Max Peker is Director of Market Research at First Washington Realty, a fully integrated, national real estate investment and management firm that specializes in the ownership of convenience, necessity, and experience-oriented retail real estate. Max works with the company’s internal portfolio data and external market data to deliver insights and strategic recommendations supporting First Washington’s investments, asset management, investor relations, and leasing functions. Prior to joining First Washington in 2018, Max was a Market Analyst with CoStar, where he produced market reports, analytics, and forecasts to assess commercial real estate and economic trends. He also played an integral role in launching the CoStar Market Analytics platform. Max is a graduate of Miami University and is an active member of ICSC and the Urban Land Institute.

Alec Fox sits in Berkadia’s Tampa office and holds the title of Associate Director. Over his career, he has facilitated in excess of $2 billion of senior debt, structured capital, and joint venture equity transactions across virtually every asset class including multifamily, office, retail, industrial, student housing, hospitality, self-storage, marinas, land and medical office properties. He has a demonstrated knowledge of all real estate transaction types and is responsible for all aspects of marketing and structuring Debt & Equity Placements on behalf of both institutional and local/regional clients.

Prior to joining Berkadia, Alec began his career at HFF, LP (now JLL).

Ben Witten is the Head of Real Estate for Placer.ai. Prior to joining Placer.ai, Ben spent 7 years at Trademark Property Company as Vice President of Finance & Asset Management where he was responsible for coordinating strategy, finance and asset management functions within Trademark’s $3B portfolio including the redevelopment of several market-dominant lifestyle and mixed-use assets.

Prior to joining Trademark, Ben was directly involved in the national underwriting and successful disposition of non-performing CMBS loans and REO assets at C-III Capital Partners with a combined market value exceeding.