Matthew Simo is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Urban Renaissance Group (URG) where he drives the company’s vision and long-term strategy and provides operational oversight. Matthew has been with URG since its inception in 2006.

Prior to becoming CEO, Matthew served as President and Chief Investment Officer where he led the company’s investment strategy, guided acquisition and development activities, and fostered partnerships with strategic institutional and private investors. Under his leadership, URG invested in and managed a portfolio exceeding 20 million square feet and $7 billion, which included office, retail, multifamily and hotel properties.

Before joining URG, Matthew worked at Trizec Properties in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate at Harvard University. Matthew is also a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional.

Matthew is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (Placemaking National Product Council, Center for Sustainable Leadership, Leadership for Change) and the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association. He also serves on the Runstad Department for Real Estate Advisory Board at the University of Washington and has been a lecturer on Equity Ventures for the University of Washington Commercial Real Estate Certificate Program since 2014.o

As CEO of Goodman Real Estate for more than 15 years, George believes the company’s mission, vision, and values has created a culture that has attracted extraordinary professionals and kept the company on a successful course. During his tenure, he has overseen the teams that developed, acquired, and disposed of over 350 assets in four countries. With experience spanning roles in finance, accounting, property management, asset management, and capital markets, George’s knowledge, experience, and skill move GRE in the direction of the future of real estate. George graduated from the University of Washington and earned his CPA, CPM, CCIM, and RPA real estate designations.

George finds satisfaction by challenging his team to achieve their goals while ensuring each person is encouraged and has opportunities to grow. He considers every team member at GRE to be a leader and supports them as they develop an understanding of their strengths and how to use them within the organization. George firmly believes there is a significant shortage of housing nationwide due to questionable regulatory policies. He advocates for the removal of barriers that policy makers can influence, both legislative and regulatory, so that housing supply will increase for the benefit of current and future generations.

George believes that a portion of profitable work should go toward those at risk in the community. This belief led George to create IMPACT—a company-wide program with a mission to provide a sense of place for all of GRE’s community by collaborating with local non-profits to serve the vulnerable with a focus on shelter, community, education, sustainability, and relief. He personally serves on several non-profit boards, including WBPA, CRISTA, V16, and the North Seattle College Real Estate Program.

George and his wife have three grown daughters, live near the University of Washington, and like to spend time boating, skiing, traveling, and financially supporting local charitable organizations.

Kevin Wallace oversees all development and acquisition activity for the company. He is also responsible for all legal matters for the company’s three divisions: Brokerage, Property and Asset Management and Investment/Development. Wallace Properties builds sustainable, transit-oriented mixed-use development projects in urban centers throughout the Puget Sound region. Kevin and his team have developed several award-winning projects including Citizen, a LEED Silver, 107-unit project in the Pike/Pine Triangle of the Capitol Hill neighborhood; 507 Northgate and 525 Northgate which together contain 428 apartment units and 80,000 square feet of retail space; The Eddy, 130 units with 14,500 SF of retail leased to Bartell Drug in the Green Lake neighborhood; and most recently Prism, 134 units with 4 live/work lofts in Northgate. Kevin began his career as a Real Estate Attorney at K&L Gates in 1997, moving to Foster Pepper in 2001.

KGIP’s co-founder, Steve Kramer, has more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate. Facilitating the needs of his clients in each phase of the investment life cycle, Steve focuses on establishing and maintaining relationships with institutional and private investment partners, providing them with his expertise in real estate acquisitions, development, finance, management, and disposition.

Steve has been directly involved in over $1.5 billion in real estate transactions utilizing his keen negotiating skills to execute his clients’ asset objectives. He is also involved in identifying and sourcing new real estate acquisition opportunities, as well as structuring joint venture partnerships for development projects.

Prior to founding KGIP, Steve served as the West Coast Senior Regional Manager for Principal Financial Group. Here, he was responsible for acquisition, disposition, development and asset management of a portfolio including 10 million square feet of commercial real estate. He relocated to Seattle in 1993, spending eight years as Director of Investment Services with Martin Smith Real Estate Services.

Patrick Gilligan serves as the Senior Executive Vice President for Lincoln Property Company’s Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions, and is responsible for all business operations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah. This includes the implementation of all service lines and oversight for all acquisition, development, and redevelopment activities. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate investment and development, and has been a part of Lincoln since 2006, completing over $5.5 billion in transactions.

Since entering the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West markets in 2014, he has grown Lincoln’s portfolio to over 10 million sq. ft. of office, industrial, retail, and multi-family assets under management, including such notable projects as Pacwest, Wells Fargo Center, The Sutton multi-family development in Portland, OR; Terminal 1 in Vancouver, WA; and Eastport Logistics in Boise, ID. He also played an integral role in securing development rights to The Point in Draper, UT; a 100-acre master-planned mixed-use community that will result in over 3.3M sf of office, retail, entertainment, and residential projects. Prior to running the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions, Patrick served as a Vice President in Lincoln’s San Francisco office for nearly a decade.

Mr. Guincher is the president of Continental Properties LLC (“CP”), with over thirty years of

experience in the real estate industry, and has directed the development of over 3,800 multifamily

units over the past twenty-five years in the Puget Sound region. CP has developed the

highest quality apartments and condominiums in the Seattle area, setting numerous price per unit

and absorption records for the region.

Mr. Guincher holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Finance and Real Estate from the

University of British Columbia. He has been married for twenty-six years, with two children,

ages twenty-two and nineteen.

