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KBS Capital Advisors’ Principals

Peter Bren - Chairman and President

Peter BrenPeter Bren, chairman of the board and president of KBS Capital Advisors, oversees all aspects of the company's business activities, including acquisition, management, and disposition of assets acquired. He is a member of the KBS Investment Committee, which evaluates and authorizes new investment opportunities for the firm. Mr. Bren is also president of KBS REIT* and KBS REIT II*, both public, non-listed real estate investment trusts. KBS REIT closed its offering in May 2008, having raised over $1.7 billion in equity capital and having purchased over $3.0 billion in equity and debt assets. KBS REIT II commenced its public offering of up to $2.8 billion in June 2008. Additionally, on November 20, 2009, KBS was declared effective for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT* with a maximum offering size of $1.38 billion; and on August 19, 2009, KBS filed a registration for KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT* with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion. Also on February 4, 2010, KBS filed a registration for KBS REIT III** with a with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion.

Mr. Bren has been involved exclusively in real estate development, management, acquisition, disposition, and financing for 43 years. Prior to his current position as chairman and president of KBS Realty Advisors, he served as the president of The Bren Company, was a former senior partner of Lincoln Property Company, and was president of Lincoln Property Company, Europe.  Mr. Bren is also a founding member of The Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.



Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. - Chief Executive Officer

Charles SchreiberMr. Schreiber serves as chief executive officer of KBS Capital Advisors and KBS Realty Advisors, a nationally recognized real estate investment advisory firm. Mr. Schreiber has supervised the acquisition of more than $11 billion in real estate investments on behalf of institutional and separate account investors as well as approximately 60,000 investors in KBS REIT* and KBS REIT II*. Mr. Schreiber is chairman of KBS REIT and KBS REIT II, both public, non-listed real estate investment trusts. KBS REIT closed its offering in May 2008, having raised more than $1.7 billion in equity capital and having purchased over $3 billion in equity and debt assets. KBS REIT II commenced its public offering of up to $2.8 billion in June 2008. Additionally, on November 20, 2009, KBS was declared effective for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT* with a maximum offering size of $1.38 billion; and on August 19, 2009, KBS filed a registration for KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT* with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion. Also on February 4, 2010, KBS filed a registration for KBS REIT III**, with a with a maximum offering size of $2.76 billion.

Mr. Schreiber oversees all KBS operations including the acquisition and management of individual investments and portfolios of income-producing real estate assets. He directs all facets of the company's business activities and is a member of the KBS Investment Committee, which evaluates and authorizes new investment opportunities for the firm. Mr. Schreiber is also responsible for investor relationships.

Mr. Schreiber has been involved exclusively in real estate development, management, acquisition, disposition and financing for 38 years. Prior to forming KBS in 1992, he served as the executive vice president of Koll Investment Management Services and executive vice president of acquisitions/dispositions for The Koll Company. During the mid-1970’s through the 1980’s, he was founder and president of Pacific Development Company.

Mr. Schreiber graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in finance with emphasis in real estate. During his four years at USC, he did graduate work in the Real Estate Department of the USC Graduate School of Business. He is currently an executive board member for the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate at the Marshall School of Business/School of Policy, Planning and Development.



Keith Hall - Executive Vice President

Keith HallKeith Hall is a co-founder along with Peter Bren, Chuck Schreiber, and Peter McMillan of KBS Capital Advisors, and is chief executive officer of the board of directors of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT*. Mr. Hall also serves as executive vice president of the board of directors of both KBS REIT* and KBS REIT II*. Mr. Hall is also co-founder of Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC, an asset management company located in Los Angeles. Prior to forming Willowbrook Capital, Mr. Hall was a managing director at CS First Boston, where he managed distribution strategy and business development for the Principal Transaction Group’s real estate securities portfolio. In this capacity, Mr. Hall’s two primary business unit responsibilities were mezzanine lending and commercial real estate development.

Before joining CS First Boston in 1996, Mr. Hall served as a director in the Real Estate Products Group at Nomura Securities, with responsibility for the company’s distribution and trading of fixed-income commercial mortgage backed securities. Mr. Hall spent the 1980s as a senior vice president in the High Yield Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert’s Beverly Hills office, where he was responsible for the distribution and trading of the group’s high-yield real estate securities.



Peter McMillan - Executive Vice President/Treasurer

Peter McMillanMr. McMillan serves as executive vice president of KBS Capital Advisors. In addition to this role, Mr. McMillan is president and chairman of the board of directors for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT* and also serves as executive vice president, treasurer and secretary of the board of directors of KBS REIT* and KBS REIT II*. Additionally, Mr. McMillan serves as executive vice president of the board of directors for KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT*.

Mr. McMillan is also the co-founder and managing partner of Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC. Prior to forming Willowbrook in 2000, Mr. McMillan served as the executive vice president and chief investment officer of SunAmerica Investments, Inc., which was later acquired by AIG. As chief investment officer, he was responsible for over $75 billion in assets, including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, public and private investment grade and non-investment grade corporate bonds and commercial mortgage loans and real estate investments. Before joining SunAmerica in 1989, he served as assistant vice president for Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company with responsibility for the company’s $6 billion fixed income portfolios. Mr. McMillan received his Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Economics from Clark University. Mr. McMillan is a director of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.


*KBS Non-Traded REITs are advised by KBS Capital Advisors, an affiliate of KBS Realty Advisors. Additional information is available at www.kbsreits.com. **No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the registration statement has become effective, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time prior to notice of its acceptance given after the effective date.

 


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