Broadacre Management Company

 

Robert Meers, President

Mr. Meers is founder and President of Broadacre Management Company and Chairman of Maritime Trust Company. A graduate of Princeton University with a B.A. in architecture, he completed his architectural training before joining Urban Development Company in Chicago. Mr. Meers earned his M.B.A. from the graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. Mr. Meers is a founding board member of North Side Community Bank, and a Lifetime Trustee of the Chicago Historical Society. He has served on the boards of the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Historical Society, the Advisory Board of the Children's Memorial Hospital and the Princeton School of Architecture Advisory Committee. He is the past president of the Princeton Club of Chicago.

 
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Founder and President, Broadacre Management Company
Chairman, Maritime Trust Company

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BA, Princeton University
MBA, University of Chicago

Email: Robert Meers

Past and Current Community Activities:
Lifetime Trustee, Chicago Historical Society
Trustee, Illinois Institute of Technology
Board Member, Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Historical Society
Corporate Board member, North Side Community Bank
President, Princeton Club of Chicago
Board Member, Children's Memorial Hospital Real Estate Advisory Committee

Albert H. Meers, Principal

Mr. Meers is a graduate of Princeton University with a B.A. in History and the University of Chicago with an M.B.A. He was employed at First Chicago and Baxter Travenol Laboratories before joining LaSalle Partners in 1980 as Assistant to the Chairman. Mr. Meers became Senior Vice President of LaSalle Partners and initiated and managed several of the firm's businesses, including the Strategic Group for the firm's corporate clients and Specialty Funds Investments for its tax-exempt and institutional clients. Mr. Meers currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Lawrence Hall, a residential program for troubled inner-city youths.

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Principal, Broadacre Management Company
President, Maritime Trust Company

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BA, Princeton University
MBA, University of Chicago

Email: Albert Meers

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Chairman of the Board, Lawrence Hall

Fidel Lopez, Vice President & Principal

Mr. Lopez is President of Broadacre Consulting Company and Principal of Broadacre Management Company. He attended the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts and graduated the University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Mr. Lopez also earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago where he was a Rockefeller Fellow in Finance. Prior to joining Broadacre in 1986, he served as founder and principal of the architectural and planning firm, Dearborn Associates of Chicago and later served as Vice President and Director of the Area Development Division at Continental Illinois National Bank (now Nations Bank). Mr. Lopez is a registered architect and was project manager for the construction of Broadacre's 61-story North Pier Apartment Tower and Partner in Charge of the Ivy Court Townhouse Development.

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Francis F. Freeman, Vice President & Principal

Mr. Freeman is Principal of Broadacre Management Company with responsibilities for project finance, leasing, and asset management. Mr. Freeman joined Broadacre in 1983 after receiving his B.A. from Princeton University. Current and past assignments include oversight of the North Pier Athletic Club, Broadacre Pacific Company, and Broadacre Interior Construction Company. He served as project manager for the Traders Building redevelopment and the office component of the North Pier Chicago project.

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Susan Bendle, Treasurer & Controller

Susan Bendle is Treasurer/Controller of Broadacre Management Company. Ms. Bendle joined Broadacre in 1980 after receiving her B.S. from Northern Illinois University. Ms. Bendle is responsible for managing all accounting matters for Broadacre and its related entities. She is also responsible for monthly financial reporting to investors.

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Charles H. Blatt, Assistant Vice President & Director of Marketing and Technology

Mr. Blatt, a graduate of Illinois State University with a B.S. in Marketing, is Director of Marketing and Technology for Broadacre Management Company. His responsibilities include leasing and management of Indian Trails Shopping Center. Mr. Blatt is also responsible for the creation and implementation of marketing and advertising for all of the Broadacre developments. Included in Mr. Blatt's responsibility is to keep Broadacre on the cutting edge of the technology curve. Mr. Blatt joined Broadacre in 1997 after seven years as an owner/operator of five retail establishments.

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Deborah McDowell

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Brenda Mahoney

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Trey Meers

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Jeffrey Blatt, Lake Forest

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