS, Bridge, balance-sheet and special situation lending platforms.

Drew has over 24 years of commercial real estate experience. Prior to joining Greystone, Drew served as Chief Financial Officer of Edison Properties LLC, one of the largest private real estate owners in New York City, with a portfolio of urban self-storage, office, mixed-use, and multifamily assets, as well as substantial land holdings throughout the NY Metro Region.

Drew received a B.A. in Economics and Communications from Wake Forest University; an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University; and a Masters of Accountancy in Taxation from Rutgers University. He volunteers his time as a guest lecturer at the NYU Real Estate Institute and is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and the Urban Land Institute. Drew also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Greystone Housing Impact Investors L.P. (NYSE: GHI), a publicly traded limited partnership that provides debt and equity financing to affordable and market-rate multifamily housing. Drew was named to the Commercial Observer’s 50 Most Powerful People in Commercial Real Estate Finance.

RJ Guttroff is a managing director who is focused on originations for the Hunt Mortgage

Groups proprietary lending business.

Mr. Guttroff joined Hunt Mortgage Group from Barclays where he was most recently a

senior originator. He oversaw a team at Barclays that originated over $1.5B nationally

for the CMBS lending platform. With over 15 years of real estate finance experience he

has worked for EuroHypo, Nomura and UBS. RJ is a graduate from the University of

Vermont and the New York University Real Estate Institute.

Chad Tredway is a Managing Director and the Head of the East Region (New York, Boston and DC) for Chase Commercial Term Lending (CTL) and is based in New York.

Chad leads a team of over 150 people and is responsible for loan originations, strategic direction and the financial performance of the business. Chad also serves as the Fannie Mae DUS CEO for JPMorgan Chase and is the primary liaison to Fannie Mae for multifamily originations nationally.

Chad is a columnist for the Commercial Observer and also publishes a quarterly thought leadership piece through JPMorgan Chase called “Chad’s Corner.” He was named by the Commercial Observer as one of the 50 most powerful people in real estate in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and in 2014, he was featured by the Commercial Observer as the top commercial mortgage broker or lender under 35.

Chad serves as a mentor for the Chase Fellowship Initiative and sits on the board of directors for ArtsConnection and the Valley Economic Development Center. He graduated from Loyola University in Chicago and began his career in investment banking as an analyst in the M&A Group of a multinational financial services firm before joining JPMorgan Chase in 2008.

John Cannon joined Freddie Mac Multifamily in February 2012 as Senior Vice President,

Multifamily Production and Sales where he serves as chief point person for our Program

Plus® Seller network.

John has over 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Prior to Freddie Mac,

John was executive vice president with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage where he led the

conventional mortgage banking network, GSE lending, proprietary lending, and

investment sales platforms. In his last five years at Berkadia, they originated more than

$86 billion in loans with a variety of capital sources, including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,

FHA/HUD, insurance companies, capital markets and other institutional lenders, and

proprietary sources.

Prior to his role with Berkadia, John held several leadership roles at Capmark Finance,

where he managed the conventional and HUD production networks, the conventional

sales force, and was the lead corporate liaison with the GSEs and conduit lenders. While

at GMAC Commercial Mortgage, John originated servicing-retained commercial

mortgage loans for the GSEs, correspondent insurance companies, and pension fund

clients.

John is an alumnus of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and earned his Master

of Science in Finance at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Seth D. Molod, is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lightstone, where he is responsible for overseeing and managing all corporate finance operations. Prior to joining Lightstone he served as Chair, Real Estate Services; and Executive Committee member at Berdon LLP. Mr. Molod brings over 25 years of extensive experience advising some of the nation’s most prominent real estate owners, developers, managers, and investors in both commercial and residential projects. He has advised privately held real estate companies as well as institutional investors, REITs, and other public companies. Mr. Molod received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Muhlenberg College. He is licensed as a certified public accountant in New Jersey and in New York.

Shimon Shkury is the President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors. As President he oversees all investment sales, capital services and research initiatives that the company undertakes.

