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Nicholas Haines

Nicholas Haines

CEO

The Bromley Companies

Greg Minder

Greg Minder

President

InTown Group

Brian Devlin

Brian Devlin

Vice President of Real Estate Development

Ryan Companies

Sean Verdecia

Sean Verdecia

Founder

AbleNook

Bert de Alejo

Bert de Alejo

Managing Director

Avesta Holdings

Nicholas Haines

CEO

The Bromley Companies

Nick currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at The Bromley Companies which he joined in 2005. He is primarily responsible for overseeing new acquisitions, property management, leasing and corporate strategy. Since joining Bromley, Nick has overseen over $500 million of acquisitions, disposition and financing transactions and the leasing of over 1 million square feet of office, retail, and residential property.

Previous to joining Bromley, Nick ran business development and marketing for Vaultus, a wireless software company. Earlier he served as a founding member of Merrill Lynch’s Principal Investment Group and as an investment analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, for their 1818 Funds. He received an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Duke University.

Nick is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York where he serves on the Midtown South Building Committee. He also currently serves on the Executive Committees at the Union Square Partnership and on the board and executive committee of The Healthcare Chaplaincy.

Greg Minder

President

InTown Group

Greg Minder has been a leading participant in the revitalization of downtown Tampa and surrounding Tampa Bay communities since 2004. As founder and principal of the intowngroup, Greg is responsible for creating iconic multi-family, urban buildings framing the Tampa cityscape including Meridian, Skypoint, Element, AER and 500 HI. His mission is to generate sustainable urban growth by meeting the housing needs of a diverse downtown population. He extends that mission beyond his own business into serving the greater community at large. He is the Chairman of the Tampa Downtown Partnership, a coalition of business and community leaders working to create an 18 to 24-hour urban center where people can learn, live, work and play.

Brian Devlin

Vice President of Real Estate Development

Ryan Companies

As Vice President of Real Estate Development, Brian oversees the entire development process from start to finish and actively collaborates with businesses and partners to build vibrant communities. He is responsible for site selections, acquisitions, lease or sale negotiations and municipal coordination with particular expertise in office and industrial developments. Brian's brokerage experience gives him additional insight into the real estate process from the customer's perspective. He aims to fully understand his customers’ short- and long-term needs to ensure the building adds value now and in the future.

Sean Verdecia

Founder

AbleNook

AbleNook is a flat-packed, site assembled kit made from aircraft-grade aluminum structural framing that slides/snaps together with SIPs (structural insulated panels) for floors, walls and roof. AbleNook can be deployed on uneven terrain through the use of adjustable leg jacks, cutting out the costs of poured foundations or ground leveling. AbleNook's proprietary technology and simplicity of connections make assembly a task that any "Able-Bodied" person can accomplish without the need for tools. While these can be referred to as Tiny Houses, the sizing options are truly infinite and can flex to suit your needs.

Bert de Alejo

Managing Director

Avesta Holdings

Mr. de Alejo leads Acquisitions for Avesta. Bert has been directly involved in over 80 transactions totaling over 20,000 units, including ground-up residential building construction, master-planned land development, re-purposing of obsolescent buildings, and complex, downtown core, multifamily redevelopment. He previously led Operations and Construction for Avesta across the company’s Florida and Texas communities. He holds a B.S.B.A. from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of South Florida. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker and General Contractor and a CPM.

Multifamily Financing

Juan Franco

Juan Franco

Acquisitions

Mattoni Group

Anne Stewart

Anne Stewart

Director

Hunt Real Estate Capital

Alison Williams

Alison Williams

SVP & Chief Production Officer

Walker & Dunlop

Zach Murphy

Zach Murphy

Co-Founder

Pender Capital

Neil Beldock

Neil Beldock

Senior Executive - Originations & Operations

Pender Capital

Jack Kieley
Moderator

Jack Kieley

SVP & Sales Director, Mid-Atlantic & Southeast Region

Stewart Title

Juan Franco

Acquisitions

Mattoni Group

Juan Franco currently leads Acquisitions for the Mattoni Group®. He concentrates his efforts on the acquisition and underwriting of new retail assets and development, as well as the management of current retail assets. Mr. Franco has close to a decade of experience in commercial real estate with a specialization in the retail sector.

