1976. Roskind is also chairman of Crescent Hotels and Resorts
and is on the board of Consonant REIT Advisors, the external
advisor to Invincible Investment Corp., a Japanese trust listed on
the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
NICHOLAS S. SCHORSCH
Once dubbed the “Banker’s Landlord” by the Philadelphia
Inquirer, Schorsch founded American Realty Capital, a full-ser-
vice real estate advisory firm, in 2006. The company operates
four separate business units: ARC Trust, a non-traded public
REIT; ARC Income Properties, privately placed notes; ARC
Growth Fund, an opportunistic investment partnership that
acquires vacant bank branches; and ARC Exchange, a com-
pany that structures real estate exchanges. Previously, Schorsch
founded and had been chief executive
officer and president of American
Financial Realty Trust. AFR’s strategy
was to acquire, finance, and manage
office buildings, operations centers,
bank branches and other critical real
estate assets net leased to tenants in
the financial services industry. While at
the helm of AFR, Schorsch acquired
1500 properties with a value of $5.7 bil-
lion and liquidated over 350 properties
with a total sale value of $1.73 billion, resulting in a gain of
BEST OF
THE BEST
At a Firm Filled with Outstanding Producers
These Rose to the Top in 2012
Transwestern congratulates the accomplishments of its top
producers for 2012. These successful individuals embody all
that Transwestern represents: Entrepreneurial Spirit,
Legendary Service and Teamwork.
KEVIN SHIELDS
Over the course of a 30-year real estate and
investment banking career, Kevin Shields has
structured and closed over 175 transactions
totaling in excess of $5 billion. Possibly his
crowning achievement comes as chairman
and CEO of Griffin Capital, which he founded
in 1995. Griffin and its affiliates have acquired
or constructed more than 17 million square
feet and currently own and manage a portfolio of nearly 14 million feet located in 28
states, representing some $2.2 billion in asset
value. Griffin Capital is the advisor to two
public, non-listed REITs: Griffin Capital
Essential Asset REIT Inc., of which Shields is
the chairman and CEO, and Griffin-American
Healthcare REIT II Inc., for which he serves
as a special board member and member of
the investment committee. Prior to Griffin,
Shields did senior-management stints at
Jefferies & Co. and Salomon Brothers Inc.
Congratulations to our 2012 Champion’s Club.
ERIC ANDERSON
Houston
DAVID BAKER
Houston
ED CUMMINS
Houston
CAULLEY DERINGER
N. Virginia
KEITH FOERY
Bethesda
GREG FRANKUM
Atlanta
BRIAN GAMMILL
Houston
ERIC GROFFMAN
Miami
DUANE HENLEY
Dallas
TONY KARMIN
Chicago
JON KLEINBERG
Atlanta
PETE LARSON
Washington, D.C.
DOUG LITTLE
Houston
KEN MARKS
Bethesda
KEVIN MARKWORDT
Atlanta
PHIL McCARTHY
Bethesda
MIKE McGAUGHY
Atlanta
LARRY MENDEZ
San Antonio
GARY NUSSBAUM
Chicago
KEN PAGE
Houston
GERRY TRAINOR
Washington, D.C.
HALE UMSTATTD
Austin
PHIL UTIGARD
Chicago
PAUL WITTORF
Houston
Experience the Best of the Best www.transwestern.net
GORDON J. WHITING
Gordon Whiting joined Angelo, Gordon in
2004 and is a managing director, founder and
portfolio manager of the firm’s net lease real
estate strategy. With
over 19 years’ experience in this industry, Whiting was an
executive director of
W. P. Carey and president and portfolio
manager of
Corporate Property
Associates 14, one of
Carey’s public, non-traded REITs with
more than $1.3 billion in assets. From 2002 to 2010, Whiting was
a member of the five-person Federal
Retirement Thrift Investment Board, a position to which he was nominated by President
George W. Bush and confirmed by the US
Senate. The FRTIB oversees over $290 billion
of 401(k) type retirement accounts for most
Federal employees and military personnel. ◆
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