Management Lawrence Adler - Principal Larry started at The Pyramid Companies in 1988, working as a Project Development Director. Beginning in 1998, Larry served as the Director of Field Operations with overall responsibility for a 16 million square foot portfolio of super regional, regional and power center properties. Prior to leaving The Pyramid Companies in 2000, Larry had been the Director of Development for three years with responsibility for leasing retail space to department store and anchor tenants. While at The Pyramid Companies, Larry also served as the Director of Development/General Manager of the Sangertown Square and Riverside Mall properties. Larry repositioned the Riverside Mall from an outdated, failing regional mall to a successful power center, which now contains Wal-Mart, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Old Navy, Office Max and A.C. Moore. Riverside Mall sales nearly tripled after the redevelopment. As a part of this redevelopment Larry obtained the right to build permits, coordinated professional consultants, negotiated leases and REA documents with retail tenants, coordinated construction and managed the on-going retail facility. At Sangertown Square, Larry obtained a difficult small town right to build for a 350,000 + square foot expansion, which required anchor store approvals and negotiation of an agreement for a new Sears store. Before joining The Pyramid Companies, Larry was a trader on the New York Futures Exchange, an Account Executive at Empire State Consulting and an Accounting Manager for the New York Telephone Company. Larry received his B.S. in Economics from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute in 1983 and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1987. Since 2001, Larry was primarily responsible for the acquisition of the Eastland Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Along with an outside equity partner, Larry was responsible for purchasing 80% interest in the Eastland Mall. During Larry’s period of ownership he was also responsible for obtaining a zone change to allow for additional development at the mall and securing funding from the City of Charlotte for the mall’s rehabilitation. In 2003, Larry negotiated the sale of the 80% interest in the mall to Glimcher Realty Trust. Larry is also primarily responsible for overseeing the management of Cameron’s retail properties. Throughout 2003 and continuing into 2004 Larry has sponsored Cameron’s development effort at its project in New Hartford, NY called the Orchard. The Orchard is a 275,000 square foot power strip center currently under construction. Larry obtained all of the right to build permits, secured financing and worked on leasing of several of the restaurants that are now under construction. Joseph Goethe - Principal Joe spent ten years with The Pyramid Companies holding various levels of responsibility in leasing. In 1999 Joe became Palisades Center Director of Leasing. Joe managed the leasing strategy, identification of tenants, and negotiating leases for Palisades Center. Joe developed a tenant mix that has made Palisades Center one of the top ten shopping centers in total aggregate sales in the United States. From 1997 to 1999 Joe was Director of Leasing for The Pyramid Companies, responsible for directing the leasing team that achieved an incremental increase in income of over $40 million and incremental increase in leased area of over 3.2 million square feet throughout the super-regional and regional shopping center portfolio. During this period, Joe also developed “Pyramid University”, which serves as the basis for hiring, training, and evaluating The Pyramid Companies’ leasing representatives. From 1995 through 1997 Joe worked in leasing with Palisades senior management to develop and achieve a tenant mix unique to the shopping center industry including Dave & Busters, CompUSA, Circuit City, Target, Lord & Taylor, Old Navy, Banana Republic and the thEATery™. Joe pioneered the “Big Box” leasing team for The Pyramid Companies between 1993 and 1995. Joe has been involved directly with bringing over one million square feet of Big Box tenants to enclosed shopping centers resulting in almost $30 million in gross annual rent. Joe serves as head of leasing services for the Cameron. He works with the partners and leasing reps to develop and implement the leasing strategies for all company properties. He is the point person for the negotiations with Home Depot, Lowe’s, WalMart, Target and other anchor tenants. Joe directed the leasing/redevelopment efforts at Fashion Mall concluding deals for over 150,000 square feet of new tenants and renewals. He was directly responsible for negotiating the deals for United States Government Services, New Horizons, Bonefish and the redevelopment of the new food court. Joe leads the 3rd party leasing efforts for the Gregory Greenfield and Associates properties Fingerlakes Mall’s Bass Pro Shops development and The Mall at Whitney Field among others. Joe procured the Marquee Cinema lease for The Orchard and the Burlington Coat Factory lease for Charlotte, NC. In 1990 Joe graduated from Union College with a BA in Managerial Economics. From 1991 through 1993, while attending Syracuse University School of Management, Joe held various positions in construction, tenant coordination and leasing at The Pyramid Companies. Thomas Valenti - Principal In 1985, Tom joined The Pyramid Companies. In January, 1986 Tom was appointed sponsor partner of The Pyramid Companies’ Palisades Center. Opened in 1998, Palisades Center is located less than 20 miles north of New York City. Tom was responsible for all aspects of the three million square foot Palisades Center project