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The Mattone Group Team
Joseph M. Mattone, Sr. is the Chairman of the Board of Mattone Group, LLC. He has been involved in real estate development since 1955, both individually and under the Mattone Group banner. Mr. Mattone is also a Senior Partner in the law firm of Mattone, Mattone, Mattone, Mattone, Mattone, Megna and Todd, a full service Queens-based law firm. Presently, Mattone, Mattone, Mattone, LLP. represents a number of financial institutions as outside counsel for their residential mortgage closings. These institutions include Citi Mortgage, BNY Mortgage Co, LLC, Washington Mutual, HSBC Mortgage Corp, Emigrant Savings Bank, Wells Fargo and GreenPoint Mortgage Company. During 2000, the firm closed in excess of $300,000,000 in loans on behalf of these lenders. Both under the banner of Mattone Group LLC. and individually, Mr. Mattone has been involved in the development of more than seventy (70) properties and still holds a major interest in over thirty (30) properties. The Mattone organization currently owns, leases, manages and develops commercial, office, residential and industrial properties. Joseph M. Mattone's career in real estate began over 35 years ago in his office located in a home built by his grandfather in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. Initially, Mr. Mattone was involved in the trial of condemnation issues in Brooklyn and Queens counties. His success in this area impressed the major developers whom he represented, and they began to retain him to negotiate leases and purchases on their behalf. He was involved in the development of 1,000,000 square feet of commercial and industrial facilities in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn and in neighboring Queens. In 1962, he began to develop real estate for his own account. Initially, he became involved in the development of service stations and fast food locations. He built and leased facilities to tenants such as McDonald's, Burger King, Texaco, Exxon, Mobil, Chemical Bank and Home Federal Savings and Loan, etc. Simultaneously, therewith, he was involved with the assemblage and development of Harway Terrace, two 19-story, 360 unit apartment buildings in Brooklyn, New York, developed under the Mitchell Lama Program. Since that time, Mr. Mattone has been involved with residential, commercial and industrial developments. Email: jmattonesr@mattonegroup.com
Carl F. Mattone is the President of Mattone Group, LLC. He is in charge of general oversight of all development projects, retail leasing and oversees all aspects of construction coordination. Carl attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, Queens from 1973 to 1977, and Iona College in New Rochelle from 1977 to 1981. In 1981, he formed a maintenance and contracting business and acted as the construction supervisor on numerous development projects in Brooklyn and Queens. In 1985, he joined forces with his father, Joseph M. Mattone, Sr. in Mattone Group Ltd., as Vice President of Project Development. In that capacity, he was in charge of evaluating potential projects and overseeing the construction of these projects. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Queens County Builders Association from 1986 to 1987. In 1990, Carl was appointed Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for both the development and management of the organization. In 1995, he was appointed as President and is currently developing shopping centers and movie theaters. Carl was responsible for the construction of a 30,000 square foot retail/office complex in College Point, Queens, New York and most recently oversaw a 460,000 square foot theater and retail complex in Jamaica, Queens. Other duties include negotiating all retail leases, coordinating tenant fit out, as well as negotiating all architectural, engineering and general contracts. Carl also oversees the management and maintenance of all properties. Email: cmattone@mattonegroup.com
