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As Managing Partner of Crosland Southeast, Peter is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. With a significant background in leasing and sales, Peter is passionate about the desired mix of retailers and restaurants which, when integrated with innovative site planning and timeless architectural design, results in exceptional place making. He has participated in the development of over 10 million square feet of retail space throughout the Southeast United States. Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Peter served as President of Crosland Retail where he had supervisory and management responsibility for the company's retail development, management, leasing and acquisition initiatives.

He has over 30 years experience in the shopping center industry and is active on multiple professional and philanthropic boards.

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Tim is a Managing Partner of Crosland Southeast and is responsible for strategic growth, management and capital markets. Tim is also very involved operationally in all development and acquisition efforts. Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Mr. Sittema served as President of Crosland Investment Services. From 2005-2009, he served as a Lead Developer for Crosland Retail where he focused on identifying and leading development efforts for new retail and mixed-use opportunities throughout the Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Prior to joining Crosland, Sittema served as President for Sittema Properties, Inc., in Colorado. While there he specialized in retail development projects in the Rocky Mountain States including several complex land assemblage projects. Previously he was a Managing Partner for Sittema-Bullock Realty Partners and Marketing Principal for Trammell Crow Company. Mr. Sittema has over 30 years' experience in the shopping center industry, is married and has 4 children and is very involved in his community and in philanthropic endeavors.

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Austin is a Partner of Crosland Southeast and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Austin is responsible for our investment and development activities within the Raleigh-Durham region and coastal North Carolina, and works throughout our entire geography on a tenant-driven basis. He also represents select retailers and investors in a brokerage capacity. Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Austin served as Vice President of Crosland's Retail division and Director of Operations for Crosland's Raleigh-Durham regional office.

He began his career in Atlanta, where he built a diverse resume through 5 years of development and commercial brokerage experience. In 2003, Austin moved to Charlotte to work closely with former Crosland CEO Todd Mansfield in a special projects role. He found a passion for retail development and joined Crosland's retail division in 2004.

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Barry is a Partner of Crosland Southeast and is responsible for the design, development and construction for the company’s wide-ranging, growing portfolio of projects and oversees the design and construction project management team. He brings an impressive international background to the job. Before joining the Crosland Southeast team, he spent 13 years with American Asset Corp. in Charlotte, most recently as executive vice president, where he was responsible for the development of 3.7 million square feet of retail, office and industrial property. Mr. James also was involved in planning 1,000 acres of mixed use projects in North and South Carolina.

Previously, Barry also worked for Transwestern Investment Co., underwriting more than $250 million of acquisitions and $100 million in development projects. As an architect, he also was part of the RTKL Associates team, the award-winning architectural firm that worked on the schematic design, design development and construction documentation for mixed-use and retail projects across the United States as well as in China, Germany, Korea, Spain and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

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As Finance Manager, Barbara is responsible for the daily accounting and finance operations for Crosland Southeast, including financial statement preparation, cash management, bank draws, project budgeting and proforma tracking, audit preparation and divisional budgeting. Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Barbara has worked for Crosland in their accounting department for 20 years supporting the Retail and Tennessee divisions as Senior Development Accountant.

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As Senior Vice President of Mixed-Use Investment, Bobby is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and managing acquisition opportunities for Crosland Southeast. He has spent his career focused on real estate development and acquisitions, most recently serving as Lead Fund Manager of UNC Kenan-Flagler’s real estate private equity fund. Prior to business school, Bobby served as Director of US Real Estate for Krispy Kreme, where he managed new store development and asset management for Krispy Kreme’s domestic real estate portfolio. He began his career as a financial analyst and investment associate for Burroughs & Chapin, Inc., a real estate development and investment firm headquartered in Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Brad serves as Senior Vice President and is based in the Raleigh office. Brad’s focus is the pursuit of new investment and development opportunities in the Triangle and eastern North Carolina regions, land brokerage, and day-to-day management of key tenant relationships. Brad has extensive experience in the development of medical parks and mixed-use projects, having developed over 200,000 square feet of medical office buildings and several anchored retail projects including Stone Creek Village in Cary, NC, winner of the “2007 Retail Project of the Year” in the Raleigh market.

Prior to entering the real estate development field, Brad spent over 10 years in the design build / landscape architecture industry, and served as Vice President of a general contracting firm specializing in medical development and construction.

