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12B — September 12 - 25, 2014 — New Jersey — M id A tlantic

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Alan R. Hammer , Partner — Brach Eichler, LLC Panel: What is the Future of Apartment Investments? (Speaker)

Hammer joined Brach Eichler, LLC immediately after graduation in 1971. He is former Managing Partner and a member of the Executive Committee and Real Estate Practice Group. He has concentrated his practice in the areas of investment real estate transactions and tax appeals. In 1972 he acquired his first apartment house and has been personally active in the acquisition, ownership, management and operation of investment properties, primarily apartment complexes, throughout NJ and EPA. Most of his properties are managed by Affiliated Management Company or Kriegman and Smith, Inc. Timothy Touhey , CRE Team Leader — Investors Bank Panel: Building a Successful Project From Start to Finish (Speaker) Touhey is in charge of expanding Investors Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Finance Group into the southern and Central New Jersey, Philadelphia and Delaware markets. Tim brings to Investors broad expertise in financial services, construction, housing and urban development, government affairs, and relationship building across many industry sectors. During his career, Tim has advised and served several of New Jersey’s Governors, including Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, Richard Codey, and Christine Todd Whitman.

Jose Cruz , Senior Managing Director — HFF New Jersey Panel: What is the Future of Apartment Investments? (Speaker)

Cruz is a Senior Managing Director in the New Jersey office of HFF with over 21 years of experience in commercial real estate. He specializes in investment sales in New Jersey, New York State and Connecticut. Over the course of his career, Cruz has been involved in over $18.4 billion of office, industrial, retail, multi-housing and land sales. Cruz joined the firm in March 2010. Prior to HFF, he was the Executive Director of Cushman & Wakefield’s New York Area Investment Sales Group where he spent more than 17 years.

Israel Schubert , Managing Director, head of New Jersey office — Meridian Capital Group Panel: Capital’s Comeback: The Evolution of Apartment Financing (Speaker)

Schubert joined Meridian in 1996 and has been a Managing Director since 1998. Schubert manages Meridian’s Iselin, NJ office and previously managed the company’s office in Englewood Cliffs. Under Schubert’s direction, Meridian’s New Jersey office focuses primarily on serving borrowers in the NJ, PA, DE and MD markets.

Adam Altman , Managing Member — KABR Group Panel: What is the Future of Apartment Investments? (Speaker)

Altman is a real estate investor and entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience on both the buy and sell-side of the business. Altman is a real estate investor and entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience on both the buy and sell-side of the business. Before joining KABR, Altman was a senior member of the Acquisitions and Development group for a multi-billion healthcare company. In that capacity, Altman managed and sold troubled assets within the firm’s real estate portfolio and identi- fied real estate sites on which to build and operate healthcare facilities. Mark M. Scott , Founder and Principal — Commercial Mortgage Capital Corporation Panel: Building a Successful Project From Start to Finish (Speaker) Scott established Commercial Mortgage Capital Corp. (CMC) in 1996. Since then he has arranged over $6.1 billion dollars of debt and equity for his clients. His focus over a 25-year career has been multifamily finance. Scott continues to expand CMC’s strong commercial lending platform in New Jersey and the Tri-State Region. In April 2009, Mark appeared on Bloomberg TV as a guest speaker regarding commercial real estate finance. He is regularly quoted by CNN in their commercial real estate columns, has appeared on WABC-TV Viewpoint New York, and is a regular contributor to GlobeSt.com, Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal, and more.

Jeffrey Squires , Vice President — The Kislak Company Panel: 2014 New Jersey Apartment Market Overview (Speaker)

Squires joined The Kislak Company, Inc. in 2007 and specializes in the sale of multifamily and other investment properties throughout northern New Jersey. After his first year with Kislak, Squires received the company’s prestigious Rookie of the Year award, which recognizes a newer salesperson who records the greatest achievements during the year. He was promoted to vice president in 2009 becoming one of the youngest salespeople in Kislak’s then 104-year history to earn that distinction. He was also recognized in Real Estate New Jersey as one of “Tomorrow’s Leaders.”

Patrick Gniadek , Vice President of Investments — AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Panel: What is the Future of Apartment Investments? (Speaker)

Gniadek is responsible for all acquisition and disposition activity in East Coast markets. Patrick has been involved with over $10B in total transaction activity over the course of his twenty-five career. Gniadek began his career in 1991 as a CPA in the commercial real estate industry and is a gradute of Indiana University Bloomington.

Paul Heilmann , Senior Vice President — Columbia Bank Panel: 2014 New Jersey Apartment Market Overview (Speaker)

Heilmann is the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Commercial Real Estate Lending and Commercial Construction Lending at Columbia Bank, one of New Jersey’s leading community banks with total assets of $4.5 billion and 44 branches. Heilmann is a member of the Bank’s Commercial Loan Committee and Senior Loan Committee. His responsibilities include oversight of two lending groups. Prior to joining Columbia in 2004, he was the SVP of Commercial Lending at Penn Federal, a Newark, NJ based bank for 10 years.

Kathy Anderson, Founder and President — Progress Capital Advisors Panel: Capital’s Comeback: The Evolution of Apartment Financing (Speaker)

Progress Capital Advisors is a mortgage brokerage firm that specializes in commercial real estate loans, joint venture relationships and private equity. Since its inception, Progress Capital has closed in excess of $30 Billion in transactions with regional banks, insurance companies, hedge funds and investment banking firms involving all aspects of the capital structure including debt, equity and hybrid capitalization. Kathy is also a Director at Regal Bank headquartered in Livingston, NJ.

John Motzel , Senior Vice President — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage Panel: Capital’s Comeback: The Evolution of Apartment Financing (Speaker)

Motzel serves as a Senior Vice President of originations for Berkadia Commercial Mortgage. Based in New York City and Shrewsbury, NJ, Motzel is actively involved in originations of multifamily and commercial real estate financing throughout the United States. Berkadia Commercial Mortgage is a leading principal and intermediary providing debt and equity solutions for multifamily and commercial real estate nationwide. We serve as an national FreddieMac, Fannie Mae DUS and HUD Seller/ Servicer.

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