Southeast Industrial & Logistics Update

Amy Curry is Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of Dermody Properties with responsibility to drive growth in the company’s existing and future development and joint venture platforms. She is a member of the Dermody Properties Executive and Investment Committee and brings with her approximately 22 years of experience in commercial real estate. Prior to joining Dermody Properties, Ms. Curry was an Executive Vice President for Hillwood where she held multiple regional leadership roles sourcing and stabilizing industrial joint ventures, developments and acquisitions. During her tenure she sourced or executed on more than 7 million square feet of joint ventures valued at more than $625 million. In addition, she was involved with more than 10.5 million square feet of industrial development throughout the east region. Prior to joining Hillwood, Ms. Curry held leadership positions at GLP, IndCor (a Blackstone Company) and First Industrial. While at GLP, Ms. Curry oversaw all asset management for 90 million square feet of industrial product spread across 20 markets in the eastern half of the United States. In addition, she deployed capital and supported portfolio acquisitions totaling more than $5.5 billion in value. Ms. Curry holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Real Estate from Georgia State University. She has held leadership and board member positions for NAIOP, CSCMP and CCIM.

Solomon Colvin III, Net Lease Advisor - Industrial with Sands Investment Group (SIG), which was recently recognized in Inc. 5000 for Excellence in Leadership and Dynamic Growth as one of America's fastest growing triple net lease companies. Specializing in Industrial Real Estate, Solomon and the SIG industrial team of professionals provide focused expertise for net results working with Build-to-Suit Developers, Private Investors, Private Equity Firms, REITs, and Owner/Users around the country to capitalize their acquisitions and dispositions of Industrial Investment Properties. The SIG industrial team experts have a proven track record of over $100M assets sold which include, Federal Express Ground, Mercedes Benz Service Center, and Almac Pharmaceutical Flex to name a few. Closing every purchase and sale of net lease investment real estate assets to maximize assets and uncover hidden opportunities with integrity at the highest level to clients, companies, and investors is a core value for SIG. Solomon, who pioneered the industrial real estate sub-sector within SIG, holds a personal volume of over $30M in listings within the SIG industrial sub-sector. His value-added experience helps to maximize investor acquisitions and dispositions through a suite of services for industrial operations across existing industrial assets, sale-leaseback, and build-to-suit developments. Working in real estate and finance for over 20+ years, with over six years in commercial real estate, Solomon is committed to exceeding his client’s expectations at every level, upholding his ethical and core values. Respected by his colleagues, clients, and community, Solomon consistently operates with integrity, leadership, teamwork, and a keen eye and ear for problem resolutions. His in-depth background and expertise in revenue and market analysis, commercial billing, and portfolio and project management gives him an edge in commercial and investment real estate. Solomon graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in finance, concentrated in real estate, and Keller Graduate School of Management with a degree in business administration focusing on project management. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and National Association for Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP). Giving back to the community is not only a core value for SIG and its team of professionals, it an innate core value for Solomon in his professional and community service practices. Solomon is a passionate advocate and supporter of youth, promoting leadership skills, community service, and higher education within the Atlanta area. Solomon is a thought leader who is deliberate in diversifying the commercial real estate industry. As a graduate and now Local Market Planning Director of Project Real Estate Associate Program (REAP), Solomon shares his industry leadership experience and continues to bridge the gap between talented minority professionals and commercial real estate companies. He is also a community volunteer with the Urban League of Atlanta and has developed youth through mentorship via Year Up (Atlanta), iThrive Christian Church, and Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Inc. In his leisure time, Solomon enjoys reading, listening to music, good movies, traveling, and improving on his golf game.

