2016 Dallas Multifamily Surge

Gordon Ip is the Principal and Founder of Genesis Real Estate Group, and brings more than 30 years of national development experience to the Company. Gordon is well versed in all aspects of development, including acquisition, zoning and entitlement, planning, architectural design, general contracting, construction management, financing, property management, and sales and marketing. Prior to forming Genesis Real Estate, Gordon gained experience working for Pacific Realty Corporation, where he developed successful projects in Tulsa, Phoenix, Altamonte Springs, Dallas, and Albuquerque, and participated in over $250 million in transactions with the Balcor Company, a division of American Express. In 1986, Gordon launched Genesis Real Estate Group, and has since completed entitlements and developments totaling several thousands of units, including high rise rentals, luxury condominiums, high density urban apartments, and garden apartments across the nation.

Tom Bakewell is StreetLights Residential’s president of development, responsible for overseeing all development activities including feasibility analysis, site selection and asset management. As a founding partner, Tom contributes to the company’s unique design-driven philosophy, which targets high job growth markets and brings exceptional talent under one roof. Throughout his 20-plus years in real estate, Tom has been responsible for more than $2 billion in development and acquisitions of multifamily assets. Prior to his role at StreetLights, he served as the regional vice president of investment for Gables Residential (Dallas market), where he oversaw multifamily acquisitions, site acquisitions and the development of new assets. Early in his career, Tom gained valuable experience in asset management with Phoenix Capital Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm.

Mr. Thulin serves as a director for Greystar Development Group and is responsible for the coordination, and execution of project development for Greystar owned projects. Prior to his current role as director, Mr. Thulin was a development and construction manager for University House Communities Group / Inland American Communities Group and was responsible for coordinating the development and construction of student oriented multifamily residential projects in select markets across the United States. Mr. Thulin has experience in all phases of development, construction, and sales. He is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and a licensed general contractor in the states of California and Utah. Mr. Thulin received a BS degree in Construction Management from Brigham Young University (BYU) where he also played football. He received a Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU) and is also fluent in Spanish.

JJ brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the fields of construction, real estate and sales throughout Texas and the central United States. JJ started his career in residential construction directly following college, managing regional offices throughout the South and Midwest until later starting his real estate career in Atlanta, GA. As a commercial real estate broker, JJ managed the largest producing team for Grubb & Ellis in Central Texas focused on multifamily and commercial investments and as a member of Grubb & Ellis’ Hospitality Services Group. Most recently, he served as Managing Director of Business Development for Jordan Foster Construction, the largest third party apartment builder in the state of Texas, where he focused his efforts building relationships throughout the multifamily, student housing, seniors housing and hospitality industries. JJ is a contributing member of the Texas real estate community serving on many local and regional boards & committees in addition to committing time to local charities and service groups such as The University of Texas at Dallas Real Estate Program, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and CRE Cares, a non-profit charitable organization for which he founded. He is actively involved with the Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and Dallas Regional Chamber in addition to holding past positions such as President for CoreNet Global’s North Texas Chapter in which his chapter was honored as the Global ‘Chapter of the Year’ in 2015. In addition to his college education from Baylor University, JJ has recently earned his Master of Corporate Real Estate in 2015 from CoreNet Global and has been a CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designee since 2006. JJ is also a proud graduate of the Leadership Development Program through both the San Antonio Real Estate Council and CoreNet Global’s Leading Others Certification.

Ryan Newberry is the Chief Financial Officer of Milestone Apartments REIT and is responsible for overall financial management of the REIT, including capital sourcing and allocation, corporate accounting and financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, enterprise risk management, treasury management, investor relations, internal controls and audit and tax coordination for Milestone. Mr. Newberry serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Milestone Apartments REIT. Before joining Milestone, Mr. Newberry served as Assistant Vice President, Finance at the Republic Group, where he managed Treasury, Risk Management and Financial Analysis, Reinsurance accounting, and other specific projects including investment allocation planning and M&A evaluations. Prior to his tenure at the Republic Group Mr. Newberry was with KPMG, LLP for over 9 years assisting clients with numerous accounting and business matters primarily related to fair value measurement, real estate, insurance, securitizations, hedge accounting, asset purchases and business combinations.

