CONGRATULATIONS
We congratulate our respected colleagues and top members of our net lease team
as two of the nation’s most influential people in commercial real estate.
THE NET LEASE AUTHORITY®
New York
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Andrew Peeples
Director | Houston
REAL ESTATE FORUM’S
EMERGING INDUSTRIAL LEADER
REAL ESTATE FORUM’S 50 UNDER 40
Ryan Butler
Senior Director | Tulsa
MATT FIELD, 35
Investment Manager
Granite Properties
Plano, TX
Field’s peers describe him as going beyond the
call without an ounce of hesitation, able to stay
the course through intense situations and create a solution that best fits all parties. He helps
lead portfolio management at Granite
Properties, including the oversight of the firm’s 9.8-million-square-
foot, 40-property portfolio. Since joining Granite, Field has played
a key role in more than $1 billion of transaction volume and the
company’s expanision into Southern California, Dallas and
Houston. Granite CIO Bill Brown says, “Matt has the rare balance
of having very high level of analytical and technical skills balanced
with an ability to keep things simple. He knows how to insert a very
pragmatic and human approach to complex problems. These
traits enable him to quickly assess a business situation and have the
people skills necessary to communicate a solution.”
PATRICK FITZGERALD, 38
SVP, Commercial Real Estate
BankUnited
Orlando
Most of Fitzgerald’s customers are repeat
borrowers and he is considered to be a
trusted adviser to his clients. He has origi-
nated more than $1 billion of loans across all
major property types. Fitzgerald is particu-
larly proud of his involvement in financing affordable multifam-
ily properties, specifically, three BankUnited loans for assets
comprised of more than 400 new or newly renovated apartment
homes reserved for low-income residents. As an SVP for one of
the largest banks based in Florida, Fitzgerald has been instru-
mental in the growth of BankUnited’s Orlando market by creat-
ing successful strategies in the CRE lending arena which have
resulted in loan closings exceeding $550 million. He is a CCIM
and completed the three-year ABA Stonier Graduate School of
Banking program at University of Pennsylvania. He is also a
benefactor donor of the Dr. Phillip’s Center for the Performing
Arts in Orlando.
ZACH FOX, 30
Assistant Vice President
Urstadt Biddle Properties
Greenwich, NY
Summers spent as an intern at Newmark are
where Fox’s father instilled in him an old-school work ethos rooted in canvassing. The
speed of his ascent distinguishes Fox from
his acquisition counterparts at other publicly
traded REITs. Since joining Urstadt Biddle, Fox has completed
approximately $310 million of acquisitions in the New York
Metro area, exceeding one million square feet. Most notably, in
2014, he led the negotiating team on the company’s largest
acquisition to date, a four-property, 375,000-square-foot,
Northern New Jersey retail portfolio, along with an equally
impressive and extensive list of 2013 acquisitions. Also in 2013,
he obtained a master of science in real estate finance and investing at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.
