Our People

Neil brings nearly 10 years of merger, acquisition, disposition, investment and general deal-making experience to The Hilco Organization. During his career, Neil has been instrumental in the successful completion of over $4 billion in transactions.

Prior to joining Hilco, Neil had served as Senior Vice President, Business Development, for Cendant Corporation, where he oversaw all merger, acquisition and investment activity for the Company's hotel and timeshare businesses. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Development for the corporation's Timeshare Resort Group and prior thereto as Vice President of the Strategic Development Group. Among the many well-known acquisitions, divestitures and investments in which Neil was involved were Wyndham Hotels, Budget Rent a Car, Trilegiant and Trendwest Resorts. Neil also served as an Associate Investment Banker for ING Barings, where he handled the analysis and negotiations of acquisitions, divestitures and financings for several public and private companies.

Neil received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Andy brings many years of experience and expertise in real estate development and retail management to Hilco. Before co-founding Hilco Real Estate in 1998, Andy served as CEO of Sportmart, a $450 million sporting goods retailer. In previous roles at Sportmart, Andy spearheaded the company's growth from 25 to 70 stores, successfully established the company’s real estate strategic direction and negotiated the merger of the company with Gart Sports and The Sports Authority.  In addition to his role at Hilco, Andy is the Managing Principal of Next Realty, a real estate investment firm that owns retail shopping centers and parking properties valued at over $350 million.  

Andy is active in community and political endeavors, serving on the board of directors for Jobs for Youth and the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. He is co-founder of CityPAC, a Chicago-based pro-Israel political action committee which has contributed thousands of dollars to congressional candidates and elected officials since 1984. A key leader in the Chicago Jewish community, Andy served as the 2008 JUF General Campaign Chairman of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. He also created and led fundraising for the Jewish Day School Guaranty Trust Fund, a breakthrough approach that provides vital additional funding for day schools. Andy is presently serving an appointment by President George W. Bush to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Andy earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University.

Todd Haney, MAI, has been President of Hilco Real Estate’s Valuation Group since 1999. Over his career, Todd has managed hundreds of valuation and consulting assignments involving a broad range of property types throughout the United States and Canada. Properties appraised, including some valued at more than $500 million for a single asset, include traditional industrial, retail office and multi-family residential properties, as well as complex properties evincing environmental concerns, historical status, easements, etc. He has also been involved in proposed project feasibility and economic analysis, portfolio valuation, as well as assessment appeals.

Prior to joining Hilco, Ron had served as Managing Director at Crystal Capital Fund, LLC where he led the real estate debt and equity investment business, including the origination and structuring for the $1 billion fund.

 Ron had been with the Bank of America and its predecessors for over 24 years. During that time he held various senior management positions including executive vice president and senior banker in the FleetBoston Financial, Real Estate Structured Finance Group where he focused on entity level, syndicated corporate real estate finance activity throughout the United States. While at FleetBoston, Ron also served as the business line executive for the Shopping Center Finance Group where he directed entity level and property finance lending activity to national REIT and private real estate development companies. Under his leadership FleetBoston originated and syndicated over $2 billion of debt and became recognized for its specialty focus on the shopping center development industry. At Shawmut Bank, N.A. Ron served as business line executive of Real Estate Workout, Restructuring and OREO where he managed the restructuring and disposition of a $1.3 billion portfolio and reducing the ratio of non-performing loans to total assets from over 10% to less than 2%. Ron went on to direct Shawmut’s Portfolio and REIT Finance Group, where he led the origination and structuring of debt products to buyers of distressed and under performing portfolios. At the Bank of America, Ron was senior vice president and region executive in the Home Builder Finance Group where he directed structuring land acquisition, land development and development lending activities.

Ed Terry manages the Hilco Real Estate Portfolio Acquisition platform, which focuses on longer-term investments and the acquisition of distressed loans or loan pools. He also has responsibility for raising third party real estate investment equity.

Ed has over 25 years of commercial bank, life company, CDO and private equity fund experience where he has directed activities focused on acquisitions, loan origination, real estate debt structuring, asset management, troubled debt restructuring, permanent lending, high yield mezzanine debt investments and estate workout.

