MEPT

MIKE MCKEE JOINS KENNEDY ASSOCIATES AS CEO IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2010
Originally a Board of Managers’ independent director at Kennedy Associates, MEPT’s real estate advisor, Mike McKee joined Kennedy full-time as CEO. The addition of Mike McKee expands Kennedy’s executive team and allows the company to divide the role of CEO and President into two positions that were formerly both held by John Parker, a founding principal of Kennedy...

IN FEBRUARY, MEPT SOLD BANDINI, AN INDUSTRIAL ASSET IN LOS ANGELES, FOR GROSS PROCEEDS OF $14.8 MILLION
Bandini, comprised of three, single-story, industrial buildings totaling 335,000 square feet, was originally purchased in 2003 as part of a 17-asset industrial portfolio and was 73 percent leased to three tenants. When acquired, the strategy for the portfolio was to sell each asset individually, maximizing the sale price MEPT could obtain....

DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, MEPT SOLD BEDFORD PARK BUSINESS CENTER IN CHICAGO FOR GROSS PROCEEDS OF $8.2 MILLION
MEPT built Bedford Park, a 296,000 square industrial building, in 2005. Bedford Park was targeted for sale because of persistent vacancy at the property and weakness in the surrounding submarket. Additionally, the sale provided an opportunity to reduce the Fund’s over-allocation to the Midwest region. The asset was purchased by a local owner/user, GRM, a provider of information management solutions....

Patriots Plaza signs new government tenant
The government continues to flock to Patriots Plaza in Southwest, having just signed a new 58,143-square-foot lease at the site this week. The 321,502-square-foot building, completed in October, is part of a three-phase, 1 million-square-foot office complex developed and leased by Trammell Crow Co. of D.C…The owner of Patriots Plaza, Multi-Employer Property Trust, has seen gradual leasing success at the complex since its first building, Patriots Plaza I, was completed in 2005…

Columbia deal may be hopeful sign. Sale price highest since 2007; financing rare
The majority owner of the Columbia Center towers in Troy has sold its stake in the complex ...Troy-based Kirco Development Corp., developer of both towers and formerly a minority investor, bought out the majority investor…

San Francisco Office Values Begin to Crystalize
One of the upcoming sales is 303 Second St. (left), a 732,000 square-foot property 90 percent leased through the end of March. This transaction will give the San Francisco office market a benchmark for both building values and capitalization rates… There was plenty of buyer interest in the property, too; it attracted nearly 20 bids. The top seven or eight of the offers were north of $300 a square foot…


	MANAGEMENT TEAM \| POLICY BOARD MEMBERS

Policy Board Members

Landon Butler
President
Landon Butler & Company, LP®

Mr. Butler served as Deputy to the Chief of Staff in the Carter administration; for five years before entering government, he was president of his own housing development company in Atlanta, Georgia. He also has experience in mortgage banking and resort development.

Mr. Butler is a graduate of Harvard Business School, and served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He has published articles in Newsweek and The New Republic, and frequently speaks on the subject of economically targeted investments.

Patrick Mayberry
President
NewTower Trust Company

Patrick Mayberry is President of NewTower Trust Company. He overseas all aspects of NewTower and is the Chairman of NewTower's Trust Real Estate Investment Committee (TREIC). TREIC is responsible for the approval of all real estate acquisitions and dispositions. He has over thirty years of experience in commercial and residential real estate investments, including national and regional experience in the investment, development, financing and management of diversified real estate portfolios.

Mr. Mayberry is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Counselors of Real Estate, Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF).

John Parker
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kennedy Associates

Mr. Parker is a founding principal of Kennedy and was Director of Acquisitions until March 2007 when he assumed the position of President and CEO. In this role, Mr. Parker focuses on the day-to-day operations as well as the strategic direction of Kennedy. As a member of the Investment Committee, he participates in all strategic considerations for the entire Kennedy portfolio.

A medal-winning Olympian, he is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School and was a U.S. Navy officer.

Gary Whitelaw
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bentall Capital

Mr. Whitelaw is responsible for leading Bentall Capital and its operating subsidiaries, Bentall Investment Management, Bentall Real Estate Services, Bentall Retail Services, and Bentall Capital (U.S.) Inc. Prior to joining Bentall Investment Management in 1998, Mr. Whitelaw was Vice President and COO of Nexacor, Bell Canada's real estate division, which managed a 25 million square foot portfolio for numerous BCE group companies.

Mr. Whitelaw has a professional degree in architecture from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Whitelaw is currently a Director of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM) and previously, a Director of Real Property Association of Canada (RealPac).

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