Professional Biography & Highlights:

• Underwritten & originated over $4 billion of CMBS loans to include office, retail, multi-family, industrial, medical office, student housing, manufactured housing and self-storage properties.

• Sourced over $350mm of distressed asset & loan acquisition opportunities for multiple clients / investors to include: office, hospitality, retail and industrial assets.

• Advised NY based private equity firm with the acquisition of 11 performing & non-performing commercial real estate notes throughout the Southeastern US with a total balance of $33mm.

• Advised DC based private equity firm with the valuation of five community / regional commercial banks real estate portfolios (commercial & residential) totaling in excess of $5 billion, for the potential investment / recapitalization of the banks.

• Executed buyout & re-negotiation of leases along with the disposition of surplus facilities and under-performing properties during the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and restructuring efforts of: Winn-Dixie, HealthSouth, Interstate Bakery – ultimately resulting in the successful emergence from bankruptcy.

• Launched the start-up, development, marketing and growth of Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services Atlanta practice, a boutique-restructuring firm that provides turnaround management and corporate restructuring services. 

• Successfully led the underwriting, due diligence and credit approval process for the acquisition of a $2 billion portfolio of manufactured housing communities within the United States.  The $1 billion debt origination was one of the largest CMBS transactions at the time.

• Assisted Nomura Securities with detailed financial due diligence, valuation and portfolio analysis relating to the disposition of it’s $10 billion US real estate portfolio consisting of retail, multi-family, office, hospitality and industrial properties.

• Coordinated the detailed cash flow analysis and financial risk ratings of numerous CMBS portfolio securitizations for the Moody’s Rating Agency, to include all major property types.

• Provided loan sale advisory work to include:  underwriting, valuation and site inspection for the acquisition of performing & nonperforming loans related to numerous bulk warehouse & distribution properties.

• Executed structured buy-side due diligence and capital sourcing of over $500 million for the acquisition of the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan along with other “upscale” boutique hotels.

• Performed detailed forensic audit on a multi-family development project, where the GP was suspected of improper use of funds.

• Performed financial analysis, due diligence, valuation, economic impact & feasibility studies for: professional sports teams, sports arenas/stadiums, golf courses, mixed-use developments, and entertainment-based centers. 

• Performed detailed portfolio analysis and valuation of the leasehold interests of sixty full & limited service hotels for the disposition of the leasehold interest in the related assets for a major hotel REIT.