Since 2002, Mr. Shkury has advised private clients, institutions, operators, equity providers and lenders on pricing, positioning and selling assets throughout New York City. This experience has enabled Mr. Shkury to emerge as an expert within the various asset classes, city, state and federal regulatory agreements and market indicators.

Mr. Shkury is routinely sought out as a resource for the industry and has been featured in publications such as The Real Deal, Commercial Observer, The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s New York, Bisnow and many others. As a contributor to Forbes, he writes about trends in commercial real estate and is the host of Ariel’s Coffee & Cap Rates podcast.

In 2023, he was named to the Commercial Observer’s Power 100 list of commercial real estate leaders and, in 2022, to Crain’s New York’s list of Notable Leaders in Real Estate. Along with his partners, he was honored with Connect CRE’s Top Broker Award 2022, Globest.com’s Multifamily Influencer Award 2022, and Commercial Property Executive’s Best Investment Transaction 2022 in the portfolio category.

Originally from Israel, he came to the United States in 1999 to earn an MBA in finance at the Wharton School of Business and a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute. He previously served as a lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces. Prior to starting Ariel Property Advisors, Mr. Shkury was a Partner with Massey Knakal Realty Services, now Cushman & Wakefield.

Mr. Shkury lives in Manhattan with his wife, son and daughter. He can be reached at 212.544.9500 ext. 11 or via email at sshkury@arielpa.com.

Daniel Parker is a Managing Director on the Hodges Ward Elliott (“HWE”) New York commercial investment sales team. Mr. Parker has spent over a decade working in both principal and advisory roles in the New York City commercial real estate market. Prior to joining HWE, Mr. Parker was a Vice President at The Related Companies, where he led a management team overseeing a 2,700 unit multifamily portfolio in New York City. Prior to working for Related, Mr. Parker worked in the Savills Studley Capital Transactions Group, working on a team that closed in excess of $2.2 billion in commercial real estate transactions including residential, office, retail and land. Mr. Parker started his real estate career working as a multifamily asset manager, overseeing 45 rent-regulated properties with 1,600 apartments and 78 retail spaces located in New York City for Prana Investments.

In addition to New York City office, retail and land transactions, Mr. Parker brokers multifamily properties in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Mr. Parker has represented institutional clients that include Related, Rockpoint, Carlyle, KBS, Westbrook and Normandy, as well as a number of private families and investors.

Mr. Parker recently brokered the sale of a $71 million workforce housing portfolio on behalf of Related to a partnership between Taconic Investment Partners and Clarion Partners. Other notable multifamily sales include the record-breaking $140 million sale of a 38 walk-up properties with nearly 1,000 units in the Bronx, 316 Bergen in Brooklyn, the Madison Belvedere at 10 East 29th Street in Manhattan, 442 Lorimer, 184 Havemeyer, 164 Havemeyer, the leasehold at 300 East 46th Street, and 111 Kent Avenue.

In 2005, the New York City Teaching Fellows program selected Mr. Parker for a one year public school assignment as a full-time English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in Washington Heights at PS 5. From 2001-2003, Mr. Parker lived in Mexico City, where he offered service through his church and became fluent in Spanish. Mr. Parker is an Eagle Scout and remains an avid photographer, camper and hiker. He regularly spends time with his family at Candlewood Lake in New Milford, CT to enjoy the outdoors and water sports.

Mr. Parker received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Utah and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

As the President of GFI Realty Services, Michael Weiser manages the day to day commercial mortgage operations as well as the Investment Sales & Retail Leasing divisions. He is responsible for overseeing originations at GFI as well as maintaining relationships with various lenders and financial institutions. He also oversees GFI’s acquisitions and dispositions.

Known in the industry for his strong analytical skills and negotiation expertise with lenders and financial institutions, Mr. Weiser ensures successful closings for GFI clients. He has a strong understanding of the many facets involved in property

acquisitions and management, which allows him to negotiate the right loan products for his clients.

Since joining GFI in 1996, Mr. Weiser has been involved in countless transactions on behalf of GFI’s clients. He received his BS in accounting from Brooklyn College.

