Mahesh Gehani, CFA
President
Mahesh Gehani, CFA
Active in commercial real estate finance since 2006, Mr. Gehani served as Chief Credit Officer of Credit at NexBank, SSB from 2009-2014. NexBank is a $6 Billion bank based in Dallas, focused primarily on direct Commercial Real Estate lending alongside significant high yield senior secured loan portfolio, and direct C&I lending. While at NexBank SSB, he ran the Credit Committee and his team was responsible for vetting new borrowers, projects, pro-formas, and collateral. Additionally, he was actively involved in corporate strategy, real estate workouts, interacting with federal and state bank examiners, and internal Board presentation.
Mr. Gehani – a CFA Charterholder – has 17-years of direct value-add residential and commercial real estate project experience. Prior to joining NexBank, Mr. Gehani ran his own commercial real estate consulting firm from 2007 to 2009, providing project and financial analysis to CRE equity investment groups, Commercial Appraisers, and CMBS lenders in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
From 2006 to 2007, Mahesh was a Senior Associate at N3 Capital, at the time, one of the top three build-to-suit developers for Starbucks in the U.S. His responsibilities at N3 included: obtaining bank financing for new developments, tracking new development pro-formas, attending weekly meetings to monitor the construction status of all projects, and working together with in-house counsel to negotiate business terms of investment sales of completed NNN retail projects.
Previously he was a Portfolio Manager in the private bank at Bank of America/US Trust, and a Senior Financial Analyst at Sabre Inc. an information technology company and former subsidiary of American Airlines. Mr. Gehani served as elected President of the CFA Society of Dallas/Fort Worth from 2012-2013. He served on the board of the 1,100 member+ CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth since 2006 as well. In 2010, Mahesh was named by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the top young business leaders in the Dallas area and received the “40 Under 40” award.
Lynn Piland
Asset Manager
Lynn has over 45 years of multifamily operational management experience. She has worked as a portfolio manager, asset manager and on-site property manager. She is experienced in all aspects of multifamily management including staff recruitment and supervision, operational procedure design and implementation, capex management, working with permitting and code compliance officials and budgeting. She was the Marketing Director for the Apartment Group (4,000 units) during the 1980s. She has worked for Lincoln Property Company, The Apartment Group, The Hall Financial Group, and Galesi Group (Director of Property Operations for 5,000 units) and Quality Estates. She has overseen properties in California, Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Texas. Most recently, she managed a portfolio of over 3,800 units for a group called Quality Estates in the Dallas area for over 18 years which sold during the Summer of 2018.
Contact
➤ LOCATION
Dallas, Texas
☎ CONTACT
mgehani@optimalrealtycapital.com
(214) 284-5145
Investment Strategy
Optimal Realty Capital targets investments requiring $5 to $20 million of total capital that offer strong risk-adjusted returns. Our goal is to succeed for our investors and we believe this is accomplished in the following manner.
Special Situations Investing
We avoid chasing returns. We instead focus on expressing our high internal quality standards and management skills to turn around mismanaged apartment communities. We aim to create value through restoring a sense of community, improving the resident experience, and renovating projects to their full potential
Core Focus
We are very focused and carefully target geography, deal size and property class.
Underwriting
is best in class. We have a “no stone unturned” approach to underwriting the real estate, financial scenarios and the key people in every project.
Ethical Standards
Integrity permeates everything we do.
Capital Friendly
years of working with financial institutions, our detail orientation, and proactive communication style generates goodwill with our valued financing partners.
Engaging & Delivering
The right team, vendor relationships, goal prioritization and meeting routines, on each project are critical to our success. Over time, making our communities better places to live, while being focused on fewer, better projects, creates long term value for both our investors and communities.
“The best investment on earth is earth.”
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