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Edgar L. Levin

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Northbrook, Illinois 60062

847-***-**** cell

ac0yhu@r.postjobfree.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Senior director of real estate with exceptional strategic and financial planning skills, business acumen and long term vision planning. Extensive experience in the strategic planning, development/redevelopment, finance, construction and acquisition due diligence process for the national roll-out of real estate projects including: retail, health care, senior housing and multi- family residential.

strategically implement clients’/owners’ real estate growth program

improve revenue, reduce risk of real estate portfolio

initiate market studies, letters of intent and effectively complete innovative, below market leases

deliver space/building on time, on budget

work collaboratively with clients/owners as real estate goals are formulated & executed

powerful relationship management skills with developers, landlords, attorneys, design/construction team, key internal players

successfully handle multiple concurrent projects GOALS ACHIEVED AT THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

Responsible for real estate activities at approximately 450 stores (Sears Holdings)

Completed 34 new dialysis clinics for DaVita HealthCare Partners

Sourced & Coordinated $15,000,000 financing for Dialysis Clinic Roll-out Program (DSI Renal)

Completed 9 prototype buildings (average 235 units/building) while managing over $300 million of Congregate Care Senior Housing Development (Brookdale)

Regional shopping mall ground up completions & renovations (Heitman) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 7/2015 – present Real Estate Strategist

Regional lead (Pennsylvania to South Carolina) to evaluate, identify and execute corporate goals for real estate assets; Sears, Kmart, auto centers, outlet/warehouse properties.

Review and execute developer and landlord requests including mall redevelopments, expansions, outparcels, de-malls, mall additions or any other site plan changes.

Identifying and executing opportunities for property redevelopment of aged real estate assets.

Negotiating and implementing lease extensions and terminations. JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., Highland Park, Illinois 8/2011 – 6/2015 Real Estate Transaction Manager

Identified locations & established leases for 34 new dialysis clinics for DaVita HealthCare Partners (2nd largest dialysis provider in US). Clinic transactions generated approximately

$2,200,000 in commission revenue to Johnson Controls.

Regional point person for implementation of DaVita’s strategic area real estate goals.

Effectively negotiated and closed letters of intent and leases for new clinics, relocations & lease renewals.

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ELL REALTY PARTNERS LLC, Highland Park, Illinois 9/2008 – 8/2011 Managing Principal

Property acquisitions for investor buyers.

Completed over 475 broker price opinions (BPOs).

Assisted in asset management of suburban Chicago office portfolio. DSI HOLDING COMPANY, Nashville, Tennessee 1/2007 – 8/2008 Vice President - Real Estate

Team lead for new clinic site search and development, land contract negotiations, clinic feasibility and financing for multi-site expansion program.

Sourced and secured $15,000,000 outside financing program for clinic growth. NEXT REALTY LLC, Northfield, Illinois 9/2003 – 1/2007 Director of Development

Acquisition and due diligence feasibility, site selection and acquisition for infill retail development projects.

JOSEPH FREED AND ASSOCIATES LLC, Wheeling, Illinois 2/2001 – 9/2003 Development Director

Acquisition and due diligence feasibility; pro forma budgeting for Mixed Use Redevelopment projects in excess of $80 million.

OTHER EXPERIENCES:

BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES, Director of Development, Chicago, Illinois

national roll out of high end Senior Housing prototype buildings - average 235 apartment units per property

HEITMAN FINANCIAL LTD., Retail Development Executive, Chicago, Illinois VMS REALTY PARTNERS, VP – Development/Construction Management, Chicago, Illinois EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION:

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Kellogg Graduate School of Management

Master of Management with concentration in Finance and Real Estate Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Licensed Illinois Real Estate Managing Broker

Edgar Levin Real Estate Project Detail available upon request

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