Prior to joining Hilco, Ed was a managing director at Crystal Capital, where he was responsible for the asset management and the origination and underwriting of the real estate component of a $1.0 billion fund. Ed also worked with NewStar Financial, where he handled commercial real estate origination and underwriting of value add real estate loans in the southeastern and northwestern United States.

Earlier, Ed was a Regional Vice President at OneAmerica Financial Partners in Indianapolis responsible for origination in 23 states along the east coast, southwest and northwest United States. While at OneAmerica, Ed originated over $500 million of permanent real estate loans. Ed has also been with Fleet Bank in Boston, in the Shopping Center Finance Group, where he focused on construction debt products to mall developers. While at Fleet's predecessor, Shawmut Bank, Ed served as a group leader in the Commercial Real Estate Workout Division, focused on troubled debt restructures and portfolio disposition activities. During his time at Shawmut in the early '90s, Ed was responsible for the successful restructuring of the bank's loan portfolio with the largest real estate developer in New England and the successful bankruptcy restructuring of the bank's loan portfolio with the second largest developer in New England.

Barry has more than 30 years of experience leading the real estate departments of multi-billion dollar retailers, and has served as a member of these retailers' senior management teams. Most recently, he was the President and CEO of Limited Brands Real Estate, where he created and led the team that developed the real estate-related strategic and tactical growth plans for multiple brands under the Limited Brands umbrella, including Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, Henri Bendel, The Limited and Express. In total, the team dealt with more than 4,000 stores and executed more than 1000 real estate transactions annually. Barry retired from Limited Brands Real Estate in 2006 and thereafter spent time consulting for retailers.

Prior thereto, Barry was the Vice President and Head of Real Estate for Sears Roebuck and Co, where he created and led a real estate organization that managed more than 4000 existing real estate locations and created growth opportunities for the $40 billion retailer. Barry began his career in retailing and real estate at The May Department Stores Company, where he ultimately served as Senior Vice President of May Realty, Inc.

David has multiple, senior-level responsibilities as team/project leader in connection with lease restructuring/renewal, asset management of owned and leased property and property acquisition transactions. He has and will continue to work with esteemed companies such as Starbucks, Office Depot, Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, Bed Bath and Beyond, Walgreens and a host of local, regional and national retailers and restaurants.

An experienced real estate professional, David brings Hilco Real Estate a broad and deep background in property development, leasing, brokerage, acquisitions, dispositions, loan restructuring, asset management and general management. He has been actively involved with large portfolios of retail projects, consisting of nearly 10,000,000 square feet, as well as several office assets. He has overseen the development of over 1,200 affordable rental units, 600 high-end condominiums and over 3,500 mid-rise and loft condominium units, and has been involved in numerous ground- up and rehab retail, office and mixed-use projects comprising several million square feet. In addition, David has been responsible for residential sales, rentals and operations as well as several stand-alone real estate related businesses such as student housing and public storage facilities.

Prior to joining Hilco Real Estate, David was Senior Vice President of Residential and Retail Operations with Joseph Freed and Associates, LLC, a Chicago-based developer, manager and owner of large-scale urban retail, residential and mixed-use projects. Prior thereto, David served as COO then President of LR Development Company, also a Chicago-based developer focused on affordable, adaptive re-use and high-end residential developments. Earlier, David was a transactional real estate attorney with the firm of Rudnick & Wolfe (now DLA Piper).

David graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Following Emory, David graduated from Northwestern University School of Law with a JD degree, followed by an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management where he majored in Finance, Marketing and International Business. He is an active member of ICSC, the National Association of Homebuilders and several state Builder Associations. He is actively involved with the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Northwestern Law School as a mentor, has guest-lectured at Northwestern, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern Law School where he teaches Real Estate Finance Law.

Joel Schneider, in his almost thirty years of real estate experience, has developed a broad range of expertise, covering the areas of sale transactions, asset and portfolio management, valuation and investment analysis, development, financing, and strategic planning.   Joel recently joined Hilco Real Estate from Atlas Partners, a Chicago-based boutique real estate advisory firm where he specialized in assisting clients who were not in the real estate business --- usually in the context of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or corporate restructuring --- with implementing strategies to create liquidity from their real estate assets.  His clients included attorneys, lenders, and turnaround firms.

