“Tom has over 12 years of experience working in real estate including lending, investments, and asset management.  Tom focuses on originating loans for new construction, substantial rehabilitation, and refinancing of market-rate and affordable housing, senior housing, and healthcare properties.  Prior to joining Gershman Mortgage, Tom worked for Ivanhoe Cambridge (formerly known as Callahan Capital Properties), a Chicago-based institutional investor and operator of commercial real estate in major cities across the US.  During his time at Ivanhoe, the company was one of the largest investors of US commercial real estate, providing Tom the opportunity to work on acquisitions totaling 4.7 million square feet and $1.5 billion in Chicago, Denver, and New York City.  Tom has an MBA in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA in Communication from the University of Colorado-Boulder.  He is affiliated with both the Urban Land Institute and the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association and is a supporter of the American Brain Tumor Association and the National Brain Tumor Society.”