The RE|Solutions Team

Corporate

S.L. van der Zanden, Managing Principal and CEO
S.L. van der Zanden is the Managing Principal of RE|SOLUTIONS and he serves as the court appointed receiver on all of the company’s receivership assignments. He brings over 25 years of commercial real estate experience helping institutional, corporate, and private clients overcome challenges and capitalize on nearly $2 billion in opportunities. His prior experience includes utilizing a unique sealed-bid property sales process for institutional clients; management of a 1.6MM s.f. portfolio with 22 assets; turnaround of REO assets; and acquisition & development work for VMS Realty.
   
Brian Goldman, Principal and COO
Brian Goldman leads all operations, valuation, marketing and business development activities. He brings over 14 years as a commercial real estate lender with John Hancock Financial Services where he originated mortgages and managed its Midwest portfolio. Activities also included workout restructuring and resolution of non-performing loans.
   
Anthony McAndrew, Manager
Anthony McAndrew is a Manager with RE|SOLUTIONS and acts as the direct contact for day-to-day operations at many of the properties in our portfolio. He currently oversees operations at multi-family, retail, and industrial properties and is involved in analysis, budgeting, and valuation activities. He is a recent grad with distinction from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business with an MBA concentrated in Real Estate Finance and Investment.
   
Trey Phillips, Manager
Trey Phillips serves as Manager for RE|SOLUTIONS, overseeing daily operations for a range of property types that span from multi-family to retail. He draws on his prior commercial real estate experience as Property Manager for a high rise office building in downtown Chicago.

 

Strategic Partners – Evaluate: Advisory, Valuation and Workout Strategy

Dale Vanderlaan, President, Realogic
Dale Vanderlaan’s background includes a combination of financial, operational and transactional experience utilized in the acquisition, financing, asset/property management and disposition of a property or portfolio. Dale’s specific expertise includes: valutaion, financial analysis and underwriting, lease abstracting, strategic advisory and training.
   
Harold “Skip” Perry
With over 38 years of experience, Skip Perry has been involved in a variety of assignments including: debtor/creditor bankruptcy advisory; loan restructuring; fairness opinions; buy/sell side due diligence for private equity funds and corporate clients; valuation for financial reporting and tax purposes; corporate real estate portfolio optimization studies; capital markets including asset dispositions, monetization strategies and structuring sale/leasebacks; and litigation support services including expert testimony.
   
Anne Voshel, Principal, AVA Consultants
Anne Voshel offers clients 22 years of construction and development management experience, with a particular emphasis on historic preservation, corporate facilities, and institutional buildings. During her career, Ms. Voshel has been responsible for more than 16 million square feet of projects valued at over $1 billion.
   
Larry Lund, Principal, Real Estate Planning Group
Larry Lund has over 35 years of real estate experience in commercial real estate analysis, market assessment, feasibility studies, appraisal, zoning analysis, conceptual planning, and asset positioning. His experience focuses on retail, office, and mixed-use developments. He has operated his own company for over 20 years specializing in working with retail tenants, developers, and municipalities providing consulting services designed to help them reduce risk by understanding the market metrics needed for successful development.

 

Strategic Partners – Manage: Receivership, Property & Asset Management, Construction

Bill Chopp, Regional Director, Hines
Bill Chopp is the Regional Director of the Office Property Management Division, with direct oversight of all staff and operations for all office buildings within the portfolio. Currently, Bill Chopp is a Senior Regional Officer with Hines and is responsible for oversight of the property and engineering management group of its Midwest, Southeast and Canada Regions representing over 38 million sq. ft. of Class A properties. Assigned assets include the Wells Fargo Center (1.2 million sq. ft.), U.S. Bank Plaza (1.8 million sq. ft.), and Fifty South Sixth (1.05 million sq. ft.). Chopp’s specific expertise includes property start-up, property acquisition, physical asset review as well as financial underwriting.
   
Gary Greenfield, Partner, Metro CRE
Gary Greenfield brings over 25 years of commercial real estate leasing experience to the RE|SOLUTIONS team. Such retail giants as Marshall’s, Staples, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, and Lowe’s Home Improvement are among the retailers he has represented. Greenfield’s extensive background in tenant representation, product leasing, property disposition and investment sales enables the RE|Solutions to service a wide array of retail clients. Gary Greenfield has received numerous awards for his work throughout metropolitan Chicago.

 

Strategic Partners – Resolve: Property and Note Sales

Chad Firsel, President, Quantum Real Estate Advisors
Chad Firsel is President and Founder of Quantum Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Firsel brings skill and considerable experience to his leadership role. He created and managed the investment services practice at Baum Realty, Inc and also created and served as managing director of NAI Hiffman’s investment services group. His focus is directed towards achieving the optimal value for clients as he continues to handle and advise clients in the disposition and acquisition of commercial real estate. Utilizing his knowledge of all aspects of the industry including development, legal processes and financing strategy, Chad’s holistic vision of commercial real estate has guided closings of roughly $1 billion of retail, industrial and office product.
   
Doug Imber, President, Essex Realty
Doug Imber is co-founder and President of Essex Realty Group, Inc. He has been involved in nearly $1 billion of investment real estate transactions throughout his 20 year career and has represented many of Chicago’s most prominent real estate companies and lending institutions. In addition, Doug is the general partner of more than 2,000 apartment units throughout the Midwest.
   
Adam Freeman, Principal
Adam Freeman is a Principal of Century 21 Affiliated Commercial Investment Sales where he is actively involved in all transactions and business operations. Adam’s primary responsibilities include sourcing new sales opportunities and handling day to day management of the business. Throughout his career in commercial real estate, investment banking and private equity, Adam has successfully sourced, structured, acquired and sold in excess of $1 billion of total transaction volume.
   
Matthew Arminio, Associate
Mr. Arminio is an Associate with Century 21 Affiliated Commercial Investment Sales where he is actively involved in all aspects of the sales process. Matt’s primary responsibilities include the evaluating, underwriting and marketing of all opportunities. Additionally, Matt is responsible for coordinating and managing the sales process with RE Solutions Investment Sales brokers.