including: property acquisition; a difficult and long right to build and permitting process; site, building and retail design; construction; leasing; financing; and on-going management. Tom continues to be a partner at Palisades, although he is not involved in day to day management. Palisades Center is the first super regional shopping center in the United States to combine the “best of the best” retailers and entertainment venues under one roof, mixing traditional department stores Filene’s, Lord & Taylor, and JC Penney, with “big box” retailers Home Depot, Target, BJ’s Wholesale Club, category retailers Comp USA, Bed Bath & Beyond, Staples, Circuit City, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Restoration Hardware, and an impressive cross section of mall shops including GAP, Abercrombie & Fitch, Old Navy, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Eddie Bauer, William Sonoma, and more than 120 others. Palisades Center also focuses on family entertainment in its “thEATery™” that includes Cheese Cake Factory, Johnny Rockets, a 21 screen stadium seating Loews Theater, Legal Seafood, Dave & Busters, Chili’s, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, TGI Fridays, Don Pablo’s, Jeepers, Outback Steakhouse, New York Sports Club and an Imax Theater. The Palisades Center ranks among the top ten shopping centers in the United States for aggregate sales volume. Tom directed an innovative approach to Palisades by developing Pyramid’s relationship with Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish clothing retailer. Tom brought the first H&M to a U.S. mall and concluded nine additional deals with H&M in the U.S. He also established a finance vehicle for tenant construction of the H&M stores. Tom also is a partner in another of Pyramid’s super regional malls Galleria at Crystal Run in Middletown, NY, where he was involved in closing the construction and permanent financings and was responsible for the first two level Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. Tom serves as head of acquisitions and liaison for banking relationships. Tom led Cameron’s purchase, joint venture relationships and financing of Plantation Fashion Mall, Monmouth Mall, the JCPenney building in Charlotte, North Carolina, the leasing, financing and sale of the Bridgestone Firestone building in Charlotte and has directed office leasing at Plantation Fashion Mall. Tom Valenti graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the Notre Dame Law School. Tom began his career as an attorney. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Florida. Eric Alderman, Esq. - Partner overseeing Legal Eric Alderman began with Cameron Group as a partner in 2001 through 2003. He has now rejoined the company aiding in the Bayonne Project Right-to-Build process. Eric previously had a private practice specializing in construction, commercial leasing and real estate development, zoning, Right-to-Build and commercial transactions law from 1989 to 1994 and 1998 to 2001. He joined The Pyramid Companies as part of the senior management in 1994 through 1997 working alongside Tom Valenti on the Palisades Center super regional shopping center located in Rockland County. In addition, Eric taught as a Whitman Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management for Syracuse University from 2003 to 2006. Eric graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in 1972 and from Syracuse University in 1975 with a J.D. Degree. Kevin Eldred - Partner overseeing Investments Kevin is head of investment and finance at Cameron Group. This includes developing and maintaining strong lender and investor relationships. His strong experience growing and managing a nationally recognized real estate company and continued success in coaching real estate professionals nationally provides an excellent level of confidence to our lenders and investors. Prior to joining the Cameron Group, Kevin was the President and cofounder of Prudential 1st Sterling Realty, a full service, multi-office real estate company in Central New York. Handling over 1,000 real estate transactions a year, it was recognized and awarded annually by Prudential Real Estate. In March 2000, Kevin strategically sold the company. Kevin's background includes Senior Tax CPA in Syracuse's office of Price Waterhouse and Vice President and Sales Manager of Dean Witter, now known as Morgan Stanley. He has been investing in and developing real estate since graduating college in 1981. For several years, Kevin was on the development team at the Pyramid Companies, a nationally known shopping center developer, charged with new project leasing and leasing across the entire northeast portfolio. Kevin continues to provide business coaching to real estate professionals through his association with the Mike Ferry Organization, the leading national real estate coaching company. Kevin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Ithaca College. