Experience

Stuart Ashmun, Jr. serves as an associate with Foundry Commercial’s Religious, Education and Not-For-Profit Group and has spent much of his early career working extensively with churches. Stuart assists clients throughout the State of Texas in disposition, acquisition and consulting on religious and educational real estate.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Stuart worked for Wicker and Associates Commercial Real Estate to help grow the church real estate platform.

Education and Accreditations

Overview

Matt Messier leads the Religious and Educational Practice Group of the company, which has assisted over 2,500 religious, educational, and not-for-profit groups in the disposition or acquisition of real estate in over 30 states. Matt is one of the original 12 partners who began Foundry Commercial back in 2007 (formerly CNL) when the firm he had worked with for over 15 years (Trammell Crow Company) was purchased.  Matt is often asked to speak at conferences such as Denominational Investment and Loan Administrators, Conference for Catholic Facility Management, and the National Association of Church and Institutional Financing Organization. He is also the author of numerous articles in peer magazines and periodicals.

Matt has assisted a number of denominations, extensions funds, lenders and schools with the analysis, management and brokerage of their real estate. He implemented a national marketing program and single point of contact system for one of the largest extension funds in the country to assist in the asset and property management and sale of organization-owned properties, Matt continues to manage this account and has for over 15 years.

As the account manager for board of Atlanta Public Schools (APS), Matt has assisted in developing a transparent marketing platform along with fair and public policy procedures for analysis and disposition of 60 surplus properties, while implementing a tailored marketing strategy.

Matt also serves as the exclusive broker for the Evangelical Christian Credit Union in representing its REO portfolio of non-performing assets across the country. To date, Matt has assisted ECCU with the management and sale of over 100 properties.

Additionally, Matt has assisted the Arch-Diocese of St. Louis with a market analysis and disposition of 13 churches and parishes within the North Deanery of St. Louis. He consistently achieves prices significantly higher than the client had anticipated.

One of the greatest joys of Matt’s life was working side by side with his late father who taught him everything he knows about real estate. Matt’s dad told him to treat every property as if it was owned by his mother. To this day, Matt and his team at Foundry uphold these values.

Managing Broker for Illinois Foundry Commercial office.

Education & Accreditations

Experience

Joey Blakley serves as Vice President with Foundry Commercial’s Religious, Education, & Not-For-Profit Group. With brokerage oversight throughout the State of Florida, Joey assists clients in the disposition, acquisition and consulting of religious and educational real estate. He also leads Foundry’s private and charter schools’ practice. His clients include individual educational institutions, multi-unit operators and developers, as well as local, regional and national religious denominations.

With extensive knowledge in this specialized market segment, he assists educational institutions and churches from site selection and acquisition of real estate to the sale of existing facilities and land or leasing of existing facilities to maximize use and create revenue opportunities.

Joey’s clients also benefit from his extensive experience marketing, negotiating, and structuring transactions with commercial developers and commercial users seeking to repurpose or redevelop church and educational properties.

Joey joined Foundry Commercial in 2010 with a background in office and industrial investment real estate brokerage.

Significant Assignments

Education & Accreditations

Experience

Carlin Beekman serves as an Associate for Foundry’s Brokerage Services team. She specializes in serving churches, schools and non-profit entities. Carlin focuses on business development, property research, due diligence, and end-to-end coordination of transactions and strategic initiatives in the Florida market, while assisting our national partners with assignments across the country. Carlin is passionate about helping organizations leverage their real estate for Kingdom purposes and helping them develop creative strategies around property utilization.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Carlin spent time working with multiple non-profits in their marketing strategy and brand development. She has served as the Director of Marketing for the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, a hospitality and volunteer coordinator for a local church, and in brand development for a hospitality start-up.

Education & Accreditations

Community Involvement

Experience

Charlie Howarth is a Senior Associate for Foundry’s Brokerage Services team. He works under the leadership of Chris Bury with a specialty on Religious, Educational, and Non-Profit entities. Charlie focuses on business development, property research, due diligence, and end-to-end facilitation of all transactions and strategic initiatives on the west coast. In his first year with the Foundry platform, Charlie participated in transactions exceeding $35M and has leveraged new and existing relationships to introduce new opportunities. Charlie is passionate about helping organizations solve problems and developing creative strategies around property utilization and revenue growth. His prior real estate experience includes an internship with Surterre Properties and extensive work in both luxury residential and commercial real estate marketing as an independent contractor.

Education

Community Involvement

Experience

Chris Bury serves as Vice President and Broker of Foundry Commercial Religious & Educational Real Estate, where he provides leadership to the west coast operations of the company. Chris leads the acquisition and disposition efforts for Foundry Commercial Religious & Educational Real Estate assisting churches, schools, lenders, denominations, and other not-for-profit organizations. In addition, Chris provides consulting services such as property due diligence, church real estate consolidation and mergers, price evaluation, and financial audits.

Chris joins Foundry Commercial, formerly CNL Commercial Real Estate, from Church Development Fund (CDF), a lending organization with over $800 million in total assets. He established CDF’s real estate department from the ground up, developing policies and procedures for asset management. In addition to REO portfolio management, Chris provided real estate consulting services primarily for churches and schools in the acquisition and disposition of real estate.

During his 8 years with CDF, Chris implemented a national management and marketing program including a sell versus hold strategy to maximize rental income. He oversaw the ultimate liquidation of an REO portfolio consisting of 30 properties, successfully reducing the portfolio to an all-time low to ensure departmental profitability.

Education

Credentials

Community Involvement

Experience

Bill Palaski serves as an associate with Foundry Specialty Real Estate, and has been specializing in nontraditional real estate for more than 10 years. Bill leads the acquisition and disposition of assets throughout the state of Georgia.

Community Involvement