David Pogorelc – Chairman
David has been in real estate for over 20 years. During this time he's experienced the extreme undulations that best describe the Boston real estate market over the past two decades.
Before founding Core Investments, David was a founder and partner at Helm Investments, a real estate investment firm focusing on residential Boston properties. Prior to co-founding Helm, he was investing in undervalued real estate and enhancing and creating value through a variety of development projects. Over the past two decades, David has developed a significant contact base in the Boston market that has contributed to the success of Core and its partnerships.
In 2001, David was involved in the acquisition of a wireless Internet network company to provide high speed Internet access to Core's properties. USAINET now provides Internet service to many small businesses and buildings as well as Core's holdings.
Mr. Pogorelc graduated from Bryant College in 1985 with a B.A. in Marketing and minor in Economics.
David may be contacted via email at david@coreinvestmentsinc.com.
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Robert L. Shepard - President & CEO
Bob has over 25 years of experience in all phases of real estate acquisition, development and property management. Prior to joining Core, Bob was Senior Vice President of Modern Continental Enterprises, where he grew the company from a developer of small subdivisions to the fifth largest homebuilder in Massachusetts. He was also responsible for Modern’s Marine Division that operated two Boston marinas, a marine transportation company and a waterfront hotel and restaurant.
Bob also brings to Core extensive experience in portfolio management, project financing, contract negotiations, construction, zoning, development, marine property development, sales and marketing. At Modern, with an annual budget in excess of $46 million, Bob was involved in over 400 property transactions valued at over $450 million, and managed over one million square feet of residential, retail and commercial office property. Bob was responsible for the construction of over 1,000 homes as well as distinctive and unique projects such as Independence Wharf, a 14-story, 370,000 square foot Boston waterfront renovation project, and Caribbean Jewel Beach Resort, a 594-unit resort development on the island of St. Lucia, West Indies.
Bob has a BA in Business Administration from Quincy College, MA and is a member of the Massachusetts Real Estate Finance Association, NAOP, and Builders associations of Greater Boston and the National Home Builders Association. He also holds a Massachusetts Constrution Supervisers license and Remodelers license.
Bob may be contacted via email at bob@coreinvestmentsinc.com.
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Kurt Miller – CFO
Kurt brings extensive finance, capital formation, merger and acquisition and related experience to Core Investments. In addition to managing tax, financial reporting, budgeting and administrative matters, Mr. Miller is responsible for all financing and capital raising activities associated with property acquisitions and development operations. Kurt also served as CEO of a wireless interent service provider that provides bandwidth to Core and other properties.
Kurt previously was a Partner with Price Waterhouse, a major international accounting firm. At PW he completed over 110 public and private debt and equity securities transactions, aggregating over $3 billion of raised capital and over 200 merger and acquisitions. In his 17 years with PW, Kurt worked with a wide range of firms in many industries from startup operations to Fortune 50 companies, many of which were significant real estate organizations.
He has also served as VP-Finance and Development of Fortelligent, Inc., a data analysis firm and VP– Finance of ApexHealth, Inc. and Aesthetics Medical Management, Inc., both physician practice acquisition firms.
Kurt is a CPA and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Southern Illinois University.
Kurt may be contacted via email at kurt@coreinvestmentsinc.com. |