Atlanta, Georgia

John W. Weber
Atlanta, Georgia

  

John is principal and managing broker of Atlanta-based Apartment Realty Advisors, Inc. (ARA) and has been highly successful in commercial real estate within the Atlanta marketplace for over eighteen years. John has achieved recognition for his years of experience in the marketing, brokerage and advisory services of multi-housing communities throughout the southeastern United States. His extraordinary record of success in investment sales dates back to 1989, with overall sales transactions exceeding $3 billion and more than 60,000 units brokered in the Atlanta market. Among his achievements, Mr. Weber has been selected every year since 1993 as a Top Twenty Producer in the Greater Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtor's Million Dollar Club and has been a Top Ten Producer consistently over the last ten years.

Prior to joining Apartment Realty Advisors, John was Vice President of Julian LeCraw & Company from 1991 to 1994, and was responsible for acquisitions and third party brokerage. Before his tenure with LeCraw, John served as a controller with the Portman companies from 1982 to 1989.

John is an active member in the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS and volunteers on several of its committees. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute, Atlanta Apartment Association, Buckhead Business Association and the National Multi Housing Council. John has been active in coaching basketball, baseball and football with the Northside Youth Organization since 1987. He also served as president of the Northside Athlete’s Foundation and continues to serve on its board.
 
 

William H. Shippen
Atlanta, Georgia

  

A native of Atlanta, Bill Shippen has been with the Apartment Realty Advisors’ brokerage team since 1999. Bill’s focus is on properties that are 20 or more years old as well as properties that require repositioning, re-tenancy and redevelopment. Therefore, Bill works primarily with private and regional investors. Overall, during his tenure with Apartment Realty Advisors, Bill has closed more than 200 transactions.

Prior to joining ARA, Mr. Shippen headed up the analytical department of the local investment brokerage firm of Bullock, Terrell & Mannelly. In this capacity, he oversaw the financial and market analysis of over eighty commercial transactions totaling more than one billion dollars. This experience has given Mr. Shippen a broad knowledge of the Atlanta and Southeastern real estate markets.

After receiving a BA from the University of Georgia, Mr. Shippen moved to Asia and worked as a language instructor. On his return, he earned an MS in Real Estate from Georgia State University and is a former President of the Real Estate Alumni Club, which is the largest of its kind in the country.
 
 

Sean P. Henry
Atlanta, Georgia

  

Sean has a strong record of accomplishment in the commercial real estate industry dating back to 1990. His success includes closing over $3.5 Billion in multifamily transactions with many of the top public and private pension plans, REITS, private capital and co-mingled discretionary funds. Sean’s record also includes 10 years of experience on the principal side of the business as an acquisitions officer for pension fund advisory firms where he was responsible for the closing of $1.5 Billion in transactions.

Prior to joining ARA, Sean was a Principal on the capital transactions team at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments in Atlanta. In this capacity he headed up the south region multifamily transactions team and had responsibility for all multifamily acquisitions in the southern 14 states. Prior to joining Lend Lease in 2000, Sean was a Vice President of acquisitions at General Investment and Development Company in Boston. Sean is a graduate of Georgia Southern University, where he earned a BBA in Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate. Sean has served on the Board of Directors of the National Multi Housing Council, is continually recognized as a top performing broker by the Greater Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, has published several multifamily trade articles and is frequently requested to speak as an expert in the multifamily industry.
 
 

Dan R. Phelan
Atlanta, Georgia

  

Dan R. Phelan joined Apartment Realty Advisors in 2004 and is responsible for all phases of underwriting, analysis, pricing strategies, and valuation of multifamily and condominium conversion product. Previously with Love Funding of Atlanta and Ocwen Financial of West Palm Beach, Mr. Phelan has over 10 years of commercial real estate experience including asset management advisory for multifamily, hospitality, retail mall and office building portfolios involving complex ARGUS financial software modeling.

In addition, he has underwritten over $700 million in financing for acquisition, construction, and development of multifamily properties, as well as permanent, mezzanine, and equity arrangements. While at Ocwen Financial, Mr. Phelan was responsible for real estate portfolio analytics, loan resolution and workout strategies, as well as various projects including consulting to the Ministry of Finance of Jamaica for the disposition of over $1 billion of asset-backed securities in 2000-2001. Mr. Phelan is a graduate of Stetson University where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration.
 
 

Bo Moore
Atlanta, Georgia

  

Bo joined Apartment Realty Advisors in 2010 and is part of the team that focuses on B and C properties. Bo handles all aspects of the marketing process including client development, market research, valuation, and underwriting.

Prior to joining ARA, Bo was an associate at Carter & Associates, a privately held full-service, regional commercial real estate firm based in Atlanta. While at Carter, Bo focused on tenant representation where he handled all aspects of the transaction process, including market research, property tours, proposal analysis, and negotiation of lease and sale transactions.

Bo is a graduate of Furman University with a BA in Business Administration. He was a four year letterman on the Furman football team. Bo is an active member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.
 
 

Chad DeFoor
Atlanta, Georgia

  

Chad DeFoor has almost ten (10) years experience in commercial real estate, specializing in multifamily dispositions for the last six (6) years with an emphasis on Class B and C multifamily product. Prior to joining ARA, Chad was an Asset Manager for TriMont Real Estate Advisors, a third party special servicer based in Atlanta, GA. While at TriMont, Chad focused on multifamily REO asset management and dispositions for clients such as Fannie Mae and Lehman Brothers. Chad handled all aspects of REO asset management including overseeing third party property management firms, creating and implementing business plans, managing capital improvement projects, and hiring third party apartment brokers to dispose of the real estate. While at TriMont Chad was responsible for managing and disposing of 120 REO multifamily properties (over 20,000 units across 22 states) with a value in excess of $664,000,000.

Chad received his undergraduate degree (BBA) from the University of Georgia where he doubled majored in Real Estate and Marketing. While at Georgia, Chad was a member of the UGA Track Team (98-01) where he ran both the 400m dash and the 4x400m relay. Chad is an active member of the Atlanta Chapter of CCIM and the Georgia Chapter of IREM, where he has obtained both his CCIM and CPM designations.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 



 

Southeast - Atlanta
6445 Powers Ferry Road
Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30339

Tel: 404-495-7300
Fax. 404-495-7301


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