SPEAKERS

MODERATOR | LOUIS J. COLETTI, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | BTEA
Louis J. Coletti is the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Building Trades Employer’s Association. He previously served as Senior Vice President at the construction management firm of Bovis Lend Lease and prior to that as President & Chief Executive Officer of the New York Building Congress. Mr. Coletti is active in many civic and industry organizations. He serves on the Governor’s Corporate Roundtable, NYS Apprenticeship Training Council, Mayor’s Workforce Investment Board and is on the Executive Board of the Association for a Better New York. He also serves as Chairman of the Mayor’s Building Industry Advisory Council, Chairman of the Construction Skills Initiative Board of Directors, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Non-Traditional Employment for Women.


MICHAEL BAR | VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE | TF CORNERSTONE
Michael Bar has 17 years of diverse real estate experience including asset management, acquisitions and finance. Mr. Bar has been an employee of TF Cornerstone and its affiliates since 1998, and he is currently the Vice President of Finance. Some of his accomplishments include the acquisition and financing of Queens West; a 3,200-unit master planned waterfront development, 2 Gold Street; a 650-unit Liberty Bond financed development, and 505 West 37th Street; an 835 unit, tax-exempt bond financed “80/20” development. In this capacity, Michael is versed in an array of loans including those from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CMBS issuers and credit enhancer of private activity bonds issued by New York State Housing Finance Agency and the New York City Housing Development Corp. Most recently, Mr. Bar arranged the permanent financing for East Coast 6 and a construction loan for East Coast 4, both located in Long Island City, Queens. Prior to joining TF Cornerstone, Michael acquired multifamily properties at TGM Associates L.P., a New York City based private equity firm. Mr. Bar obtained a Bachelors of Economics from The University of California at Berkeley and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School.


ROBERT W. BARONE | R.A., LEED, AP, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | INSPECTION & VALUATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Robert is SVP/Principal of Inspection & Valuation International, a firm of 85 engineers, architects, project managers and environmental professionals. His primary responsibility is the Director of IVI’s Workout Services and Project Management Oversight Departments, which provides consulting services on more than 200 construction/renovation projects nationwide, many of which are in the “workout” or loan re-structuring mode. Robert’s 27 years in the construction industry spans a wide range of projects in the commercial and residential areas, with a strong concentration in complex mixed-use projects, including CityCenter, Trump International Hotel & Tower and Xanadu.




PETER D’ARCY | GROUP VICE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR GROUP MANAGER | M&T BANK
Peter D’Arcy is a Group Vice President and Senior Group Manager of M&T Bank’s NY Commercial Real Estate Department. M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) is a $70 billion regional commercial bank based in Buffalo NY. Peter’s current responsibilities include managing and growing the regional $5 billion commercial real estate business serving many of the top owners and developers in New York City. Outside of the bank, Peter serves as Chairman of the external loan committee for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s (LISC) New York office and resides in Larchmont NY with his wife and two daughters.


WAYNE M. OLSON | PARTNER| MARGOLIN, WINER & EVENS LLP
As a Tax Partner, Wayne is involved in all aspects of tax planning, review and compliance for a variety of clients engaged in various industries, including real estate, manufacturing, distribution, retail and professional services. His specialty is in the real estate industry servicing clients that include owner-operators, developers, converters and contractors. His areas of expertise include partnership, corporate, and real estate taxation. He has extensive experience in business and tax planning, as well as financial forecasts and projections, especially related to real estate and facility acquisition, construction, operation and disposition. Wayne advises clients in all aspects of their business and has assisted clients in structuring or restructuring loan transactions to the mutual benefit of the borrower and the lender.

Wayne has lectured to industry and professional groups on various topics including real estate taxation, taxation of partnerships/LLC’s, high-net worth individuals and "S" corporations, state and local real property transfer taxes and financial reporting. He has authored articles on real estate and taxation.

Wayne is the Chairman of MWE’s Real Estate Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is currently Vice President of the Lutheran High School Association of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, President of Long Island Lutheran Day School at St. Paul’s and a volunteer for the Theodore Roosevelt Council Boy Scouts of America. Wayne is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), the Tax Section of the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association.


WILLIAM W. WEISNER | PARTNER | TARTER KRINSKY & DROGIN LLP
William W. Weisner is a Partner in the Real Estate, Construction and Banking and Finance Practice Groups at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP. He handles a wide variety of commercial real estate matters for lenders, developers, investors, landlords and tenants nationwide, as well as not-for-profit entities. His practice encompasses financings, workouts and restructurings, leases, partnerships and joint ventures and development projects. Mr. Weisner’s broad lending experience covers complex construction, term and mezzanine loans, syndications and purchases of co-lending interests, and loan participations. He frequently advises clients on the acquisition and sale of properties, and represents owners in negotiation of design and construction contracts for development of commercial property. Mr. Weisner’s work in leasing involves office and retail properties and reaches across the United States.

Mr. Weisner co-authored “Notices of Pendency: Protecting Sellers in Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Real Property” in the New York Real Property Law Journal (Fall 2009) and “Anti-Terrorism Law Imposes Duties” in the New York Law Journal (November 25, 2002). Mr. Weisner is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Real Property Law Section, Committees on Leasing, Construction and Finance), the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Mortgage Bankers Association and CoreNet Global. He serves on the Board of Directors of Sheldrake Environmental Center in Larchmont, New York. In addition, he has been repeatedly named as a leading real estate lawyer in the New York Metro edition of Super Lawyers magazine and has been recognized by Chambers USA since 2008.


RICHARD WOOD | PRESIDENT | PLAZA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Through the clear vision and innovative leadership of Richard Wood, Plaza Construction has grown to national prominence, establishing Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regional offices, and paving the way for clients to build their portfolios in markets across the country. He has been and continues to be an active participant in the shaping and development of the New York City skyline, involved in many of the city’s most complex building projects — to date encompassing more than 20 million square feet of new core and shell construction, interior renovations and sophisticated infrastructure upgrades.

Mr. Wood has been affiliated with Fisher Brothers and Plaza Construction for more than 30 years. Originally a Field Superintendent, he was promoted to General Superintendent, and later to Project Executive. In 1995 he was named Executive Vice President of Plaza Construction. He assumed his current role of President in 1997.