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As President, Jim Halliday is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the Company. In leading the Senior Management Team, Jim is responsible for coordinating the efforts of all aspects and functions of the Company. In sharing functional responsibilities with the other members of the Senior Management Team, Jim has primary responsibility for the leasing, property management, and financing efforts of the portfolio. Jim and the NB Development Team are currently working on executing the collaborative vision of New Balance and the community of Allston Brighton to transform Boston Landing into an exciting new and lively new mixed use district comprised of innovation, health & wellness, living and 18-hour/7-Days retail & restaurants activity, as reflected in its anchor tenancies of New Balance, Boston Bruins, and Boston Celtics. Prior to this role, Jim served as the Real Estate Controller for the Company, where he was responsible for the financial reporting and lender & banking relationships for the Company, its property holdings, and its development projects. Jim has over 30 years of real estate experience, including Vice-President of Company Operations & Controller for Winstanley Enterprises, and as a Senior Asset Manager with Spaulding & Slye Investments, Great Point Investors, and Liberty Real Estate Group. Jim also held financial reporting related positions with Liberty Real Estate Group, The Beacon Companies, and Boston Properties. Jim obtained his MBA from Suffolk University and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University. Jim is a licensed Massachusetts Real Estate Broker. Jim was a varsity competitive swimmer while at Northeastern University. Jim is also passionate about skiing and is a PSIA certified Ski Instructor, where you can find him on the Cranmore Mountain slopes in North Conway, during the winters. Jim also serves as an Ambassador for Parlor Skis, a New England based custom fit ski-maker based in East Boston.

Chris is Vice President of Development for Delaware North Companies – Boston owner and operator of TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics. Since 1995, Chris has worked for Delaware North beginning as Vice President of Operations for TD Garden, formerly FleetCenter, as part of the team that commissioned and opened the new arena in 1995. In this role he was also Delaware North’s representative throughout the construction of the Big Dig and the MBTA North Station Improvement Project. Both projects had a significant impact on TD Garden’s operations and fan experience. He served on the North Area Planning Initiative that was instrumental in the urban planning process for the Bulfinch Triangle area providing Chris with a thorough understanding and appreciation of the dynamics of the downtown north district. Chris’ major responsibility for Delaware North is the master planning and development of Delaware North’s real estate holdings in Boston which include the former Boston Garden site on Causeway Street and an air rights parcel on Nashua Street. As part of the overall real estate strategy in Boston, Chris headed up the team that ultimately sold the Nashua Street parcel to Avalon Bay in 2013. Avalon completed construction of a high rise apartment building with 503 homes in late 2016. Chris was instrumental in the formation of a joint venture partnership with Boston Properties for development of the former Boston Garden site. He represented Delaware North in the entitlement and design process. The project is now under construction and Chris continues in his role of managing Delaware North’s interest in the joint venture. The project is a 1.6 million square foot mixed use development that includes expansion of the North Station Garage, retail and loft office Podium building along with three towers housing 440 residential building, 269 key hotel and 550,000 square foot office tower. Chris also managed several projects that have had a positive impact on North Station area including the construction of the expanded concourse in North Station, the demolition of the Boston Garden and the planning and permitting of Nashua Street Residences. He is managed the team that acquired the North Station Garage from the MBTA. Prior to working for Delaware North, Chris was Director of Operations for World Trade Center Boston and prior to that was in the shopping center industry managing several regional malls around the country. He serves as a member of the Board of Downtown North Association, member of the Bulfinch Triangle Area Planning Committee and sits on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of A Better City.

Leslie Cohen is the COO and Head of Asset Management for Samuels & Associates. She is responsible for executing the strategic vision of the firm across numerous multi-billion dollar developments in Boston and the surrounding communities. Since joining Samuels & Associates in 2002, she has successfully overseen the rise of major projects like Pierce, a 30-story luxury residence in The Fenway and Continuum, a pioneering mixed-use development in the heart of North Allston, MA. Cohen served as the President of CREW Boston (formerly NEWiRE); she is currently on the NAIOP MA Board Management Committee, and is a member of ULI. Cohen serves on the Board of Trustees and the building committee at the West End House in Allston, on the Building and Grounds Committee at Tufts University, and volunteers at the Heath School. In 2013, Cohen was selected as a Boston Business Journal’s 40 under 40 honoree, and in 2014 she was chosen as a recipient of Bisnow’s 2014 Top 50 women in commercial real estate award.

David Manfredi, CEO and Founding Principal of Elkus Manfredi Architects, has been privileged to work with industry leaders from across the country on a diverse portfolio of planning and building projects. Committed to the strong belief that the quality of our environment directly influences the quality of our lives, David effectively advocates for building and protecting vital, sustainable, and durable urban places. During his career, he has planned vital new urban neighborhoods, recast tired retail precincts into 21st-century main streets, the edges of universities from barriers into connective seams with adjacent neighborhoods, urban research parks into lively innovation districts that support the collaborative imperatives of today's science and technology, and obsolete manufacturing and warehouse buildings into active places that have become the heart of vibrant urban neighborhoods. From the game-changing life science research center, The Eli and Edythe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, to some of our country’s most iconic “people places” such as The Grove in Los Angeles — at every scale, in every context, David's mission is to create common ground that brings people and communities together. An active member of the Boston Preservation Alliance, A Better City, the Urban Land Institute, and NAIOP, he also serves on the Boston Civic Design Commission, University of Notre Dame School of Architecture Advisory Council, Northeastern University School of Architecture Advisory Council, and the ULI Boston Advisory Board. David is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with Bachelor degrees in both English and Architecture, and the University of Chicago, where he received a Master of Arts. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the Boston Society of Architects, and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Dave leads GSP’s development and retail leasing practices and has been involved with all prior related and affiliated businesses, including CityRetail, where he was the firm’s first hire in 2007. He is now a Partner in GSP. Previously he was Development Manager at Twining Properties and Leasing Manager at CityRetail. He has significant construction management and retail development experience as a landlord representative and has advised GSP clients on leasing, place-making and development for ground floor space totaling over 500,000 SF. Dave has a BS from Northeastern University. He is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in MA and has a Certificate in Real Estate Finance from Boston University

