Management
Clifford S. Perlman, Chairman
Clifford Perlman has been involved in various areas of commercial real estate for the past 50 years. His expertise ranges from acquisition and management to new construction and development in markets such as New Jersey, Florida, Las Vegas, and California, among others. He has a proven track record of excellence in his investments and developments, and is well positioned to participate in real estate transactions of all kinds.
In 1956, Mr. Perlman founded the first store of fast food chain Lum's, Inc. in Miami Beach, Florida. He sold the company in 1971 to John Brown of Kentucky Fried Chicken. At the time of sale, the company owned and franchised 400 stores in the U.S., Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Europe. In 1969, under the ownership of Mr. Perlman, Lum's, Inc. purchased Caesar's Palace, a 500 room hotel casino on the famous Las Vegas Strip, for $60 million and renamed it Caesar's World. In its first year under Mr. Perlman's ownership, the hotel earned $5.8 million in pre-tax profits. From 1969 to 1982, Mr. Perlman expanded the hotel to 1750 rooms; during this 13 year period, profits rose from $5.8 million to $82 million pre-tax.
Mr. Perlman also developed and built Caesar's Tahoe, a 700-room hotel casino on the south shore of Lake Tahoe; Caesar's Palace Atlantic City, a 500-room hotel/100,000 SF casino complex; and Cove Haven and Paradise Stream in the Pocono's, a hotel complex specializing in honeymoon suites with heart-shaped pools, bath tubs, and beds. Under Mr. Perlman's ownership, Cove Haven's pre-tax profit increased from $1 million in 1972 to $32 million in 1982.
Mr. Perlman was also the first Chairman of MGM Grand Hotels in Las Vegas, including his involvement in financing and building of the project.
In addition to his vast experience as a developer and operator, Mr. Perlman was also a trustee at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach and the University of North Las Vegas. In 1981, Mr. Perlman was awarded Man of the Year for his participation in the formation and development of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Mr. Perlman continues to actively invest in and develop real estate throughout the United States.
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Eli Verschleiser, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Eli Verschleiser is a Senior Partner and founding member of The Multi Group of Companies. Eli has an extensive background in the Real Estate Finance and Development industries. He possesses a total of 15+ years experience in the full gamut of commercial real estate finance and property development. Eli Verschleiser, originally trained in Real Estate Finance has been directly involved in structuring billions of dollars worth of real estate transactions. Additionally Mr Verschleiser has successfully implemented development projects in New York City, & South Florida.
Eli's success is based upon long standing professional relationships with key financial institutions including commercial banks, conduits, pension funds, equity funds and insurance companies, in addition to major developers and investors throughout the U.S and abroad.
Eli's past employment opportunities has allowed him to sharpen his skills in areas of business development, and Real Estate finance. He has worked on teams of multiple sizes and projects of various complexities. While a leader at Multi, Eli is a Board Member and responsible for planning and implementing Financial Strategies for real estate transactions in partnership with numerous high profile client.
Mr Verschleiser currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Multi Group of Companies.
Lawrence J. Longua, Senior Managing Director
Lawrence J. Longua is the Senior Managing Director of Multi Capital Group, and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Masters at The Real Estate Program of the Real Estate Institute, New York University.
Mr. Longua has over 35 years of commercial real estate having held senior positions in the real estate units of major commercial banks, both foreign and domestic. Prior to joining Multi Capital, Larry's positions and responsibilities included lending, debt resolution, syndication and participation sales, and whole loan placement. These institutions include Chemical Bank, Irving Trust Company, Bankers Trust Company and The Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation.
Mr. Longua received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Economics from Fairfield University and Masters in Business Administration degree from Dowling College, completed the Harvard University Advanced Management Course, and is a member of the Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society in Business Administration.
Mr. Longua's professional and community activities include or have included, Co-director of NYU REIT Center, Real Estate Institute Appraisal Advisory Council, Adjunct Faculty, Stern Business School MBA Program, Director of Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR) from 1993 (IPO) to 2004, Former president and current member of the Board of Governors at The Mortgage Bankers Association of New York, Chairman of MBA of New York Scholarship Foundation, Former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate (AFIRE), Board of Directors of the Long Island Chapter of the Catholic League for Religious Rights, Advisory Board of New Horizons, Inc., an advocacy organization for severely disabled.
Mr. Longua oversees the debt and equity placement on behalf of Multi Capital and its clients.
Steven Vegh, Managing Partner
Steven has over 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry in both real estate sales and finance.Steven, previously at a top 5 brokerage firm in New York City was responsible for closing hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial sales and finance structures. Steven is best known for his integrity with clients and bankers that has led to building his strong relationship with.
Dov Shimano, Chief Operating Officer
With over fifteen years in the Real Estate, Banking and Finance industries, Dov brings operational experience from both the Mortgage Lending, Title Insurance and High Technology perspectives. Focusing on the business processes from operational flow and the use of technology to business development and strategic planning, Dov crafts the strategic directions for existing businesses, as well as identifying and expanding new business opportunities.
Mr Shimano recently was Chief Operating Officer for a national Title Insurance underwriter and was responsible for 200+ personnel.
Kevin Moore, Chief Information Officer
Mr. Moore has an extensive background in Enterprise Information Technology Development and management. He possess a total of 20+ years experience in full Enterprise Systems Development Life Cycle consulting in the Financial Services and Internet industry in the role of a senior level management for multiple software projects and system implementations. He has experience in design, engineering and Information System architectures. He started at IBM Corporation in 1986 where he served as a System Engineer till 1992. After Leaving IBM he spent the next fifteen years as an Information Technology consultant, implementing Three-Tier client server transactional processing systems at financial institutions such as Chase JP Morgan, Citibank, Ernst & Young, Fannie Mae as well as Media Companies such as NBC Universal Studio's and Major League Baseball. His most recent role is that of a Technical Project Manager, managing an enterprise system/application integration and merger between the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Mr. Moore past employment opportunities has allowed him to sharpen his skills in areas of Enterprise Financial software Engineering, Data modeling, Client Server development, Web Architectures, Change and Release Management, as well as technical leadership. He has worked on teams of multiple sizes and projects of various complexities. While a leader at Scient corporation he was responsible for planning and implementing Technical Strategies, for eBusiness technology infrastructures he deployed his technical leadership and experience across some of Scient's top tier Cliental such as Major League Baseball (MLB.com), and HotWire.com.
In addition he is an associate professor at Pratt Institute's digital media center where he teaches mobile application development and other technology related courses. Mr. Moore is a highly motivated and focused individual professionally and posses a strong technical knowledge of Enterprise technology strategies and operational procedures.
