November 10, 2009
Law, Real Estate
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Bill Murray, Chair of the Global Real Estate Group, focuses his practice on negotiating and documenting acquisitions and financing transactions, including substantial work for pension fund advisors, construction and long-term lending, ground leasing, sale-leaseback financing, synthetic leases and development transactions. He has been responsible for the leasing of numerous large retail, office, hotel and resort and industrial complexes and has been extensively involved in the workout of troubled financing transactions.
Mr. Murray’s experience includes representing numerous buyers, sellers and developers of real property, including pension funds, individual developers, domestic institutions and foreign investors. He has been active in numerous projects involving securitization of real estate assets, real estate investment trusts, public market financing of real estate companies and pension fund investment in real estate. Mr. Murray also has considerable expertise with large-scale land development projects including representing lenders and developers in numerous golf course and resort projects.
A significant portion of Mr. Murray’s practice is devoted to representing pension funds and other tax-exempt entities and the advisors to such funds and entities. This work involves traditional buying and selling for such entities, negotiating and drafting co investment vehicles, as well as negotiating and drafting agreements for the creation of investment funds.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Murray was a partner in the Real Estate Group at Morrison & Foerster LLP.
April 27, 2009
Entrepreneurism, Finance, Investing, Real Estate
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Bruce Bingham is a founding partner of Hamilton Partners with the responsibility for overseeing office, industrial and retail development, marketing, leasing, acquisition and management activities in Salt Lake City and Utah. During the past 30-years, he has been responsible for the development of approximately 5 million square feet of office and industrial properties with a value of approximately $225 million dollars. Mr. Bingham has had extensive experience in land planning, zoning, entitlement and the development of vacant land and the subsequent use of the property for commercial development.
Prior to joining Hamilton Partners, Mr. Bingham was a partner with the Trammell Crow Company in Chicago. While at the Trammell Crow Company, he was responsible for the development, leasing and management of suburban industrial properties.
Since moving to Utah to open an office of Hamilton Partners, Mr. Bingham has been involved in the purchase of several office buildings in downtown Salt Lake City including the Newhouse Building, the Boston Building, the Broadway Centre, and the development of a 459,000 square foot Silver LEED certified 22-story office building on Main Street.
Bruce Bingham earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and his Masters in Management from the Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Civic responsibilities in the Salt Lake area include serving on the Executive Committee of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, serving as the Chair of the Downtown Alliance, serving as President of the Days of ‘47 Pioneer Celebration, serving on the Executive Committee of Enterprise Mentors International and serving as President of the English Skills Learning Center.
March 31, 2009
Career, Entrepreneurism, Finance, Investing, Leadership, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Real Estate, Venture Capital
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As chief executive officer of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, Greg Miller oversees all automotive, sports and entertainment, and real estate divisions. These holdings include 40 automotive dealerships and one motorcycle dealership located throughout six Western states; credit, insurance and advertising agencies; two professional sports teams; a motorsports park and an arena; an independent television station; restaurant and catering companies; a sports apparel retail chain; movie theaters; and an office complex.
Miller assumed his current position in July 2008 but has worked in the family business since 1979, when his father, Larry H. Miller, purchased his first auto dealership – a Toyota store located in Murray, Utah. Greg Miller, who was 13 at the time, began his career by sweeping floors and working in the parts department. Since then, the group has expanded into one of the nation’s 200 largest privately-owned companies.
Miller has 29 years experience working in a variety of positions that enabled him to learn the family business firsthand. During that time, he focused on areas ranging from finance to minor league hockey. His many accomplishments include: starting up Performance Automotive, which provides chemicals, printing and specialty products to auto dealerships; managing several multimillion dollar construction projects; and serving as general manager of both a Toyota and a Honda dealership.
Prior to his current position, Miller oversaw construction and had operational oversight of Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah. During his tenure, he was instrumental in developing and improving sales and marketing operations. The state-of-the-art motorsports park garnered international recognition within its first year of opening.
Miller has served on the boards of several philanthropic organizations including: Larry H. Miller Charities; the Ron Boone Golf Classic benefiting the Huntsman Cancer Institute; the Utah Bicycle Coalition; and the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation.
