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With nearly two decades of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Bateman is a respected leader in the South Florida real estate community. Throughout his career, he has orchestrated nearly half a billion dollars of real estate transactions, and loves creating value for his clients. As the former leader of CBRE’s South Florida business, one of the world’s leading commercial real estate firms, Mr. Bateman played an integral role in driving growth and spearheading transformative projects within the region, establishing CBRE as the dominant player in South Florida commercial real estate services.

As a visionary leader, Mr. Bateman is deeply committed to fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. His innate ability to inspire and empower teams, coupled with a relentless pursuit of excellence, has been instrumental in driving organizational success and delivering exceptional results.

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Jane serves as the Market Leader for Foundry Commercial’s Raleigh, North Carolina office, as well as actively engaging with the Office Agency and Tenant Representative Leasing teams.With over 28 years in the Triangle commercial real estate industry, Jane is an industry veteran, primarily specializing in Landlord representation, with extensive transaction management experience in leasing, build-to-suit development, speculative development, asset repositioning, and dispositions. With over 670 lease transactions totaling approximately one billion in lease revenue, Jane has an impressive track record of leading major real estate transactions in the market to include MetLife’s 650,000 square foot build-to-suit campus.As a Raleigh native, Jane is driven by the impact her team’s work has on the community, which serves as a constant motivation to stay engaged in civic and industry initiatives.

For over twenty years, Jane managed a portfolio of over two million square feet for a publicly traded REIT, Highwoods Properties Inc.Servingas their Director of Leasing, Jane led cross-functional teams in leasing, build-to-suit development, speculative development leasing, as wellasrepositioning older assets. Expanding her expertise, Jane most recently served as Senior Director of Leasing for thelargestprivateLife Science developer where she oversaw the firm’s four million square foot existing and expanding the North Carolina Life Science portfolio in Downtown Durham and the Research Triangle Park.

Throughout her professional career, Jane has been recognized not only for her comprehensive knowledge of the Triangle commercial real estate market but also for her leadership within the North Carolina community, evidenced by her service to various stakeholders, including as the Board of Directors Chair for the WakeMed Foundation, Vice Chair Economic Development on the Board of Directors for the Cary Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of the Blue Ridge Corridor Alliance Board, and her past presidencies of the Triangle CREW Chapter and NC CCIM Chapter, among other significant contributions.

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Tyler serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Foundry Commercial and brings nearly 20 years of real estate and healthcare leadership experience. He oversees the finance, accounting, and treasury functions of the company.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Tyler was the CFO and COO of Synthesis Health, an AI-empowered technology company focused on improving medical imaging outcomes. Before joining Synthesis, Tyler spent 12 years at Holiday Retirement, one of the world’s largest owners/operators of senior housing. He served in various leadership roles at Holiday, spending the last several years as the Company’s CFO and COO before a successful sale of the business in 2021. Tyler has deep experience partnering with a wide range of capital partners, ranging from early-stage venture capital to mature private equity-backed ventures.

Early in his career, Tyler was an auditor at KPMG and is a certified public accountant in Oregon.

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Steve Bassett is a real estate veteran with more than 30 years’ experience in the industry. Bassett is a proven leader in leading and growing markets through strategically focusing on client strategy formation and building teams to deliver superior client outcomes. He has joined Foundry as the Texas market leader based in the Dallas office. In his role as Texas Market Leader, Bassett is responsible for increasing the footprint of Foundry’s services platform in the greater Texas region with an emphasis on the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Building upon his decades of relationships and experience, Steve forges new business growth with clients across brokerage, project management, and property / facilities management. Bassett also works closely with Foundry’s Development & Investment platform to secure additional investment and partnership opportunities, while also supporting several strategic growth initiatives and offerings.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Bassett was at CBRE/Trammell Crow Company for almost 20 years, where as an Executive Managing Director, he served as the U.S. Investor Services Business Development Leader and Office Leasing Practice Leader. His last role was Global Account Executive covering some of CBRE’s largest global clients across all lines of business. Prior to that, he was the Executive Managing Director of Strategic Accounts, where he led teams focused on ensuring client strategies were achieved along with service delivery accountability. Bassett also served as Senior Vice President and Regional Director for JLL in the late 90s before he left to join CBRE (then Trammell Crow Company).

