Mr. Beavor embodies that statement. He manages and controls the Sponsor and manages and controls the Manager. CAI is based in Las Vegas, the hotel capital of the world. Early in his career, in the late 1990s, he was involved with the development of the Luxor Hotel and Mandalay Bay resorts and projects including the Gold Strike Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. In the mid-2000s, Mr. Beavor was involved in the $800 million Hard Rock Hotel condominium development in Las Vegas. As a principal from 2005 to current, Mr. Beavor was involved in the development of a wide range of projects, such as a 72-unit luxury condominium hotel project called the Ski Lofts in Brian Head Utah, a luxury condominium with 45-units in Toluca Lake, California, and entitled and zoned the largest tourist hotel, gaming and marina in Europe. Mr. Beavor, by way of CAI, repositioned the Sheraton Bay Point Resort, which won the 2016 Marriott International North America reward for best reposition, receiving a 4-star rating for its $30 million renovation. The 300-plus acre resort is one of the largest in the United States and is located in Panama City, Florida. The Bay Point consists of 320-rooms, a private beach, two 18-hole golf courses designed by (Jack) Nicklaus Design, and a state-of-the-art 40,000 sq. ft. convention center. Locally in Las Vegas, CAI also entitled and sold a hotel project adjacent to the Las Vegas NASCAR speedway.

In addition to hotels, Mr. Beavor develops national brand NNN-leased retail throughout the southwest and is the founder of a successful real estate brokerage firm that manages property for institutional investors. In Q4 2016, CAI purchased a 10-acre unimproved property zoned for a resort use from the Lehman Brothers Estate next to the Palms Hotel and Casino. CAI fast tracked the entitling and subdividing of the property (now under construction). The $200-plus million development consists of national retailers, an 18-story international branded hotel and 287 high end apartments. Mr. Beavor has crafted a network of relationships with real estate investors, sellers and brokers, allowing him (as the Sponsor) to acquire and complete over hundreds of real estate transactions over the past 10 years under the Sponsor umbrella. Having handled thousands of completed real estate transactions over the course of the past decade, Mr. Beavor has been an advisor and operating partner in the identification, acquisition, repositioning, and managing of real estate assets and properties for numerous companies, including Fannie Mae, Archbay Capital, Freddie Mac, and GTIS Partners. Mr. Beavor has developed over hundreds of millions of dollars in projects within the United States and Europe. He and his companies manage over 1,000 real estate assets for hundreds of clients, ranging from large NYC-based institutional investment funds to high net worth family offices and individuals. In addition to hotels, CAI acquires and develops NNN-leased, income properties nationally through DST Reg D offerings.

Prior to co-founding LBG, Leslie was Senior Vice President for Inland Mortgage Capital Corporation, in charge of their national opportunistic debt investment program which she formed in 1995.  Leslie directly oversaw all of Inland’s origination offices, directed all marketing of the program, oversaw the pre-approval process of pending loans, and was engaged in strategic investment decisions to determine the direction of the program.  Before joining Inland, from 1990-1995, Leslie was a lender at ITT Real Estate Services, where she originated participating bridge and construction loans.  In 2014, Leslie was named as one of Bisnow’s Los Angeles Power Women in CRE and has been nominated as one of East Bay CREW’s Most Influential Women in CRE. She was also named as one of Real Estate Forum’s 2009 Women of Influence and one of Southern California’s Most Influential Women by Real Estate Southern California Magazine in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.  She is frequently published and interviewed by industry periodicals and routinely speaks at industry conferences, including ICSC, NAIOP, Crittenden, Realshares, IMN, iGlobal, Trigild, Biznow, CREW, ACRE and Women’s Leadership Counsel.  From 2007 to 2009, Leslie was Chair of the ICSC/NAIOP Capital Marketplace Conference held annually in New York and now serves on the committee.  She chaired the 2010 and 2011 ICSC/NAIOP/LAMA Capital Marketplace West Conference (one that she started).  She is also on the first ever ICSC Recon Committee and the Chair of the ICSC International Capital Markets Committee.  Leslie also chairs the Final Frontier Conference: a Seminar on Women as Entrepreneurs in Commercial Real Estate, which she conceived of in 2009.  Leslie received a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature and Communication Arts with a Minor in French from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She is also a licensed California real estate broker.

Former head of Fitch’s commercial mortgage and REIT groups. At Fitch, John was responsible for over $500 billion of rated commercial mortgage loans during this period. Former Vice President with The O’Connor Group, where he was responsible for purchasing $800 million of commercial properties. John has a BA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University.

He founded ADF Capital in 1999 and now owns and operates five neighborhood shopping centers, each about 20,000 square feet. Within one of them, Tony developed and operates a movie theater, the New 400 Theater. He has also recently developed The Harper Theater, a movie theater/cafe in Hyde Park, which he operates in partnership with the University of Chicago. The Harper Theater has recently earned the Illinois Landmarks Restoration Award. Tony has dedicated much of his life working in public service. First, as a clerk at the United States Department of Justice; second, as a prosecutor at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office; and third, as a zoning commissioner for the City of Evanston Zoning Board of Appeals. Currently, Tony is serving as a Chicago Commissioner (Sheridan Devon Special Services Area in Rogers Park and another one in Hyde Park) and is a Retail Specialist for the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC)’s Bronzeville Initiative, a plan to earmark hundreds of millions of future federal, state and local development dollars. In his free time, Tony competes regularly in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. He is a Purple Belt and a prior Chicago Open Champ. He lives in Evanston with his wife, Wendy and his two sons, Izzy and Charlie.

Procida manages the 100 Mile Fund which provides financing for commercial real estate projects and small to mid size businesses. His awards over the years include: Rockland County, New York Citizen of The Year New York City Developer of The Year National Home Builders Pillar of the Industry Award Institutional Investor Non-bank Lender of the Year Bronx Business Man of the Year New York Mortgage Bankers’ Man of the Year New Jersey Gold Coast Business Man of the Year American Jewish