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Avra Jain

Avra Jain

CEO

The Vagabond Group

Scott Sherman

Scott Sherman

Founder and Principal

Torose Equities

Philip Rosen
Moderator

Philip Rosen

Shareholder Chair, Real Estate Law Practice Group

Becker & Poliakoff

Avra Jain

CEO

The Vagabond Group

Avra Jain, a Purdue University industrial engineer graduate, has a reputation for developing projects around her favorite pursuits: art and architecture. The recipient of three Sundance Film Awards, Ms. Jain has directed boutique projects that range from converting a warehouse into luxury loft condominiums to the remake of The Vagabond Motel on Biscayne. She is a board member of the MiMo Biscayne Association.

Scott Sherman

Founder and Principal

Torose Equities

Scott Sherman is Founder and Principal of Miami-Based Torose Equities. He is responsible for the firm's strategic direction, sourcing investment opportunities, capital markets and operations. Torose is a real estate investment firm with several different verticals, including a value-add urban retail, office, and mixed-use strategy within the Southeastern United States.

Prior to launching Torose, Scott co-founded Tricera Capital where he led the charge on strategic direction, capital markets and sourcing investment opportunities. In this role, Scott built a portfolio in excess of $700M over five years and consistently delivered returns in excess of 20% IRR and a 2x multiple across realized investments. Scott maintains ownership and major decisions across the Tricera portfolio and continues to be a minority owner of Tricera Capital.

Previously, Scott was Vice President of Acquisitions at Thor Equities. He was responsible for acquisitions in the Southeast United States including Miami, Washington, DC, Nashville, Austin and Charleston. Additionally, he was a key member of Thor’s expansion into Montreal, London and France. At Thor, Scott completed in excess of $2 Billion of acquisitions focusing on urban retail and mixed-use assets. Prior to Thor, Scott was the Director of Acquisitions at Becker Brothers where he was responsible for sourcing and executing value-add strategies across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. During his tenure at Becker Brothers, he managed a mix of asset types including retail, office and parking garages. Before Becker Brothers, Scott began his career at Ernst & Young in the Transaction Real Estate Advisory group where he also obtained his CPA license in the state of NY.

Scott is a native of South Florida and currently resides in Miami with his wife Laura, son Lucas, and daughter Lily. He received his MS and BS in Accounting from the University of Florida where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Scott is a member of ICSC, and CIASF, in addition to several philanthropic organizations he dedicates time to in his community.

Philip Rosen

Moderator

Becker & Poliakoff

Philip Rosen is Chair of the firm’s Real Estate practice group. His

practice is focused on commercial and residential real estate matters and

business transactions. With more than 16 years’ experience, he has

counseled countless clients through the life cycle of their transactions.

His clients include investors, developers, REIT’s, commercial landlords

and tenants, private and institutional lenders, franchisees and business

owners across Florida and the U.S. He routinely collaborates with

brokers, lenders, and investors to help push his clients’ deals across the

finish line.

Philip also assists clients with all aspects of probate and trust

administration, including marshaling assets, communicating and

negotiating with beneficiaries and creditors, and the distribution of

assets.

EXPERIENCE

Counsel to large Wendy’s franchisee in their acquisition of various

portfolios totaling over 100 stores

Counsel to Florida-based business in purchase and sale of dozens of

real estate parcels throughout the U.S.

Counsel to franchisee in leasing matters for a 180+ unit nationwide

restaurant business

Counsel to NJ-based REIT in their Florida real estate matters

Counsel to South Florida investor in acquisition of $100,000,000

nationwide multifamily portfolio

Counsel to South-Florida investor in acquisition and disposition of

real estate throughout the Florida totaling over $85,000,000

Counsel to local real estate developer in acquisition, development

and disposition of real estate throughout Florida totaling over

$45,000,000

Counsel to local developer/investor in their Florida real estate and

corporate matters

Counsel to developer in financing, development and sale of luxury

townhouse project in Key West

Preparation of Operating Agreements and Shareholder agreements

for countless real estate investors and developers

Counsel to hundreds of Personal Representatives and Trustees in

connection with the administration of estates and trusts and

disposition of their real estate holdings

RECOGNITION

Recognized by the Miami Herald as a Top Rated Lawyer in 2015

Recognized by Florida Super Lawyers – South Florida Edition as one

of South Florida’s Rising Stars for 2009

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated

PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Florida Bar – Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

New York Bar – Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Jewish Federation of Broward County – Real Estate Committee

Broward County Bar Association- Young Lawyers Division

Summary

  1. How are you handling projects currently under construction?

  2. What was the decision making process behind closing office buildings? Did you leave it up to each company or make a building wide decision?

  3. How can you help to rebuild the community after this crisis is over?

  4. Are you willing to forgo a few months of rent and extend lease agreements in order to retain tenants?

  5. What lessons can be learned from this time period and was your firm well positioned for it?

Agenda

Time Activity
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Webinar With Avra Jain & Scott Sherman
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
Q&A With The Audience