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Scott is a 30-year real estate veteran, including 11 years at Trammell Crow Company / CB Richard Ellis and Grubb & Ellis where he oversaw more than 20 million square feet of commercial property and led agency leasing, building management, accounting, operations, and project management. Scott served as the Alliance Director on some of the largest corporate services accounts at Trammell Crow Company / CB Richard Ellis including Home Depot Supply and Truist (formerly BB&T) Bank.

Scott currently oversees all operations for Foundry Commercial for its 70+ million square feet of leasing, building management, client reporting, and project management. Scott has developed the processes and operational strategies that has helped moved Foundry from a 12-associate company to over 2,000 associates. Scott is a member of the Foundry Executive Team and is a permanent member of Foundry’s Operating Committee.

During his career, Scott was named Trammell Crow Company / CB Richard Ellis’ “National Property Manager of the Year” and Real Estate Florida’s “Forty Under Forty.” He was also the recipient of two prestigious “Cupola” awards for his dedication to “Teamwork” and “Service.”

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B.S. in Business Administration, Southeast Missouri State University

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Paul serves as CEO of Foundry Commercial, bringing more than 30 years of commercial real estate brokerage, development, investment, and management experience. As one of the founding members of Foundry, he and the team have grown the platform to over 500 employees, serving clients across 12 offices and an investment platform that has completed over $4 billion in investment and development joint ventures, including an active development pipeline of $1 billion in new industrial projects.

Prior to joining Foundry, Paul spent 15 years with Trammell Crow Company, most recently as Managing Director of North Florida. At Trammell Crow Company, he helped create the largest property management company in Florida and grew the division to become the company’s most profitable business unit in the region, with more than 35 million square feet under management and a full-service division of more than 200 people in three cities.

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As Chief Strategy Officer, Nick is responsible for assisting the executive team with developing, communicating and implementing strategic initiatives. In addition, he works with our internal teams and assist them with business planning, initiatives and client pursuits. Nick’s passion is helping our clients and teams simplify complex ideas or projects into simple, actionable plans that promote progress and ultimate success. He also focuses on building our culture and ensuring that it remains a living and breathing ethos that embraces people as people and not as corporate robots. His favorite business tool is an Expo dry-erase marker and room full of whiteboards. A key to helping teams break down complex problems is creating visual cues that help connect dots and identify a path forward.

In addition to his role as CSO, he leads our marketing and communication teams that support the entire platform across multiple markets. Given his deep experience and passion for the faith-based and not-for-profit sector, he remains very involved with the continual growth and evolution of this service offering as it has grown to be the largest real estate service provider in this highly unique sector.

As a founding member of the company, Nick is incredibly grateful and proud of what Foundry has become. He had a rare opportunity to help build a company from scratch with some of his closest friends and mentors and create a place where people can grow their career, expand their talents and thrive as a person – our people, our clients and our business is very personal to us and that is what drives us to serve and perform at the highest levels.

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Kevin serves as CFO and President of Healthcare Services for Foundry Commercial and brings to the company nearly 25 years of institutional real estate experience. Kevin’s responsibilities include leadership of the financial reporting, accounting, and treasury functions for the organization, as well as overseeing the company’s healthcare strategy including the company’s seniors housing operating business.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Kevin was the Chief Investment Officer for Foster Development, Inc., a privately held developer and operator of seniors housing assets in 8 states. Before joining Foster Development, Kevin was the former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for CNL Healthcare Properties and CNL Healthcare Properties II, which are public non-listed real estate investment trusts. Combined, these companies acquired and developed nearly $3.5 billion in seniors housing and healthcare-related real estate. Kevin was instrumental in creating and overseeing the asset management and financial reporting functions for both organizations. Kevin has a long history in the financial accounting and reporting functions for other successful real estate platforms and has participated in approximately $10 billion of healthcare-related real estate transactions over his career.

Early in his career, Kevin worked in public accounting for Deloitte and is a licensed certified public accountant in Florida.

