Real Estate Development

DAMIEN ISABELLA

Experience: Retail financing, Development, Appraisal, Debt & Equity

Structuring, Lease Analysis, Market Analysis, and Tenant Negotiations

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2010 MID-AMERICA RETIAL DEVELOPMENT Assistant Vice President of Finance

& Development

Mid-America Development Partners, before declaring bankruptcy, was a

commercial retail development company that managed a $250 million

private development fund. After graduate school, I was hired to

assist the company in lease/tenant negotiations, site acquisition,

and the restructuring of their capital structure.

Renegotiated lease terms with companies such as Best Buy, Starbucks,

Trader Joe's, and Panera Bread, amongst others national retailers.

Prepared monthly financial and status reports

Created a second fund memorandum for the company in order to issue

new partnership interest

Establish brokerage relationships with several retail firms

Responsible for tenant build-out detail and execution

Developed site plan and tenant configurations to determine optimal

use and return

2008 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Achieved a Master of Science Degree in Real

Estate

The two-year M.S. in Real Estate program integrates real-world

application and practice-based immersion in all phases of real estate

- from initiating and analyzing to negotiating, financing, and

closing the transaction. Courses examine in detail the breadth and

depth of the various real estate disciplines, including development,

finance, investment, valuation, project management, law, market

analysis, portfolio management, and economics.

2008 MADISON HARBOR CAPITAL Graduate Internship Program

Madison Harbor Capital is a private equity fund-of-funds,

representing over $6 billion in managed capital. I was selected as

one of two interns from a pool of over 100 graduate candidates to

assist portfolio managers in retail fund research and analysis.

Analyzed national retail fund strategies and presented

recommendations to Madison Harbor's investment committee

Met directly with outside retail fund managers to discuss their

investment, return, and annual growth strategies

Audited and revised Madison Harbor's investment model

Quantified fund risk profiles and how market changes could effects

overall risk profiles and portfolio returns

2006 Achieved CCIM Designation CCIM INSTITUTE

A Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) is a specialist who

has proven a proficient in the areas of investment analysis, market

analysis, user decision analysis, and financial analysis for

commercial real estate. Of the more than 150,000 commercial real

estate professionals in the United States, only an estimated 6

percent hold the CCIM designation.

2006 Whiteco Residential Retail Financing Associate

Whiteco Residential is a national multi-family real estate company.

The Company is principally engaged in the ownership, development,

management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate

and land throughout the United States. My primary responsibilities

were assisting the retail department with financing and development

decisions.

Negotiated land and site contracts with outside brokers

Analyzed lease terms with prospective tenants

Maintained national brokerage relationships

Presented financial analyzes and reports to senior management

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Reviewed loan documents

2002 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Achieved a Bachelor of Science Degree in

Business Administration

Fordham University's College of Business Administration (CBA) is

currently ranked No. 34 in BusinessWeek's annual ranking of

undergraduate business programs nationally. Founded in 1841, Fordham

is the Jesuit university of New York, and has approximately 15,800

students in its five undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and

professional schools.

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