Wise, Michael - REIAC: Real Estate Investment Advisory Council

MICHAEL E. WISE
Senior Partner
J.H. Snyder Company

Michael E. Wise oversees administration, legal tasks, property management and capitalization of both debt and equity. His responsibilities also include reporting and accounting oversight of J.H. Snyder real estate holdings, as well as investor communication, correspondence and meetings.

Mr. Wise began his real estate career with the J.H. Snyder Company 40 years ago. In 1978, he left The Company to form his own real estate company, developing and managing commercial and residential projects as a principal and founder of L&S Property Management and The Regency Group. The companies built and managed numerous retail centers, office buildings, industrial properties and over 12,000 apartment units in Southern California.

In 1988, armed with this additional expertise, Mr. Wise rejoined the J.H. Snyder Company. He has since used his entrepreneurial experience to build a strong management team that has guided the company through its pursuit of office, retail and mixed-use development growth. Mr. Wise’s projects include the structuring and capitalizing of more than $1.5 billion of debt and equity for Snyder projects, including the $115-million construction loan for Water Garden II. He has further enhanced Snyder growth with creative acquisition structures designed to minimize land cost and maximize profits.

Mr. Wise is an Advisory Board Member and former President of the Boys & Girls Club of Venice. He also has served on the Board of The National Conference for Community and Justice, and the Midnight Mission. Community service awards include Spirit of Life from the City of Hope and Champion of Youth from the Boys & Girls Club of Venice.

Mr. Wise graduated from the John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.

STEVE REINSTEIN, CEO
Long Beach Judicial Partners

Stephen Reinstein is CEO of Long Beach Judicial Partners LLC, Meridiam Infrastructure’s project company, which has a signed a long-term contract with the State of California’s Judicial Council to finance, design, build and operate and maintain a new 545,000 SF courthouse in Downtown Long Beach, California. This project represents the first availability-pay, social Public Private Partnership to reachfinancial completion in the United States. With a total capital value of $495 Million, this development program includes 31 courtrooms, holding cells and administrative space for the Superior Court, 100,000 square feet of office space for five Los Angeles County justice agencies and 5,000 SF of retail space, as well as a 1,000 space parking structure renovation. Construction of this unique fast track, design-build project commenced in Spring 2011, with occupancy scheduled for Fall 2013.

With over 30 years of commercial real estate industry experience, Mr. Reinstein has played instrumental roles in financing or implementing many innovative development projects throughout the U.S. for Metropolitan Life, Homart Development, the Howard Hughes Corporation, Regent Properties and ICO Development. Mr. Reinstein’s background includes full cycle development of approximately Three Million SF of “from the ground up” and “value add” projects at a cost of over $400 Million, as well as extensive acquisition, investment, entitlement and public private partnership experience.

Mr. Reinstein holds a BA from Duke University, a Master of City Planning from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School. He is a founding Board Member and former Chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Photographic Arts Council.

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