THE TEAM

The ACP executive team draws from over 150 years of combined experience in real estate brokerage, development, construction, and capital markets. Our decision makers started from the ground up in commercial brokerage and offer hands-on, real world expertise.

Allen C. de Olazarra, Chairman and CEO

Sergio G. Socolsky, Vice Chairman

Jude M. Williams, President - America ’s Capital Partners

Wes V. Pritchett - Executive Vice President

Allen C. de Olazarra, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. de Olazarra began his career in Florida as a Senior Director of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc. (C&W). His highly successful career there was highlighted by several awards and distinctions including receiving the C&W’s prestigious “Deal of the Year” award given for the transaction judged to be the most imaginative in conception and execution on two occasions.

1993, Mr. de Olazarra left Cushman & Wakefield to form a partnership with James R. Heistand, the founder of Associated Capital Properties, Inc. At that time, Associated Capital Properties, Inc. was a full service real estate operating company based in Orlando , Florida , which provided third party real estate services, but owned no real estate. Between 1993 and 1997, Associated Capital Properties, Inc. acquired over 80 office properties throughout the state aggregating over 6,500,000 square feet and comprising the largest portfolio of office properties controlled by a single entity in the State of Florida . Associated Capital Properties, Inc. merged with Highwoods Properties, a real estate investment trust, on October 1, 1997 , in a transaction valued at $622 million. Mr. de Olazarra stayed with Highwoods for eight months after the merger as Vice President of Acquisitions and Development in Florida .

On June 1, 1998 , Mr. de Olazarra became co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of America’s Capital Partners (ACP). In the first year of operation, ACP acquired over 4,000,000 square feet of office properties in South Florida , 1,000,000 square feet of community shopping centers throughout Florida and land entitled for the development of 3,000,000 square feet of suburban office buildings in Florida and Northern Virginia .

Mr. de Olazarra is a native of Miami and is active in the South Florida community. He recently served as the Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors for the Children’s Home Society Foundation. Mr. de Olazarra has also established two private foundations, one providing educational opportunities for underprivileged children and another providing transitional housing for homeless women with children. Mr. de Olazarra is a Licensed Real Estate Broker. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English.

Sergio G. Socolsky, Vice Chairman

Mr. Socolsky serves as Vice Chairman of America’s Capital Partners (ACP) headquartered in Miami, Florida. With over 25 years of vast domestic and international real estate investment, development and construction experience, Mr. Socolsky brings tremendous knowledge and depth from both a capital market and real estate perspective. He is responsible for acquisitions, capital formation and development. He has spearheaded the Company efforts into self-storage and high-rise residential. During his tenure at ACP, Mr. Socolsky has been instrumental in the acquisition and disposition of over $2.5 billion in commercial properties.

Prior to joining ACP, Mr. Socolsky was Executive Director and Principal of Sococia S.A. from 1983 until 2000, a construction and development company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1958, the company grew to employ as many as 1200 people. His responsibilities included overseeing the development of projects throughout the country, acquisitions and dispositions, and the company’s financial planning. During 1988, he was responsible for the involvement of the company in country debt swap projects in Argentina, Chile and the Dominican Republic, aggregating over $250 million.

Mr. Socolsky co-founded and acted as CEO of Valle de Aminga S.A. from 1992 until 2000, an olive grove concern located in the province of La Rioja Argentina with 650 acres of olive groves under management. Mr. Socolsky graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance.

Jude M. Williams, President - America ’s Capital Partners

Mr. Jude M. Williams is President of America’s Capital Partners, a full service real estate investment, development and management company, headquartered in Miami with offices throughout Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Maryland and Northern Virginia.

He began his career in the Houston office of Cushman Realty Corporation where he specialized in tenant representation from 1978 through 1983. From 1983 to 1987, Mr. Williams was Director of Marketing for Don R. Mullins Interests, a major privately held office building investment and development company headquartered in Houston, Texas .

Prior to joining America ’s Capital Partners, Mr. Williams was President of American Ventures Realty Corporation and Director of its investment management affiliate, American Ventures Realty Investors, Inc. (AVRI) where he co-chaired the investment committee and headed the asset management committee. AVRI’s first institutional real estate fund launched in 1992, AVP Fund-I, performed among the top of all U.S. closed-end real estate funds, with a 22.85% annualized time-weighted total return to investors during it’s 8 year life. At American Ventures Realty Corporation, Mr. Williams directed the acquisition, asset management, leasing, and property management divisions where he designed and implemented leasing and operating strategies for over 45 separate office and retail center properties, comprising over 6.2 million square feet of space. Mr. Williams is a graduate of the University of Texas, School of Business . He holds active real estate brokers licenses in the states of Florida, Georgia and Texas .

Wes V. Pritchett - Executive Vice President

Mr. Wes V. Pritchett has 28 years of capital markets experience specializing in structured products and trading. Mr. Pritchett currently serves as Executive Vice President for America’s Capital Partners and is the Managing Director for Rivergate Residential. Prior to joining America’s Capital Partners, Mr. Pritchett was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of United Capital Markets Asset Management.

Previously, Mr. Pritchett was the managing director of the Bank of New York and served as a member of the Board of Directors of BNY Capital Markets, Inc., the wholly owned broker dealer subsidiary of the Bank of New York. Mr. Pritchett also served as the President of BNY AG a German trading subsidiary of the Bank.

Before joining the Bank of New York, Mr. Pritchett was a co-founder and co-director of Mees Pierson/ Fortis Bank’s Global Securities Lending and Arbitrage (GSLA) Capital Markets Group covering Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Mr. Pritchett was a licensed series 24,7,63 and 55 with the NASD. He was also a member of the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Commodities Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade.