Charles R. Bendit Position: Co-Chief Executive Officer
Email: cbendit@tacon.com

Mr. Bendit is co-founder/co-chief executive officer of Taconic Investment Partners. He and Paul Pariser seek out investment, repositioning and workout opportunities and lead all capital market relationships. The pair are directly involved in all aspects of the five million-square-foot commercial and 3,000 unit residential portfolio. They have successfully directed the sponsorship, acquisition, repositioning and/or redevelopment of key properties in both established and emerging markets.

Prior to forming Taconic, Mr. Bendit founded CBC Properties, where he acquired, repositioned and managed more than one million square feet of office properties in New York and Washington, D.C., as well as several hundred apartment units in the New York metropolitan area. Earlier in his career he was a managing director at Jones Lang Wootton, where he was responsible for property acquisitions, sales and financing for the firm's international clientele, with a focus on New York, Washington, D.C., and Toronto. In these latter two cities he established JLW's regional offices and business platforms.

A graduate of George Washington University, Mr. Bendit is actively involved in the educational community serving as a Regent of the New York State Board of Education and as a board member of PENCIL, including participation in its annual Principal for a Day program.

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