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WHO WE ARE

Samara Real Property is the new brand and name for Verde Communities and associated investments. Our developments encompass approximately 31 million square feet of land, including 17 million square feet of land we own and operate in Texas, comprising more than 2,500 apartments; several hundred thousand square feet of rent-producing retail, commercial mixed use, office space and parking; and a 280 acre tract of land in Austin.

We are in due diligence to create a larger scale planned development in New Mexico of approximately 304 acres of land. The project is a residential lot development located north of Hwy 599.

We and our affiliates also own real property in the Chicago and Washington DC areas and are carefully reviewing additional investment projects in both rent producing and for development real estate in the Washington DC area, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida.

ALL IN, INCLUDING OUR CAPITAL

We self-manage both our residential and commercial properties. Since inception, we’ve utilized our own money to finance the equity in our purchase transactions and subsequent developments, and will continue to commit our own equity to finance a significant portion of new projects and investments. Overall, we believe our significant transaction experience and balance sheet strength supports smooth transactions, timely closings and favorable value.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Jesse A. Levine, CFA
CEO
Mr. Levine leads Samara Real Property and directs its investments in mixed use and multi-family real property. He has been a real estate principal since 1991 and has served as chief executive officer since inception. He supervises Verde’s program to opportunistically purchase well-situated real estate which provides an attractive current yield and the potential for significant total investment returns through intensive management and eventual redevelopment with greater and/or more valuable density. Mr. Levine leads all of Verde’s activities, including real estate purchases, post-purchase management, and development. He also directs the focus on utilizing advanced technology and architectural design to optimize rental square footage by maximizing parking capacity in urban settings. Under his leadership, Verde completed a dozen property purchases and several loan re-financings since 2015.

In the mid-1990s, while working at a boutique New York based investment banking firm, he led the firm’s engagement to advise Italy’s second largest auto retailer on its first institutional financing. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Levine served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Netherlands-based ASM International, a semiconductor capital equipment producer with operations in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He participated on the internal team which worked with the company’s investment bankers to arrange four separate financings from 1999 to 2001 of approximately $400 million.

Mr. Levine earned a B.A. degree, with highest honors distinction, in economics from the University of Michigan. Mr. Levine subsequently earned the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”). Mr. Levine currently serves as a Trustee for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He previously served on the board of a non-profit Detroit area organization responsible for the management of a $180 million endowment. He served for several years on the governmental affairs committee of the Association for Manufacturing Technology which was formerly known as the National Machine Tool Builders’ Association.