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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF BRENT E. WITTENBERG Vice President GVA MARQUETTEADVISORS Brent E. Wittenberg is vice president of GVA Marquette Advisors, a Minneapolis-based financial counseling firm providing comprehensive real estate consulting services to residential, retail, industrial, office, hospitality, entertainment and recreational developments. Mr. Wittenberg has experience both as a real estate consultant and in city and regional planning. Prior to joining GVA Marquette Advisors, he worked as a research analyst with Maxfield Research Inc., a Twin Cities real estate research firm. He has also worked in land use planning with Region Nine Development Commission in Mankato, Minnesota and in community development at the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Mr. Wittenberg has a diverse background and has completed numerous consulting assignments for income producing real estate developments. His assignments have included market analyses, feasibility studies, appraisals, and economic and fiscal impact studies. Brent is known as an expert in the field of real estate research and has evaluated numerous property types including single-family and -- multifamily housing, seniors housing and assisted living communities, golf courses, casinos, hotels, } industrial warehouse and manufacturing facilities, office buildings, retail shopping centers, fuel stations and convenience stores, truck stops, community centers and health clubs, and aviation-related real estate operations such as hangar facilities and �BOs. Mr. Wittenberg also provides expert analysis on housing and economic development issues and has authored landmark reports on the economic impact of affordable, workforce housing in the IVlinnea�otislSt. Paul region and in Portland, Oregon. � � Brent is known as an expert on residential market trends and has spoken at Urban Land Institute k conferences and seminars sponsored by The Minnesota Multi-Housing Association. He has also been a guest lecturer at local universities. Mr. Wittenberg is quoted regularly in The Business .Iournal of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Real Estate Journal, Finance and Commerce, The Minneapolis Star and Ti^ibune, The Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Heartland Business Real Estate, National Real Estate Investor and Apartment Finance Today and has provided articles for several of these publications. Brent has also served as a"Best in Real Estate" judge on behalf of The Business Journal of the Twin Cities in 2002 and 2003. Mr. Wittenberg holds a Master of City and Regional Planning Degree (MCRP) from Clemson University, where he was recognized by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) for outstanding attainment in the study of planning. He eamed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Local and Urban Affairs at St. Cloud State University. Brent is a member of the Minnesota Multi-Housing Association and the Urban Land Institute.