Previously Mr. Abrams served as President/CEO of Abrams Properties, Inc., where he led the development/redevelopment of a number of multi-anchored retail “power” centers, and the asset management of the company’s multi-million square foot portfolio of retail, office and industrial properties.
Mr. Abrams’ areas of expertise include real estate development and asset management, strategic analysis, strategic planning, executive management, financial analysis, budgeting and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, executive coaching, family businesses, corporate governance, board representation, asset liquidations, and real estate and corporate restructurings. His industry experience includes real estate, construction, energy efficiency/sustainability, manufacturing, securities and investment management, and technology.
Mr. Abrams received an AB in History from Columbia University and a MBA with honors from Emory University.
Jerry T. Anderson, has over 39 years of experience and front-line executive involvement, as a principal, an independent partner/contractor and as an employee, with highly regarded publicly and privately held market-leading commercial real estate development, asset management and brokerage companies with decades of experience in turn-arounds, redevelopment, development, deal-making & leasing, valuation & markets, and financing, construction, acquisition and disposition and asset and operations management. Anderson’s development, leasing, brokerage, marketing and asset management consultancy work has led him to various project work in and on multiples of millions of square feet of commercial real estate developments and transactions in multiple product-type silos of commercial real estate in 300+ US markets nationally.
His successes in commercial real estate-related ventures have also led him into successful endeavors in invention, product-development and, ultimately, manufacturing where, as a manufacturer/owner/principal, Anderson has patented, developed and manufactured life-safety technologies, logistics-based products & systems and other forward-thinking projects for broad commercial and consumer marketplaces. He is passionate about ideation, innovation and the re-invention of commercial real estate developments, commercial real estate service companies, and product-oriented enterprises and their wares.
In addition to corporate management duties, Mr. Minick oversees Commenda’s Strategic Solutions Division, which provides multi-segment consulting services (in- and out-of-court; financial and operating), bankruptcy advisory services (including committee, debtor, trustee, and related advisory services), fiduciary services {assignment for the benefit of creditors (“ABCs”), state receiverships, Article 9 sales, Special Master, debt and claims purchases, and related services and capital}.
Prior to forming Commenda in 2011, Mr. Minick was the Managing Member of the Batten Group of Companies, which (through committed and syndicated capital pools) provided interim debt and equity capital (and selected ancillary services) to middle market companies in transition. From 1997 to 2003, Mr.Minick was Managing Partner of Geneva Merchant Banking Partners and related entities, which made senior secured debt, junior secured debt, mezzanine debt, subordinated debt, and preferred stock investments through captive funding conduits (including Small Business Investment Companies. Previously, Mr. Minick was Vice President of GE Capital Corporation, working in both the Corporate Finance and Commercial Finance groups from 1990 to 1997, focusing on originating, structuring, and managing various types of leveraged financings across industry sectors nationally. He was involved with healthcare, restructuring (out-of-court credit facilities, DIP financings, plan of reorganization financings and claims purchases), and specialty finance opportunities therein. From 1984 until 1990, Mr. Minick was employed by Continental Bank, N.A., where he sourced, underwrote and managed corporate and investment banking opportunities/relationships, leveraged financings, mergers and acquisitions, risk management advisory services and related transactions.
Mr. Minick is a cum laude graduate of Knox College and received his MBA from Indiana University, with a concentration in finance and investments. He maintains Series 79 and Series 63 designations and has provided expert witness and other testimony in numerous federal and state court venues. He is the current, court-appointed Liquidating Trustee of Nighthawk Energy plc (Delaware bankruptcy). Also, he has served as a member of numerous boards of directors (for-profit and not-for-profit) and is an advisory member of various private investment funds. Mr. Minick is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, and Association for Corporate Growth.
Prior to joining Commenda, Mr. Anderson spent 30 years with GE Capital’s Corporate Finance Group in Atlanta. Previously, Mr. Anderson worked for Citicorp Industrial Credit and Fruehauf Finance.
In addition, Mr. Anderson has started, owned, and managed several small companies in the metal converting industries (aluminum die cast and metal machining) as well as residential real estate development and durable goods industries.
Mr. Anderson received a Bachelors of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Western Michigan University and a MBA from University of Detroit.
In addition to working with a wide array of companies at all stages of the growth cycle, Mr. Hyatt also has a specialized focus in commercial real estate asset repositioning and finance. He has been instrumental in structuring and restructuring billions of dollars lent to both private and public concerns and all types of real estate including Hotel/Motel, Industrial, Office, Multifamily, Condominium projects, Retail and Mixed-Use communities. Mr. Hyatt has served in the capacity as Receiver in both federal and state cases encompassing all asset classes throughout the country. He has extensive background in all phases of project finance and development for all types of commercial and residential real estate including cash flow forecasting, valuation modeling, highest and best use analysis, and determination of optimal capital structures.
Prior to Mr. Hyatt’s tenure as Director of Development, as noted above, he was Vice President of Acquisitions for a publicly traded, international development and homebuilding entity with a focus on luxury high rise and highly amenitized master planned communities. The company was known as Taylor Woodrow and Mr. Hyatt was responsible for the acquisition, development, and success of two luxury high rise developments in Florida: The Diplomat Residences in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and The Beach Residences in Sarasota, Florida. In addition, Mr. Hyatt was responsible for the acquisition of two residential sites in Northeast Florida and Georgia and a master planned community in St. Johns County, Florida. His responsibilities included, but were not limited to acquisitions, joint venture negotiations, market research, planning, financial modeling, entitlements, permits, CDD underwriting, HOA origination and management, project and sales management, construction management, and development management.
Mr. Hyatt graduated from Eckerd College, where he received a B.A. in Human Development with High Honors and subsequently went on to perform graduate studies at the University of South Florida in Educational Measurement and Research.
Mr. Hufford’s career began in 1984 at the Citizens and Southern National Bank in Atlanta where he was a loan officer and branch manager in the construction and development group. From there, he worked as a real estate portfolio manager for an investment group in Atlanta in charge of property management and leasing. In 1994, he joined The Condo Store in Atlanta as a sales manager in the building division and managed new home sales as well as several condominium conversion projects. He has since been associated with several real estate firms in the Atlanta area. His diversified real estate experience includes property management, acquisition and development lending, construction lending, condominium conversion management and both residential and multi-family sales.
Mr. Hufford received his BBA from Emory University, and he currently holds an active real estate license in the State of GA.
He lives in Tucker, Georgia, with his wife and three children.