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John Ball serves as the Charlotte Market Leader for the Foundry platform as well as team lead for the office agency team where he provides advisory and leasing expertise to institutional investors, and property owners.

John’s longstanding client relationships include, but are not limited to, New York Life Real Estate Investors, Portman Holdings, Abacus Capital, FCP, Principal Global Investors, JP Morgan, PGIM, Bridge Investment Group, Starwood Capital, and AEW Capital Management.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, John spent 10 years at Trinity Partners and oversaw leasing efforts on a wide range of office projects including new construction in Charlotte’s CBD, to some of city’s most historic properties. John is an active member of CRCBR and was recognized as the number two overall office producer in CRCBR’s “Deal Makers” program for 2017. Originally from Richmond, VA, John is a graduate of Furman University and has lived in Charlotte for over 20 years. In his downtime, John enjoys spending time with his wife, Meredith and his two daughters, Ella and Abbie and fitting in the occasional round of golf.

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Jason Holwerda joined the Foundry Commercial team as the Nashville Market Leader in 2014 after spending the first 10 years of his career with Crescent Communities, LLC in leasing and development. As Market Leader Jason is responsible for the overall Nashville business unit and the day-to-day operation as well as maintaining and servicing a number of clients both local and institutional. Jason also serves as the deal principal for the Nashville region and is responsible for sourcing and deploying Foundry capital in the region.

Throughout his brokerage career, Jason has leased over 5 million square feet both on the Landlord and Tenant side of transactions which total more than $1 Billion in total lease transaction volume.  In addition, he has been instrumental in several office and industrial development projects, investment sales, acquisitions and dispositions. Jason’s history in leasing and brokerage have enabled him to successfully work with some of the best clients, owners and tenants in the industry.

Personally, Jason is married to his wife (Jessica) with three boys (Jackson, Luke, and Brooks). Jason is an avid golfer and former collegiate basketball player with numerous recognitions and awards during his playing career.

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Gregg Ickes serves as President, Real Estate Services at Foundry Commercial, bringing 25 years of commercial real estate brokerage, investment, and management experience. Gregg is responsible for the company’s real estate services group, which spans 13 market offices throughout the Foundry platform.

As a founding member of the company, Gregg helped lead the company’s growth from 12 to 470 associates since its 2007 inception. In addition, he has been integrally involved in the geographic expansion from Dallas through Washington DC, which includes 120 real estate brokers, a 70 million square foot client-managed portfolio, and a fully integrated joint-venture investment platform that has completed more than $4 billion in investment and development joint ventures. Gregg’s leadership also extends into the firm’s Religious, Educational, and Not-for-Profit group, which is recognized today as a national leader in asset management, project management, and brokerage services through the active representation of clients in more than 25 states nationwide.

Gregg first began his career in real estate at Trammell Crow Company, progressing from leasing agent to leading the leasing and management division for their North Florida business unit. In this role, he led this division through unprecedented growth for the company’s office, industrial, and retail portfolio, and grew into the market leader across Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville.

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David serves as Tampa Bay Market Leader, bringing 30 years of commercial real estate banking and team leadership. David’s responsibilities include leadership of the Tampa region services office along with leading Foundry’s D&I activities throughout the region.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, David spent three years at JP Morgan overseeing all Florida-based real estate investment and development clients, managing a portfolio of nearly $2 Billion along with providing strategic and operational advice to clients.

Prior to JP Morgan, David spent nearly 20 years at Regions Bank, serving in various roles including leadership of offices in Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa and South Florida.  During his time at Regions, David originated over $10 Billion of debt along with overseeing a $3 Billion real estate portfolio which consisted of debt on multiple property types through many regions of the country.

David began his career at Barnett Bank in the Management Associate Program followed by positions in a state-wide Loan Review Group and on the Tampa real estate team.

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Charles Jonas serves as the Senior Managing Director leading Capital Markets for Foundry’s Development & Investment platform while also helping lead its Service business. Charles applies a diverse and extensive 20-year real estate background to these endeavors which include capital raises, brokerage, market growth, and management.

