Founded in 1998, Strategic Alliance Mortgage, LLC (“SAM”) is a company comprised of the top independently owned commercial real estate investment banking firms located throughout the United States. The member firms utilize their shared national knowledge to execute superior capital market solutions for developers, commercial real estate investors, investment management firms, asset management firms, real estate investment trusts and private real estate equity firms.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is the national association representing the real estate finance industry, an industry that employs more than 500,000 people in virtually every community in the country. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., MBA invests in communities across the nation by ensuring the continued strength of the nation’s residential and commercial real estate markets; expanding homeownership and extending access to affordable housing to all Americans and supporting financial literacy efforts.

The purpose of The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is to advance the shopping center industry and to promote its role in the commercial distribution of consumer goods and services. The ICSC accomplishes this goal by providing educational programs and publications in regards to shopping center development, collecting and disseminating information pertaining to the shopping center industry, developing professional certification programs, advocating the interest of the shopping center industry and publicizing to the general public promotional and educational shopping center business information.