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Peter Bren - Chairman and President
Peter Bren, chairman of the board and president of KBS Realty Advisors, oversees all aspects of the company's business activities, including acquisition, management, and disposition of assets acquired. He is a member of the KBS Investment Committee, which evaluates and authorizes new investment opportunities for the firm. Mr. Bren is also president of KBS REIT* and KBS REIT II*, both public, non-listed real estate investment trusts. KBS REIT closed its offering in May 2008, having raised over $1.7 billion in equity capital and having purchased over $3.0 billion in equity and debt assets. KBS REIT II commenced its public offering of up to $2.8 billion in June 2008. Additionally, on November 20, 2009, KBS was declared effective for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT* with a maximum offering size of $1.38 billion; and on August 19, 2009, KBS filed a registration for KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT* with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion. Also on February 4, 2010, KBS filed a registration for KBS REIT III** with a with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion.
Mr. Bren has been involved exclusively in real estate development, management, acquisition, disposition, and financing for 43 years. Prior to his current position as chairman and president of KBS Realty Advisors, he served as the president of The Bren Company, was a former senior partner of Lincoln Property Company, and was president of Lincoln Property Company, Europe. Mr. Bren is also a founding member of The Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. - Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Schreiber serves as chief executive officer of KBS Realty Advisors, a nationally recognized real estate investment advisory firm. Mr. Schreiber has supervised the acquisition of more than $11 billion in real estate investments on behalf of institutional and separate account investors as well as approximately 60,000 investors in KBS REIT* and KBS REIT II*. Mr. Schreiber is chairman of KBS REIT and KBS REIT II, both public, non-listed real estate investment trusts. KBS REIT closed its offering in May 2008, having raised more than $1.7 billion in equity capital and having purchased over $3 billion in equity and debt assets. KBS REIT II commenced its public offering of up to $2.8 billion in June 2008. Additionally, on November 20, 2009, KBS was declared effective for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT* with a maximum offering size of $1.38 billion; and on August 19, 2009, KBS filed a registration for KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT* with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion. Also on February 4, 2010, KBS filed a registration for KBS REIT III**, with a with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion.
Mr. Schreiber oversees all KBS operations including the acquisition and management of individual investments and portfolios of income-producing real estate assets. He directs all facets of the company's business activities and is a member of the KBS Investment Committee, which evaluates and authorizes new investment opportunities for the firm. Mr. Schreiber is also responsible for investor relationships.
Mr. Schreiber has been involved exclusively in real estate development, management, acquisition, disposition and financing for 38 years. Prior to forming KBS Realty Advisors in 1992, he served as the executive vice president of Koll Investment Management Services and executive vice president of acquisitions/dispositions for The Koll Company. During the mid-1970’s through the 1980’s, he was founder and president of Pacific Development Company.
Mr. Schreiber graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in finance with emphasis in real estate. During his four years at USC, he did graduate work in the Real Estate Department of the USC Graduate School of Business. He is currently an executive board member for the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate at the Marshall School of Business/School of Policy, Planning and Development.
James Chiboucas - Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer
As vice chairman and chief legal officer of KBS Realty Advisors and its affiliate, KBS Capital Advisors, Jim Chiboucas is responsible for the negotiation and documentation of real estate investments across the United States. This includes the management of the local counsel in each of the jurisdictions involved with acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Chiboucas also manages the legal counsel retained to provide legal services for the company and for the operations of commercial office and industrial properties throughout the country. In addition, Mr. Chiboucas is a member of the Investment Committee which evaluates and authorizes new investment opportunities for the firm.
Mr. Chiboucas has 33 years of legal experience in the real estate industry including real estate investment, finance, acquisitions, dispositions, development and management. He has assisted with KBS Realty Advisors since its inception in 1992, and previously with Koll Real Estate Group and The Koll Company since 1988. Before joining KBS, Mr. Chiboucas was a partner of Paone, Callahan, McHolm & Winton and vice president of Signal Landmark, a national real estate development company, where he was responsible for all of Signal Landmark's legal real estate transactional matters across the United States.
Mr. Chiboucas graduated summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in business, and later with a Juris Doctorate in Law.
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