In 2010 Michael Feldman & Benjamin Bottner founded Choice New York with a simple premise: to create a third party Property & Asset Management Company that provides a superior level of service, expertise and financial performance to Property Owners. At inception, the company had zero clients. Today, Choice New York Management and affiliated companies claim hundreds of Property Owners as clients and have just under 2 Billion Dollars of Assets under active Management.

Mr. Feldman’s role has continued to evolve with the companies continued growth. In true start up form, Mr. Feldman has performed virtually every single function at the company in the past. Today, Mr. Feldman focuses his day to day activities on business development, brand awareness strategy, staff recruitment, talent retention, and select client advisory engagements.

Prior to co-founding Choice New York Management, Mr. Feldman was a Managing Director at AFC Realty Capital, a boutique commercial real estate investment bank. There, he focused on the securing of debt and equity on multi-family, retail and office transactions throughout the United States. Prior to AFC, he was a Senior Private Banker with Indymac Bank.

Mr. Feldman is regularly asked to speak on an array of real estate topics. He periodically teaches a continuing education class for attorneys called, “Receiverships and Bankruptcies” for the National Law Institute. He also teaches a continuing education course for Real Estate Brokers titled, “Commercial Property Management,” as an adjunct instructor for the Real Estate Board of New York. Additionally, he has served as a private consultant for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as well as a counselor to individual members in the United States Congress House of Representatives Financial Committee, whereupon he provides practical evaluations of various mechanisms by which Federal policy can impact local real estate.

Mr. Feldman has served as a hired consultant for the prominent Venture Capital Company called Pre-Hype, where he counsels the technology based software company on the operational efficiencies within the property management industry. Mr. Feldman’s memberships and professional affiliations include being Director of the Board of Managers of the Cast Iron Corporation, Treasurer of the Real Estate Services Alliance (RESA), and he is a licensed New York State Real Estate Broker. Mr. Feldman takes special pride in his ongoing role on the Board of Rising Realty Stars, a non-profit aimed at placing the best and brightest young professionals from urban, impoverished backgrounds into internships and entry level positions within the Commercial Real Estate industry.

Mr. Feldman’s formal education was at the University of Rochester where he earned a BA in Political Science. He was a 1997 recipient of the University’s prestigious Rush Rhees Scholarship, awarded for outstanding scholastic achievement.

Timothy Oberweger, Esq. is Managing Director and Counsel at TitleVest, a wholly owned subsidiary and direct division of First American National Title Insurance Company. In this role, he focuses on generating title business both in New York and nationwide. Timothy has more than 10 years of experience at leading national title insurance companies in the areas of commercial, retail, energy, industrial, hotel, gaming, office, multi-family and residential real estate transactions.

Timothy received a B.S. from Macalester College in 1996. He graduated in 2005 with a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, where he is currently a director of the Alumni Association and member of the Recent Alumni Council. He is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, New York and the Supreme Court of the United States, and is a member of the New York State and New York City Bar associations.

Beyond his title experience, Oberweger is an active participant in the real estate community. He is a founding member of the Real Estate Services Alliance, which serves as a single source for the many transaction services needed by real estate owners. Additionally, he is chairman of the Young Mortgage Bankers Association, sits on the steering committee of the Real Estate Executives Council of the United Jewish Appeal - Federation of New York and is a voting member of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting in his hometown of Greenwich, Conn.

Michael Mintz is the CEO and Founder of MD Squared Property Group, a New York City based residential property management firm. Prior to founding MD2 Property Group, Michael was the Acquisitions Manager and a Senior Property Manager at FirstService Residential New York, LLC (formerly Cooper Square Realty, Inc.), managing properties and locating investment opportunities for the principals of FirstService. At MD Squared, Michael uses his management, investment and development knowledge to create and implement asset repositioning plans including, tenant relocations, renovations and building improvements and violation removal in order to maximize value for owners and enhance resident experiences. MD Squared manages over 25 properties with over 500 units. Michael has experience in high-end and affordable housing including rent-stabilized units in the rental, co-op and condo markets. Michael graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Economics and has real estate licenses in both Washington DC and New York. Michael grew up in Minneapolis, MN.