Nicholas Chatzitsolis, CRE

Managing Director, Valuations, Athens, Greece – CBRE Nicholas Chatzitsolis, CRE,  is the Managing Director of Axies S.A, the valuation company of the CBRE Affiliate Network in Greece. He is responsible for all appraisal activities of the firm and has been involved in more than 10,000 assignments during the past 27 years. Nicholas graduated from North East… Read more

Joseph G. Nahas, Jr., CRE

Senior VP, Institutional Marketing and Investor Relations – Equus Capital Partners, Ltd Mr. Nahas is responsible for institutional capital raising and investor relations activities for Equus. Prior to joining Equus in 1999, Mr. Nahas was the Chief Operating Officer for Atlantic American Properties Inc., a private REIT formed from the acquisition of the majority of… Read more

Hiroyuki Isobe, CRE

Chairman – Japan Valuers Co., Ltd. Hiroyuki Isobe is the chairman and founder of Japan Valuers Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan. He has been actively engaged in real estate valuation since 1978, as a certified real estate appraiser (Japan). Since establishing his appraisal firm in 1983, Mr. Isobe has performed various consulting in regard to… Read more

Jim Costello, CRE

Senior Vice President – Real Capital Analytics Jim Costello has worked in the CRE space on issues of urban economics since 1990, including a 20 year stint at CBRE with the Torto Wheaton Research team. Jim expanded the reach of the Torto Wheaton Research developing forecasts of global market fundamentals. Jim also developed approaches to… Read more

Matt Szabo

Los Angeles Deputy Chief of Staff – Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Matt Szabo has been working to improve City services for residents of Los Angeles for nearly seventeen years, serving as a senior manager and policy and communications advisor to three mayoral administrations, the city attorney’s office and a city council office. Szabo currently… Read more

Theresa M. Nygard, CRE

Senior Vice President – KTR Real Estate Advisors Theresa M. Nygard is a Senior Appraiser with KTR Real Estate Advisors LLC. She has more than 30 years of commercial appraisal experience and is in charge of litigation support activities, focusing on the appraiser’s role in arbitration and court proceedings, including condemnation, bankruptcy and other litigation situations…. Read more

Jacqueline Denning

Managing Director – MetLife Jacqueline Denning is Managing Director and Head of the Los Angeles Regional Office for MetLife Real Estate. Ms. Denning is responsible for the $9 billion debt and equity real estate operations and investments in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii. She oversees commercial real estate debt and equity activities, including… Read more

Stephen P. Navarro, CRE

President & CEO, The Furman Co. Professional Experience Steve Navarro represents and advises corporate, institutional, and high net worth individuals. His advisory services extend to over 23 states and four countries, ranging from development projects, built to suit transactions, highest and best use analysis/implementation and acquisition and disposition of both leasehold and fee title. Public… Read more

David J. Lynn, Ph.D., CRE

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Unity Medical Properties REIT, LLC David Lynn has a highly-successful track record of investing in real estate investments in the United States and globally. Lynn has invested in over 220 transactions totaling over $15 billion over the course of his career. Lynn possesses extensive experience in the five major real… Read more

Ralf-Peter Koschny, CRE

Member, Directory Board, Bulwiengesa AG Ralf-Peter Koschny started his career as town planner in Berlin. Afterwards he was engaged over 5 years in the economic promotion of Hamburg. He was entrusted with economic development in the region and supported local companies during phases of expansion. In particular he was in charge with the expansion of… Read more

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