Opus Connect's Real Estate Chapter presents: 

“R.E.tail & Shopping Centers”"

Best Buy, Chipotle, Walgreens, Sports Authority, Dollar Tree, AutoZone, 7-Eleven, Ross.  What do all these names have in common? Gain an exclusive insight into the world of retail real estate.  From development to leasing to investing & financing, find out from the institutional and private players what’s happening nationally in the world of shopping centers, malls and freestanding retail.

We look forward to seeing you there!

This event is hosted and co-sponsored by Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, and co-sponsored by Bellaire Advisers, Nebo Capital and Pegusus Investments.

www.coxcastle.com

www.bellairereit.com

www.nebocapital.com

www.pegasusCRE.com

David Chasin (Moderator)

Mr. Chasin is an Executive Vice President in the Investment Sales group at Pegasus Investments (“Pegasus”). In addition to his responsibilities overseeing the production and operation of Pegasus’ Century City office, he  is actively involved throughout the entire deal process from client development to underwriting to marketing. Mr. Chasin began his career in 2002 at the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, a research center producing timely reports affecting the real estate industry, urban economy and public policy. Following his graduation from USC, Mr. Chasin was recruited by Vivendi Universal’s Corporate Finance Group in Santa Monica where he was responsible for financial analysis including underwriting M&A activity, corporate reporting and business unit accounting 

Since joining Pegasus in 2005, Mr. Chasin has become nationally recognized as one of the highest producing investment sales advisors under the age of 35. David has personally arranged over 50 transactions with volume approaching $250 million. He has represented buyers and sellers in almost all asset classes including retail, office and industrial. He has become well known for his active role in the single tenant net leased market having sold numerous properties leased to nationally recognized tenants including Walgreens, CVS, Bank of America, Taco Bell, Jiffy Lube, Fresh & Easy, Panda Express and Sprint. Mr. Chasin's clients include local family trusts, high net worth investors, private investment firms, private & public real estate investment trusts (REIT’s) and private equity funds. Mr. Chasin received his B.S. in Economics from the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to graduating from USC in 2004,he attended the University of California at Berkeley

Tom Kuehl

Tom Kuehl is Regional Director of Acquisitions for the Western Region for Weingarten Realty, a national real estate investment trust.  Weingarten’s business activities encompass the long-term ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of strategically located neighborhood and community shopping centers and select industrial properties. The vast majority of Weingarten's shopping centers are anchored by either a supermarket or a national value-oriented retailer. These anchors combined with convenient locations, attractive and well-maintained properties and a strong tenant mix help to ensure the long-term success of Weingarten's merchants and the viability of its portfolio.

Steven Maloy

Steven L. Maloy, born in 1957, is Senior Vice President of Investments at ARC Properties, Inc where he concentrates his efforts on the acquisition of Net Lease Properties. Over the past 15 years Mr. Maloy has been involved in the financing, sale, and acquisition of over $2 billion of Net Lease Property transactions, including within the past three years 25 Net Lease Property transactions with ARC. Mr. Maloy was a founding partner and Executive VP in charge of originations and new business development at CapLease Funding, LP which is now a publicly traded Net Lease Property Real Estate Investment Trust. Prior to founding CapLease Funding, LP Mr. Maloy was a partner at Liberty Equities in charge of new property acquisitions. Mr. Maloy started his RE career more than 28 years ago with Cushman and Wakefield in NYC. Mr. Maloy has a Bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Hartford.

Jeffrey Mooallem

Jeff Mooallem serves as Regional President – West Coast for Equity One (NYSE: EQY). He is responsible for managing the company’s existing portfolio in the region, evaluating and executing acquisition and redevelopment opportunities throughout the West Coast, and leading the expansion and redevelopment of Serramonte Center in Daly City, California.  In his career he has overseen the leasing, construction, acquisition, disposition, redevelopment and/or management of all types of retail properties, including single-tenant facilities, strip plazas, lifestyle centers and regional malls. Prior to joining Equity One, Jeff was Senior Vice President of Development and Leasing at Miami, FL based Turnberry Associates.  He has also served as President of GL Commercial, a full-service real estate development company based in South Florida, and started his real estate career with Developers Diversified Realty in Cleveland, Ohio and Ram Realty Services in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.  Jeff is based in Equity One’s San Francisco office.

Juri Ripinsky

Juri Ripinsky is the Founder and Managing Partner of Continental Development Group, LLC.  Specializing in Shopping Center investment and development, Continental is a fully integrated investment and development group with over $250,000,000 in holdings.  Continental Development Group and its principals have developed added value properties throughout Southern California and the United States since 1979.  A local resident of West Los Angeles, Mr. Ripinsky made his first million dollar profit in a real estate investment while in his Junior year at UCLA.  Operated as a boutique firm, Continental capitalizes on its competitive advantage by being able to move quickly in certain situations and leverage its longstanding community relationships for purposes of entitling and developing complex urban infill projects.

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