Mr. Rakusin serves as Seefried Properties' President and Chief Executive Officer, providing strategic leadership with regard to the direction of the company and overseeing day-to-day operations. His leadership for the past 25 years has helped Seefried Properties become one of the leading privately held industrial development companies in the United States. Mr. Rakusin provides guidance and support to Seefried's regional offices and assists in the deal structure and financing activities of the company. He also assists the regional partners and is instrumental in maintaining key relationships with Seefried's U.S. capital partners and user/occupier relationships. Prior to joining Seefried, Mr. Rakusin served as Managing Director and Vice President of Development for Landmarks Development, GmbH, the German subsidiary of The Landmarks Group, where he was responsible for the development of office buildings and industrial parks in the Berlin market. Before that, he was the Vice President of Project Finance for the parent organization in Atlanta. Mr. Rakusin is a graduate of the University of Florida, from the School of Accounting.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Linda oversees the Core5 Industrial Partners assets and is responsible for the development and overall command of the company’s financial operations, including accounting, treasury and finance functions. As a founding partner, she plays a lead role in the company’s financial planning and forecasting and works closely with executives from Core5’s Japanese parent company, Kajima, to ensure the company’s financial strength. She also maintains relationships with investors and key stakeholders. In 2019 Linda was named a “Woman of Influence” by RE Forum for the second time in her career, an award which honors outstanding women in commercial real estate and the Atlanta Business Chronicle named her “CFO of the Year” for her invaluable contribution to the success of her employer as well as the communities the company served. Atlanta Woman magazine chose Linda as one of “20 Women on the Way” in recognition of her career accomplishments and community involvement. A devoted community volunteer, Linda currently serves on the board of directors and performs an officer role as treasurer of 3Keys, an organization that provides permanent supportive housing to homeless individuals living with mental illness. Linda also serves on the grant committee for Ribbons of Hope, a women’s giving circle which awards an annual grant of $100,000 to a charitable organization that enriches the lives of women and their children. Past volunteer efforts with the greater Atlanta community include appointments with the Atlanta Children’s Shelter where she sat on the board of directors and performed officer roles as both treasurer and vice chair. Linda has held positions as a member of the board of trustees and finance committee of Haygood Memorial United Methodist Church A graduating member of Leadership Buckhead, a program created to help high-potential individuals develop fully as leaders, Linda previously served as the treasurer of the board of directors. Linda holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Mississippi. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and was the Gold Key Award Winner for receiving the highest grade in the state of Georgia the year she took the certification exam. Linda stays actively involved in her industry through memberships in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Capital Markets Council, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), the American Institute of CPAs, the Georgia Society of CPAs, and the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC). A former member of the National Association of Real Estate Companies, she served a post as president. Linda’s past experience includes a 19-year term with Kajima’s former industrial company, IDI, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining IDI, she was a manager in MetLife’s real estate investments group where she was responsible for portfolio financial analysis and real estate financial reporting. She started her career as an auditor for KPMG Peat Marwick.

Jeff is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MDH Partners. His primary responsibilities include leading the strategic direction of the Company and its portfolio, overseeing the pursuit and underwriting of its new acquisitions and developments, and managing the relationships with its equity investors. Under Jeff’s guidance, MDH Partners has grown from its initial one-off acquisitions in joint ventures with Blackstone and Wells Fargo in 2005 to its successful 2014 venture with Bain Capital, through which it amassed a 14 million square foot portfolio in 15 cities and then sold for $952 million to Blackstone in 2018, to the launch of its first $350 million fund in 2019, quickly hitting its cap from its institutional investors comprised of large university endowments and foundations. Every realized investment made by MDH Partners since its 2005 founding has returned in excess of a 30% IRR to its investors. In 2010-11, Jeff advised the Blackstone Group in the acquisition of 45 million SF of properties in 30 markets across the country with a value of more than $2 billion in order to form IndCor, the country’s second largest industrial real estate company. He was appointed by Blackstone to the board of IndCor and continued to counsel the company as it grew to $8 billion in assets before its 2015 sale to GLP. Prior to founding MDH, Jeff served as the President and CEO of M.D. Hodges Enterprises from 1997-2005. This Atlanta-based development company had a portfolio of 140 office and industrial buildings, totaling over 13 million SF, 1,600 acres of commercial and industrial land, and 4,000 acres of timber land. Jeff orchestrated the sale of Hodges to Blackstone in 1999 and then guided the transformation of the company from a family business that had been founded by his grandfather into an institutional one by reorganizing its corporate structure and implementing new management practices. In 2005, he led the sale of the company again to ING Clarion, generating an internal rate of return for Blackstone and its investors of over 26%. The company achieved this exceptional return through new development, acquisitions, land deployment, disposition of non-core or over-valued assets, and bringing best practices to the organization. Prior to joining Hodges in 1993, Jeff practiced corporate law at the Atlanta law firm King & Spalding. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of Yale University. He also holds a Masters in Religious Studies from Oxford University in England. Jeff is a published author of two bestselling and award-winning novels and has taught as an adjunct professor at Emory University. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta and previously served on the Boards of General Theological Seminary in New York and Trinity School in Atlanta. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and daughter.

Steve LaMontagne is a Partner at Moore Colson and leads the firm’s Real Estate Practice. Steve has extensive experience in all sectors of the real estate, construction and hospitality industries, including fund managers and advisors, registered investment advisors (RIAs), REITs, developers, institutional investment vehicles, operating properties, and syndication of private and public partnerships. During his 35+ years of experience in the real estate industry, several years were spent in capital markets working exclusively on real estate transactions. In his role as leader of the Moore Colson Real Estate Practice, he works with a variety of real estate clients. His expertise includes real estate investing, accounting, financial reporting, and auditing matters. Prior to joining Moore Colson, Steve was an Assurance Partner and leader of the Southeast Real Estate Practice with the international accounting firm of KPMG, LLP. Steve worked with KPMG, LLP since 1983 as a CPA. Steve became the leader of KPMG’s Atlanta real estate practice in 1997 and shortly thereafter became the Director of the Real Estate Practice for the entire southeastern United States. He also served on several National Committees utilizing his expertise in the area of real estate finance including leasing, mergers and acquisitions, financings, public offerings and sales of real estate.