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As Vice President, Florida Division, Brandon is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and managing new development opportunities in Florida for Crosland Southeast, with a particular focus on market rate multifamily and affordable housing developments. Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Brandon practiced real estate law, most recently at Greenberg Traurig, where he represented several leading U.S. and international real estate developers, investors and lenders in developments, transactions and financings for projects located in several markets across North and Central America.

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Chris is Vice President at Crosland Southeast based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is focused on providing tenant-driven marketing strategies in the retail sector. Chris is responsible for leading site acquisitions for new developments, representing key retailers in site selection and providing investors and landlords in comprehensive marketing strategies. He also sources creative development and re-development opportunities for Crosland Southeast. Chris’ regional focus is in Raleigh-Durham and Eastern North Carolina, as well as throughout our multi-state footprint. Before joining the Crosland Southeast team, he spent 3 years as a landlord broker in the office/flex sector in Raleigh, and 2 years as a retail tenant representative and retail listing broker in Raleigh and Eastern NC.
 
He began his career in Raleigh, where he worked for SunTrust Bank for 3 years in retail banking and as a commercial credit analyst. In 2006, Chris received his real estate license while working at SunTrust Bank and in 2007 started his real estate career.

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As a Senior Vice President, Corey’s focus is on the single-tenant build-to-suit development program. His strengths in streamlining processes and program management allow us to take a more structured approach to our single-tenant clients. Prior to joining the Crosland Southeast team, Corey spent over 13 years in the civil engineering consulting industry working with local Charlotte developers and National retailers on small and large commercial developments across North and South Carolina. Corey was responsible for upfront client coordination, site selection, conceptual design, entitlements, construction documents, permitting and construction.

Corey brings extensive experience in project management, site design, site selection and program management having performed a similar role for his previous clients.

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As Vice President, Multifamily Project Management, Eric oversees project document development, design team assembly and general contractor oversight for construction execution. Eric has spent 20 years in the multifamily industry building for sale and rental units including garden, urban infill, mid-rise, adaptive reuse, and mixed use throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. He has been involved in aspects of planning, design, estimating, and construction of over 10,000 multifamily units with total hard costs exceeding $1B.

Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Eric worked for Wood Real Estate Investors serving as Construction Vice President, South Division and Kaufman Lynn Construction serving as Project Executive. Eric began his career in the environmental and demolition sectors, serving as Regional Operations Manager for MARCOR Environmental in Western New York.

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Haynes has over 25 years’ experience in commercial brokerage and development. Serving as a Senior Vice President, Haynes is responsible for single-tenant retail and shopping center development throughout the Southeast.

Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Haynes was a Vice President of Development at Pavilion Development Company, where he oversaw the development of many single-tenant build-to-suit projects throughout the Carolinas and Texas. Previous to that, Haynes managed investment sales and big box industrial build-to-suit projects as a Senior Broker at Kirco Development.

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James was one of the founding Partners of Crosland Southeast and has over two decades of experience in the shopping center industry. During his tenure with Crosland Southeast he was responsible for generating new retail and mixed-use development opportunities within North Carolina and Virginia, including oversight of site selection, entitlements and anchor tenant procurement. In 2019, James joined our affiliate general contracting company, C4 Builders, as a Principal and Co-operating Partner.

Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Mr. Downs was Vice President of Crosland's Retail division where he led retail development for the company in Virginia and North Carolina. He is considered a leader in the shopping center industry having served in multiple leadership positions with the International Council of Shopping Centers, including North Carolina/South Carolina State Director. Mr. Downs began his career with Charlotte-based Aston Properties, Inc. serving as a member of the company's retail leasing and development team.

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Jamie serves as a Project Manager and is based in the Charlotte office. Jamie oversees the day-to-day construction of the single-tenant build-to-suit program. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, he brings a variety of knowledge and skills to the position. His design and management experience includes retail, office, industrial, and built-to-suit projects.

Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Jamie spent over 15 years with a local civil engineering firm as a designer and project manager, where he worked closely with clients from the initial coordination, site selection, conceptual planning, construction document and permitting phase on through construction. Previous to that, Jamie spent 7 years with a survey/engineering firm in Rock Hill, SC.

