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Jeffrey Rogers and his team conduct commercial real estate development projects with private and institutional equity partners. Since Jeff founded Briggs Development in 2011, the company has built a track record of delivering attractive financial returns relative to the market. Mr. Rogers began his career in 1994 at CB Commercial (CBRE) as an office leasing professional in Southern California. In 1996, he joined Colliers International in Northern California. In the Colliers Advisory Group (CAG), Jeff managed leasing transactions and provided financial statement impact analysis for enterprise tenants until 2011. From 2006 through 2008, Jeff was a partner in MJ Core Holdings focusing on land entitlement. He previously consulted for privately held development firms and family-owned entities in the development and stabilization of various projects in the Silicon Valley from 1999 to 2007. He has served as a board member and/or fundraiser for the San Jose Police Activities League, the Bellarmine College Preparatory Dad’s Board, Links for Life and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Jeff is a member of the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Rogers graduated from the University of San Diego with a Bachelor of Business Finance Degree.

Jeff Birdwell joined Sares Regis Group in 1994 and manages the Northern California Commercial Division, overseeing Office, R&D, Industrial, and Retail developments. Prior to moving to Northern California, Jeff was employed with our affiliate Sares Regis Group in Irvine, California for seven years, responsible for development activity in the Los Angeles/Ventura County Regional office.

Patrick J. McRoskey is a Managing Director for CBRE, Inc. Mr. McRoskey leads CBRE’s leasing, property and project management on an award-winning, 4.5 million SF regional portfolio of Class A office properties. Those properties include the destination assets of 2000 Avenue of the Stars and Century Plaza Towers in Century City and Water Garden, a creative office campus in Santa Monica. As the CBRE team leader servicing this portfolio, Pat works closely with J. P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets, the advisor for investors who own the portfolio’s properties. Mr. McRoskey’s career experience has included providing advisory services and directing marketing and leasing activities for real estate portfolios totaling in excess of 10 million square feet. Prior to his current role at CBRE, Mr. McRoskey served for more than 16 years as Vice President of Leasing at MPG Office Trust where he was responsible for all brokerage and leasing transactions within the company’s nine million square foot downtown Los Angeles portfolio. Before his tenure at MPG Office Trust, he served as Director of Leasing for Hines in Los Angeles. Mr. McRoskey started his real estate career with CBRE in 1985. A graduate of the University of Southern California, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Anthony Cataldo brings over 15 years’ experience in commercial architecture including retail, office, medical, and industrial projects to Lowney Architecture. He is a Licensed Architect in the State of California as well as a LEED AP, and has been actively involved with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and was President of the East Bay Chapter in 2012. Building Design and Construction magazine named Anthony one of the top 40 under 40 in 2014. Anthony understands, and is perfectly aligned with, Lowney Architecture's culture of design excellence, professional collaboration and community engagement

Mr. Gentry leads business development at View Dynamic Glass. He has been a successful marketing and business development leader for more than 20 years. Prior to View, Mr. Gentry ran product, marketing and services at Enlighted, a leader in building IoT products. Prior to that, he was the founding CEO of Adura Technologies, one of the first commercial wireless lighting control products for commercial buildings, which was sold to Acuity Brands Lighting in 2012. He has also been a business development leader at SunPower, Robertson Stephens, Bear Stearns, Presidio Financial, and John Hancock Financial. Mr. Gentry obtained his MBA and BS degrees from UC Berkeley.

The Minkoff Group specializes in creating top quality commercial and residential properties in Silicon Valley's most desireable downtown locations for Silicon Valley's top companies and their employees. All projects are a quick walk from Caltrain stations and restaurants, contain abundant bike parking and showers, include operable window for fresh air, are built to the highest levels of environmental stewardship, and include extensive roof decks.

Michael Saign is a Senior Managing Director in Newmark Cornish & Carey’s Silicon Valley office and has consistently been one of the top ranked advisors within the firm. Mr. Saign specializes in developing and implementing customized real estate strategies for a diverse group of clients ranging from high growth startup ventures to global Fortune 500 corporations. His consultative approach focuses on strategically aligning clients’ real estate commitments with their overall business objectives. Mr. Saign is differentiated by his ability to integrate traditional brokerage services with cutting edge corporate advisory tools enabling him to provide a fully integrated platform of solutions for successfully optimizing facility acquisitions, dispositions and lease restructurings. Mr. Saign has a proven track record of simplifying the strategic planning process, mitigating risk, increasing flexibility and reducing operating costs for his clients. Over the last three years he directly managed the successful completion of over 3,000,000 square feet of transactions and was named to Newmark’s inaugural Chairman’s Club recognizing the top 100 producing agents. Since joining the firm, Mr. Saign has completed over 300 assignments advising technology, life science and professional service companies valued in excess of one billion dollars. He is one of the first real estate professionals in Silicon Valley to have earned Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation. He is known by clients for his work ethic, competitive nature, expert market knowledge and integrity. Mr. Saign is a native of Silicon Valley and a graduate of Boston College where he rowed on the crew team. He currently serves on the Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center’s board of directors.

Rob Zirkle is the founding principal of brick. Under his guidance the brick team brings a rigorous, value driven design process to a wide variety of project types in architecture, interiors and urban design. Rob leads the firm’s initiatives in design, client satisfaction, new project acquisition and company culture. Channeling Rob’s entrepreneurial approach, brick has grown into a thriving 25 person team with $450m of current projects under construction ranging from commercial office, life science, housing and higher education.

Paula C. Kirlin is a partner in Holland & Knight's San Francisco office and is a member of the firm's West Coast Land Use and Environment Practice Group. She practices in the areas of land use, environment, government and public law, and sustainable development. Ms. Kirlin routinely advises clients on all aspects of the local land use entitlement process in California, including due diligence, permitting and compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In particular, she focuses on complex urban, mixed-use and transit-oriented development projects. Examples of projects for which Ms. Kirlin has provided land use diligence/entitlements and CEQA counsel include: - multiple high-profile, mixed-use developments on the San Francisco Bay waterfront - urban multifamily, mixed-use developments, including affordable housing, in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and throughout the Bay Area - major commercial/office projects throughout the Bay Area and Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley tech/research and development (R&D) headquarters - industrial, R&D and mixed-use industrial and residential projects - rural recreational facilities Ms. Kirlin also has experience advising regional and local government bodies on planning and development, public-private partnerships, intergovernmental relations and agreements, the establishment and management of tax increment finance districts, and a wide range of regulatory, policy and enforcement matters.