Jack Chaffin, AIA, Partner at Johnston Architects, has over 30 years of experience designing projects of every size and scale, with an emphasis on community spaces, museums, libraries, higher education, and experiential installations. Jack leads JA's Innovation Lab, applying research and technology to reimagine public spaces to be more inclusive for all populations. This includes incorporating Trauma Informed Design, Universal Design, and applying lessons learned through JA's research with neurodiverse populations. These design interventions create more welcoming built spaces for visitors of all ages, backgrounds, and mobility.

As President, Daniel oversees Nitze-Stagen’s integrated real estate investment and portfolio management activities, with a particular emphasis on deal sourcing, investment analysis and development oversight. Previous to Nitze-Stagen, Daniel worked as an early stage technology investor at Voyager Capital and as a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs. In his free time, he enjoys spending time on the water with his wife and two young children. Daniel holds BA degrees from University of Washington in Finance and English and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Trent specializes in real estate development, as well as project and construction management. He has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and has been intimately involved in overseeing the development of more than $600 million in real estate projects.

Prior to forming Trent Development, he was a partner of The Metropolitan Companies, established in 2007. Previously, Trent was the managing principal of TGM Management LLC, where he managed the development of a 700-acre master planned golf course community, the renovation of a mixed-use 235-unit condominium conversion and the construction of a new 66-unit apartment building. Prior to TGM Management LLC, Trent was a partner in both The Sterling Group and The Triple T Group, where he managed the renovation and adaptive reuse of numerous apartment building and warehouse conversions.

Trent is known for his ability to coordinate complicated projects in order to achieve great results. In addition to an extensive Seattle-based portfolio, he has worked on projects in Japan, Vancouver, BC; San Francisco and Camdenton, Missouri.

Tim Shoultz, SMARTCAP’s Chief Executive Officer, focuses on SMARTCAP acquisitions and development,

where he applies rigorous standards in risk analysis. Tim founded SMARTCAP in 2014 after a successful

career in technology to focus on his passion for real estate. During his 15 years at Microsoft, Tim worked

in the Windows organization as a principal-level development manager. He ran an organization

responsible for large-scale data analytics and quickly realized he had a knack for leadership and building

a successful company culture. Tim bought his first building in 2010 and successfully launched his first

syndication in 2011 which led him on the path to starting SMARTCAP in 2014. Over the last 13 years, Tim

has completely over $650MM in transactions and deployed nearly $250MM in private equity. Tim has

also launched a successful commercial construction company with a focus on industrial, office, medical,

retail, and general commercial projects. Tim has a passion for his job, travel, skiing, and rock climbing.

Adam leads Eide Bailly's Passthrough Entity Consulting group. He has

extensive knowledge in the area of partnership tax, including interpreting

partnership agreements, allocation and distribution provisions, and issuing compensatory equity. He is also experienced with both the buying and selling sides of domestic and foreign joint ventures, tax credit partnerships and a variety of IRS controversy matters. Adam also leads Eide Bailly’s Opportunity Zone working group.

Adam has a talent for distilling tax rules into concepts that can be understood by non-tax professionals. He is responsive and transparent with clients, and always takes an open ear to his interactions, listening carefully to understand all sides of an issue before reaching any conclusions.

Outside of the office, Adam is a family man who enjoys everyday moments with his wife and kids. When he wants to unwind, he loves getting outdoors for a run or a round of golf.

Client Work

Represented the IRS in the U.S. Tax Court and published Tax Court cases.

Provides guidance on the interpretation of partnership agreements.

Submits private letter rulings requests to the IRS.

Writes opinions and memorandum.

Researches complex tax issues.

Graham joined Talon Private Capital shortly after moving to Seattle in the Fall of 2010. He leads investment, development and asset management efforts for Talon’s private and institutional capital. During his time at Talon, Graham has managed the repositioning of roughly 4 million square feet of office projects, and has successfully directed over $1.8 billion in acquisition and disposition transactions combined. In addition to the Puget Sound region, Graham covers Talon’s acquisition and portfolio management activities in Dallas, TX and Portland, OR.

Prior to joining Talon, Graham worked for a civil contracting firm as a cost engineer in Hawaii. He left Hawaii to be a project manager for a private real estate investment and development firm that builds single and fractional ownership homes in the Pacific Northwest.

As Managing Director, William is responsible for investment activities throughout the Pacific Northwest. He currently oversees new acquisitions, recapitalizations, and dispositions. Additionally, he manages a portfolio of assets in the firm’s development division, including land acquisition, feasibility, entitlement, construction, leasing, and eventual disposition.

Before joining URG, William spent over a decade at Talon Private Capital, where he was involved in several million square feet of acquisitions and dispositions. He managed a 2.7 million square foot portfolio of 13 Seattle-area properties, led the largest receivership in Washington state history, and successfully developed Kirkland Urban—a 750,000-square-foot mixed-use project later sold to Google. Prior to Talon, he spent five years at Metzler Real Estate, managing assets across the U.S. He also held an internship at Schnitzer West and worked in investment banking for four years before pursuing his MBA.

William earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA with a concentration in Real Estate from Columbia Business School. He is an active Urban Land Institute (ULI) member, serving on the Urban Development Mixed Use Council and the National Suburban Development/Redevelopment Council. He also serves on the Academy of Precision Learning Board of Directors.

Jonathan Manheim serves as President where he oversees the company’s strategy, sourcing and structuring of new investments, and management of the existing portfolio.

Prior to joining HAL, Jonathan served as Director of Finance and Development for American Life. Earlier in his career, he held various investment roles with Clairvue Capital Partners (now StepStone Real Estate), the KOR Group, and Credit Suisse.

Within the Seattle real estate community, Jonathan serves as the co-chair of NAIOP Washington State’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and mentors students at the UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.

Jonathan earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he concentrated in Real Estate and Urban Studies.