Dislocated Opportunities in the Current Real Estate Market

Hosted by Millennium Trust
July 15, 2020
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Panel

We are in the middle of one of the most challenging years the real estate market has witnessed in modern times. COVID-19 and civil unrest have ushered in significant uncertainty affecting real estate assets of all kinds. It is truly difficult to predict how asset prices will be evaluated and at what discount deals will begin to get done. There is a significant dispersion between buyer and seller expectations. The Federal bailout packages are replacing lost revenue and putting money directly into the system to delay price discovery. Our panel of experts will provide detailed insights on where and how they are navigating these unchartered waters and where they are placing their bets once for once the dust settles. They will also discuss how to play the court system to find opportunities.

    Event Recording

    Dislocated Opportunities in the Current Real Estate Market

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    Speakers

    • Jeremy Christensen

      Title
      SVP - Director of Fund Custody
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      Company
      Millennium Trust
      Role
      Moderator

      Jeremy is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of private fund custody, working with the firm’s regional directors, prospects, service providers, and clients to drive business through education and awareness of the service. Before assuming his leadership role, Jeremy held senior positions in the group where he developed alternative business segments dealing with hedge funds, private equity, managed futures, and other alternative investments. He draws on his 15 years of experience in the financial services industry to deliver innovative solutions to the firm’s clients. Prior to joining Millennium Trust, Jeremy worked for Sterling Trust Company and Paychex, where he gained valuable experience providing effective financial solutions and strategies to Fortune 500 companies and individual retail clients. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s degree from the university’s Michael F. Price School of Business.

    • Ernest Johnson

      Title
      Executive Managing Director
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      Company
      ApexOne Investment Partners
      Role
      Panelist

      Ernest is an Executive Managing Director with ApexOne Investment Partners, a private equity firm investing in the multifamily sector. Ernest focuses on capital markets, fund strategy, financial administration, and investor communications. Ernest has extensive real estate experience with some of the industry-leading firms, including 17 years with PM Realty Group and 10 years with JMB Property Company.

      Immediately following graduation from college, he managed a national multifamily student housing portfolio and was responsible for all facets of operations, including acquisitions, dispositions, construction, and finance.

      Ernest is actively involved with National Multifamily Housing Council. He serves on the Advisory Council for Auburn University’s Master of Real Estate Development program and is also on the University of Florida’s Bergstrom Real Estate Center Advisory Board. Ernest previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Lone Star Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and has been inducted into the MS Society’s National Fundraising Hall of Fame. Ernest graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Auburn University (1980).

    • Nate Kline

      Title
      Partner, Chief Investment Officer
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      Company
      OneWall Partners
      Role
      Panelist

      Mr. Kline is a Partner, Founder and the Chief Investment Officer of OneWall Partners™ where he drives investment strategy and acquisitions. Prior to launching OneWall, Nate founded Genuity Partners where he provided advisory and consulting services and conducted financial training programs worldwide. Previously, Nate managed valuation, due diligence and financial analysis on more than $8 billion of transactions at Fortress Investment Group. While at Merrill Lynch, he executed five exclusive/lead advised M&A deals worth $13.5 billion. Nate graduated from the Smeal College of Business and Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University where he obtained a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics in 2003.

    • Sheryl Morehead

      Title
      Managing Director, Capital Markets
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      Company
      Sunstone Properties Trust
      Role
      Panelist

      Before joining Sunstone as Director of Capital Markets, Ms. Morehead held positions in both the commercial real estate and banking industries. After starting her banking career in Citicorp's National Real Estate Group, Sheryl moved west and became division manager of commercial real estate industries for Bank of California/Mitsubishi managing a $4B portfolio and ten production offices. As CCO and President of First Los Angeles Bank and later, CEO of First Bancorp, she specialized in transitioning challenged institutions with troubled real estate assets to regulatory compliance and profitability. Prior to earning an MBA at Harvard Business School, Sheryl worked for shopping center developer Lanning Corporation of Boston securing financing, leasing and property management. As EVP of M&M Development Corp., she was involved in every phase of development, financing and property management. Sheryl completed her undergraduate work at Boston University earning a BS in finance. At Sunstone, Ms. Morehead is in charge of raising capital on a direct basis to add to Sunstone's integrated framework. She sits on investment committee and is also responsible for debt placement and bank relations.

