W. Van Barron
Richard N. Levine
Mark A. Rowell
Gary T. Saykaly

 

W. Van Barron - Managing Partner
Mr. Barron is responsible for strategic planning, transaction and client relationship management and company operations. Mr. Barron has twenty years of commercial real estate experience, primarily in the areas of investment transactions and institutional portfolio management.  Mr. Barron was one of two Managing Partners that created and managed NewBridge Retail Advisors, a retail focused investment services firm that completed over $1 billion of transactions from 2002-2006.
Formerly with CB Richard Ellis, Mr. Barron was Co-Managing Director of Retail Investment Advisors (RIA). Mr. Barron was also a partner in CB Richard Ellis' Southeast Office Investment Properties Group before joining RIA.  Previously, Mr. Barron was an Investment Manager with MetLife Real Estate Investments, where he was an asset and disposition manager.  Collectively, Mr. Barron has been responsible for the disposition of over $2 billion of commercial real estate investments.  Mr Barron has a BS in Real Estate (Finance) from Georgia State University.  He is currently a contributing editor for Shopping Center Business magazine's Capital Markets Review.
404.446.4922, vbarron@bp-advisors.com
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Richard N. Levine - Managing Partner
Mr. Levine is managing partner responsible for Strategic Initiatives, New Client Origination and Capital Markets financing at BridgePointe.  He began his career in condominium development and construction in Atlanta, Georgia. Subsequently, Mr. Levine joined Atlanta-based Mortgage Banker NetFunding.com where he worked as a Transaction Manager. He was a founding member of CREFunding, a BridgePointe predecessor and has managed loan production in excess of $400 million since 2004. 
Mr. Levine has a B.A. in English and History from Union University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and an MBA in Real Estate from Georgia State University.
404.446.3622, rlevine@bp-advisors.com
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Mark A. Rowell - Managing Partner
Mr. Rowell is in charge structured finance and capital stack engineering at BridgePointe. Mr. Rowell has 21 years of commercial real estate experience, primarily in creative financial structuring and high leverage capitalizations. Beginning in 1985, Mr. Rowell worked in the Chicago office of Heller Financial as a Loan Administrator, Work-Out Specialist and Midwest Regional Analyst.  In 1990, Mr. Rowell accepted the Southeast Regional Portfolio Manager's position for Heller in Atlanta and then became a Southeast Region Investment Officer for Heller from 1992 - 1996.   
In 1997, Mark joined the mortgage banking firm of IRE Capital Advisors in Atlanta as a mortgage consultant.  In late 1999, Mark and two partners wrote, developed and launched an "on-line" commercial real estate finance web-site called NetFunding.com.  His main responsibility was forging and maintaining relationships with over 150 commercial lenders which continue today.  In early 2004, Mark and two partners started up a more focused, full service financial advisory firm called CREFunding.  CREFunding's specialty was high leverage non-recourse financing, joint ventures and junior debt.   Mr. Rowell has a BBA in Real Estate/Finance from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and is currently the Southeast Director of the University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association.  Mr. Rowell is an Eagle Scout and Scout leader as well as a guest speaker for CURE Childhood Cancer a local Atlanta charitable organization.  
404.446.3621, mrowell@bp-advisors.com
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Gary T. Saykaly - Managing Partner
Mr. Saykaly is responsible for strategic initiatives, client relationship management, designing solution strategies, joint ventures and sourcing new opportunities for BridgePointe's clients. Mr. Saykaly has 18 years of commercial real estate experience, primarily in the areas of dispositions, joint ventures, financial structuring, strategic consulting, and asset management. Mr. Saykaly was one of two Managing Partners that created and managed NewBridge Retail Advisors, a retail focused investment services firm that completed over $1 billion of transactions from 2002 - 2006.
Previously with CB Richard Ellis, Mr. Saykaly created and managed Retail Investment Advisors (RIA) a 15 person southeast retail investment team. Mr. Saykaly started with CB Richard Ellis as a Financial Consultant and opened its Southeastern regional office in Atlanta, advising on over $2 billion dollars of commercial real estate assignments. Prior to CB Richard Ellis, Mr. Saykaly was an asset manager for the Kuwait Investment Office in New York City ($4 billion portfolio).  In the last 10 years, Mr. Saykaly has been involved in the investment sale, joint venture structuring and advisory of $4+ billion of retail and commercial assets. Mr. Saykaly has a BS in Economics and Finance from Southern New Hampshire University and an MBA in finance from Bentley College Graduate School of Business. He is a monthly contributing editor of Shopping Center Business magazine. 
404.446.4910, gsaykaly@bp-advisors.com
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