Jay Kaiser - President and CEO
AmCap, Incorporated
Jay founded AmCap in 1979 as a two-person office. Since then, he has grown the firm to more than 25 employees and a current portfolio of nearly 3,800,000 square feet. Jay is actively involved in the day-to-day operation of the Company, and is ultimately responsible for the strategic direction of the Company. Throughout his career, Jay has acquired, developed, sold or financed more than $2 billion of real estate. Jay has numerous philanthropic interests.
Jay is a 1972 graduate of the Harvard Business School. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island.
Ricki Singer - Director of Asset Management
Vice President - AmCap, Incorporated
Ricki develops and oversees the overall asset management strategy for AmCap, Inc. In addition, she participates in new acquisitions and underwriting due diligence, negotiates tenant leases, and provides the oversight for the preparation of annual financial reporting. She oversees special projects including environmental monitoring and clean-ups, insurance administration, tenant workouts and ad valorem tax protests.
Ricki has been with the company since its inception. She earned her undergraduate degree at Kalamazoo College and is a member of ICSC.
Jake Bisenius - Director of Acquisitions
Vice President - AmCap, Incorporated
Jake is responsible for acquisitions, dispositions and financing within the entire corporate portfolio. Jake has been in the real estate industry for over 8 years and has handled more than $400 million worth of real estate transactions throughout his career. Prior to joining AmCap, he worked at Vornado Realty Trust in their Acquisitions and Capital Markets group. At Vornado Jake did both equity and mezzanine loan real estate investments on a variety of asset types from retail, to office, to hotel, to publicly traded securities.
Jake received his Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, with a focus on Real Estate and Finance. Jake did his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Michael Kaiser - Director of Asset Management
Vice President - AmCap, Incorporated
Michael implements specific asset strategies and oversees budget preparation for the western region, as well as supervising property management services and construction projects. In addition, Michael coordinates and supervises AmCap’s pending legal matters, including drafting contracts and other legal documents. Prior to joining AmCap in 1996, Michael worked as an attorney, with 20+ years of litigation experience in both the public and private sectors.
Michael earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, his Juris Doctor from Potomac School of Law in Washington, DC and is a recent graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.
Ira Shwartz – Director of Leasing
President - AmCap Properties, Incorporated
Ira has over 25 years of experience in the brokerage, leasing, development and redevelopment of neighborhood and community shopping centers. His primary responsibilities at AmCap include identifying business development opportunities, and anchor and national chain leasing throughout the Rocky Mountains and southwestern United States. He has developed a vast retail client base and become well known for his ability to improve the capital value of retail properties for clients including General Electric Capital Group, Wells Fargo Bank, Safeway, Inc. and the Kroger company.
Ira studied at the University of Colorado and is an active member of the ICSC, where he has served on numerous committees.
Alex Macdonald - Regional Director of Acquisitions
Vice President - AmCap, Incorporated
Alex sources and negotiates real estate acquisitions for AmCap in the eastern United States. Through his attendance at regional and national ICSC, MBA and real estate conferences, he has built valuable industry connections that enable him to learn of new opportunities before they become widely known in the marketplace.
After practicing business law in Canada, Alex left private practice and pursued real estate mergers, acquisitions and financing projects in both Canada and the United States. He created a national network of institutional clients including some of the largest pension fund advisory groups in North America, to which he sold real estate assets in excess of $400 million. Alex was instrumental in assisting AmCap acquire a 1,000,000 square foot portfolio of shopping centers in a partnership with the Pacific Telesis pension fund.
Alex has earned degrees both in economics and law from Queens University, Canada.
Andrea O’Brien – Regional Director of Management Services
AmCap, Incorporated
From AmCap’s Denver office, Andrea coordinates, directs and oversees the day-to-day operations of the AmCap/Denver portfolio that consists of 10 properties with 1,000,000+ square feet of retail space located in the extended metro Denver area, Boulder, CO, Jefferson City, MO, and Salina, KS.
Andrea has a business education and 29 years combined experience in the regional management of retail clothing stores, residential and commercial property management (apartments, regional mall and neighborhood centers). She has directed staffs ranging in size from one to twenty six members. Andrea offers strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills and broad, in-depth knowledge of commercial property management.
Marcia Hudson – Director of Marketing
AmCap, Incorporated
Marcia’s current responsibilities include national development and oversight of tenant productivity programs, tenant and corporate public relations and tenant Internet programs. Design and production of collateral support materials for leasing, management, tenant and corporate functions are also a significant part of Marcia’s current responsibilities.
Prior to joining AmCap in 1987, Marcia served as Regional Marketing Director for Colorado, Wyoming and Montana with Kroh Brothers, a Kansas City, Missouri based Real Estate Company. Marcia has been an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) since 1982, serving multiple terms as Pacific Northwest Regional Public Relations Chair and on many regional organizing committees. In addition to on-going professional development course work in marketing, advertising and design Marcia attended Oregon State University and had received certification from University of Oregon in Internet Web Design.
Brenda Soper – Regional Fee Manager
Certified Property Manager - AmCap, Incorporated
As Denver based fee manager, Brenda currently manages more than 350,000
square feet of retail space. Her responsibilities include daily management
operations, accounting administration, tenant relations, vendor services
and Landlord communications. Her duties also include special projects
for the AmCap/Denver portfolio and account manager for Cowesett Corners
in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Brenda holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Management and has recently
been awarded the CPM designation through the Institute of Real Estate
Management (IREM). She serves on the local Executive Council Committee
for IREM and is a member of ICSC.
Brenda has been with AmCap since its Denver inception in 1988.
