Charlotte Multifamily Growth & Expansion 2017

As President & CEO of Northwood Ravin LLC, David manages the day-to-day operations of the company and works witht he senior management teams in establishing and implementing strategic goald and initiatives. Northwood Ravin concentrates on developing, constructing, and managing luxury for-rent and for-sale infill and mixed-use housing throughout the Southeast. David previously worked at Crosland for 14 years and served as President of Crossland Residential which operated a multi-family protfolio of over 48 communities with a market

As CEO, Steve leads all aspects of The Spectrum Companies, implementing strategy, guiding team leaders, and overseeing the operations of its four service lines: Asset Management, Capital Management, Development, and Contract Services. A 16-year veteran of the company, Steve joined Spectrum’s commercial leasing team in 2004, then led its residential division for 10 years before being named Chief Operating Officer in January of 2017. Steve was the key leader in forming Spectrum’s new vision to become an evergreen company and establishing our mission to “change lives by creating special places.” He is responsible for ensuring team members are aligned and focused on living our vision and mission daily. Steve lives in Charlotte with his wife, Erin, and their two small children, Grace and Jack.

Todd Meckley is a Partner in the Charlotte office of BSB Design, a nationally recognized planning and design firm with offices in major markets across the country. Founded in 1966, the firm provides architecture, land planning and a wide range of supporting services to for-profit builders and developers throughout the United States and abroad. Education Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering, Penn State University University Park, PA Bachelor of Design, University of Florida Gainesville, FL Bachelor of Architecture, University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC Professional Affiliations National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) National Apartment Association (NAA) Greater Charlotte Apartment Association (GCAA) Home Builders Association of Greater Charlotte Professional Experience Mr. Meckley is BSB’s Market Leader for Student Housing & Multi-family based in the Charlotte, North Carolina office. He has over 20 years of experience in architecture, site development and construction and is responsible for developing new business relationships and managing existing client projects. He is a registered architect in over 25 states and a LEED Accredited Professional. After graduating from the University of Florida, Todd worked exclusively on large scale commercial and mixed-use projects of various construction types. Most notable project in his early career is Super Hero Island at Universal Studios Island of Adventure Theme Park. He relocated north and founded Entasis Design, PLLC in 2005 with a focus on multi-family, student housing and mixed use design. After 10 successful years, Entasis merged with BSB Design in 2015. Following the merger, Mr. Meckley focuses his attention on growing the brand recognition in all facets of multi-family development, performs financial underwriting and site analytics for clients and works with BSB Nation to enhance the design-development-construction process which is unique to our firm. Mr. Meckley was elected to serve on the BSB Board of Directors in February 2017.

Lisa Taylor is senior managing director for client services, with responsibility for the company’s North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee portfolios consisting of 59,000 units totally 11.44B real estate. Lisa has extensive experience in property management, business development, portfolio management, property operations, and strategic positioning of conventional assets. Her expertise includes new construction, lease ups, acquisitions, renovations, repositions, and financially and physically stressed assets. Prior to joining Greystar in 2005, she held regional positions at Summit Properties and Trammell Crow Residential Services. Lisa is highly engaged in multifamily industry organizations. She has served on the Greater Charlotte Apartment Association board of directors in many roles, including president. She currently serves on the executive board of directors of the Apartment Association of North Carolina as Treasurer, serves on several committees at the National Apartment Association. Lisa is a Lex Marsh Award (Lifetime Achievement) recipient. She graduated from the American Business & Fashion Institute (now known as The Art Institute of Charlotte) in North Carolina. Lisa holds CPM®, CAM, and CAPS designations, as well as a North Carolina real estate broker’s license.

Gary Cline, AIA is the President and Managing Principal of Cline Design Associates, an integrated architecture, planning and interiors firm with offices in Raleigh and Charlotte. Cline Design specializes in the design of multifamily and mixed use communities throughout the Southeast and celebrates their 30th Anniversary this year. The firm has received numerous design awards and features in national trade magazines for their work on affordable housing, market rate apartments, senior living and student housing of all types.

John joined Charter in 1999. His real estate career began in 1984, developing and managing multifamily and self-storage investment properties. Prior to joining Charter he was responsible for development and all property management aspects of a Chicago-based firm with a sizable portfolio of apartments and storage rentals. John received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and did post-graduate work at the University of Chicago. He is a past President of the Charlotte Apartment Association and the Apartment Association of NC. His responsibilities include the acquisition and the development of residential properties, including land and infrastructure.

With more than a decade of experience in commercial real estate lending, Brett McGuire, senior vice president, is responsible for nationwide loan origination, based out of Walker & Dunlop’s office in Charlotte, NC. Mr. McGuire specializes in the origination of multifamily loans through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and Walker & Dunlop’s proprietary bridge loan execution. Mr. McGuire has significant experience structuring transactions for conventional multifamily housing, as well as dedicated student housing, manufactured housing and affordable housing. Mr. McGuire joined Walker & Dunlop in 2003 in the Multifamily Finance underwriting department where he was responsible for underwriting over $800M in conventional and structured loan facility transactions. In 2007, Mr. McGuire joined the new loan origination group, and since that time, has been involved in over $1B of structured financings. Mr. McGuire was a loan officer at Wachovia Bank prior to joining Walker & Dunlop. Mr. McGuire is a Charlotte, NC native and graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. McGuire has held the CCIM designation since 2007.