    • Alberto Siblesz

      Title
      Director
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      Company
      Glide Capital
      Role
      Panelist

      Mr. Siblesz is a director at Glide Capital. As a managing partner of the firm, Alberto oversees the firm’s portfolio management and asset allocation strategies. Since 2011, he is also director/ founding partner of a multi-family office called Scala Capital where he provides clients with investment advice and financial guidance. Mr. Siblesz has 25+ years of experience in the financial service industry. Prior to joining Glide Capital, Alberto worked in banking at Citibank Venezuela and CNI – Credit Suisse First Boston. Alberto earned his BS in Finance from Lehigh University.

    About

    ApexOne Investment Partners

    ApexOne Investment Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices in Chicago, Illinois, Boca Raton, Florida, and Phoenix, Arizona, and, together with its affiliates, has substantial experience in real estate acquisition, syndication, financing, development, and disposition, as well as real estate transaction management. James A. Hearn, Ernest Johnson, Tim Burns, William Saul, and David Steele are the principals of ApexOne (the “Principals”).


    Following on the success of ApexOne Growth & Income Fund I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund I”), ApexOne Growth & Income Fund II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund II”), and ApexOne Multifamily Fund III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), ApexOne has formed ApexOne Multifamily Special Situation Fund IV, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), to make investments in direct and indirect equity interests in multifamily residential properties, including those requiring capital infusion, repositioning, post-development leasing or which may be subject to a distressed sale, as well as indebtedness secured by such multifamily residential properties.


    ApexOne Investment Partners has acquired 46 properties and invested over $1.5B in workforce and student housing communities over the last seven years. ApexOne prides itself on providing excellent living environments to its residents, high returns, and transparent communications to its investors while reducing the environmental impact of their properties. Their fund level returns on fully cycled properties have averaged over 28% and Over 94% of ApexOne’s investors have repeatedly invested in all three of their Funds.

    Sunstone Properties Trust

    Sunstone is a fully integrated real estate operator, developer and fund sponsor in business since 2012. After 30 years in the commercial real estate business, the founders of Sunstone chose workforce multifamily housing as a sector because of its solid performance throughout varying economic cycles. Sunstone performs its own architectural design work, construction, asset management and fund management to achieve maximum efficiency, cost containment and investor returns. Its acquisition team sources transactions with proprietary software and a network of local brokers. Capital markets works with investors and lenders to optimize Sunstone's access to debt and equity. Risk is managed through a comprehensive due diligence and underwriting process with investment committee oversight. Hands-on portfolio management is effected from acquisition through disposition. Sunstone's markets include Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and Nevada.

    Glide Capital

    Glide partners with wealth advisors, family offices and institutional investors to build a customized portfolio, based on the specific objectives of their firm. Glide eliminates the significant financial and time commitment normally required to build a diversified portfolio by providing our clients with manager souring, due diligence, technology, research and a unique structure that allows firms to efficiently manage portfolios through their custodian. Glide has an experienced investment team which has reviewed over 600 private credit managers. Our goal is to provide the wealth managers with a best in class private credit offering which allows them to build better portfolios in an efficient manner. Glide Capital is SEC registered and has over $500 million in assets under management. Glide works with both US and international wealth management firms.

    Millennium Trust

    Millennium Trust Co is a $30B+ Qualified Custodian specializing in providing custody solutions for fund managers, RIAs, institutions, investment platforms, and marketplace lenders, whether they are in need of institutional custody services for funds or alternative asset expertise for their investors. We are based on Oak Brook, IL, currently have over 400 employees and are privately owned by Boston-based Investment Company, Abry Partners.

    OneWall Partners

    OneWall Partners™ is a vertically integrated real estate firm focused on transit and lifestyle-oriented workforce housing in the northeast US. We drive value for our investors and communities through in-depth research and analysis, sound acquisition strategy, innovative asset management and leverage in-house property management (OneWall Management™) to control 100% of our operations. We pioneered the acquisition of naturally-occurring affordable housing and our exceptional reputation and relationships lead to robust deal flow within our target markets. Our Nova Appian Preferred Income Fund I is designed to deliver diversified, superior risk-adjusted returns from our proven investment niche via low volatility, short duration investments in preferred equity.