Immediately prior to forming ARE, Beggs spent the six years with Basin Street Properties (the last three as the Chief Financial Officer).  In his capacity as CFO, Beggs managed BSP’s acquisitions, dispositions and re-financings.  Total transaction volume over the three-year period exceeded $510 million.

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Beggs worked with a variety of lenders including CMBS, banks and debt funds in sourcing debt capital.  He also worked directly with high net worth individuals to raise all required equity capital for BSP deals.  Equity raised during his tenure as CFO totaled more than $72.0 million.

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Prior to joining BSP, Beggs spent seven years with Dermody Properties as Vice President of Acquisitions and Portfolio Management.  In this capacity he was responsible for the overall portfolio management of Dermody Properties’ $1.9 billion joint venture with the California State Teachers Retirement System.  In addition, Beggs oversaw the disposition of $200 million of asset and the acquisition of land for 18 different industrial projects totaling over 8.0 million square feet of industrial warehouse developments.

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Earlier in his career Beggs spent four years with Burnham Pacific Properties (BPP: NYSE) as their Corporate Finance Manager where he led a team of five analysts in the acquisition of a 26-property portfolio of shopping centers for $947 million.  In this role, Beggs oversaw the underwriting of property and portfolio acquisitions for BPP, which at the time was the largest publicly traded retail REIT in the Western United States. 

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Mr. Beggs was the founding President and former member of the Board of Directors of the Northern Nevada Chapter of NAIOP as well as a past member of the national Board of Directors. Beggs is also a licensed real estate sales agent in the State of Nevada.  He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut.