Mark Robertson has three decades of commercial real
estate experience, including 18 years at Cushman & Wakefield. More
recently, until January 2002, he was Senior Managing Director of Insignia/ESG
Capital Advisors Southwest U.S. region, servicing the U.S. institutional and
corporate real estate communities as well as the Republic of Mexico. Mr.
Robertson continues to be instrumental in creating capital for international
portfolios and major developments.
In addition to representation of most major US
institutions, Mr. Robertson has represented clients in transactions involving
seven European countries, two in Africa, numerous clients in Hong Kong, Japan
and elsewhere in the Far East. His career has involved as well the advising of
major corporate clients in their strategic use decisions, the organization of
corporate structures for real estate holding companies, and consulting in
connection with registration of private placements and securitizations.
As Regional Director for Insignia/ESG Capital Advisors in
the Southwest, his responsibilities included continual institutional and
international representation of major income properties and placement of
financing for major acquisitions and development. He has concluded many of the
largest real estate transactions in the region during his career and is also a
leading figure in advising financial institutions, banks, and government assets
and portfolios.
Since 2002, Mr. Robertson has been instrumental with the
PRG team in competing, strategizing, negotiating and funding numerous and
diverse acquisitions. From immediate funding of land contracts and rapid
closing of office building purchase opportunities, to creating repositioning
and development of strategic acquisitions for multifamily and retail/office
development, PRG has exhibited opportunistic entrepreneurship with surprising
acumen and speed.
Mr. Robertson is a Texas native and graduate of Baylor
University and its Jaworski School of Law. His numerous affiliations and
memberships include: Membership in the Urban Land Institute, International
Affiliate SIOR, the Real Estate Council, the State Bar of Texas (inactive) and
memberships in charitable, non-profit and other professional organizations. He
has lived in Dallas and worked in the national real estate arena there
throughout his real estate career.