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BentleyForbes is one of the nation’s fastest growing, privately-held commercial real estate investment companies. The Company is focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of trophy Class A office buildings, luxury resort and hotel properties and select high-quality industrial and retail facilities in major markets throughout the United States. The Company was founded in 1993 by C. Frederick Wehba and C. Frederick Wehba II. The Wehba family has been involved in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of commercial real estate for over 25 years.

BentleyForbes actively invests in multi-tenant commercial real estate properties, focusing on acquiring signature, Class A trophy assets which have a high residual real estate value due to their locations in major MSAs and top submarkets nationally. In its acquisitions, the Company places a primary focus on the underlying submarket, as opposed to a macro-market, believing
that real estate is all about a specific location and its fundamentals.

In addition to its investment in multi-tenant commercial real estate properties, the Company is also internationally recognized for its expertise in the acquisition and management of single-tenant, sale-leaseback and net lease properties.

BentleyForbes has successfully completed the purchase of several Class A office and hospitality
properties in diverse markets, summarized as follows:

Property
Location
Building Size – Square Feet
Prudential Plaza Chicago, Illinois 2,200,000′
Bank of America Plaza Atlanta, Georgia 1,288,000′
Las Olas Centre Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 469,000′
Preston Commons Dallas, Texas 419,000′
Sterling Plaza Dallas, Texas 303,000′
Watergate Washington, D.C. 261,000′
Park Center Dallas, Texas 236,000′
AmeriCredit Arlington, Texas 237,000′
Four Seasons Resort and Golf Club Irving, Texas
431 rooms; 2 PGA golf courses
Home of the HP Byron Nelson Championship

Generally, the Company acquires commercial real estate properties for an intermediate holding period, thereby
providing the Company with a stable revenue stream. Selectively, the Company sells properties when those assets are not deemed to be consistent with its longer-term ownership goals.

BentleyForbes is staffed by a team of senior executives and industry professionals with expertise in commercial real estate acquisitions, asset management, finance, investment banking, corporate operations, transaction due diligence and legal. The strategic oversight of the Company is directed by its Executive Committee, which includes the co-founder, C. Frederick Wehba II, President, other members of the Wehba family, and Chad Wehba. The Executive Committee works directly to develop strategies and investment programs, implemented by the Company’s senior executives.”

BentleyForbes has substantial access to capital for investment in commercial real estate properties. One of the Company’s greatest strengths is its ability to make a quick decision on an investment opportunity; this is possible because the Company is privately owned and its family controlled Executive Committee is able to act much more quickly than can a typical public company.

The Company is headquartered in Los Angeles (Century City), California and also operates regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale and Washington, D.C.

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