Prior to co-founding Transwestern Investment Company, Mr. Rowe was a senior executive with Equity Group Investments, Inc. and held several positions including: Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Equity Venture Partners, Inc., a merchant banking entity (1995-1996); Vice Chairman of Equity Capital Holdings, LLC, a parking asset investment vehicle (1995-1996); Co-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. (currently known as Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.; NYSE: ELS), a REIT that owned 26,000 home sites (1989-1995); President, Chief Executive Officer of Equity Assets Management, Inc. with oversight for the acquisition and asset management functions for the Zell/Merrill Lynch Real Estate Opportunity Funds (1989-1995); and Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of Equity Office Properties, Inc., a fully-integrated owner/operator of 30 million square feet of office buildings (1989-1995).

Prior to his association with the Equity Group, Mr. Rowe was a Vice President with Goldman, Sachs & Co. with the responsibility of directing the firm’s Midwest real estate investment banking services from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Rowe began his career in 1982 as an attorney with Hopkins & Sutter. Mr. Rowe is a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. He is also a member and former Chairman of the Real Estate Roundtable, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Manufactured Housing Institute.

Mr. Rowe holds a BA from Denison University, an MBA from Harvard University and a JD from the University of Michigan. Mr. Rowe has served on the boards of a number of public companies including: Catellus (NYSE: CDX 1991-1994); Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. (1993-1996); and Storage Trust (NYSE: SEA 1994-1999). Mr. Rowe is a member of the State Bar of Illinois.

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