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John is a Partner of CSE Communities, and is focused on the development of its mixed-income multifamily product. From 2012-2017, John was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership (CMHP), one of the larger not-for-profit developers of mixed-income housing in the Southeast. In addition to his financial responsibilities, John had oversight of CMHP’s development and construction activities. He was heavily involved in the development of a number of federal low-income housing tax credit projects (LIHTC) and the acquisition of other multifamily properties. He was also responsible for the successful financial turnaround of Brightwalk, a sixty-four acre master planned community redevelopment project, in one of Charlotte’s most challenged neighborhoods.

Prior to changing his focus to mixed-income housing, John had a twenty-year history as EVP/CFO of a variety of successful start-ups and turnarounds. These included Clearwire, which grew from an excel spread sheet to its ultimate sale four years later at a market cap value in excess of $17.0 billion, and two other start-ups that went public on NYSE and NASDAQ with market caps at exit well in excess of $1.0 billion.

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Julia is the Office Manager for Crosland Southeast. She maintains and oversees the day-to-day functions of the office and works closely with all members of the team. Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Julia worked as Executive Assistant to the Crosland lead developers.

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Kevin is a development associate based in the Charlotte office, focusing on single-tenant BTS projects. After graduating from Western Carolina University in the Fall of 2018, Kevin joined the team, bringing with him a multifaceted educational background in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Finance. Kevin’s uniquely diverse business education, paired with an enhanced problem-solving aptitude, grants him the ability to navigate the dynamically complex Southeastern Real Estate environment. Kevin’s current role involves identifying new opportunities for our BTS clients, as well as to assist in facilitating the development of existing projects.

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As Administrative Coordinator for Crosland Southeast, Kristin is responsible for conducting market research for the development team, maintaining the CSERE website and creating marketing collateral and presentations. Kristin has been in the real estate industry for over 22 years. She came to Crosland Southeast from Faison Commercial Real Estate, where she assisted the Sr. Managing Director of Property Management. Prior to that, Kristin worked for Crosland as a Property Administrator for the Leasing Team.

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As a Project Manager, Michael oversees the planning, design and construction of projects out of the Raleigh office. He brings broad experience to this role having spent most of his career in the commercial construction industry as a superintendent, estimator and design engineer. His resume includes retail, office, medical and hospitality projects.

Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Michael worked as a Senior Construction Engineer for Parsons Corporation on a nationwide Real Estate and Construction Management Program for the US Postal Service.

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Mike was one of the founding partners of Crosland Southeast in 2011 and focused on single-tenant BTS developments and grocery-anchored retail developments. Prior to the formation of Crosland Southeast, Mike served as Senior Vice President of Crosland's Retail division where he led the company's expansion into Florida. He also has extensive development experience in Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.

Previously, Mike served as Vice President of Retail Development for Crescent Resources, LLC where he launched a retail division for the Duke Energy subsidiary. While at Crescent, Mike completed 750,000 square feet of retail with an additional 500,000 square feet in predevelopment, including 16 grocery-anchored neighborhood centers. Previously, he was Vice President of Retail Development for Edens & Avant from 1992 to 1999 and prior to that he was an independent consultant in the field of commercial real estate sales, development and consulting. He has 26 years experience in the shopping center industry.

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Paul is a Partner in CSE Communities, Crosland Southeast’s mixed-income housing subsidiary, and is responsible for strategy and financing for mixed-income housing activities. Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Paul had a 30 year career in the financial industry with the last 17 years at Bank of America. For the last 10 years, he was a Managing Director/ Executive in the Corporate Treasury division with a variety of responsibilities, including structured finance, capital management, chief operating officer, insurable risk management, etc.

Paul is married with one son and is looking forward to using his financial acumen to help provide mixed-income housing across Crosland Southeast’s footprint.

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As the Director of Finance & Accounting Stephanie is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company’s financial organization. Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Stephanie served as Vice President – Finance where she assisted the CFO with a wide variety of financial modeling, analysis and reporting as well as collaborating on real estate financings and dispositions. Before that she managed the internal budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting functions for ProLogis Trust, a $7 billion publicly traded REIT.

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As Senior Vice President of Multifamily, Yates is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and managing market-rate multifamily development and acquisition opportunities for Crosland Southeast. Prior to joining Crosland Southeast, Yates was a Principal with TriBridge Residential, an Atlanta-based owner, developer, and operator of market-rate apartments throughout the Southeast. While at TriBridge, Yates led investments in North and South Carolina, while also covering North and Central Florida. Yates began his real estate career in Chicago with Greenfield Partners, a manager of opportunistic real estate funds. Yates is married with three children, and enjoys active weekends with them.