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Real Estate Broker. Barbara Sebeck - Executive Assistant Barbara began her career at Pyramid Companies in June 1995 under the tutelage of Eric Alderman and Thomas Valenti on the super regional shopping center development, Palisades Center. She then joined them in 2001 at the start of Cameron Group LLC. Barbara works directly with the partners on all projects and the daily operations. In addition, she assists with the legal team and leasing administration. She is a member of the International Council Of Shopping Centers and is the event coordinator and responsible for marketing materials for all ICSC events that we hold booth locations. Barbara graduated from Cazenovia College with a Business Management degree and SUNY Oneonta with a Business Economics degree. Barbara can be contacted at (315) 362-8810 or barb@cameronllc.com. Joel Ramey - Partner overseeing Construction Joel earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Valparaiso University in 1980. He spent the next 9 years working as a sales engineer for Allen-Bradley, an international manufacturer of factory automation and industrial control products. In 1988 he became the President of Commonwealth Resources Inc. a developer and Operator of oil and gas wells and collection pipe lines. In 1990 he joined the Pyramid Companies of Syracuse, NY, a real estate developer specializing in large regional shopping centers. Over the next 12 years Mr. Ramey participated in the development of over 10 million square feet of large regional shopping centers in areas such as leasing, construction and project management capacities. He is knowledgeable in every aspect of the construction and operation of large retail centers. In 2002 he joined the Cameron Group and is responsible for the construction of its various development projects. Mr. Ramey is widely recognized for his problem solving abilities and pragmatic solutions. He works closely with tenants, design professionals and regulatory agencies to achieve the stated goals of the property owners. Michael L. Francis, CPA - Chief Financial Officer Michael joined the Cameron Group in December 2006 as the Chief Financial Officer. Michael oversees the financial reporting and accounting for the Cameron Group and its various development projects. He has over 10 years of professional accounting experience. Prior to joining the Cameron Group, Michael was Corporate Controller for Herbert Construction Company in Atlanta, Georgia. While at Herbert Construction Company, Michael was responsible for the financial reporting and tax compliance for the company and its related entities. Michael also has audit and income tax experience while working in public accounting. Michael is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the states of New York and Georgia. Michael graduated from Ithaca College in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Jonathan Dower - Leasing Manager - Third Party Accounts Jonathan began his career at Pyramid Companies in the Specialty Leasing Department. Within six months, he was promoted to Director of Specialty Leasing for Walden Galleria, a 1.6 million square foot super-regional shopping center in Buffalo, NY. After spearheading a turnaround in the Specialty Leasing Program at Walden Galleria, Jonathan was named Director of Specialty Leasing for Palisades Center. Under Jonathan’s direction Palisades Center earned honors as being one of the top producing specialty leasing programs in the country. The remainder of Jonathan’s career with The Pyramid Companies was spent as a Senior Leasing Representative working with such tenants as Outback Steakhouse, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Longhorn Steakhouse, Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse, Chili’s, Applebee’s, 99 Restaurant & Pub, Rascal’s Comedy Club and Al Copeland Investments. Other tenants Jonathan has secured for Pyramid include The Limited, Gap, Children’s Place, Ann Taylor, Steve Madden, Build-A-Bear, Town Sports International and Against All Odds. Prior to merging with The Cameron Group, Jonathan started JLD Partners, Inc., a real estate consulting company with a focus on Tenant Representation and Project based leasing. Jonathan’s clients include Longhorn Steakhouse, Bugaboo Creek and The Mills Corporation. Jonathan earned a BA in Sales and Marketing from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Jon can be reached at (315) 362-8818 or Jon@CameronLLC.com. Kevin Langan - Leasing Manager - Retail Kevin joined the Cameron Group in August of 2006. He began his career at Pyramid Companies as a Specialty Leasing Representative. In 2001 he was #1 in the company in income produced. Subsequently Kevin was named Director of Specialty Leasing at Palisades Center, which became one of the highest producing programs in the country with an income over $5 million. Kevin studied Business-Economics at SUNY Oneonta and was a 4 year Varsity Letterman in lacrosse. Kevin can be reached at (315) 362-8817 or Langan@CameronLLC.com Carole Iseneker - Leasing Manager - Small Shop Carole Iseneker came to Cameron Group in March, 2002 from The Pyramid Companies. Carole has over fourteen years of experience in all aspects of shopping center management, redevelopment, leasing, financing, and accounting. Carole graduated from Niagara University in 1985 with a BS degree in Business Administration and Marketing. Carole can be contacted at (315) 362-8820 or Carole@CameronLLC.com. Matthew Valenti - Leasing Manager - Big Box Matthew joined the Cameron Group in 2002 as a Retail Leasing Specialist. Previously he had worked for the Pyramid Companies for 3 years in the development of Palisades Center and in the leasing of Pyramid’s power centers. With both The Pyramid Companies and Cameron Group Matt has completed deals with such tenants as Michaels, PetSmart, Mars Music, Famous Footwear, Chili’s, Pac Sun, Maurices, Shoe Dept., Marriott, and Home Depot. Matt also works on the Tenant side of the business, representing Supercuts and Sprint for their real estate transactions in New York State. Matt has over seen the leasing for the Fingerlakes Mall redevelopment project, and he continues to focus his attention on leasing to the big box / “Category Killers” through out the Cameron portfolio. Matthew graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1997 with a BA in Political Science. Matt can be contacted at (315) 362-8823 or Matt@CameronLLC.com.