Mr. Williams is a Senior Vice President with KeyBank Real Estate Capital Markets in Denver, Colorado. He currently heads the multifamily loan production team for the Central (Texas/Rocky Mountain) and Southeast Regions for KeyBank. He manages a team which is responsible for all multifamily loan production in this region, with an emphasis on agency lending (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA), as well as life company placement and CMBS. Mr. Williams has 15 years of diversified real estate banking experience, with over 8 years of experience at KeyBank. Prior to his current assignment, he was responsible all permanent multifamily loan production for KeyBank’s Rocky Mountain based clients. Mr. Williams began his career with KeyBank as a balance sheet banker based at the firm’s Cleveland, Ohio headquarters. Prior to joining KeyBank, Mr. Williams was with Realty Funding Group L.L.C., a Denver based real estate acquisition and investment banking company. He was also with Studley, Inc., a commercial real estate firm in New York and Denver where he worked with the Capital Markets Group. He was responsible for the negotiation and restructuring of over a million square feet of office space. Mr. Williams began his career in the early 1990’s as an Investment Banker, first with JP Morgan Chase and then Salomon Smith Barney in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Williams studied Business Management at the University of Maryland and Real Estate Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Native of Dallas, Texas who began his real estate career in 1981, after graduating from Southern Methodist University (SMU), receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). John has been with Berkadia and its predecessors (GMAC and Capmark Finance) since 2000. Prior to Berkadia, John was a Regional Territory Manager with GE Capital Real Estate for the SW United States. John has completed financing and capitalizations for multi-family, office, industrial, retail and hospitality properties. These transactions include fixed and floating, permanent, bridge, equity, preferred equity and mezzanine. John has originated over $1 Billion in loans over the last 5 years.

Vic Clark is a Senior Managing Director with Hunt Real Estate Capital. Mr. Clark has 29 years of solid experience in real estate financial services. He is currently National Head of Conventional Agency production for Hunt Real Estate Capital. Mr. Clark has produced more than $9 billion in loan originations comprised of over 700 transactions. Mr. Clark led his Dallas production team to achieve nationally recognized production volume making them the top production team in the firm for many years. Prior to joining Hunt, Mr. Clark was Senior Vice President and Southwest Regional Manager at Walker & Dunlop. Mr. Clark was also a Managing Director/co-head of national production at Credit Suisse/Column Financial, Inc. There he was responsible for nationwide production management, business relationship development, nationwide loan origination, program direction and leadership of the Column Financial origination team. Mr. Clark received national recognition for the highest individual production and revenue within all Column programs for thirteen consecutive years. Today Mr. Clark is considered a leading authority on multifamily financing. He is frequently interviewed and quoted in the media and is often an invited guest speaker at key industry conferences. He is a partner and owner in approximately 9,000 multi-family housing units from Texas to Chicago. He has extensive experience in retail, office and hotel properties including financing, leasing and management. Mr. Clark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Southern California, is a certified public accountant (CPA), and is a member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI).

Drew Kile is a Senior Director at Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a multifamily brokerage division of Marcus & Millichap serving the needs of institutional and major private investors. Mr. Kile is primarily responsible for the Dallas/Fort Worth markets for IPA Texas. Over the course of his thirteen years with the firm, Mr. Kile has facilitated and overseen the closing of transactions valued at more than $3 Billion. Mr. Kile joined Marcus & Millichap in 2004 and was recognized as the Rookie of the Year in the Dallas Office in his first year. In 2006, he joined the company’s management team and was responsible for opening the firm’s Fort Worth office in 2007. Through his leadership as Regional Manager of the Fort Worth office, the operations grew from five agents to more than twenty over its first two years, and in 2009, the Fort Worth office achieved the highest revenue growth of all 75 Marcus & Millichap offices in the United States. Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Kile held an internal finance position at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, where he was responsible for projects in the firm’s North American Chemicals, Energy and Natural Resource businesses. Mr. Kile holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, and he is active in the Greater Fort Worth Real Estate Council, the Dallas Real Estate Council, the Urban Land Institute, and the National Multi Housing Council. Mr. Kile, his wife Lynnette, and their two daughters, Eleanor and Lillian, reside in Fort Worth.

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