An avid cyclist, Miller logs thousands of miles on his bike each year, and his interest in cycling led to several family vacations at the Tour de France. He currently is chairman of the Tour of Utah, a multistage bicycle race that climbs 30,000 feet and is over 300 miles long. Miller has played a significant role in the race’s growth and success.
During his teens, Miller developed an interest and appreciation of cars that continues today. He still owns his first automobile, a 1965 Mustang fastback.
Miller has three brothers and one sister, and is the oldest child of Larry H. and Gail Miller. He is married to Heidi Black Miller. They are the parents of six children (three sons and three daughters), and their family resides in Sandy, Utah.
September 8, 2008
Real Estate
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8-18-page-9Please refer to the article I wrote in the “Enterprise” here attached. Thanks. - Mark
August 14, 2008
Career, Entrepreneurism, Finance, Real Estate
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For over 25 years Lane Beattie has been a real estate broker and developer by profession.
Lane Beattie was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1989. In 1991 he served as Senate Majority Whip and in 1992 became Majority leader and in 1994 was elected Utah Senate President. He served as president for six years until June 2000.
Senator Beattie was chairman of Business, Labor and Economic Development Standing committees in his first year in the Senate.
Beattie proposed and implemented some of the most sweeping changes in the legislative process in several decades, including total internet access for legislators as well as the public. This made the legislative process significantly more efficient and allowed more legislator and citizen involvement.
The president is highly respected among his colleagues. Senator Craig Peterson, former Senate Majority Leader, made the following observation: “Under President Beattie’s leadership, the Senate has become more efficient, productive, professional, and more open to the public. He led the Senate in major tax reforms and reductions across the state which have saved taxpayers millions of dollars.”
W President Beattie has been a guest speaker and lecturer locally, nationally, and internationally.
In 1996 President Beattie was invited to address the European Union in Florence, Italy to speak on Federalism and State’s rights.
In 1998 President Beattie was elected as Chairman of the National Senate Presidents Forum representing all United States Senate Presidents.
In 1999 President Beattie was invited to head a delegation from the United States on an official visit to China as a guest of the Vice-President of China.
After 12 years in the Senate in March of 2000, President Beattie surprised both local and national leaders by announcing he would not seek re-election and was returning to private business.
In June 2000, Governor Leavitt asked Lane to accept the post as Chief State Olympic Officer for the State of Utah to oversee and manage the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
President Beattie assumed leadership of the Salt Lake Chamber on July 1, 2003. By unanimous vote, the Chamber Board of Governors chose Beattie after an exhaustive process that considered 95 candidates from across Utah. “We were looking for someone who needed no introduction,” says A. Scott Anderson, Chamber Board of Governors co-chair. “Lane has the experience and reputation to help the Chamber play a bigger role in our community and state. He has been around for a long time and knows all the key players. He has seen where Salt Lake has been and has the vision to take it into the future.”
President Beattie and his wife, Joy, are the parents of three children and the proud grandparents of three wonderful grandsons and a beautiful granddaughter. President Beattie enjoys golf, skiing, and raises quarter horses and is a Utah State Quarter Horse Team-Penning Champion.
March 3, 2008
Finance, Investing, Real Estate
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Jake Boyer took over the position as president in June 2006. Jake has been instrumental in the development of The Gateway, a 2.1 million square foot mixed-use development, one of Utah’s largest mixed-use projects. In addition to The Gateway, Jake also has extensive experience in developing medical, office and retail projects for The Boyer Company. Jake’s community participation includes serving as an Executive Committee Member of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, a Membership Committee Chairman with the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Alumni Advisory Council, and has President of Valley Services (Valley Mental Health Subsidiary) (2000-2006), New Vision Campaign Chair for M.I.T. Center For Real Estate, and is a lecturer for Brigham Young University, University of Utah, the Urban Land Institute, and the International Convention of Shopping Centers. Jake is also a member of NAIOP. Jake received his Bachelor of Science (Finance Major) from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and his Master of Science in Real Estate Development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
