Fowles, Max - REIAC: Real Estate Investment Advisory Council

MAX FOWLES-PAZDRO, Founder
Black Pearl Real Estate

Max is the founder of Blackpearl Real Estate, as privately held investment vehicle which makes strategic investments in opportunistic real estate transactions in both North America and Europe.

Max has an extensive Real Estate Private Equity experience on a North American and pan-Europeanbasis. Max has transacted within a diversity of asset classes over the past 10 years with over $5.0 billion of transactional experience.

Having started his career within the Acquisitions and Fund raising team of Tishman Speyer in Central and Eastern Europe, in both the Opportunity Fund V and European Core Office Fund, Max was based in both CEE and the European Headquarters, London. After leaving Tishman Speyer Max joined the real estate private equity team of Heitman, based in London and Frankfurt, within the Acquisitions group as initially an Associate and later promoted to Vice President of Acquisitions. Max was headhunted to join London & Regional, a boutique family office real estate group with a portfolio of $15 billion, to initiate the firms move into both Europe and emerging markets (Russia / Ukraine / CEE). Having spent 3 years with L&R, acquiring a diversified portfolio of assets across Europe, Max took the opportunity to make a move to the USA, starting Blackpearl Real Estate, working with a diversity of capital sources.

Max was educated in England, The Business School MMU, studying International Business Management and The University of Vienna with a International Diploma.

Max has been awarded a number of achievements in the field of real estate, including: Property Week Top 500 Real Estate Stars (Recognition for Individual Achievement) (July 2007), Investor of the Year 2007 Award, CEE Transaction of the Year 2006 Award and CEE Transaction of the Decade (Awarded November 2010).

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www.blackpearlrec.com

STEVE REINSTEIN, CEO
Long Beach Judicial Partners

Stephen Reinstein is CEO of Long Beach Judicial Partners LLC, Meridiam Infrastructure’s project company, which has a signed a long-term contract with the State of California’s Judicial Council to finance, design, build and operate and maintain a new 545,000 SF courthouse in Downtown Long Beach, California. This project represents the first availability-pay, social Public Private Partnership to reachfinancial completion in the United States. With a total capital value of $495 Million, this development program includes 31 courtrooms, holding cells and administrative space for the Superior Court, 100,000 square feet of office space for five Los Angeles County justice agencies and 5,000 SF of retail space, as well as a 1,000 space parking structure renovation. Construction of this unique fast track, design-build project commenced in Spring 2011, with occupancy scheduled for Fall 2013.

With over 30 years of commercial real estate industry experience, Mr. Reinstein has played instrumental roles in financing or implementing many innovative development projects throughout the U.S. for Metropolitan Life, Homart Development, the Howard Hughes Corporation, Regent Properties and ICO Development. Mr. Reinstein’s background includes full cycle development of approximately Three Million SF of “from the ground up” and “value add” projects at a cost of over $400 Million, as well as extensive acquisition, investment, entitlement and public private partnership experience.

Mr. Reinstein holds a BA from Duke University, a Master of City Planning from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School. He is a founding Board Member and former Chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Photographic Arts Council.

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www.lb-jp.com