Prior to joining Atlas Partners, Joel was Senior Manager in the Midwest practice of Ernst & Young’s Real Estate Advisory Services group.  There he led assignments for clients including Best Buy Co., Equity Office Properties, and CMD Realty.  Much of the focus of his consulting work was devising and implementing cost saving and improvement strategies related to his clients’ real estate holdings.

As Vice President for Portfolio Management at American Express’ internal corporate real estate department, Joel was responsible for strategic programming and transactional support with regard to the company’s 18 million square foot real estate portfolio it occupied around the world. 

At the Balcor Company, an institutional owner of real estate, Joel was Managing Director of Portfolio Management, where he was involved with creating, underwriting, and supporting workout strategies for many of the company’s real estate assets, including retail, office, industrial, multi-family, and vacant land.

Joel earned a B.S. degree from Indiana University and a Masters in City Planning from Harvard University.  He holds real estate sales and auction licenses in numerous states and is a member of several professional organizations, including the Turnaround Management Association, the Commercial Finance Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Chicago Real Estate Council where he previously served as its president.  In 1995 he was elected into Lambda Alpha, an honorary land economics society.

Ross Block
Vice President
rblock@hilcorealestate.com

Ross has been with Hilco Real Estate since 2004.  He is principally responsible for leasehold valuation, disposition and restructuring work throughout the United States. Some of the recent clients served by Ross include Bally Total Fitness, Movie Gallery, Tops Markets, Interstate Bakeries, Pep Boys and GameStop.  Prior to joining Hilco, Ross was an associate with a Milwaukee-based asset appraisal company, where he focused on the appraisal of industrial assets of major manufacturers for large institutions throughout the country.  Ross received his B.A. from of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has taken continuing education courses at the Chicago School of Real Estate and CCIM Institute.  He is a member of the International Counsel of Shopping Centers (ICSC). 

Geoffrey S. Schnipper, CCIM
Vice President - Dispositions
gschnipper@hilcorealestate.com

Geoffrey is responsible for single-asset & portfolio disposition of owned real estate, project management, and deal structuring for Hilco Real Estate.  He has represented a diverse client mix of REITs, Fortune 500 Companies, Banks, Home Builders, and the US Bankruptcy Court handling the disposition of virtually every asset class of real estate.  While the disposition of real estate is his primary responsibility, Geoffrey is also involved with business development activities.  Prior to joining Hilco Real Estate, Geoffrey was a Project Manager with Sheldon Good & Company Auctions, structuring and executing accelerated marketing programs. 

The National Association of REALTORS granted the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation to Geoffrey after he completed a comprehensive educational program and demonstrated successful work experience in the investment and commercial fields.

Roberto Perez
Senior Vice President, Acquisitions
rperez@hilcorealestate.com

Roberto has been with Hilco Real Estate nearly four years. In that time, he has helped move the company into the acquisitions field. Roberto began at HRE managing the company’s own investment portfolio, which totaled more than $150 million in asset value. Prior to Hilco, Roberto was with U.S. Equities Reality, where he was part of the tenant representation team led by Nancy Pacher. The team achieved notoriety as one the nation’s leading office lease brokers. Prior thereto, Roberto founded a residential real estate investment firm and a healthcare recruiting firm, both of which he sold before joining U.S. Equities.

Matt Tabloff
Vice President
mtabloff@hilcorealestate.com

Matt joined Hilco Real Estate as a key member of the principal acquisitions group during its inaugural year. He has played a vital role in the creation of an active and successful business unit with a portfolio of holdings. As a member of the principal acquisitions group, Matt's primary responsibilities include the sourcing and underwriting of many of the groups pursuits, all property and market due diligence, financial analysis, deal structuring, as well as developing/managing relationships with strategic partners. Matt has played an instrumental role in the acquisition of fee and leasehold interests across virtually all commercial real estate classes, both inside and outside of bankruptcy, including transactions ranging from the acquisition of vacant "dark" real estate to raising capital for companies via sale-leaseback. He also serves as a team leader for Hilco Real Estate's portfolio lease restructuring and valuation practice. In this capacity, Matt is responsible for overseeing a broad range of activities, including the underwriting and deal structuring for new pursuits, acting as a primary contact and quality control point for the group's clients, leading of day to day operations and reporting, and deal making.

Matt attended the business school at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. Matt holds his real estate license for the state of Illinois and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).