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Edward M. Cherry


                                                              Managing Partner

             Mr.  Cherry  is  a  Founder  and  Managing  Partner  of  FCA  Partners.  He  is
             responsible  for  asset  and  portfolio  management  as  well  as  assisting  in
             the   development    of   the   firm’s   strategic   growth   initiatives   and
             investment strategies.
             Mr.   Cherry   has   over   30   years   of   commercial   real   estate   experience.   He   was   a   Senior
             Managing  Director  in  the  Capital  Advisors  group  at  Faison  &  Associates,  a  Charlotte  based
             real  estate  development  and  investment  management  firm  and  the  predecessor  firm  of  FCA
             Partners. The Capital Advisors group managed a $1 Billion discretionary separate account on
             behalf  of  a  major  state  pension  fund.  The  client  and  the  Capital  Advisors  team  spun  out  in
             February 2014 to form FCA Partners.

             He  began  his  real  estate  career  in  1985  with  Wachovia  Real  Estate  Investments,  one  of  the
             early   real   estate   advisors   to   pension   funds.      At   Wachovia,   Mr.   Cherry   was   involved   in   the
             acquisition,  development,  asset  management,  and  disposition  of  commercial  real  estate  on
             a national basis. Mr. Cherry was a Senior Vice President with the firm.

             In   2000   Mr.   Cherry   joined   Faison’s   Capital   Advisors   Group   working   on   the   development,
             management  and  disposition  of  commercial  and  multifamily  properties.  In  2006,  Mr.  Cherry
             became the Managing Director of the Capital Advisors group.

             Mr.   Cherry   has   directed   the   development   or   redevelopment   of   over   2   Million   SF   of   office,
             retail,   and   industrial   real   estate   and   over   2,300   multifamily   units.   He   has   managed   assets
             valued in excess of $2.2 Billion.

             Mr.   Cherry   received   a   Bachelor   of   Arts   with   Honors   from   North   Carolina   State   University,   a
             Master  of  Economics  from  North  Carolina  State  University,  and  a  Master  of  Science  in  Real
             Estate  from  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison.  While  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  Mr.
             Cherry had the honor to be a teaching assistant to Professor James Grasskamp and was also
             an  intern  at  the  State  of  Wisconsin  Investment  Board.    Mr.  Cherry  has  earned  the  Chartered
             Financial Analyst designation.

             He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, NMHC, PREA, and has been an active member of
             numerous  other  industry  trade  organizations.    Mr.  Cherry  is  past  Board  President  of  St.  Paul’s
             Preschool,  past  Commodore  of  Lake  Norman  Yacht  Club,  past  board  member  of  the  South
             Atlantic  Yacht  Racing  Association,  and  past  chairperson  of  Boy  Scout  Troop  116  Eagle  Scout
             Review Board.

             He resides in Charlotte with his wife Kim and has two daughters and a son.
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