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East Region Market Team

Senior Managing Director
East Region

Jay Kraft

Vice President - Development
East Region

Al Hedin

Senior Associate
East Region

Matthew Giannuzzi

Senior Development Manager
East Region

John Coutinho

Senior Associate
East Region

Ben Swift

Director
Southeast Region

Madison Jones

Director
Southeast Region

Lee Lineberger

Lovett Industrial & The East Region Market

The East Region is focused on a broad geography that encompasses some of the most densely populated, high barrier to entry markets in the US, and some of the highest population growth markets in the US.  Currently active in Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and North Carolina, the regional team is led by industry veterans with more than 25 years of experience and completed projects in excess of $2 billion.

Lovett Industrial East Region Target Markets & Data

Northern New Jersey

Washington, DC

Southern New Jersey

North Carolina

Lehigh Valley, PA

South Carolina

Shenandoah Valley, VA

Atlanta, GA

Baltimore, MD

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Active Projects

580K

SF Under Management

400K+

SF Pipeline Of Future Projects

$95M+

Planned and Underway

Properties In The East U.S. Market

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JAY KRAFT

Mr. Kraft joined Lovett Industrial in June 2023 to grow Lovett Industrial’s US Eastern Region platform. He is responsible for strategic oversight and regional growth through investment, acquisition, and development of industrial properties. Mr. Kraft is also responsible for the execution of approximately 3.5 million square feet of current pipeline totaling more than $550 million of projects across the eastern region.
With over 35 years in commercial real estate, Mr. Kraft has knowledge of all aspects of commercial real estate. For more than 27 years, he was an integral part of Liberty Property Trust where he served as VP and City Manager responsible for leading multiple regions in the United States. Mr. Kraft built market leading teams of dedicated real estate professionals ranging in size from 15-40 people and was directly involved with over $2 billion of real estate transactions. He subsequently joined Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners in Virginia and played a lead role in sourcing properties, asset management and operations in the eastern half of the United States. Mr. Kraft also served as Senior Vice President for Arch-Con Corporation in Houston where he continued to expand his knowledge of construction. In 2021, Mr. Kraft joined National Property Holdings as Senior Vice President where he was responsible for managing all aspects of their industrial real estate company.
Mr. Kraft lives in Washington, DC with his wife and enjoys playing golf, skiing and spending time with family.

AL HEDIN

Mr. Hedin serves as Vice President – Development – East Region at Lovett Industrial where he leads pre-construction, due-diligence and entitlement activities including land use planning, agency approvals, design, and construction activities. Mr. Hedin joined Lovett Industrial in June 2021 to expand and reinforce Lovett Industrial’s US East Regional platform and currently supports approximately 2 million square feet of projects in the pipeline for Lovett Industrial. Prior to that Mr. Hedin was a Vice President at Brookfield Properties, in the Mid-Atlantic region responsible for construction activities at the mixed-use transit oriented $1.2 billion Halley Rise project in Reston, VA. Prior to his tenure at Brookfield, Mr. Hedin spent 11 years at Hines working across a spectrum of projects such as CityCenter DC a $1.1 billion mixed use project in Washington DC and CIBC Square a 50-story 1.7 million square foot office tower in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Hedin has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from University of Wisconsin and a Master of Management from Pennsylvania State University.

MATTHEW GIANNUZZI

Mr. Giannuzzi serves as a Senior Associate at Lovett Industrial, joining in August 2021. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. Giannuzzi is charged with evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities and supporting due diligence, entitlements, financing, leasing, and disposition efforts across the Eastern region. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. Giannuzzi spent 5 years in Deloitte Consulting’s Real Estate & Location Strategy practice. In this role, Mr. Giannuzzi helped corporate clients think strategically about their global office portfolios, including site selection, cost optimization, workplace transformation, and campus strategy projects. Mr. Giannuzzi earned a BA from Duke University, where he owned and operating a shipping and storage company for students, and an MBA from Columbia University.

JOHN COUTINHO

Mr. Coutinho serves as Senior Development Manager at Lovett Industrial where he leads pre-construction, due-diligence, and entitlement activities, including land use planning, agency approvals, design, and construction activities. Mr. Coutinho joined Lovett Industrial in April 2022 to expand and reinforce our US Eastern Regional platform. Prior to that, Mr. Coutinho was a Vice President at Brookfield Properties within their Northeast industrial division and managed construction and entitlements of more than 2 million square feet of industrial space on sites across the northeast US. Before his time at Brookfield, Mr. Coutinho spent 6 years at Langan Engineering and 11 years at Rinker Design Associates working on more than 25 million square feet of large scale commercial real estate developments ranging from corporate headquarters, warehouse/distribution and e-commerce fulfillment centers including multi-story warehouses and mission critical facilities. Many of Mr. Coutinho’s projects have received recognition from industry associations such as NAIOP, the Urban Land Institute, and the American Council of Engineering Companies. Mr. Coutinho has a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Toledo. He is also a Licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states and a LEED Accredited Professional.

