Our Team
We’re a group of creative thinkers who have built a business to change the world.
Rick Abrams

30 years of industry experience with major financial institutions. Started and ran domestic and international real estate businesses for Wachovia Real Estate Capital Markets. Over $10 billion in career transactions spanning development, origination, underwriting, asset management and dispositions.

Mark Dawejko

35 years of real estate experience with major financial institutions and private real estate development/operating companies. Invested over $7 billion dollars in the form of direct acquisitions, joint venture equity, mezzanine debt, high yield loans and CMBS debt throughout the United States and Japan.

Cam Smith

16 years of experience as a principal in acquisitions, portfolio management, asset management, development, dispositions and financing.  Founder and manager of a real estate investment company with a focus on acquiring retail assets across the Southeast.

Steve Russo

25 years of industry experience with major financial institutions. Experienced in many areas of real estate capital markets including CMBS, bridge debt, construction debt, mezzanine financing, preferred equity, joint ventures, agency and life company lending.

Jeff LaPlana

23 years of industry experience in different disciplines within the real estate industry.  Experience as a controller of a national developer and CFO of a southeast development firm.Most recently, has worked in developing contract underwriting programs for CMBS and bridge lenders.

Andrew Groff

Andrew has over 4 years of experience in the CRE lending space as a financial analyst for SBC’s larger lending platform. Andrew has underwritten and coordinated the closing of over $100mm in loan transactions ranging from construction financing to note purchases, with experience in all asset classes. Andrew continues to play a key role in underwriting, loan servicing, and asset management for the Charlotte debt fund

Jim Christopher

40 years of industry experience with major financial institutions and private commercial real estate development companies.  Founder and owner of a real estate development and operating company that developed and managed over $250 million dollars of commercial real estate projects in the Eastern US with a concentration in the Southeast.

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