Capturing Opportunities In Distressed Real Estate | Multi Family, Retail & Hospitality
COVID -19 is a disruptive event of unknown impact, no one has a crystal ball that can completely predict the outcome of this macro economic trend. The wider the zoom and the longer one extends the time horizon, the hazier the view becomes. The medium-term effects of the current crisis are beginning to come into sharper focus. As they do, our panelist will take a moment to share their frontline views on capturing opportunities in Distressed Real Estate and how the current dislocation is impacting the real estate sector and how to properly position themselves to cut losses and maximize opportunities. Since the beginning of the current monthly series, the picture and timeline has and will continue to evolve. Our panelist will offer their perspectives as a snapshot in time across various types of real estate and asset classes on what they believe the future looks like to them.
Event Recording
Capturing Opportunities in Distressed Real Estate Multi Family, Retail & Hospitality
Speakers
Dave Lamb
- Title
- National Property Director @
- Company
- Sunstar Insurance Group LLC
- Role
- Moderator
Dave Lamb joined Sunstar Insurance in 2019 as their National Property Director. He has over 15 years working with property owners/managers across the United States. He personally insures over 60,000 apartment and condo units in addition to office, warehouse and retail. He has worked on and created multi-billion dollar property programs with both domestic and international carriers. For his work on creating these programs he was named of the top 40 people under 40 by Insurance Business America.
Brian M. Prenoveau, CFA
- Title
- Director, Investor Relations and SEC Compliance @
- Company
- Safe Harbor Equiity
- Role
- Panelist
Brian is the Director of Investor Relations and SEC Compliance at Safe Harbor Equity. Brian has over 12 years of investor relations experience specializing in IPOs, shareholder turnover, cultivating Wall Street relationships, financial analysis, model construction. In addition, Brian spent 5 years on the sell side equity research covering REITs & consumer products. He has his B.S. Finance from Miami University (OH), and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Cross Moceri
- Title
- Co-CEO @
- Company
- Presidium
- Role
- Panelist
Cross Moceri is a co-founder and principal of Presidium. Cross began his real estate investment career in 2003, focusing on multifamily investments in the southern United States. Cross is primarily responsible for development, capital formation, acquisitions, financial structuring, master planning and portfolio oversight. Over the past decade, Cross has spearheaded more than $3 billion of real estate investments. Prior to co-founding Presidium, Cross spent 6 years practicing corporate law with Milbank Tweed in Los Angeles. Cross holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Philosophy, and J.D. from the University of Michigan.
Chad Carpenter
- Title
- Chairman & CEO @
- Company
- Reven Captial, LLC
- Role
- Panelist
Reven Capital was founded in 2009 by Chad M. Carpenter our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Carpenter has founded and operated both public and private real estate companies as Chairman & CEO, has 28 years of real estate investing and operating experience and been involved in over $3 billion in real estate transactions. He has sponsored four private real estate equity funds, acquired, owned and operated over 1,000 commercial and residential investment properties throughout his career. He founded Reven Housing REIT, (NASDAQ: RVEN), a public company in 2012 added value, grew the company and sold it in 2019. Institutional, foreign and high net worth investors have invested with Mr. Carpenter and his sponsored investments.
Steven Solomon
- Title
- Member @
- Company
- Friedlander & Misler
- Role
- Panelist
Steve joined Friedlander Misler in 2016. He has more than thirty years of experience representing clients in connection with sophisticated commercial transactions with an emphasis in hospitality, real estate and finance. Steve was in-house counsel for Marriott International, Inc. for five years where he represented the hotel operations group for two years and the hotel development group for three years. During his time at Marriott, Steve was the lead attorney in connection with nearly one hundred hotel acquisition projects, specializing in select service transactions. In addition, Steve handled all of the legal work in connection with the creation of Marriott’s frequent traveler program, drafted the revised version of the Marriott hotel franchise agreement and negotiated all of the Marriott Hotel telecommunication and computer acquisition agreements. Steve also negotiated numerous hotel management agreements for both Marriott full service and limited service hotels.
After joining three of Washington, DC’s most respected law firms, Steve formed his own law firm and established a residential real estate settlement company, which has been consistently ranked as one of the top five settlement companies in the Washington, Maryland and Virginia area. He specializes in complex transactions and crafting creative solutions to difficult problems. He represents real estate developers, lenders, hotel developers and management companies and is recognized for his negotiation of hotel and restaurant franchise and management agreements. In addition, Steve drafts and negotiates joint venture and operating agreements for diverse ownership structures. He also negotiates debt, preferred equity and mezzanine finance agreements in an array of real estate and hotel transactions.
Steve has spoken at various conferences regarding hotel transactions, franchise agreements and management agreements. He has guest lectured on the topic of distressed hotel properties at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Steve served as a board of director member for the Washington Hebrew Home. He has been actively involved with the Winston Churchill High School PTSA. Steve also coached basketball for several select youth teams.
About
Safe Harbor Equiity
Safe Harbor Equity is an opportunistic private equity firm that strategically acquires, originates, manages and repositions performing and nonperforming asset-backed real estate mortgages up to $20 million.
With a proven track record of success navigating the complexities of the distressed debt space, Safe Harbor Equity seeks to preserve investor capital while targeting IRR’s of 20% or higher by leveraging highly sophisticated, bleeding-edge analytical techniques, coupled with decades of collective experience, to provide its investors superior returns that are uncorrelated with market volatility.
Leveraging its extensive contacts in the secondary markets for residential and commercial real estate loans; the investment banking and private equity communities, and the commercial and residential real estate sectors in general, Safe Harbor Equity leverages its extensive network to source deals and seize upon unique opportunities wherever they may arise.
Sunstar Insurance Group LLC
Sunstar Insurance was founded in 2013 and has become the 35th largest Independent Agency in The United States based on Commercial Premium. With over 300 employees and over $500,000,000 in annual premiums Sunstar has the advantages of a large corporation but the feel and service of a local company. Our partnership with Globex International Group and our extensive work in the Lloyds and offshore carriers gives us a unique ability to help serve our clients needs not just in the US but anywhere in the world.
Presidium
Presidium is a Texas-based real estate developer, owner and operator with a 17-year operating history. We have an existing real estate portfolio totaling approximately $2 Billion AUM, and a ten year development pipeline exceeding 25 million SF. Our firm employs over 300 team members with offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville and Portland.
Reven Captial, LLC
Reven Capital is a value real estate investment management firm focused on global real estate investments. We seek opportunistic investments in real estate, debt, real estate public securities, and special situations. We target investments in countries with established indices with volatility due to macroeconomics, cyclical trends, geopolitical situations, mismanaged companies and assets.
Friedlander & Misler
High Street Global Advisors (HSGA) is an investment banking and strategic advisory firm that believes targeted and measured focus drives business success. We provide informed and objective advice to organizations in the telecommunications and technology industries on strategic and financial matters that impact their ultimate success. We employ a consultative approach and measure outcomes by what we achieve with our clients.HSGA is based in Boston, and our team has experience delivering projects globally throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.