Membership Forum Lunch - Commercial Real Estate Outlook

Robert Brown is the Head of CRE Finance Investment Platform, Portfolio Manager Rob Brown leads ArrowMark’s commercial real estate finance business and is the Portfolio Manager for ArrowMark CRE Structured Credit Fund.  Additionally, he is a member of ArrowMark’s CRE Investment Committee. Mr. Brown oversees the platform’s day-to-day operations including capital relationships, as well as sourcing, pricing, structuring, and asset management of new investments. Prior to joining ArrowMark, Mr. Brown was a Managing Director for JCR Capital where he built the firm’s Bridge Loan Program and other structured finance strategies. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the CML debt platform, he was a member of JCR’s Senior Management Team. Prior to joining JCR, Mr. Brown was a member of Deutsche Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Group from 2006-2014 where he worked on their US and European commercial real estate financing platforms. He began his career in the Real Estate Capital Markets Group at Prudential Financial. Mr. Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in American History from the Washington and Lee University.

Nickolas "Nick" Koncilja is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. With his colleague, Pat Blasdell, Nick is responsible for the strategic direction and initiatives of the Real Estate Group, including originating, structuring and managing all real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Bow River Capital, Nick led a real estate development company with Bow River Capital Founder Blair Richardson. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of St. Charles Town Company where he oversaw the company’s retail development and land acquisitions, as well as 2.1 million square feet of third party real estate services.

Previously, Nick was the VP of Development and Operations at Urban Villages. Earlier in his career, he served in Mayor Hickenlooper’s cabinet as Deputy Director of a $400  million bond initiative to overhaul the infrastructure of Denver’s criminal courts and detention facilities.

Nick is a member of the board of Build with Tact.

Bryan Reid represents institutional investors, public and private real estate companies and financial institutions in transactions involving acquisition, disposition, financing (borrower and lender), leasing, management and development of a variety of asset types, including student housing, senior housing, office, condo, multi-family, industrial and retail throughout the United States.

Bryan has developed a unique understanding of his clients’ challenges and needs as a result of his broad experience in multiple jurisdictions drafting and negotiating loan documents, purchase and sale agreements for both land and equity purchases and sales, leases, reciprocal easement agreements and similar multi-party governance documents, joint venture agreements, entity operating agreements, and asset purchase agreements; and performing real estate diligence in connection with the foregoing transactions for domestic and international clients, including the review and analysis of title documents, surveys, development agreements and various other due diligence materials.