lion—a deal that was completed in 90
days. She’s credited with helping Key
become the fourth largest Fannie Mae/
Freddie Mac servicer, and in 2012 her
team’s revenues for financial plan were
exceeded by 2012. Meanwhile, her prop-erty-level performance reviews conducted in 2012 assisted in a $1.3-million
release of reserves for the bank Sullivan
is currently a Freddie Mac Advisory
council member and the Fannie Mae
Chief Asset Manager Co-Chair. She is
also a member of the Key Executive
Women’s Networking Group, and in
2012 was a United Way committee chair
at KeyBank.
ADAM TARANTUR, 30
Principal
Podolsky|Circle
CORFAC International
Riverwoods, IL
At 30, Tarantur made
partner just eight
years into his com-
mercial real estate
career. To date, he has successfully
divested more than 3. 2 million square
feet of industrial, office, flex and retail
properties. He has also transacted
leases, representing both tenants and
ownership, including OREO and receiv-
ership properties for banks and lenders.
He’s a partner in CP Highlands Fund LP,
recently established to capitalize on the
current economy by generating above-
market risk-adjusted returns for inves-
tors via commercial property acquisi-
tion, tightly secured asset and
debtor-in-possession financing, and the
purchase of real estate-backed mortgage
notes in Chicago. The fund closed its
first acquisition in July and has addi-
tional properties under contract. His
not-for-profit work includes working
with the team that oversaw and com-
pleted the 5.5-year site selection, acquisi-
tion and redevelopment process on
behalf of Roycemore School in Evanston,
IL. Tarantur’s tenure in commercial real
estate spans the 2008 downturn, and he
notes that although the recession led to
industry attrition among his generation,
those who hung in there can claim expe-
reicne that couldn’t be taught.
ZACH
WADE, 39
Principal
MRP Realty
Washington, DC
Wade has played a
leading role in MRP’s
office acquisitions
(worth over $500 million) since joining the company seven
years ago, and was the first person promoted to the role of principal by its
founding partners. MRP has a current
interest in 3. 9 million square feet of
existing or under construction properties, 62% of which is office. Wade has
been involved in the acquisition of 2. 4
million square feet of office property
worth $922 million and has also negotiated tenant leases as well. He’s observed
a push towards great efficiencies in
terms of square feet per employee, and
has seen tenants pay more in rent while
taking less space. The “efficiency push”
may not work for all workplaces, he
notes, but in 2015 he expects office
demand to return and curb quality
options and increase rents as a result.
Real Estate Forum’s
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member of our net lease team as one of the nation’s
most influential people in commercial real estate.
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Stan Johnson Company | Chicago
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