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Dr. D’Andrea joined the Green Building Finance Consortium in 2007 as a Managing Director. He has over 30 years of experience in real estate consulting, finance, brokerage, investment, management, and/or development. He helps clients in making high-stakes real estate decisions, structuring their businesses for increased profits and methodically executing financing and sale transactions. These clients include the U.S. Department of Justice, Polaroid, All Nippon Airways, Johns Manville, major financial institutions such as Washington Mutual, California Federal Bank, Home Savings, and numerous major law firms.
Working with the Muldavin Company, Dr. D’Andrea recently conducted an assessment and recommendations study of the EPA’s ENERGY STAR rating system for commercial buildings. He previously conducted an assessment of the impact of EPA regulations on the U.S. textile industry, and has also built new ENERGY STAR homes.
Dr. D’Andrea is currently the President and founder of Realty Solutions, a real estate services firm providing consulting, expert witness, brokerage, and financing services. He is the former Managing Director of The Muldavin Company, prior to which he held positions as Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche, Manager of Consulting Services for The Meyers Group, Senior Vice President/Director of Economics for American Savings, and Economic Consultant at Chase Econometrics.
In addition, Dr. D'Andrea:
- Has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University and B.A. in Economics from Amherst College.
- Performed numerous due diligence evaluations of portfolios of real estate loans and properties ranging in size from $180 million to $3.8 billion, for use in mergers, acquisitions, securitization and/or bulk loan sale transactions.
- Completed scores of complex financial analyses including a $280 million urban retail/condominium/hotel/office mixed-use project, a 400-unit multi-family development, a golf course and hotels.
- Provided testimony and/or litigation consulting in over 35 cases involving real estate valuation, damages calculations, market feasibility, lender/developer disputes, syndications, breach of contract, standards of care, and bankruptcy issues.
- Completed dozens of strategic assignments involving the application of econometric techniques to industry forecasts, impact analysis, marketing, financial planning, asset/liability analysis and business strategy.
- Is a licensed real estate broker with direct experience representing clients in dozens of sale and financing transactions.
- Has been a speaker at numerous industry, trade association and training meetings on a variety of topics including, mortgage finance, real estate investing, housing markets, economic forecasts, and industry trends.
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