The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.

With more than 45 years of expertise, The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. (“Inland”) is one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate and finance groups. As a business incubator, we specialize in creating, developing and supporting member companies that provide real estate-related investment funds, including limited partnerships, institutional funds and non-listed and listed REITs, and real estate services for both third parties and Inland member companies.

Real Estate Specialization
Multifamily
Office
Industrial
Retail
Health Care
Student Housing
Storage
Net Lease
Investment Type
Equity syndication/Club Deal
Pref/Mezz equity
JV partnership
Acquisition/Fee Simple
Multi-property portfolios
12.26.2017
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Vice President

Dan Lombardo

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Executive Officer

Jack Potts

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Executive Officer

Scott Wilton

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Senior Vice President

Matthew Tice

Matthew Tice joined Inland in 2003 as vice president of Inland’s Property management and acquisitions negotiator. During his 13 years at Inland, he has been responsible for financing lines of credit for Inland-related parties and negotiating more than 240 acquisitions, totaling more than $6 billion and nearly 25 million square feet. Most notably, he completed a $520 million acquisition of 39 shopping centers from Newquest Properties, the $300 million acquisition of Southlake Town Square, the $359 million 8 property Collette portfolio and has completed over $700 million in financing for Inland Entities. Prior to joining Inland, he was the Director of IT for Transplace. Tice has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Texas A&M University and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

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Senior Vice President

Mark Cosenza

Mark Cosenza is responsible for purchasing properties and is involved in securing financing. Mark began his career as a vice president of property management and acquisitions negotiator. Since joining the acquisition team in 2006, Mark has acquired more than 200 properties totaling more than $3 billion and more than 21 million square feet. Most notably, he completed a $424 million acquisition of 16 shopping centers from a joint venture between TIAA-CREF and Developers Diversified Realty in 2010 and the acquisition of 19 shopping centers from Australian Macquarie CountryWide Trust in 2009. Prior to joining Inland, he was a market maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. Mark was honored in Real Estate Forum magazine's "40 under 40" in October 2012 and is chairman emeritus of the Downers Grove Economic Development Corporation. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Chicago Association of REALTORS® (CAR). Mark is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a licensed broker in Illinois.

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Senior Vice President

Sharon Anderson-Cox

Sharon Anderson-Cox is senior vice-president and is responsible for supervising due diligence as well as purchasing properties. While performing these various roles, Sharon has acquired and/or overseen more than $10 billion in potential acquisitions. Sharon began her career with Inland in 1981 as a real estate paralegal, spent several years in property management overseeing the insurance risk portfolio and held positions with Inland Midwest Development Corporation before joining the acquisitions team in 2002. She is a member of the Chicago Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and the Forest Park Economic Development Committee. Sharon is a graduate of Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

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Vice President / Director of Due Diligence

Roderick Curtis is director of due diligence and product development and a vice president of Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation. Mr. Curtis is responsible for overseeing new product development and for maintaining Inland Investments-sponsored programs selling agreements with soliciting broker dealer personnel and independent due diligence firms. He joined Inland Investments in 2011. Prior to joining Inland, Mr. Curtis was a regional vice president for three non-traded REITs serving financial advisors in the Midwest. Mr. Curtis began his career in the financial services industry with DWS Scudder Investments in 1999, where he was a regional sales representative and a sales desk manager. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor of science degree in economics. Mr. Curtis holds Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 licenses with FINRA. He is also a member of the IPA.

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CEO

MITCHELL SABSHON

Mitchell Sabshon is chief executive officer and a director of Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation. He is responsible for leading the execution of Inland Investments’ long-term business strategy and capitalizing on new opportunities for new product development and growth. Mr. Sabshon is also chief executive officer of Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. Prior to joining Inland, Mr. Sabshon served as chief operating officer of Cole Real Estate Investments where he oversaw the company’s finance, leasing, property management and asset management operations. Prior to joining Cole, Mr. Sabshon held several senior executive positions at leading financial services firms. He spent almost 10 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in various leadership roles, including president and CEO of Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital. He also served as a senior vice president in Lehman Brothers real estate investment banking group. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Sabshon was an attorney in the corporate and real estate structured finance practice groups at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York. Mr. Sabshon serves on the Board of the Investment Program Association (IPA) and on the Board of Governors of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Urban Land Institute (ULI). Mr. Sabshon is a member of the New York State Bar. He also holds a real estate broker license in New York. Mr. Sabshon received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University and his law degree from Hofstra University School of Law.

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Chairman

Robert D. Parks

Robert D. Parks is a Director of The Inland Group, Inc. and one of its four original principals; Chairman of Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation and a Director of Inland Investment Advisors, Inc. Mr. Parks is Chairman and Affiliated Director of Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc., Chairman and Affiliated Director of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and is also a Director of Inland Private Capital Corporation. He was Director of Inland Securities Corporation from 1984 until July 2009; and he was a Director of Inland Real Estate Corporation from 1994 through June 2008 and its President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 through June 2008. He was Chairman and Affiliated Director of Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. from its inception in March 2003 until October 2010, and an Affiliated Director of Inland Institutional Capital Partners Corporation from May 2006 until August 2012.

