Brian is responsible for managing all company transactions and developing and maintaining excellent relationships with partners, tenants, investors, lenders, architects and contractors. Brian has twenty five years of experience in commercial real estate investment, development and law, with a specialty in the healthcare industry. Brian understands both the uniqueness and complexities of medical real estate, including the nuances of medical facility design, construction, tenant adjacencies, technology, efficiency concerns, Stark law and property management.
Prior to founding Stage in 2009, Brian was Vice President of Development for Healthcare Development Partners, a national real estate company which developed ambulatory care facilities and medical office buildings for healthcare systems, hospitals and physician groups. Further, Brian was formerly the General Counsel for Baum Realty/Baum Development, where he oversaw all legal aspects of development and brokerage. At the onset of his career, Brian was an attorney with the real estate group at Jenner & Block, one of Chicago’s largest law firms. Brian is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and holds a bachelor’s degree, with distinction, in political science from the University of Michigan. Brian is also a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker.
Brian is actively involved in many civic and charitable causes, including a board member of Friends of Sinai Children, which supports the Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago and a board member of the Anti-Defamation League, Midwest Chapter.