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James R. Heistand
Rudy Prio Touzet
Henry F. Pratt, III
Troy M. Cox
Jim Gray
David O'Reilly
Scott Francis
Kyle Burd
Bryan Howell
Robert Stoner
Larry LoCascio
Mari Chalker
John Kosciulek
James
R. Heistand
Founder, Chairman
James Heistand is a real estate entrepreneur with a proven track record of creating successful real estate investment portfolios including Associated Capital Properties, Inc. (ACP), DASCO Companies and Eola Capital.
For more than 20 years, Heistand has co-invested in joint ventures with various institutional investment groups such as Lehman Brothers, State of Utah Retirement System and GE Capital, among others. He successfully monetized the sale of two real estate investment companies and portfolios with total proceeds of approximately $1 billion. Heistand has also completed transactions of over $3 billion in total capital transactions.
After the sale of ACP to Highwoods Properties, a publicly traded REIT based in Raleigh, N.C. – and prior to forming Eola Capital – Heistand served on Highwoods’ Board of Directors and managed its Florida operations. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in real estate finance and currently serves on the Board of Directors of United Legacy Bank - Orlando and the Real Estate Advisory Board for the University of Florida's Graduate Center for Real Estate Studies.
Rudy Prio Touzet
Chief Executive Officer
With more than 28 years experience in the full spectrum of the commercial real estate industry, Rudy serves as Chief Executive Officer of Eola Capital. Prior to joining Eola Capital, Rudy co-founded Banyan Street Partners and served as President and Co-founder of America’s Capital Partners from 1999 to 2007. Over the past 10 years, Rudy has co-invested approximately $1 billion of equity on behalf of institutional investors, as well as being involved in more than $5 billion in total capital transactions.
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Henry F. Pratt, III
President, COO
As President/COO, Henry oversees and directs the day to day operations including management and leasing operations within Eola Capital portfolio. Henry joined the company in 1997 and has held similar positions with LaSalle Partners and Independent Life Insurance Group.
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Troy M. Cox
Principal, Chief Investment Officer
As Chief Investment Officer, Troy implements Eola Capital Properties'
investment strategy by integrating acquisitions, financing, asset
management, investor relations, and dispositions. Prior to joining
the company, Troy acted as the Director of Acquisitions-Florida
for Highwood Properties, Inc., the Vice President of Associated
Capital Properties, Inc., and an associate at Prudential Realty
Group and Gumberg Asset Management. He earned his B.A. in Finance
from Wofford College and is licensed as both a real estate broker
and a mortgage broker.
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Jim Gray
Principal, Senior Vice President - Investor Relations
Jim coordinates activities with private investors, including raising
equity for specific real estate acquisitions. Prior to joining Eola
Capital, Jim spent 17 years with First Union/Wachovia Bank managing
their real estate, wealth management and commercial lending efforts
in Central Florida. He earned his B.A. in finance from the University
of Houston.
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David O’Reilly
Director of Capital Markets
David joined the Eola Capital team after a career on Wall Street, most recently, serving as Senior Vice President at Barclays Capital’s Real Estate Investment Banking Group. Prior to Barclays, David held a similar position at Lehman Brothers for more than 7 years, where he advised on numerous other marquee REIT and real estate related transactions, including the $32 billion proposed spin-off of REI Global from Lehman Brothers and the $1.6 billion initial public offering for Douglas Emmett (largest REIT IPO). David holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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Scott Francis
Principal, Chief Financial Officer
Scott is responsible for overseeing the tax compliance and
all financial aspects of Eola Capital and its joint ventures. Prior
to joining Eola Capital, Scott spent seven years in public accounting,
serving as a tax manager for middle-market companies where he focused
primarily in construction and real estate. He earned his B.S. in
Accounting from the University of Florida and is a licensed Certified
Public Accountant.
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Kyle Burd
Principal, Regional Vice President, Tampa
Kyle coordinates leasing, new business development and day to day
operations of the Tampa, Florida region’s portfolio of office
buildings. Kyle has more than 20 years of commercial experience
in the Tampa Bay region. He earned his Masters in Communications
from North Dakota State University and a B.A. in Communications
from Metropolitan State College.
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Bryan Howell,
CCIM
Regional Vice President, Charlotte
Bryan coordinates leasing, new business development and
day to day operations of the Charlotte, North Carolina region’s
portfolio of office buildings. Bryan has more than 23 years of commercial
experience in leasing, management and acquisition of commercial
real estate. He earned his B.S. from the University of South Florida.
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Robert Stoner
Regional Vice President, Atlanta
Bob coordinates leasing, new business development and day to
day operations of the Atlanta, Georgia region’s portfolio
of office buildings. Prior to joining the company, Bob spent 24
years leasing and managing commercial buildings. He earned his B.S.
from Auburn University and is a Licensed Real Estate Agent in Georgia.
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Larry LoCascio,
RPA, CPM, CCIM
Director of Property Management
As Director of Property Management Larry consults with the Regional Vice Presidents and Property Managers on corporate property management directives as well as capital initiatives, additionally Larry leads the property management team for the Orlando region.
Larry has over 25 years of commercial real estate management experience and has held leadership positions with the Galbreath Company, Jones Lang LaSalle and most recently with CB Richard Ellis. He earned his B.A. from St Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois, holds the RPA, CPM and CCIM designations and is a licensed real estate agent in Florida.
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Mari Chalker
Director of Corporate Accounting
Mari is responsible for the company's financial management,
corporate compliance, human resources and risk management. Mari
joined Eola Capital in 1995. She earned her B.S. and B.A. from the
University of Florida.
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John Kosciulek
Director of Property Accounting
John is responsible for the company's day-to-day accounting
functions, coordinating cash flow projections and financial reporting.
Prior to joining Eola Capital, John held a similar position with
Hamilton Partners a privately held real estate development and investment
firm in Chicago. He earned his B.A. in accounting from the University
of Kansas.
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