BEN SWIFT

Mr. Swift serves as a Senior Associate at Lovett Industrial, joining in September 2022. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. Swift is charged with evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities and supporting due diligence, entitlements, financing, leasing, and disposition efforts across the Eastern region. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. Swift spent four years at Hines in their San Diego office where he was responsible for the acquisition, development and asset management of industrial and office projects totaling over 1.2 million square feet and $450 million of value. Mr. Swift was also responsible for the financial modeling of all projects in the San Diego region totaling over $4 billion. Mr. Swift received his BA from Colby College where he majored in Physics and Mathematics.

MADISON JONES

Mr. Jones serves as Director – East Region Industrial for Lovett, joining in September 2020. At Lovett he has supported development teams company-wide in the evaluation, underwriting, capitalization, and execution of development projects. He is currently focused on generating new development and acquisition opportunities in the Southeast US from the Atlanta, GA office. Mr. Jones’ industrial development experience encompasses the successful completion of more than 8 million square feet, ongoing development, and entitlement of approximately 10 million square feet in seven markets across the country – representing nearly $2 billion in total deal volume. Prior to Lovett, Mr. Jones spent 3 years working with Johnson Development Associates within their industrial division and managed to complete more than 1 million square feet of industrial space and assisted with site evaluation and entitlements on sites across the southeast U.S. Mr. Jones earned a BA from Wofford College.

Lee Lineberger

Mr. Lineberger serves as Director at Lovett Industrial, joining in October of 2022. Mr. Lineberger leads the sourcing & evaluating of new acquisition and development opportunities, managing due diligence efforts, entitlements, financing procurement, leasing, and dispositions. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Lineberger was Managing Director at Capital Development Partners, a boutique industrial developer focused on port markets on the East and Gulf coasts. Mr. Lineberger led the execution of over 3 million square feet of industrial product and led acquisition and entitlement efforts for over 600 acres of industrial land across Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas representing over $1 billion in estimated total project cost. Mr. Lineberger earned both a master’s degree in Real Estate Development (MRED) and a BS in Finance with a minor in Accounting from Clemson University.

BENNETT SEE

Associate – Dallas Market
Mr. See joined Lovett Industrial in March of 2022. As an Associate, Mr. See is responsible for evaluating acquisition and development opportunities and supporting due diligence, capitalizing, leasing, and project disposition efforts for the Dallas region. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. See worked at Quadrant Investment Properties, a premier Dallas-based boutique investor and developer, as an Analyst where he assisted in the acquisition of value-add office opportunities and the development of Class A office opportunities. Mr. See earned a BS from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

ERIK JOHNSON

Mr. Johnson serves as Vice President – Development – West Region at Lovett Industrial where he leads pre-construction, due-diligence, and entitlement activities, including land use planning, agency approvals, design, and construction activities. Mr. Johnson joined Lovett Industrial in February 2022 to expand and reinforce their US Western Regional platform. Prior to that, Mr. Johnson was a Senior Project Manager at PCL Construction and Single Point of Contact for Authorities Having Jurisdiction at the $1.1 billion Consolidated Rent-A-Car (ConRAC) facility at LAX – at 6.3 million square feet, the facility is estimated to be the largest cast-in-place concrete project of its kind, only slightly smaller than the building area of the U.S. Pentagon. His prior experience was in general construction where he delivered various public projects including the ITS terminal at Pier G in the Port of Long Beach and numerous private projects over a span of 15 years. Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering Management from the Civil Engineering School at California State University, Long Beach.

JORDAN KREFT

Mr. Kreft serves as Analyst – National Industrial for Lovett Industrial, joining in February 2022. He assists with Lovett Industrial’s capital markets activity including debt and equity capital campaigns and relationships. He also supports the development teams’ company-wide in the analysis, valuation, underwriting, and execution of industrial development projects and acquisitions. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Kreft enjoyed a decade of mergers and acquisition investment banking with over $6 billion in successful transactions of domestic and international energy and technology deals. He worked on complex transactions from $50 million-$3 billion in size. He also brings extensive capital market expertise in debt and equity underwritings and public offerings. Mr. Kreft earned a BBA in Finance and BA in History from University of Texas at Austin.