Prior to joining Mattoni Group®, he worked as a Senior Commercial Associate at Terranova Corporation, one of the largest owners and managers of retail properties in Florida. At Terranova, Mr. Franco executed leasing transactions in excess of 1,000,000 square feet of retail space on behalf of Terranova and institutional investors including Blackrock, Rockwood Capital, Equity Residential and BVT Capital. Mr. Franco started his career at Metro 1 Properties where he worked on sales and leasing for various asset types throughout Miami’s urban core.

A native of South Florida, Mr. Franco has a deep understanding of the diverse retail landscape in the area. Mr. Franco’s experience combines both tenant and landlord representative transactions. He has a deep comprehension of what each party is looking for and utilizes this unique background when analyzing acquisitions. Mr. Franco is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers where he has been a member for the past 8 years.

Anne Stewart

Director

Hunt Real Estate Capital

Anne Stewart is a Director with Hunt Mortgage Group. Ms. Stewart is based in

Tampa, FL where she focuses on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac originations, primarily

for the Small Balance Group. Hunt Mortgage Group is a leader in financing all types

of commercial real estate throughout the United States: multifamily, manufactured

housing, affordable housing, office, retail, healthcare/senior living, industrial and

self-storage. Hunt Mortgage Group offers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD/FHA in

addition to its own Proprietary loan products.

Ms. Stewart has more than 20 years of commercial real estate industry experience

concentrating in loan origination and transaction structuring, along with non-

performing loan management and dispositions. Prior to Hunt, Ms. Stewart was a

Managing Director for Guggenheim Commercial Real Estate Finance. She also held

senior origination positions with Credit Suisse, Potomac Realty Capital and Ocwen

Savings Bank. Ms. Stewart received her Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from

The College of Wooster.

Alison Williams

SVP & Chief Production Officer

Walker & Dunlop

With 14 years of experience in commercial real estate, Alison Williams, vice president, specializes in the origination of debt and structured finance for commercial real estate transactions encompassing all property types. Ms. Williams is based out of Walker & Dunlop’s Tampa, Florida office.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Ms. Williams, served as vice president in NorthMarq Capital’s Tampa, Florida office for more than 11 years where she was responsible for new loan origination utilizing direct relationships with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, CMBS, bank, and life insurance companies. Throughout her career, Ms. Williams has closed over $1.5 billion of commercial real estate transactions and most recently closed $200 million of loan originations in the Southeast in 2016.

Ms. Williams graduated from Florida State University where she double-majored in finance and real estate. Ms. Williams is a member of numerous professional organizations focusing on multifamily, retail, and hospitality real estate trends throughout the United States.

Zach Murphy

Co-Founder

Pender Capital

Zach is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pender Capital. Zach co-founded Pender in 2015 and brings over 16 years of experience in both commercial real estate finance and capital markets expertise. Zach oversees the firm’s Investment and Research program which includes deal sourcing, research, and structuring and is a member of the Investment and Research Committee and the Management Committee. Prior to Pender, Zach served as Managing Director/ Senior Vice President for Liberty SBF, a commercial finance company based in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for establishing Liberty’s Western Regional HQ in Los Angeles and directed West Coast originations and operations. Zach personally originated over $60 million of commercial loans during the first year of operations on the West Coast. In 2008, Zach joined Silver Point Capital, LP in New York, a Goldman Sachs partner fund, where he was responsible for commercial real estate loan originations and insurance-linked securities trading. During his tenure at Silver Point, Zach traded more than $500 million in distressed commercial real estate debt, insurance-linked securities, and assets in the capital markets. From 2004 to 2008, Zach served as Senior Vice President/Division Director of Velocity Commercial Capital where he was the company’s highest grossing originator in e

Neil Beldock

Senior Executive - Originations & Operations

Pender Capital

Neil Beldock has over 30 years of experience as a real estate finance professional. Over those 30+ years Neil has held positions at Citigroup, Coast Federal Bank of California, Independence Bank of Los Angeles, Family Savings Bank of Los Angeles, Hamburg Savings Bank of New York, Interbay Funding and Velocity Commercial Capital. Neil has held executive and senior level management positions covering loan originations, loan operations, loan servicing, secondary marketing, loan securitization and joint venture operations. Neil is also a published author having written articles for numerous mortgage industry publications including the Scotsman Guide, Commercial Mortgage Insight, The Mortgage Press and National Mortgage Broker Magazine. Currently, Neil serves as a Senior Executive at Pender Capital Funding in Dallas, Texas.