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Vice Chairman/ President of Inland Acquisitions

G. Joseph Cosenza

G. Joseph Cosenza is a Vice Chairman, Director and one of the four original principals of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. Joe has held his real estate broker’s license since 1968, the year Inland incorporated. As Vice Chairman of The Inland Real Estate Group and President of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc. he currently supervises an extensive staff engaged in property acquisitions and due diligence. Also a consultant to other real estate entities and lending institutions, Joe has personally overseen, and or negotiated, the purchase for Inland of more than $38 billion of income-producing real estate, in over 3,000 individual deals, of which over 700 are in the Greater Chicagoland Area. Joe’s one-of-a-kind, high volume deal making has received many awards in the industry. Most recently he was inducted in the Chicago Association of REALTORS® (CAR) Hall of Fame at the organization’s 128th Inaugural Gala on October 5, 2011. In addition to real estate, he is prominent in the banking industry. Starting in 1982, Joe was Director of Continental Bank’s branch in Oakbrook Terrace and Chairman of the Board of American National Bank of DuPage, owned by Inland’s principals. He served as Chairman and a Director of Inland Bank & Trust and as a Director on the Board of Inland Bancorp, Inc., which has 10 Chicagoland locations. Joe earned his bachelor’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University and master’s degree from Northern Illinois University. Initially, he was a teacher and an assistant principal in the LaGrange and Wheeling school districts while operating Inland on a part-time basis with Messrs. Dan Goodwin, Bob Baum and Bob Parks. A former Director and member of the management committee of Inland Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: IRC), where he helped to ring the New York Stock Exchange bell instead of a school bell. Joe’s career also spans activity with the Chicago Association of REALTORS®, Illinois Association of REALTORS®, National Association of REALTORS®, Urban Land Institute and the Northern Illinois Association of REALTORS®. His charity of choice is Saint Vincent de Paul Society, taking care of those in need.

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Robert H. Baum

Robert H. Baum has been with The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. and its affiliates since 1968 and is one of the four original principals. He is a Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. In his capacity as General Counsel, Mr. Baum is responsible for the supervision of the legal activities of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. and its affiliates. This responsibility includes the supervision of the Inland Law Department and serving as liaison with outside counsel. Career Summary Following his graduation from Northwestern University School of Law in 1967, Mr. Baum took a teaching position in the Chicago Public School System where he met the three other teaching associates who together with him became the founding principals of Inland. In 1968, he began his practice of law in Chicago with Shulman and Baum, a labor law firm. In January, 1973, Mr. Baum joined Inland on a full-time basis as its General Counsel, a position he has held since that time. Mr. Baum has served as a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association Real Estate Advisory Committee and as a member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Secretary of State of Illinois. He is a member of the American Corporation Counsel Association, The Private Company General Counsel Group and has also been a guest lecturer for the Illinois State Bar Association and Northwestern University School of Law. Mr. Baum has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as the bars of several federal courts of appeals and federal district courts and the State of Illinois. He is also an Illinois licensed real estate broker. He has served as a director of American National Bank of DuPage and Inland Bank & Trust and currently serves as a director of Inland Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company.

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Chairman, CEO

Daniel L. Goodwin

Daniel L. Goodwin is Chairman and CEO of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. headquartered on a 28-acre campus in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies is comprised of separate real estate investment and financial companies with managed assets in excess of $20 billion, doing business nationwide with a presence in 48 states. Inland owns and manages properties in all real estate sectors, including Retail, Office, Industrial, Apartments and Hotels. With 40 years of experience in real estate investing, commercial real estate brokerage, real estate securities, land development, construction, and mortgage banking and lending, Inland is one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate and finance groups. Mr. Goodwin is the former Chairman of the Board and a current Director of Inland Real Estate Corporation (IRC), a public company listed on the NYSE. In addition, he is the founder of the Retail Properties of America REIT, which is also listed on the NYSE as RPAI. He is also Chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Trusts (NAREIT) Non-traded REIT Council. In addition, Mr. Goodwin is Chairman of the Board of Inland Bancorp, a multi-bank holding company, and is a director of the Chicago Better Government Association. Career Summary Housing & Real Estate Development Mr. Goodwin has been in the real estate industry for more than 40 years, developed properties around the country and has demonstrated a lifelong interest in housing related issues. He is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® President’s Circle, the National Association of REALTORS® Hall of Fame, the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Hall of Fame, and The Chicago Association of REALTORS® Hall of Fame. He has developed thousands of housing units in the Midwest, New England, Florida, and the Southwest. He is also the author of two nationally recognized real estate reference books for the management of multi-family residential properties. Mr. Goodwin served for 10 years on the Board of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Trust Fund. He was an advisor for the Office of Housing Coordination Services of the State of Illinois and was a founding member of the Illinois State Affordable Housing Conference. He also completed the definitive DuPage County Affordable Housing Study as Chairman of the DuPage County Affordable Housing Task Force. In 1994, Mr. Goodwin founded New Directions Housing Corporation, a not-for-profit developer of affordable housing for low income residents throughout Illinois.

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Executive Vice President - Investments at Inland American Real Estate

Michael Podboy

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Executive Officer

Thomas McGuinness

JPI Properties

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