Michael X. Mattone is the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mattone Group LLC. He is responsible for the financial planning for the individual development projects as well as Mattone Group LLC's overall financial strategy. Education: University of Pennsylvania B.A 1987 St. John's University-School of Law J.D. 1991 Mr. Mattone entered the legal profession as an attorney at Curtis Mallet-Provost, Colt and Mosle where he was an associate in the real estate department for two (2) years. Mr. Mattone's responsibilities included assisting in corporate real estate transactions as well as document drafting and real estate and environmental law-related research. Mr. Mattone joined the family law firm in 1993 and is responsible for the representation of major lending institutions in loan transactions as well as representing developers on leases and financing. In 1995, Mr. Mattone researched, proposed and implemented on behalf of Citibank, the first statewide recordation of a master form mortgage. Master form mortgages were recorded in all 62 counties of New York State, saving the bank enormous expense previously spent to re-record the "boilerplate" language in its home equity mortgages. Mr. Mattone oversees the office computer systems. Email: mmattone@mattonegroup.com
Douglas MacLaury is Senior Vice President of the Mattone Group LLC. Education: Rutgers University B.S. 1977 Columbia University MBA 1981 Mr. MacLaury is responsible for the Strategic Planning and the implementation of public/private real estate development transactions. He is the former head of real estate development for New York City Economic Development Corporation, from 1996 to 2000, where he completed over 300 hundred transactions totaling over $3 billion in development costs, which generated 6,000 jobs. He has twenty (20) years of real estate develpoment, finance and brokerage experience from his tenure at John J. Reynolds, Inc., Helmsley-Spear, Inc. and Cadillac Fairview - Shopping Center division. Email: dmaclaury@mattonegroup.com
Philip W. Megna is the Vice President and Director of Residential Development of Mattone Group LLC. Education: Manhattan College B.B.A. 1965 Florida State University M.B.A. 1968 St. John's University J.D. 1976 Seminary of Immaculate Conception MA Theology '96 Mr. Megna joined Joseph Mattone as an attorney in the law firm in 1978. Prior to this, Mr. Megna was an account officer at Citibank for several years. Mr. Megna's practice focuses on representation of developers in residential development (PUD's, HOA's, etc.) and commercial landlord/tenant litigation. Mr. Megna was a candidate for the New York State Senate in 1994 and served as a member and Chairman of the Board of Assessment Review for the Town of Smithtown for eight (8) years. Mr. Megna is also an expert in real property taxation and certiorari matters. Email: pmegna@mattonegroup.com
Christopher J. Todd, Esq. is the Vice President and General Counsel for the Mattone Group LLC. Education: St. John's University B.S. 1980 St. John's University Law School J.D. 1988 The majority of Mr. Todd's practice has been in the field of real estate law, mainly in the representation of developers in the commercial transactions. Mr. Todd has worked extensively with the New York State Department of Law in the filing of condominiums, cooperative and homeowners association plans. Mr. Todd's practice also involves estate planning, probate and elder law. Email: ctodd@mattonegroup.com
Joseph P. Alessandro is the Vice President and Director of Asset Management for the Mattone Group LLC. Education: St. John's University B.S. Finance 1993 Mr. Alessandro has been with the organization since 1999 overseeing the management and accounting of all Mattone Group properties. His responsiblities include preparing the annual budgets, monthly financial reports as well as oversee the daily operations (maintenance and accounting) for Mattone Group Management. Prior to this, Mr. Alessandro worked for the Emigrant Savings Bank (1997 to 1999) as Assistant Treasurer and the GreenPoint Bank (1988 to 1997) as Assistant Accounting Manager. Email: jalessandro@mattonegroup.com
Dana Beecher is In-House Exclusive Leasing Agent of the Mattone Group LLC. Education: Brooklyn College B.A. 1971 NYU Broker's 1980 Mr. Beecher is responsible for creating and compiling marketing material for outreach to prospective tenants. He is primary negotiator of tenant leases for the firm and coordinates outreach to outside brokerage firms and tenant communications. Mr. Beecher has experience received from his six (6) year tenure at Forest City, two (2) years at Steve B. Jacobs & Company and three (3) years at Helmsley-Spear, Inc. Email: dbeecher@mattonegroup.com The Secretarial Staff: Barbara Haropulos
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Joseph M. Mattone, Sr. - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Carl F. Mattone - President
Michael X. Mattone - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Douglas MacLaury - Senior Vice President
Philip W. Megna - Vice President and Director of Residential Development
Christopher J. Todd, Esq. - Vice President and General Counsel