Jack Kieley

Moderator

Stewart Title

Kieley joined Stewart in 2008 as manager of the Commercial Services office in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2016, he was appointed as Commercial Services Mid-Atlantic & Southeast Regional Sales Director. A real estate and title professional with over 30 years of industry experience, Kieley oversees the sales and marketing of the Florida Commercial Services offices in Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and Orlando, among other major metro areas. He previously held positions with First American, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title and Lawyers Title.

Kieley is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), and the Maryland Land Title Association.

With a Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore, Kieley is currently a member of the Maryland State Bar and the New Jersey State Bar.

The Multifamily Mega Projects Transforming Tampa

Larry Feldman

Larry Feldman

President & CEO

Feldman Equities

Beck Daniel

Beck Daniel

Executive Vice President of Development

BTI Partners

Todd Fultz

Todd Fultz

Managing Director

Plaza Construction Group

Stephen Murray

Stephen Murray

CEO

Downtowner

Arturo Peña

Arturo Peña

SVP Development

Related Group

Vik Bhide

Vik Bhide

Manager, Smart Mobility

City of Tampa Transportation & Stormwater Services

Nat Linden
Moderator

Nat Linden

Shareholder

Kimley-Horn

Larry Feldman

President & CEO

Feldman Equities

Mr. Feldman has been the president and CEO of Feldman Equities since

1990. From 1997 until 1999, he was the founder of, and served as the

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Tower Realty Trust, a

publicly traded REIT (New York Stock Exchange symbol: "TOW").

From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Feldman served as Chairman of Feldman Mall

Properties, Inc. a publicly traded REIT. He is also the founder and former

Chairman of the Midtown West Association of New York City. Mr. Feldman

was formerly a member of the Board of East Woods School in Oyster Bay NY. He graduated

from Windham College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Mr. Feldman has

lectured at the graduate schools of N.Y.U. and Columbia University on commercial real estate

development.

Mr. Feldman has been directly responsible for the management, development or acquisition of

over 11 million square feet of real estate with an aggregate value of over $3 billion dollars during

a career spanning over 30 years in the commercial real estate business. Mr. Feldman's primary

focus over his career has been on the acquisition and redevelopment of turnaround real estate.

Beck Daniel

Executive Vice President of Development

BTI Partners

Beck Daniel is Executive Vice President of Development of BTI Partners, a real estate investment and development firm in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Based in Tampa, Mr. Daniel is BTI's corporate representative for the west coast of Florida and is spearheading development of Westshore Marina District, a 52-acre mixed-use planned community on the West Shore’s waterfront. Within the district, Mr. Daniel is also leading Tampa's biggest condominium venture, Marina Pointe, a luxury three-tower project rising on Tampa Bay’s waterfront. Mr. Daniel is also responsible for identifying and pursuing new development and investment opportunities in the burgeoning areas of Tampa/St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Naples. Prior to joining BTI, Mr. Daniel was a Real Estate and Finance Analyst at Southstar Development Partners Inc., and Assistant Project Manager at The Related Group.

Todd Fultz

Managing Director

Plaza Construction Group

Todd Fultz is the Managing Director of Plaza Construction Group’s new Central Florida Office. Fultz, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of construction experience on projects in the hospitality, corporate office, multi-family, retail, aviation, education and sports market sectors, is now leading Plaza’s expansion into important markets in the region, including Tampa and Orlando, as a Managing Director.

Prior to joining Plaza, Fultz served as Vice President of the Central Florida region for Manhattan Construction and as a project executive for DPR-Hardin Construction. He has been a part of building the Tampa skyline through such projects as The Westin Hotel on Rocky Point, Parkside of One Bayshore, Grand Central at Kennedy, Kforce Headquarters, LakePointe II at Tampa Bay Park, Jesuit’s Hyer Family Park Baseball Stadium, Raymond James Stadium, and several projects at Tampa International Airport.

Todd currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). At ABC, he has also served as the Marketing & Programs Committee Chair and helped start and co-chair the organization’s NexGen Construction Leadership Program. As a community-minded citizen, Todd is an alumnus of Leadership Tampa, Class of 2013, an active Board Member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, a member of the Jesuit High School Foundation, Committee Chair of Cub Scout Pack 19, and a coach for Palma Ceia Little League.

A Tampa native, Fultz holds a bachelor of science from University of Florida’s M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction, Gainesville, Florida.

Stephen Murray

CEO

Downtowner

Stephen Murray is CEO of Downtowner, a microtransit company based in South Florida. By providing on-demand rides with fully-electric fleets, Downtowner bridges gaps in existing transit lines, increases downtown livability, and eases parking and traffic congestion. His company has partnered with the city of Tampa, FDOT, and the Tampa Downtown Partnership to provide transit to 16,000 people a month in the 1.2 square mile downtown service area. Downtowner currently operates in 5 cities across the U.S.

