Tampa Multifamily Annual Conference

Mr. Kornberg serves as Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions for Mast Capital. In this capacity, he is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment transactions and collaborating with Mast’s functional groups on asset management, development, and disposition decisions. Mr. Kornberg is a seasoned real estate professional with over $2 billion of single asset and portfolio transaction experience. Prior to joining Mast, Mr. Kornberg was a Managing Director at Northwood Investors, a privately-held global real estate investment firm, where he was responsible for evaluating real estate equity and debt investment opportunities. During his approximately 10 years at Northwood, he executed acquisitions, obtained financing, oversaw capital projects, and improved operating performance across the firm’s hospitality portfolio. Prior to Northwood, Mr. Kornberg worked in the Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging and Leisure Investment Banking group at Deutsche Bank and focused on corporate advisory assignments, capital markets transactions, and mergers and acquisitions primarily within the hospitality and gaming sectors. Mr. Kornberg is an active member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Investment Roundtable. Mr. Kornberg received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, from Duke University.

As President and COO, Edward M. Kobel leads DeBartolo Development’s investment strategy, execution and capitalization. Backed by the DeBartolo family and major capital commitments he secured, DeBartolo Development has underwritten a real estate pipeline of over $4.6 billion since 2003. Prior to overseeing DeBartolo Development, Ed was a partner at Fortis Advisors in Scottsdale, an affiliate company of DeBartolo Property Group, where he managed more than $600 million in real estate projects. Before joining Fortis, he founded Trinity Development with offices in Colorado Springs, Denver, Phoenix and Chicago. Trinity Development was primarily engaged in new retail development as well as value-added shopping center renovation and completed over $300 million in retail development. Throughout his professional career, Ed has devoted his time and leadership to multiple non-profit organizations and was awarded the Outstanding Professional and Community Citizenship award from Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.

Architect Justin Kimmich, founding Principal of Kimmich | Smith Architecture, established his firm in Tampa bringing his 20 years of experience in the Architecture field to his clients. Mr. Kimmich has a passion for seeing the art of building and functional design for people collide in a solution that is Architecture. His skill sets range in scale from producing overall master planning concepts for large scale multi-phased projects of many typologies down to producing specific construction details important to the success of a project. Through the course of his experience, he has been involved in the design and execution of many project types ranging from single family homes, offices, restaurants, retail and schools to high-rise and vertical Mixed-Use apartments, condominiums and hotels. The strong belief in a systematized project team integration has led to many successful projects in the Tampa Bay area and throughout Florida, including the 15 story 1100 Apex apartment in Clearwater, Florida. As a principal at his previous firm, he completed multiple high-rise projects, oversaw operations and managed the office in Tampa as well as in the Middle East. Mr. Kimmich is an active member of his community being a member of multiple organizations including AIA, CCIM, SOREP and others. He has also been appointed by the Building Official as a member of the City of Clearwater’s Building/Flood Board of Adjustments and Appeals for the past several years and also volunteers as a mentor and teacher to College and Career-aged members of his local church.

Maggie Burke serves as Senior Vice President on Capital One’s Commercial Real Estate Team, specializing in advising commercial property owners and operators across the U.S. on capital markets and debt strategies. She provides clients with creative solutions to support their individual business plans through several capital source executions, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, life companies, CMBS, debt funds, and banks. Burke’s extensive commercial real estate finance experience encompasses originating, structuring, and successfully closing loans across a wide spectrum of asset types – from multifamily, office and retail, to self-storage and industrial. Throughout her career, Burke has facilitated clients in securing an impressive $6 billion in debt finance transactions. Burke joined Capital One from Berkadia in 2021 to grow its national platform and continue delivering highly tailored financing solutions, working alongside her partners Jonathan Pratt and Rossana Bouchaya. The team has originated more than $2 billion in these capital product types within just two years. Notably, they recently closed a 24- property portfolio with Fannie Mae totaling $477 million. Burke is a sought-after industry expert, contributing as a media commentator, panelist, and moderator for The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Annual Conference, its Senior Bank Executive Roundtables, Freddie Mac's Customer Conference, and news outlets like Real Estate Forum and Bisnow. In recognition of her influence in commercial real estate, Burke was by honored with Connect CRE's Women in Real Estate Award for 2023. In 2022, she was named on Globest.com's prestigious Rainmakers in Finance, Debt & Equity annual list. Burke remains deeply committed to industry development and advocacy. She has served as the immediate past Chair of the MBA's mPact Advisory Committee, currently serves as Vice Chair of the MBA's Mortgage Action Alliance, and is active in MORPAC, MBA’s political action Steering Committees. Burke is also the sole representative for Capital One on the Freddie Mac Advisory Committee, providing real-time feedback to the agency with the goal of creating a more frictionless experience for borrowers working with Freddie Mac. She also serves as a Board Member of Real Estate Network Empowering Women (RENEW) and is a valued member of CREW Tampa Bay, furthering her commitment to advancing the future commercial real estate landscape for women.