Tyler Banton

Director – Southern California Region
Mr. Banton serves as the Director for the Southern California region at Lovett Industrial. Tyler is responsible for all aspects of Lovett’s projects in the region including sourcing & evaluating new development and acquisition opportunities, entitlements, capitalization, leasing, and eventually project disposition efforts. He currently leads the execution of $325 million dollars of industrial projects in the Inland Empire region. Since joining Lovett Industrial in 2022, Tyler and his team have accumulated over 1.1 million square feet of industrial real estate that will be delivered between 2023 and 2024. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. Banton worked at Panattoni Development Company. Mr. Banton graduated from San Diego State University where he completed his B.S in Finance and was a recipient of the Pension Real Estate Association Scholar award. Tyler resides in Newport Beach, California and is a member of NAIOP SoCal and NAIOP Inland Empire.

AN DANG

Mr. Dang serves as Controller at Lovett Industrial, joining in April of 2021. Mr. Dang oversees Lovett Industrial’s accounting and administrative functions, including insurance, IT, HR, and property transactions on a company wide basis. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Dang was a Controller in North Latin America area at Aggreko, where he focused on ensuring compliance of the company’s internal control policy and overseeing the actual and forecast reporting for the full cycle monthly, quarterly and annual management and statutory financial. Before Aggreko, Mr. Dang was an accounting manager at Means Knaus Partners, where he managed the property management accounting for a portfolio of commercial office properties totaling over 2.5 million square feet for a publicly traded REIT and private investors. Mr. Dang earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and human resource management and an MBA from Sam Houston State University.

SARA BLOOM

Senior V.P. Operations
Ms. Bloom serves as Senior Vice President – Operations at Lovett Industrial, joining in February of 2021. Ms. Bloom oversees Lovett Industrial’s legal department, along with its property and asset management, compliance, and accounting divisions on a company wide basis. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Ms. Bloom was a senior attorney in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group at Vinson & Elkins LLP, where she focused on private equity transactions, and also counseled public and private business entities with respect to corporate governance, compliance and tax-related matters. Ms. Bloom earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and earned her law degree, cum laude, from California Western School of Law-San Diego and an L.L.M. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Ms. Bloom is licensed by the State Bar of Texas, Louisiana and California.

NATHAN BENJAMANOV

Senior Associate – Texas Region
Mr. Benjaminov serves as Senior Associate – Texas Region at Lovett Industrial, joining in June of 2021. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. Benjaminov is charged with evaluating acquisition and development opportunities and supporting financing, leasing, and disposition efforts. Prior to joining Lovett, Mr. Benjaminov received his BA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. During his time as an undergraduate student, he held internships in acquisition roles with Lionstone Investments, Urban Genesis, a private family office and an investment sales internship with Cushman & Wakefield

PAIGE CHIANG

Ms. Chiang serves as Marketing Associate at Lovett Industrial, joining in October of 2021. Ms. Chiang focuses on Lovett Industrial’s public outreach touchpoints such as its social media, website, media relations, ESG initiatives, and company events. Prior to Lovett Industrial, she worked as a Corporate Banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets in New York City for approximately 3 years specializing in Real Estate, Municipals, and Power and Utilities. Ms. Chiang earned a B.S. in Finance from Marquette University.

KIRBY SHAW

Senior Counsel
Ms. Shaw serves as Senior Counsel of Lovett Industrial, joining in September 2021. At Lovett Industrial, she is charged with providing legal guidance on nationwide real estate transactions including property acquisition, financing, due diligence, and leasing. She also supports the company in general corporate legal matters. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Ms. Shaw worked at Locke Lord, LLP in the Real Estate and Real Estate Finance groups with experience representing clients in a variety of real estate matters including acquisitions, development, and lending. Ms. Shaw received a BA in strategic communications from Elon University and a JD from the University of Texas School of Law. Ms. Shaw is licensed by the State Bar of Texas.

COLBY EVERETT
Mr. Everett serves as a Director at Lovett Industrial, market leader for the Dallas-Fort-Worth and Phoenix markets, joining in November of 2021. Mr. Everett currently supports the ongoing development of over 4 million square feet of industrial projects. Mr. Everett’s work includes evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities, managing due diligence efforts, securing financing, leasing, and dispositions. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Everett worked on the Acquisitions Underwriting team at Invesco Real Estate and, during his time at the firm’s headquarters in Dallas, contributed to the purchase and development of over $1 billion in industrial, office, and multifamily product, across multiple regions. Before Invesco, Mr. Everett worked on an office leasing team at CBRE Phoenix whose production ranked in the top 1% of the firm nationally, completing over 100 transactions per year. Mr. Everett earned a BS from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
RICHARD SACRA