Stephen has been a driving force for the adoption of microtransit as a viable solution for cities. Along with public sector focus, he has been working in the private sector as well, giving the same innovative transit tools to large planned communities. He has been responsible for leading Downtowner to a 3 year average annual growth rate of 108%.

Arturo Peña

SVP Development

Related Group

Arturo Peña is a Vice President of Development at Related Group, overseeing a variety of developments across the firm’s portfolio. Arturo has played an instrumental role in Related’s ongoing expansion across Central Florida, spearheading numerous award-winning market-rate apartment communities.

In his present role, Arturo oversees the development of market-rate communities, condominium towers, workforce housing, and mixed-use developments, primarily in the West Palm Beach and Tampa Bay regions. His current projects under construction are the waterfront Icon Marina Village in West Palm Beach and Manor West River in Tampa.

Over his 20 years at Related, Arturo’s marquee developments include the 400-unit Manor Riverwalk and 340-unit Icon Harbour Island in Tampa, the 382-unit Manor at Flagler Village in Fort Lauderdale, and the 162-unit SofA project in Delray Beach. Many more of Arturo’s projects have broken multi-family sales records in both Broward and Hillsborough Counties, receiving awards from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Association of Home Builders, Florida’s Best, and the South Florida Business Journal. Arturo has also been named Related’s “Employee of the Year” on multiple occasions.

Prior to joining Related, Arturo served as Project Manager for an architectural firm specializing in high-rise condominium towers throughout Florida; he also served as the firm’s liaison for over a dozen high-rise projects.

Arturo holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Miami, with Minors in Business and Building Structures; he continues to play an active role in several of the University’s alumni associations. Arturo also serves on Related’s Philanthropic Committee and is Vice Chair of the ULI Florida Multifamily Product Council.

Vik Bhide

Manager, Smart Mobility

City of Tampa Transportation & Stormwater Services

Vik Bhide has over 16 years of research, consulting and local government experience. He is a subject matter expert in Smart Cities planning and deploying urban mobility solutions. He chairs the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee and serves on the Board of the Intelligent Transportation Society of Florida. Vik currently serves as Chief Traffic Management Engineer for the City of Tampa. His duties include management of the City’s traffic signals, streetlights and Smart Cities programs. Vik has been instrumental in program development, design and deployment of Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) for most of the municipalities in the Tampa Bay region. He is a key member of the Tampa Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot team, the Marion Transit Way Autonomous (AV) Shuttle Service and Smart Paint project. Vik was presented the 2015 Joseph J. Grimail Transportation Professional of the Year Award by Tampa Bay Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Nat Linden

Moderator

Kimley-Horn

Nathaniel Linden, P.E. has more than 12 years of experience in all phases of civil engineering for residential, retail, office and industrial private land development projects. His areas of expertise include site planning, stormwater management, and urban development. Nat has extensive experience navigating the regulatory landscape of west Florida, including Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Pasco Counties as well as the Cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg. His experience includes involvement in several landmark projects in the bay area, including the Tampa Premium Outlets, Riverwalk Place, Midtown Tampa, and the Westshore Marina District, among others.

Summary

1) With multiple projects coming in with a price tag over $1B, which developments are placing the greatest focus on the multifamily component?

2) With city plans to demolish 820 public housing apartments underway, when can we expect to see the positive impact hoped for in the retail sector through increased residence? Furthermore, what state does this leave us in when it comes to affordable housing?

3) With recent statistics showing Tampa’s cost of living above that of the regions average wages, how will leasing rates be impacted by the supply coming online as part of Tampa’s mega-development projects?

4) When it comes to developing the Tampa Bay’s latest multifamily projects, how is storm resiliency being accounted for and how has the region’s vulnerability to adverse weather impacted development?

5) How will increased seasonal visitors to Tampa as a result of the increased number of entertainment based developments like the Seminole Hard Rock Casino’s $700 million expansion mean for the local multifamily market in Tampa & St. Petersburg?

Venue

The Westshore Grand, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Tampa
4860 West Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, Florida 33609

Ballroom: Bayshore I & II


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Agenda

Time Activity
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
12:30 PM
1:15 PM
Multifamily Financing
1:15 PM
2:00 PM
The Multifamily Mega Projects Transforming Tampa
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Post Game Schmooze