cREATORS - Global Real Estate Institute
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CREATORS<br />
TAYLAN BAYKUT<br />
senior manager<br />
AAREAL BANK AG, ISTANBUL<br />
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE<br />
NICK BIRCHALL<br />
principal<br />
SWANKE HAYDEN CONNELL ARCHITECTS<br />
PROPERTY FINANCE<br />
Leading international property specialist<br />
- across three continents - europe, north<br />
america, asia/pacific - tailor-made<br />
financing solutions<br />
Architectural<br />
Design<br />
An international, award-winning, design-led<br />
firm integrating Architecture, Interior design,<br />
Master Planning and Workplace Consulting<br />
Mr. Baykut is Senior Manager of Aareal Bank AG’s Istanbul<br />
representative office. Prior to joining Aareal, he started his career at<br />
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s investment banking division in New York,<br />
where he was responsible for the execution of North American oil<br />
and gas transactions. Consequently, he worked for Baxter Bold &<br />
Co., Deutsche Bank AG and Fideltus Capital, where he focused on<br />
corporate mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, and real<br />
estate private equity transactions. He received a BA in Economics<br />
from Hamilton College in 2000.<br />
Nick Birchall is a Principal for Architecture at Swanke Hayden Connell<br />
Architects, having joined the firm in 1998. He has 30 years’ experience<br />
working on UK and international projects, including 12 years working<br />
at Terry Farrell and Partners. Nick is in charge of SHCA’s education<br />
and commercial architecture projects as well as managing the<br />
architectural group. For the past 8 years, he has been the Principal in<br />
charge of SHCA’s office in Istanbul, a role which he describes as one of<br />
the most enjoyable professional experiences of his career.<br />
YUDUM BOYTORUN<br />
architect, managing partner<br />
BOYTORUN ARCHITECTS<br />
EYÜPHAN BOYVADAOĞLU<br />
chairman & managing director<br />
METRO PROPERTIES<br />
Architect<br />
Boytorun architects provide Concept Design,<br />
Construction Documents, Interior Design and<br />
Implementation services.<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong><br />
Metro Properties Turkey portfolio:<br />
A total land of 1.290.376 m² and leasable<br />
area of 550.251 m²<br />
Yudum graduated from the Mimar Sinan University Faculty of<br />
Architecture in 1998. She went to United States for professional<br />
research. She worked as Project Architect in New York and has<br />
specialised on Strategic Space Planning for large scale projects . She<br />
founded Boytorun Architects in 2000, together with Semih Boytorun<br />
and is the Managing Partner of the practice since 2002. She has<br />
worked extensively on office and hotel design with spa and wellness<br />
center facilites as well as retail design and residential projects. She is a<br />
member of the Chamber of Architects in İstanbul.<br />
The core responsibility of METRO PROPERTIES Turkey is to enhance<br />
the value of its real estate assets in long term through active and<br />
strategic portfolio management. As a service provider for the site<br />
search, development and construction of retail locations, METRO<br />
PROPERTIES acts as <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Developer and Investor for the<br />
expansion of METRO GROUP Sales Lines from scratch to completion.<br />
In addition, METRO PROPERTIES provides METRO GROUP Sales Lines<br />
with fast, flexible expansion opportunities. Eyüphan Boyvadaoğlu<br />
holds the position as Managing Director and Board Member of<br />
METRO PROPERTIES Turkey.<br />
KIMBERLY BROWN<br />
co-founder, principal<br />
STRATA ARCHITECTS PLLC<br />
BERTİ BRUDO<br />
ceo<br />
GAIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS<br />
Architectural<br />
Design<br />
STRATA is an architecture and design<br />
firm located in New York, NY USA. The<br />
firm focuses on large to medium scale<br />
commercial and residential projects.<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong><br />
International <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Investors<br />
Before co-founding STRATA, Ms. Brown gained over 15 years of<br />
professional architecture experience working in the offices of SHoP,<br />
Polshek Parnership, and Perkins+Will.<br />
Ms. Brown holds an M.Arch from Yale University and a B.Arch from<br />
Mississippi State University. She is a LEED accredited professional<br />
and a registered architect in the States of New York and Mississippi.<br />
Ms. Brown taught at Parsons School of Design and was an assistant<br />
professor at Mississippi State University. She lectures frequently about<br />
the role of design in city planning and the value of public space in<br />
communities of all scales.<br />
Berti Brudo is the CEO of GAIA <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Investments.