Gary D. Steinhardt

American Realty Advisors LLC (ARA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, and Philadelphia. Founded in 1988, ARA provides real estate investment management services primarily to institutional clients such as pension plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, and similar entities. Their strategies are implemented through commingled funds and separately managed accounts in both equity and debt investments.

Eastdil is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank. The company specializes in the brokerage and financing of commercial and residential buildings -- primarily office buildings -- for institutional and private investors. With offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC., the firm has completed more than $63 billion in transactions. The company was founded in 1967, and specializes in the financing, disposition, merger & acquisition and asset management of commercial real estate.