Damon Kolb serves as Senior Managing Director of Development for Mill Creek Residential in North Florida. His responsibilities include managing all aspects of the development process, including site selection, due diligence, entitlements, design, financing and disposition of Mill Creek communities. Most recently, he was involved with the development and pre-Certificate of Occupancy sale of Modera Tampa, now known as Ave Tampa Riverwalk, and the site acquisition and development of Modera St. Petersburg, a 383-unit, 20-story high-rise currently under construction on the west side of Tropicana Field in downtown St. Petersburg. Damon has prior development experience with the Timbers Companies, a boutique luxury resort developer, and also worked for The Richman Group of Companies on numerous affordable and mixed income communities, including several communities in the Tampa Bay region. Damon started his career with Palm Beach County Planning & Zoning as a County Planner. Damon has been directly involved in the development process of nearly 40 multifamily communities throughout Florida. Damon resides in Orlando with his wife and two children.

Sandy Clark, CPM® is the Regional Vice President for ZRS Management, LLC in Tampa and SWFL. Sandy has over 20 years of multifamily experience, with a background in both Class A stabilized and new construction/lease ups, renovations, mixed-use, fractured condo, high-rise, mid-rise and garden assets. Sandy addresses the needs of the assets and clients with speed and flawless execution while maximizing revenue growth and maintaining the investment.

With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Ryan Loftus serves as the Executive Vice President of Business Development for Multi-Tenant Environments at Hotwire Communications. His primary area of expertise lies in the multi-tenant space, and is known for his passion, success, and performance-driven approach, boasting a proven track record of establishing enduring strategic partnerships with Fortune 100 and 500 companies. Throughout his career, Ryan has played a pivotal role in the launch and implementation of various cutting-edge technologies, including high-speed internet, digital and high-definition video, IPTV, DVR, extensive fiber deployments, small cell, and home security.

As an Associate Principal, Pablo Choclin brings over 23 years of experience in developing multi-family residential, mixed-use, commercial, and community facility projects. In addition to these areas of expertise Pablo worked on the design and development for the conversions of the landmarked former Brillo factory at 200 Water Street in Dumbo into 15 luxury condos and, as part of the same project, also designed the new 12-story, 105-unit mixed-use rental building on the same lot at 181 Front Street. Adding to the innovative design evoking the industrial feel with a historic-contemporary theme this extremely sought after location also has spectacular views of both the Brooklyn and Manhattan skyline and Manhattan Bridge. While his focus is on design and development Pablo is also responsible for project management, client relations and has extensive experience in preparing feasibility studies, developing construction documents, coordinating with other trades, code review and zoning analysis. Growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pablo was immersed in an environment of mix of Art Nouveau, Neoclassical, and Rationalist architecture. At a young age, he discovered his appreciation for architecture, and began designing spaces and building architectural models after school at home. Pablo prides himself on achieving all his client’s objectives in bringing their visions to life and the positive impact made in the surrounding community.

With over 25 years of experience, Robert is an organizational leader having led architectural firms in the United States and China. Forward thinking, he is committed to world-class design, innovation, quality, client service, and creating successful environments in which people succeed. Robert’s experience encompasses a variety of project types including hospitality, mixed-use, office, multifamily, commercial, performance and educational facilities. He has enjoyed working on large scale high-rise mixed-use projects around the world and enjoys the challenges that are inherently part of that process. Industry and community involvement have been a hallmark of Robert’s career. He is a Board Member of Central Atlanta Progress, and an active participant in the American Institute of Architects, and Urban Land Institute. As a director on the boards of significant academic institutions, Robert impacts the future of the design profession. He is honored to serve as a Board Member for the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Design, and the Syracuse University School of Architecture.