Elsa Simaan is Business Development Officer for Stewart Title Commercial Services in Charlotte. In this role, she guides customers with title insurance underwriting of complex commercial real estate transactions nationwide. She began her career as a commercial real estate paralegal for the law firm of Shutts & Bowen. She moved to JDC (America) Corp., a Japanese development company in Miami. As director and vice president for several subsidiaries, she was involved in the development of the Princess Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona; the World Trade Center office building in Miami; Embassy Suites Hotel in Singer Island, Florida; and a luxury condominium project in Brentwood, California. In 2001, she moved to Charlotte and joined Wachovia Bank (later acquired by Wells Fargo) as vice president and asset manager in real estate commercial servicing. She was responsible for handling highly complex pool transactions consisting of 975 properties valued at $1.8 billion.

Mark has been active in commercial real estate finance, loan origination, underwriting and analysis since 2012. As a Vice President at Bellwether Enterprise, he is responsible for originating commercial real estate loans. Mark has arranged or participated in the origination of over $700 million of debt as a Producer and Financial Analyst at Bellwether Enterprise and its predecessor company, Capital Advisors, Inc. Prior to those roles, Mark was a brokerage associate at Argos Real Estate Advisors in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Norman Radow’s vision when establishing The RADCO Companies in 1994 was borne out of a lifelong passion to make neighborhoods and people’s lives better. RADCO’s first project was the redevelopment of a distressed 53-story Atlanta hotel, office, and condominium tower, which later became the Four Seasons Hotel. The notable turnaround project put the company on the map and more than 100 successful projects later, RADCO remains a fearless, successful, and flexible leader in the real estate industry. Prior to founding The RADCO Companies, Norman was a seasoned real estate litigation, workout, and transactional lawyer. Awarded a Juris Doctor by New York Law School in 1981 and a Bachelor of Arts from SUNY Plattsburgh in 1978, he is licensed to practice in both New York and Georgia. As a Chairman of the Kennesaw State University Foundation Board of Trustees, Norman oversaw the expansion of the 33,000-student university in metropolitan Atlanta. During his 13-year tenure, the campus doubled in size with the addition of $500 million in new buildings that he helped finance and develop. Norman is currently a member of the New York Law School Board of Trustees and previously served as an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Law. He is a dynamic speaker and real estate industry expert that has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and more.

Aaron Pechota joined The NRP Group in 2004 and in 2021 was elevated to Executive Vice President of Development with responsibility for leading the affordable development organization and all related activity across the entire NRP footprint. In this capacity, Mr. Pechota is responsible for development activity that has been averaging ten projects per year encompassing 1,850 affordable units with total development cost of $750 million. Over the course of his career, Pechota has gained extensive experience in various types of multifamily housing development including Class A luxury apartments, student housing, senior housing and affordable housing. During this time, he has developed over 50 communities totaling more than $1 billion of investment, much of which has been in disadvantaged communities. He has particular expertise in urban infill developments that are part of strategic neighborhood revitalization plans with unique redevelopment opportunities and challenges. He also has a long history of creating strong public/private partnerships with local municipalities, community groups, public institutions, community-based non-profit organizations and other for-profit developers. Over the past decade, Mr. Pechota has been the creative driving force behind launching Healthy Housing partnerships between The NRP Group, healthcare providers and nonprofits in an effort to build on affordable housing as a platform for improving a broader range of social determinants of health. The concept of Healthy Housing starts with the stability of safe, high quality affordable housing and builds upon it by offering supportive services in areas like health care, food and nutrition, workforce training, and other broad support services that give people more tools, more capabilities and more hope. Mr. Pechota firmly believes that Healthy Housing is the future of affordable housing and is working actively to expand the reach of these developments to fulfill the full promise of affordable housing in the U.S. Prior to joining NRP, Pechota worked as a Corporate Associate and in the investment banking group at National City Corporation, now PNC. In this role, he advised clients on both strategic sell-side and buy-side merger and acquisition transactions. He also provided complex financial modeling and analysis, strategic planning and marketing expertise to clients in the automotive, chemical, consumer goods and retail industries. Pechota holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from the University of Dayton and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He is a board member at the Ohio Housing Council, committee member at the Greater Cleveland Foodbank, and a board member of the Downtown Cleveland Alliance in Cleveland. . Pechota resides in Avon, Ohio, with his wife and six children.

Palmer McArthur is Managing Director of Development for the Carolinas and Tennessee at RangeWater Real Estate. Since his arrival in 2014, Palmer has closed eight projects totaling 2,500 units. He led the expansion of RangeWater Real Estate into North Carolina and South Carolina developing several projects of note including the Penrose, winner of Top Apartment Development at the 2019 Charlotte Business Journal Heavy Hitters Awards. In his role at RangeWater Real Estate, Palmer is responsible for identifying and analyzing development opportunities in the Carolinas and Tennessee, raising debt and equity capital, and managing project execution. Palmer oversees the development of midrise and garden multifamily projects and manages multiple teams of architects, engineers, attorneys and contractors. As an expert in the commercial real estate industry, Palmer speaks frequently at conferences and industry forums. Palmer was previously an assistant vice president at an American international banking and financial services company, where he underwrote CMBS loans for the real estate capital markets group. Palmer holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BSBA with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was an active member of the real estate clubs at both institutions. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and sits on the Carolina Trends Council. Palmer lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children, and enjoys golf, hunting and spending time with his family and friends.

Marcie Williams is the President of RIVERGATE KW RESIDENTIAL and is the overall leader of all aspects of multifamily property management operations, new business development and strategy. She has over 20 years of multifamily experience from companies such as Greystar, Camden Property Trustand Summit Properties. Marcie is active in the community and holds several professional designations including Certified Apartment Manager (CAM®), Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS) and Certified Property Manager (CPM®). Marcie is an active member of the Greater Charlotte Apartment Association (GCAA) and is the recipient of several industry awards from GCAA, including Manager of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Instructor of the Year and The Lex Marsh Award (Lifetime Achievement). She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Marcie is a member of IREM and ULI.