James R Goldman

Bio

ames R. Goldman, 50, joined GCP as Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer in June 2003 and was promoted to Vice Chairman in August 2009. From January 2002 through June 2003, Mr. Goldman was a Managing Director with J.R. Goldman & Co., a real estate consulting and advisory company based in Lake Forest, Illinois. From March 2000 through December 2001, Mr. Goldman was a Managing Director of Mercury Partners LLC, a boutique real estate investment bank. From January 1998 through February 2000, Mr. Goldman was a Senior Vice President in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group of PaineWebber Incorporated. Prior to PaineWebber, Mr. Goldman had been an Associate and Vice President with Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated. Mr. Goldman has participated as a senior investment banker in all aspects of public offerings for public REITs, including offerings of common stock, perpetual and convertible preferred stock, and unsecured debt. In addition, Mr. Goldman has served as the principal advisor on a wide variety of REIT mergers and acquisitions and other advisory assignments. Mr. Goldman’s experience includes working with clients in the following property types: industrial, manufactured housing community, multifamily, neighborhood and community shopping center, office, parking, regional mall, self-storage and senior housing. Prior to commencing his career as an investment banker in 1993, Mr. Goldman had worked as a corporate & securities/business tax attorney with the firm currently known as DLA Piper and as an accountant with the firm currently known as Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Goldman is on the Board of Directors of American Land Lease, Inc. and is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, the National Parking Association and the Florida Manufactured Housing Association. Mr. Goldman is a licensed attorney in the State of Maryland and a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Goldman holds a BS/BA from Old Dominion University and a JD from the College of William and Mary.