Mr. Sacra serves as a Construction Manager at Lovett Industrial, where he oversees day-to-day construction activities on projects that are under construction and in predevelopment. Daily tasks include items such as managing budgets and pre construction requirements, project management, and site infrastructure/procurement needs. While at Lovett, Mr. Sacra has managed the completion of approximately 2 million square feet of industrial space and is actively managing additional developments both in Texas and in Phoenix. Prior to Lovett, Mr. Sacra worked as a project manager in the retail construction industry for over 10 years, where he built and managed over 75 projects throughout the country, ranging from build to suit, design build, ground up, tenant improvements, and sitework/site infrastructure projects. Along with project management, Mr. Sacra was also involved with preconstruction activities such as budgeting and estimating. Mr. Sacra earned a BS in Construction Engineering Technology and a Minor in Business from Texas Tech University.

CARMEN PEARSON, P.E.

Ms. Pearson serves as Vice President – Development – Texas at Lovett Industrial and is responsible for the successful entitlement and development of multiple large-scale build to suit projects. Ms. Peason has completed the detailed management of 1.7 million square feet for Lovett Industrial and currently has another 5.3 million square feet in development and/or under construction. Prior to joining the Industrial team, Ms. Pearson worked directly for Mr. Liu as Vice President of Lovett Homes/5177 Builders, InTown Homes, and Fenway Development where she was responsible for directing and managing all facets and activities related to development of brownfield and redevelopment projects serving residential and commercial projects. Prior to Lovett, Ms. Pearson served as Manager of Engineering with Jacobs Engineering North American Infrastructure and as Senior Project Manager with Carter & Burgess. Ms. Pearson earned a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Alberta and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

JAMES MELODY

Mr. Melody serves as a Director at Lovett Industrial and market leader for Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, joining in April of 2020. Mr. Melody is currently supporting the ongoing development of over 2 million square feet of industrial projects and the planning of an additional 8 million square feet of space. Mr. Melody’s work includes evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities, managing due diligence efforts, securing financing, leasing, and more. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Melody worked at Clarion Partners, and during his time with the firm’s New York City-based acquisitions team, contributed to the purchase of over $1 billion in office, multifamily, and industrial property. In addition to his role in acquisitions, Mr. Melody provided analytical support to the firm’s debt fund. Before Clarion Partners, Mr. Melody worked on the origination and underwriting of commercial loans at Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital in the New York City real estate lending group. Mr. Melody earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York.

CODY FOX

Mr. Fox serves as Vice President – Construction – National Industrial at Lovett Industrial, where he is charged with overseeing all design and construction work that the firm undertakes. Mr. Fox has successfully completed more than 3 million square feet of projects over the past two years, comprising more than $200 million of managed costs and is actively overseeing the ongoing construction of approximately 7 million square feet of space.  Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Fox was a Vice President at US Builders, a national contracting firm specializing in retail, industrial, and office projects across the country.  Mr. Fox has extensive experience in build-to-suit projects for industrial tenants and national retailers, and he has unique familiarity with construction markets across the country. He has been involved in more than $700 million of construction projects in markets across the U.S. over the course of his career. Mr. Fox earned a BA in Construction Management from the University of Houston where he graduated magna cum laude.

TED HART

Mr. Hart joined Lovett Industrial in August 2021, to establish Lovett Industrial’s US Western Region platform. In addition to growing the Western Region’s footprint, Mr. Hart is also responsible for the execution of 4 million square feet of current pipeline totaling more than $800 million of projects across multiple markets. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Hart spent 7 years at Hines in the Los Angeles office where he was responsible for the acquisition, development and asset management of commercial real estate projects totaling over 3 million square feet and $5 billion of value. Prior to his career in real estate, Mr. Hart served in the United States Marine Corps for eleven years flying helicopters and completed numerous combat deployments around the world. Mr. Hart is active in supporting military veterans and lives with his wife and their four children in El Segundo, CA. Mr. Hart earned a BS in Economics from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

MICHAEL ALLEN

Mr. Allen joined Lovett Industrial in August 2020 to establish Lovett Industrial’s East Region platform.  During his time at Lovett, Mr. Allen has successfully northeast US, including some of the highest barrier to entry industrial markets in the country.  Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Allen held Hines, the global, real estate investment management and development firm, based in Houston, TX. During his 25-year career at Hines, Mr. Allen oversaw the development, acquisition, and operations of in excess of 8 million square feet of institutional, investment grade commercial, residential and mixed-use assets valued in excess of $5.6 billion. Mr. Allen has extensive experience in sourcing, entitlement, capitalization and execution of large scale commercial real estate developments across the eastern United States markets. He studied economics at Brown University in Providence, RI, earned a BA and MA at RISD where he later served on the Board of Trustees and oversaw the Brown-RISD joint degree program.