As head of Capital Markets, Charles connects capital with specific Foundry investment or development opportunities that match the long-term investment strategies of our clients. Foundry has completed more than $4.6 billion in acquisitions and development opportunities since 2014. As a Services leader at Foundry, Charles has direct oversight for the Carolina and Texas markets, helps drive company’s overall growth in strategic geographical markets, leads acquisitions and recruitment of talent, and works with clients on execution of their investment thesis.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Charles led JLL’s Regional Agency Leasing Team in the Carolinas helping to grow its client base to over 8M SF of office assets. Prior to JLL, Charles led multiple divisions at a regional real estate firm, Trinity Partners, including Senior Leasing Agent, Managing Director for Business Development, and Managing Director of the Tenant Representation Group.

Charles is a frequent panelist for numerous real estate organizations speaking about local and regional real estate trends, and the broader impact of macro economics on local real estate markets for such organizations as NAIOP, CRCBR, InterFace, Charlotte Business Journal, and CoreNet. Charles is a Charlotte native and a graduate of Southern Methodist University. He is an active member of NAIOP (former President, Charlotte Chapter), ULI (IOPC Gold Council), CRCBR (Charlotte’s commercial real estate board), Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte’s Trail of History (former Chairman), and current Chairman of The May 20th Society. He served as Co-Chair of the Charlotte City Bond initiative and was recognized as Charlotte’s 40 Under 40.

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Brandy Garnero is Foundry Commercial’s Chief Human Capital Officer, who is responsible for leading the Company’s talent strategy and supporting the continued growth and development of its people and culture.  She leads all human capital change management efforts and serves on Foundry’s Operating Committee and Executive Team.

Ms. Garnero joined Foundry Commercial from Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) where she was most recently the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and was responsible for driving the implementation and delivery of integrated talent management practices across JLL’s Eastern US Markets, Canada and its internal Business Support Units. Her primary focus was to ensure that talent products and services were delivered consistently and effectively by the HR Business Partner community.

Prior to JLL, Ms. Garnero held various HR leadership positions at CB Richard Ellis, Trammell Crow Company, and SunGard Higher Education.

For fun, Ms. Garnero enjoys fitness, travel, wine-tasting and spending time with her family and her son. A fun fact is that she has lived in every geographic area within the United States, which has enabled her to connect with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Ms. Garnero currently is based in Charlotte, NC.

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Brad Chrischilles is a Principal with Foundry Commercial and brings more than twenty-five years of experience in commercial real estate. Brad leads business development and execution of Tenant Advisory Services along with a parallel economic incentives negotiation program. He has extensive negotiating experience with a diverse range of national, regional and local companies, closing leases valued at more than $800 million. Brad has also represented owners of more than ten million square feet of office and flex projects in Jacksonville. Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, he served in a similar capacity with the Trammell Crow Company.

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Pryse is responsible for overseeing all of Foundry’s real estate investments and Foundry Commercial’s Development and Investments team. Under Pryse’s leadership, Foundry has acquired and/or developed $4 billion of real estate investments since 2014, and Foundry is currently active on more than $2.7 billion of investments today. Prior to Foundry, Pryse served as Southeast Regional Director for the New Boston Fund where he oversaw acquisitions and asset management in the Southeast for this vertically-integrated investment management platform. He has also served as CEO and President of Washington Real Estate Partners and Managing Director and Partner with Faison and Greystar. Pryse began his career at Trammell Crow Company, starting as an industrial leasing agent and growing to be responsible for all real estate operations in South Florida, and development and investments sales for the State of Florida.

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Alex Rosario is a Principal and North Florida Market Leader at Foundry Commercial, where he leads Agency leasing for the Central Florida Region. Consistently named a NAIOP’s Top Office Broker of Year and a CoStar “Power Broker,” Alex has spent his career assisting landlord clients in new business, deploying capital and maximizing investment returns on those assets. Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, formerly CNL Commercial Real Estate, Alex worked at Trammell Crow Company and CB Richard Ellis. Throughout his career, Alex has negotiated more than $950 million dollars of real estate transactions on an office portfolio over 5.5 million square feet.

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