As the Senior Leasing and Marketing Manager for NB Development Group, Erin Harvey coordinates the leasing and marketing for the Company’s real estate portfolio. Erin is responsible for managing Broker relations, lease analysis and execution, retail build-outs, property tours, marketing strategy, and is involved in the acquisition of new properties. Erin has leased over 30,000sf of retail in the first phase of a multi-phase strategy and has been involved in recent office/lab transactions totaling over 725,000sf. Erin has a broad range of experience working in Boston’s commercial real estate industry. Prior to joining NB Development Group in 2011, Erin held positions at Columbia Group Realty Advisors, The Chiofaro Company and Paradigm Properties. Erin graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Economics and played on the Varsity Basketball team for 4 years. Erin is a member of the Urban Land Institute including the ULI Development Council, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Commercial Real Estate Women Boston and the Real Estate Finance Association.

Katie Murphy is a partner in Goodwin’s Real Estate Industry Group and co-leader of its Real Estate Transaction Services practice with a focus on representation of landlords, tenants, lenders, investors and developers in commercial lease transactions. Ms. Murphy has extensive experience negotiating all aspects of lease transactions, including large and small scale leases for office, retail, industrial, laboratory, medical office, biotech and data center space throughout the United States. Ms. Murphy was awarded the prestigious Collaborating Professional of the Year Award (2012) by the Commercial Brokers Association of Massachusetts. Ms. Murphy represents REITS, investors, developers and other owners of real estate as well as private equity companies and retailers in all varieties of lease transactions, including owners and tenants in buildings in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and California. Ms. Murphy’s experience includes: Representation of the owner of 1015 Half Street, Washington, D.C. in major lease transactions with GSA and CBS Radio Stations, among others. Representation of New Balance and its affiliates in leasing transactions at the Brighton Landing and Boston Landing Projects with multiple tenants, including Harvard School of Publishing, The Boston Celtics, The Boston Bruins and Beauport Hospitality, Inc. Representation of Bentall Kennedy in a major sale leaseback of multiple properties for hospital and medical office uses.  Representation of Boston Properties in major headquarters build to suit leases with Wolverine Worldwide and Clarks Americas, Inc. Representation of Goodwin Procter in its Boston headquarters lease at Fan Pier in the Seaport District of Boston, which lease transaction was awarded the Boston Office Deal of the Year for 2013. Representation of Skanska USA Commercial Development in a build-to- suit lease transaction with PricewaterhouseCoopers for its new Boston headquarters in Seaport Square in Boston which was nominated for the Boston Office Deal of the Year for 2013. Representation of Boston Properties as Buyer/Landlord in the acquisition and lease back of over 700,000 square feet of office and retail space with Bank of America at One Hundred Federal Street in Boston. Representation of the landlord in a lease of over 400,000 square feet at 50 Post Office Square in Boston to Brown Brothers Harriman that was awarded the Boston Office Deal of the Year for 2012. Representation of the developer and landlord in a new build-to- suit lease of over 492,000 square feet with State Street Corporation in the Channel Center project in Boston which was nominated for the Boston Office Deal of the Year for 2012. Representation of Boston Properties in a 117,000-square- foot expansion lease with Constant Contact at Reservoir Place in Waltham, Massachusetts that was nominated for the Suburban Office Deal of the Year for 2012. Representation of Brightcove as tenant in its new headquarters lease at Atlantic Wharf in Boston which was awarded the Boston Office Deal of the Year for 2011. Representation of iRobot in its multi-building headquarters lease in Bedford, Massachusetts. Representation of Goodwin Procter in its two New York headquarters leases at the New York Times Building in New York City with the New York Times Company and Forest City and Goodwin’s new office lease in Silicon Valley. Representation of RBS Citizens Bank in its in-store branch agreements with multiple supermarkets, including Stop & Shop, Shaw’s, Tops, and Giant Eagle.  Representation of a major national drugstore in its license agreements for a national roll out of in-store health clinics. Retail leases with Tatte Bakery, Flatbread, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, CVS,TD Ameritrade, Pret, Hale & Hearty, Vapiano’s, Rebecca’s, Capriotti’s, Walgreens, Au Bon Pain, Cosi, Aeropostale, Baskin Robbins, Cinnabon, Express, Gamestop, FYE, Pro Sports, Pacific Sunware, Lids, The Picture People, The Children’s Place, Metro PCS, Things Remembered, Journeys, ULTA and U.S. Bank, among others.