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David T. McLain
Principal
dmclain@palfi.net

David McLain is the Chief Investment Officer of Palisades Financial and a principal of the Fund Manager. David joined Palisades in 2002, and he has worked with the other partners on most of the Fund I transactions. He has over 20 years of experience as a commercial real estate professional in the structured finance, acquisition and portfolio management arenas. Through the years David has directly participated in transactions valued well in excess of $1 billion.

At Palisades, David has been primarily responsible for closing and overseeing many of the Fund’s non-traditional hybrid loan transactions, corporate financings and defaulted debt purchases. David has assisted in developing strategies that have led to the successful monetization of a number of the opportunistic investments made by the Fund through the years. He also oversees the asset management of many of the Fund’s transactions.


Prior to joining Palisades Investment Financial, LLC, he gained vast experience as Vice President of Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc., where he participated in the formation, investment and management of five real estate funds totaling over $400 million of capital for the Government of Kuwait. He was the lead principal responsible for closing over 40 transactions involving 3.2 million square feet of retail, industrial and office properties and 2,000 apartment units, in deals structured as mezzanine/equity financing, joint ventures and/or direct ownership.


Prior to Wafra, he was a Senior Analyst with Marathon Oil Company for six years. David was involved with numerous corporate real estate investments and was Marathon’s financial representative in reviewing international joint venture projects.


He has a B.A. in Economics from Wittenberg College and an MBA from Miami University. He is a member of his town’s zoning board and has served on numerous condo boards. David has been quoted in numerous industry magazines and in Barron’s. He and his family reside in Demarest and are members of Knickerbocker Country Club.